Mar 05 Europe's trend: Austria, once open, now shows migrants door By George Jahn, Associated Press Parliament is set to pass a law stripping pocket money, food and shelter from those denied asylum, potentially leaving them on the street. Continue reading
Mar 05 UN says 66,000 displaced in 5 months of north Syria fighting By Philip Issa, Associated Press Five months of multi-sided clashes in Syria's crowded northern battlefield have displaced some 66,000 people, a U.N. humanitarian agency said Sunday. Continue reading
Mar 04 Watch 22:26 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode March 4, 2017 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, March 4, President Trump accuses former President Obama of wiretapping him during the election without providing evidence, and a look at why the U.S. military is expanding its role in Yemen. Later, citizen videographers document… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch 3:59 U.S. warplanes bombard al-Qaida in Yemen By PBS News Hour The American military is ramping up operations in the war-torn country of Yemen, where a Saudi-led coalition of mostly Sunni countries supports Yemen’s president. Since Thursday, the U.S. has carried out more than 30 airstrikes in Yemen, targeting the Islamic… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch In 'The Future of Cities,' innovative responses to urban issues By Ivette Feliciano, Zachary Green More than 31 cities around the globe -- including Tokyo, Delhi, Cairo and Mexico City -- are considered megacities, with populations of more than 10 million people. As the number of city dwellers increases, so do problems like overcrowding, pollution,… Continue watching
Mar 04 Canada minister addresses influx of asylum-seekers from U.S. By Associated Press Canada is enforcing border laws and is willing to put more resources in place to deal with the influx of asylum-seekers from the United States, federal Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said Saturday… Continue reading
Mar 04 Somalia: 110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours in drought By Abdi Guled, Associated Press Somalia's prime minister announced Saturday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region as a severe drought threatens millions of people. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 8:35 Who's behind brutal Philippines drug killings? A hitman speaks out By PBS News Hour The Philippines have been gripped by violence amid President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal war on drug dealers and users. More than 7,000 people have been killed in the last nine months, according to Human Rights Watch. But who is actually responsible… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 11:15 U.S. and Russia relations are very strained. Here's what's at stake By PBS News Hour The latest reports on repeated contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials have strained the potential for improved ties between Moscow and Washington. Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner reports, then Judy Woodruff gets views on what’s at stake from… Continue watching
Mar 03 Why this Brazilian city uses tilapia fish skin to treat burn victims By Nadia Sussman, STAT In a historic Brazilian city, burn patients look as if they’ve emerged from the waves. They are covered in fish skin — specifically strips of sterilized tilapia -- but why?… Continue reading