Feb 21 U.S. and Britain consider new sanctions against Russia By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press The U.S. and Britain on Saturday discussed new sanctions against Russia as Ukraine's week-old cease-fire unravels, though it was unclear if the allies were on the same page about increasing pressure on an economy that means far more to Europe. Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch 7:36 Praise for the printed page: Will Amazon leave French bookstores in peril? By PBS News Hour In France, even though the price of books was fixed years ago to prevent price differentiation, some worry the country's thousands of bookstores may now be in jeopardy as more customers flock to online retailers, such as Amazon. The online… Continue watching
Feb 21 US may slow military exit from Afghanistan By Robert Burns, Associated Press The United States is considering slowing its military exit from Afghanistan by keeping a larger-than-planned troop presence this year and next because the new Afghan government is proving to be a more reliable partner, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said… Continue reading
Feb 20 Watch 44:50 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 20, 2015 By PBS News Hour Friday on the NewsHour, Greece gets a four-month extension to its economic bailout. Also: New allegations of excessive police force that go beyond black and white, news stories from Ozy worth your attention, a poet creates a paradise for the… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch 2:13 EU deal averts Greek economic crisis for now By PBS News Hour Greece received a four-month bailout aid extension deal, easing some worries about the global economy after tense negotiations over austerity measures and giving the Greek economy some temporary breathing room. Judy Woodruff speaks with David Wessel of the Brookings Institution… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch 8:13 How one Egyptian youth became an Islamic State militant By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 20 Linguists link English, Hindi to single ancestor language spoken 6,500 years ago By Laura Santhanam Linguists have traced the roots of English, Hindi, Greek and all Indo-European languages to a common ancestor tongue first spoken on the Russian steppes as much as 6,500 years ago. Continue reading
Feb 20 NSA helped British steal cell phone codes, latest Snowden leak reveals By Ken Dilanian, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Britain's electronic spying agency, in cooperation with the U.S. National Security Agency, hacked into the networks of a Dutch company to steal codes that allow both governments to seamlessly eavesdrop on mobile phones worldwide, according to the documents… Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 53:25 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 19, 2015 By PBS News Hour Thursday on the NewsHour, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon discusses preventing violent extremism at its root. Also: How terrorists finance their deadly work, the secretary of health and human services on the successes and challenges of Obamacare, Yazidi girls trapped by… Continue watching
Feb 19 Watch 10:24 Freed but not free: Yazidi girls who escaped Islamic State are trapped by trauma By Marcia Biggs Last summer, militants from the Islamic State group attacked a small ethnic group called the Yazidis, executing men and taking thousands of women and girls as slaves. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs reports from Northern Iraq on the rape, violence, threats… Continue watching