Apr 24 Watch 3:52 Saudi Arabia rethinks dependence on oil revenue By PBS News Hour After a slump in global oil prices, Saudi Arabia’s monarchy is expected to announce a new vision for economic and political reform. Saudi Arabia is the world’s second largest oil producer behind the U.S. and is being forced to rethink… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 1:19 Thirty years after Chernobyl disaster, families say children are getting sick By PBS News Hour It will be 30 years on Tuesday since the world's worst nuclear power plant disaster took place in Chernobyl, now part of Ukraine. People who remained in the region continued eating local produce and milk with radiation levels two to… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 24:50 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode April 24, 2016 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, April 24, President Barack Obama seeks common ground with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on trade, migrants and fighting terrorism. Later, a preview of what to expect from voters during the presidential primaries in five northeast… Continue watching
Apr 24 Solar plane completes dangerous 3-day flight over the Pacific Ocean By Michael D. Regan The Solar Impulse-2 finished the most challenging leg of its around-the-world trip, which started in March 2015 in the United Arab Emirates, in an attempt to draw attention to clean-energy technology. Continue reading
Apr 24 Watch Two years into new regime, grim realities persist in Ukraine By PBS News Hour Ukraine has faced many challenges in the two years since violent protests drove the country’s president from office. The Russian occupation of the Crimean Peninsula in particular sparked a military conflict between pro-Russian secessionists and Ukraine’s government. Correspondent Kira Kay… Continue watching
Apr 24 One year later, mourning the victims of Nepal's devastating quake By Michael D. Regan One year after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake flattened sections of Nepal, hundreds of mourners gathered Sunday in the country's capital city of Kathmandu to pay homage to the nearly 9,000 people killed in the catastrophe. Continue reading
Apr 24 Obama delivers strong defense of international trade deals By Associated Press President Barack Obama delivered a strong defense of international trade deals Sunday in the face of domestic and foreign opposition, saying it's "indisputable" that such agreements strengthen the economies and make U.S. businesses more competitive worldwide. Continue reading
Apr 23 Watch 3:11 The cost of rebuilding after massive Ecuador quake By PBS News Hour Officials in Ecuador say the massive earthquake one week ago today has killed at least 600 people, injured more than 4,500 others and left 25,000 people homeless. Beyond the human cost of the tragedy, Ecuador now faces a struggle to… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 53:39 PBS NewsHour full episode April 22, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, new CDC statistics point to an alarming rise in nationwide suicide rates. Also: Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe restores voting rights to convicted felons, Shields and Brooks talk politics, how al-Shabab is winning the propaganda battle in… Continue watching
Apr 22 Watch 6:22 Propaganda is effective weapon as al-Shabab makes resurgence By PBS News Hour More than 100 Kenyan troops died in a January attack by terror group al-Shabab. Last week, the group released a video of the operation. As al-Shabab makes gains, is it also winning the propaganda war? Special correspondent Nick Schifrin takes… Continue watching