Dec 07 Watch 5:09 News Wrap: Climate deal negotiators move into critical phase By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, negotiators on a global climate deal began the second and final week of the UN conference in Paris. A draft agreement was released over the weekend, which left all of the critical disputes unresolved. Also,… Continue watching
Dec 07 Watch 8:00 Assessing Obama's speech and strategy on fighting terrorism By PBS News Hour President Obama set out in an address from the Oval Office on Sunday to reassure Americans about the fight against the Islamic State militant group abroad and protection from terrorism at home. Is the plan enough to keep Americans safe?… Continue watching
Dec 07 PHOTOS: Smog smothers Beijing in city's first-ever pollution red alert By Abbey Oldham The first-ever red alert for smog was issued in Beijing Monday. Schools were encouraged to close and restrictions were applied to factories and traffic. Continue reading
Dec 07 Refugee life is hard enough on a kid, this artist is trying to brighten up their school By Corinne Segal More than 2.6 million Syrian children are not in school, many of them having left in the midst of a war now in its fifth year. Continue reading
Dec 07 Opposition sweeps Venezuelan parliamentary elections By News Desk Venezuela’s opposition won the most seats in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, paving the way for a strong challenge to President Nicolas Maduro in the next presidential election in 2019. Continue reading
Dec 06 Watch 22:26 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 6, 2015 By PBS News Hour Sunday on NewsHour Weekend: President Obama addresses the nation about homegrown terrorist attacks and mass shootings from the Oval Office, liberals and conservatives come together with a plan to reduce poverty, and the battle over net neutrality returns to the… Continue watching
Dec 06 Watch 3:31 Here's what President Obama is expected to say in Sunday's primetime address By PBS News Hour For only the third time in his presidency, President Obama will address the nation from the Oval Office, focusing on the ongoing terrorism investigation into Wednesday's mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, that killed 14 people and wounded 21 others. Continue watching
Dec 06 London Underground stabbing attack called 'terrorist incident' By Michael D. Regan Days after British war planes began an expanded airstrike campaign against the Islamic State, a man on Saturday reportedly yelled "this is for Syria" before slashing at least one person with a knife in a London subway station. Continue reading
Dec 05 Watch 22:28 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Dec. 5, 2015 By PBS News Hour Saturday on NewsHour Weekend: The terror investigation into the San Bernardino mass shooting turns toward suspect Tashfeen Malik, experts discuss how those living in the U.S. might be radicalized, and in Puerto Rico, a movement to become more food independent. Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch 3:22 After San Bernardino, how can law enforcement prevent self-radicalization? By PBS News Hour A main concern following the San Bernardino mass shooting is how those in the U.S. may become radicalized -- and the challenge that poses to law enforcement trying to track those individuals. David Schanzer, Director of the Triangle Center on… Continue watching