Mar 04 Watch 54:17 PBS NewsHour full episode March 4, 2016 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, Thursday night’s GOP debate sees Republican contenders abandon civility in favor of hostility. Also: Brazil’s former president is detained in corruption probe, how the EU is handling the migrant crisis, why rural hospitals are dying out,… Continue watching
Mar 04 World news quiz: Was a mystery solved in Mozambique? By Larisa Epatko An object caused excitement in Mozambique, while another country was slapped with sanctions. Take our 5-minute quiz rounding up the week’s world news. Continue reading
Mar 03 Watch 54:14 PBS NewsHour full episode March 3, 2016 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, former presidential nominee Mitt Romney leads the Republican establishment against Donald Trump. Also: A look at the GOP’s deepening schism, scientists hope mutant mosquitoes can stop Zika virus, how the Islamic State is using child soldiers,… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 6:42 ISIS is recruiting more children to carry out massacres By PBS News Hour A new report found there were three times as many suicide attacks in the Middle East committed by children this year compared to last. Experts blame Islamic State propaganda that glorifies martyrdom for indoctrinating orphaned and disaffected children to extremist… Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch 8:18 Can mutant mosquitoes be used to fight Zika and dengue fever? By PBS News Hour As mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue fever and Zika virus continue to ravage Brazil, scientists are racing to fight back. Their latest tactic: genetically engineered mosquitoes that will pass along fatal mutations to their offspring, destroying mosquito populations from within. Continue watching
Mar 03 'One Day, I Will' project shows children's ambitions in four African countries By Corinne Segal Senegal-based photographer Vincent Tremeau asked children in four African countries: "What do you want to be when you grow up?"… Continue reading
Mar 02 Watch 54:06 PBS NewsHour full episode March 2, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump build on their sizable delegate leads with big wins on Super Tuesday. Also: How Donald Trump is tearing the Republican party apart, the Supreme Court hears its first abortion case in… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch 3:50 Astronaut's record orbit concludes with safe return By PBS News Hour Astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days -- the longest an American has ever been in space -- on the International Space Station before descending into Kazakhstan by capsule Tuesday evening. Kelly’s extraterrestrial sojourn was part of a study on the… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch 7:40 What are the impacts of the UN's North Korean sanctions? By PBS News Hour The UN has imposed broad sanctions against North Korea in response to its recent nuclear tests. Designed to limit nuclear capabilities, the sanctions would impact many sectors of the insular Asian state’s economy. Judy Woodruff is joined by Samantha Power,… Continue watching
Mar 02 Watch 3:56 News Wrap: UN approves tough sanctions against North Korea for nuclear tests By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the UN Security Council responded to North Korea’s recent nuclear tests by unanimously approving its toughest sanctions against the Communist state in 20 years. Also, a U.S. special operations unit captured a significant leader of… Continue watching