Dec 09 In the Philippines, Duterte's brutal war on drugs kills thousands By Laura Santhanam In the Philippines, police and unidentified gunmen have murdered thousands of people in recent months, but President Rodrigo Duterte says these death squads have more work to do. Continue reading
Dec 08 U.S. official warns of North Korean nuclear capabilities By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press North Korea now has the capability to launch a nuclear weapon, a senior U.S. military official said Thursday. Continue reading
Dec 08 Facing war and hunger, momentum for women's rights slows in Yemen By Larisa Epatko In Yemen, where forces loyal to the government are clashing with Houthi rebels, millions are going hungry. Because food is so scarce, aid groups are finding they have to focus on life-saving measures and set women’s empowerment efforts aside –… Continue reading
Dec 08 An American humanitarian worker goes on trial in Cairo. What's next for Aya Hijazi? By Rhana Natour In May 2014, Aya Hijazi, a 29-year-old Egyptian-American humanitarian worker, was imprisoned in Egypt. For more than two years, she was held in what’s known as “pre-trial detention” before her trial finally began last month. Continue reading
Dec 08 Canada names Viola Desmond as first Canadian woman on banknote By Alison Thoet Canada’s central bank announced Thursday that Viola Desmond will become the first woman who is not royalty on Canadian currency. Continue reading
Dec 07 Watch Hear the breaking news report from Pearl Harbor, 75 years later By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, listen to how an NBC journalist in Honolulu reported on a surprise attack by Japanese bombers on Pearl Harbor, 75 years ago today. Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 2:59 Learning a foreign language revealed a world I never knew existed By PBS News Hour Growing up in a small town in North Carolina, Lauren Collins never needed to speak a foreign language outside of high school Spanish classes. It wasn’t until she met her French-speaking husband and moved to Switzerland that she felt the… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 53:21 PBS NewsHour full episode Dec. 7, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, as President-elect Donald Trump expands his team, we examine how the future commander-in-chief is redefining the presidential bully pulpit. Also: The first woman to win baseball's prestigious sports writing award, the world of science launches a… Continue watching
Dec 07 Video: Indonesians dig out from widespread earthquake destruction By Larisa Epatko In the early morning hours Wednesday, Indonesia was hit by a 6.5-magnitude earthquake, which collapsed buildings, ripped apart streets and sent people to area hospitals. Nearly 100 people were killed. Continue reading
Dec 07 U.S., western nations demand immediate cease-fire in Aleppo By Josh Lederman, Associated Press In a joint statement, the leaders of Britain, Germany, Italy, France, Canada and the U.S. demanded that Syria's government address the humanitarian crisis by allowing United Nations aid in to eastern Aleppo. They said the U.N. should investigate reports of… Continue reading