May 26 Obama ready to face historic, haunted ground of Hiroshima By Nancy Benac and Foster Klug, Associated Press HIROSHIMA, Japan — Convinced that the time for this moment is right at last, President Barack Obama on Friday will become the first American president to confront the historic and haunted ground of Hiroshima. Continue reading
May 26 Watch 8:54 Ecuador looks to pick up pieces and rebuild after devastating earthquake By PBS News Hour It’s been just over a month since a deadly earthquake devastated Ecuador’s Pacific coast, destroying thousands of buildings and impacting at least a quarter-million people. As the government struggles with recovery costs and moves to rebuild, the disaster has also… Continue watching
May 26 Watch 10:05 World leaders wary of a Donald Trump presidency By PBS News Hour Donald Trump’s rise to the top of the Republican party has perturbed many observers in the U.S., but how is the international community reacting to the New York billionaire? Judy Woodruff talks to Geoff Dyer of the Financial Times, Joyce… Continue watching
May 26 Watch 53:02 PBS NewsHour full episode May 26, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, President Obama takes aim at Donald Trump as the billionaire clinches the GOP nomination. Also: Ecuador looks to rebuild after its devastating earthquake, new “superbug” becomes first drug-proof bacteria to hit U.S. soil, how patent trolls… Continue watching
May 26 This map is helping Ecuador's earthquake relief efforts By Nadja Drost, Bruno Frederico A project called Mapping Ecuador is allowing people to pinpoint hospitals, shelters and other key places in the South American country’s earthquake recovery. Continue reading
May 26 WHO: Some 1,000 killed in attacks on hospitals in 2 years By Maria Danilova, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Nearly 1,000 people have been killed worldwide in attacks on medical facilities in conflicts over the past two years in violation of humanitarian norms, the World Health Organization said in a report Thursday. Continue reading
May 26 Obama: World leaders rightfully 'rattled' by Trump By Nancy Benac, Associated Press SHIMA, Japan — President Barack Obama said Thursday that foreign leaders are "rattled" by Donald Trump and have good reason to feel that way, as he accused the presumptive Republican presidential nominee of ignorance about world affairs. Continue reading
May 25 Watch 7:03 Scientists still track health fallout of nuclear bombing of Japan By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 25 Watch 53:38 PBS NewsHour full episode May 25, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, the State Department finds that Hillary Clinton’s private email server violated federal rules. Also: Donald Trump finds himself under new scrutiny, the VA Secretary’s Disney controversy, tracking the health effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 70 years… Continue watching
May 25 Watch Did Afghan troops manipulate the U.S. into bombing Doctors Without Borders hospital? By PBS News Hour Last October, U.S. forces bombed an Afghan hospital in Kunduz, killing 42 people. An Army inquiry last month found that the attack was an accident, but Matthieu Aikins of the Nation Institute blames Afghan troops who told the Americans that… Continue watching