Nov 03 Here's what some hotels do with those barely used bars of soap By Larisa Epatko Several years ago, Erin Zaikis was working in rural Thailand. She was surprised to see how many children in the village didn’t wash their hands with soap, much less know what soap was. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch 1:30 PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 2, 2015 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, investigators search for answers into a Russian airline crash in Egypt. Also: The Supreme Court considers racial discrimination in jury selection, GOP candidates seek debate changes, Turkish voters reaffirms power for President Erdogan’s party, looking into… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 6:20 How the Islamic State group justifies brutality with an apocalyptic vision By PBS News Hour The Islamic State militant group is taking advantage of chaos and upheaval in the Middle East to recruit fighters by prophesying the end of days, says William McCants, an early Islam historian. McCants joins chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 4:33 Do Turkey's election results signal stability or steps toward autocratic rule? By PBS News Hour After five months of political instability and uncertainty, Turkey is again under firm control of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's AK Party, which regained its majority in a national election Sunday. Supporters say it’s a return to stability, but opponents worry… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 4:55 What we know so far about the Metrojet mystery By PBS News Hour What downed a Russian airliner and killed 224 people on its path from Sharm el-Sheikh to St. Petersburg? The cause remains far from clear. Gwen Ifill speaks to Alan Diehl, a former National Transportation Safety Board investigator and author of… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 3:05 Conflicting claims fuel confusion over Metrojet disaster cause By PBS News Hour Russian and Egyptian investigators are combing through the mangled wreckage of a Metrojet airliner that broke up over the Sinai Peninsula on Saturday, killing everyone on board. While a senior official with the airline dismissed mechanical failure as a cause,… Continue watching
Nov 02 Watch 4:28 News Wrap: 218,000 migrants reached Europe by sea last month, says UN By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the number of people who crossed to Europe by sea in October was roughly equal to the total for all of 2014. Also, communities in Colorado and North Carolina suffered deadly shootings over the weekend. Continue watching
Nov 02 When an international flight crashes, who is involved in the investigation and why? By Rhana Natour The investigation into what happened to Metrojet Flight 9268 and the 224 mostly Russian passengers aboard is in its third day. As the mystery deepens, representatives from at least five countries are now involved in finding out what happened to… Continue reading
Nov 02 How easy is it to send an email in Cuba? By Larisa Epatko It’s getting a little easier to send an email in Cuba these days. Over the past few months, about 35 new WiFi hotspots have opened in parks, plazas and schools. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 25:06 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Nov. 1, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, November 1, investigators search for answers on what brought down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt, Turkey's ruling party faces critical elections, and in our signature segment, we explore the situation in Greece, a main… Continue watching