Sep 24 In the Caribbean, colonialism and inequality mean hurricanes hit harder By Levi Gahman and Gabrielle Thongs, The Conversation The Caribbean is facing its second deadly hurricane in as many weeks. The region's extreme vulnerability to disaster also reflects entrenched inequality. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 8:54 Merkel beating backlash to refugee policy in reelection bid By PBS News Hour German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision in 2015 to admit more than a million migrants and refugees into the country has come to define this year’s election. While Merkel is the leading candidate for what would be her fourth term, critics… Continue watching
Sep 23 U.S. flies bomber, fighter mission off North Korean coast By Robert Burns and Matthew Pennington, Associated Press The Pentagon says B-1B bombers from Guam and F-15 fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan, have flown a mission in international airspace over the waters east of North Korea. Continue reading
Sep 23 Twin earthquakes expose Mexico's deep inequality By Luis Gómez Romero, The Conversation Shattered by powerful back-to-back earthquakes, Mexico is facing daunting damages across six states. Now Chiapas and Oaxaca, the country's two poorest states, which were hit first, fear neglect. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 6:30 Cleaning up from the quake, Mexico continues search for survivors and answers By PBS News Hour Search-and-rescue missions continue across Mexico City in the wake of the massive earthquake that struck the country Tuesday afternoon. There is a rush to bring machinery in and clean the rubble, but some worry that an abrupt clean-up would erase… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 5:27 In Puerto Rico after Maria, 'we've got nothing and we don't know for how long we'll go without' By PBS News Hour Stories from storm victims in Puerto Rico are emerging after Hurricane Maria knocked out communications and power on the island. It could take years for some Caribbean islands to fully recover as the storm continues to move across the region… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 7:02 News Wrap: Kim Jong Un threatens to 'tame' Trump By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Kim Jong Un responded to President Trump’s threats to North Korea by warning the president that he would face consequences “beyond his expectations” and further escalating the war of words between the two leaders. Also,… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch in 360: Rescuers search for survivors in collapsed apartment building in Mexico City By William Brangham Hundreds of rescuers worked Wednesday night to find four women believed to be trapped in the rubble of a collapsed apartment building in the La Condesa neighborhood in Mexico City. Volunteers removed the rubble by hand, carrying it away in… Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH LIVE: Day 4 of UN General Assembly debate By Joshua Barajas World leaders deliver speeches for a fourth day at the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Friday. You can watch them here. Continue reading
Sep 22 Trump calls Kim Jong Un a 'madman' amid new sanctions against North Korea By Matthew Pennington and Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Trump's move to punish foreign companies that deal with the North was the latest salvo in a U.S.-led campaign to isolate and impoverish Kim's government until his country halts its missile and nuclear tests. Continue reading