Apr 07 First Syrian family from 'surge' resettlement program arrives in U.S. By Corinne Segal The first Syrian family to qualify for resettlement in the U.S. through a new "surge resettlement" program arrived in Kansas City, Missouri, late Wednesday night. Continue reading
Apr 07 In Bahrain, Kerry treads carefully on human rights By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry dealt delicately on Thursday with concerns about persistent human rights abuses in Bahrain, stressing America's close military ties to one of several Persian Gulf countries with which it wants to enhance… Continue reading
Apr 06 Watch 6:52 Empowering India's street vendors as entrepreneurs By PBS News Hour In India, home to the world's fastest growing economy, most workers, from street vendors to rickshaw drivers, aren't on the books, making them vulnerable to harassment by corrupt officials and policemen. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro profiles one group… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 53:22 PBS NewsHour full episode April 6, 2016 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, how will Sen. Bernie Sanders’s and Sen. Ted Cruz’s victories in Wisconsin affect the 2016 race going forward? Also: Why diabetes cases quadrupled worldwide over the last 40 years, scientists search for El Niño secrets, weighing… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 7:30 Middle East peace efforts at a standstill, should U.S. strive for more modest goals? By PBS News Hour Is there any reason to hope that the peace process between Israel and Palestine will ever bear fruit? To explore that question, John Yang sits down with David Makovsky of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Hisham Melhem… Continue watching
Apr 06 Obama commits U.S. support in call with new Myanmar president By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is telling Myanmar's new president that his election marks a "historic step forward" for democracy in Myanmar. Continue reading
Apr 06 Kerry breaks record for miles traveled by secretary of state By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press MANAMA, Bahrain — John Kerry is now the most traveled secretary of state in U.S. history, breaking the record as he arrived in the Middle East kingdom of Bahrain on Wednesday. Continue reading
Apr 06 Executions spiked in 2015, highest level in 25 years, Amnesty International report finds By Dominique Bonessi A new report by Amnesty International reveals that there were at least 1,634 executions worldwide last year, the most since 1989. Continue reading
Apr 06 White House to transfer $589M of Ebola funds to combat Zika virus By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press Congressional officials say the Obama administration has decided to transfer leftover money from the largely successful fight against Ebola to combat the growing threat of the Zika virus. Continue reading
Apr 05 Watch 53:57 PBS NewsHour full episode April 5, 2016 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, presidential candidates make their final pitches before the Wisconsin primary. Also: Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland visits Congress, how digital education could compromise privacy, exploring the racial care gap in medicine, archaeologists return to sites once… Continue watching