Sep 16 Magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes Chile; tsunami alerts issued across Pacific By News Desk A powerful magnitude 8.3 earthquake struck central Chile, just north of the capital city of Santiago, Wednesday, prompting tsunami warnings for the entire country. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 7:41 How this Indian medical chain makes heart surgery affordable By PBS News Hour Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, one of the world's most prolific heart surgeons, is the founder of a for-profit medical chain in India that offers top-notch surgery at very low prices. It serves wealthy patients and some medical tourists, but their… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 9:00 Did U.S. intelligence officers downplay Islamic State reports? By PBS News Hour A number of intelligence officers say that senior officials have been painting an overly optimistic picture of the fight against the Islamic State group. A Pentagon investigation is now underway, and the issue was the subject of a Capitol Hill… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 7:51 News Wrap: Refugees clash with Hungarian police at border By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, while refugees at the Hungary-Serbia border clashed with riot police, some tried finding a new border crossing into Croatia. Also, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad declared that the refugee crisis is Europe’s fault, because of Western… Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch 54:34 PBS NewsHour full episode September 16, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, what to expect from the second 2016 Republican debate. Also: the science behind the rampant wildfires in the West, senior intelligence officials are accused of altering reports on the Islamic State, India’s “Henry Ford” of heart… Continue watching
Sep 16 Doctor slashes the cost of surgeries for India's poor By Fred de Sam Lazaro To keep costs of heart surgeries low for poor populations in India, Narayana Health took a partnership approach. Continue reading
Sep 16 Twitter Chat: Can the world's migrant and refugee crisis be fixed? By Justin Kenny, Jaclyn Diaz The number of people fleeing wars and persecution globally is at an all time high. Our next twitter chat will examine this issue, and the questions it has raised. The chat will feature Madeleine Albright, David Miliband, William Brangham and… Continue reading
Sep 16 Assad says refugees fleeing Syria because of 'terrorism' By Larisa Epatko Embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview with Russian media Wednesday that Syrians are fleeing to other countries because of terrorism and that “Western propaganda” is pinning the blame on the Syrian government. Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch 4:54 Accidental killing of tourists highlights Egypt-U.S. tension over military aid By PBS News Hour On Sunday, 12 tourists were accidentally killed by Egyptian government forces, who mistook the group for Islamist militants and fired on them with an Apache helicopter. Jeffrey Brown speaks to Michele Dunne of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 8:12 Europe was 'ill-prepared' for refugee deluge, says German ambassador to the U.S. By PBS News Hour German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for an emergency summit to deal with the refugee crisis, a day after Europeans ministers failed to reach a deal on resettlement quotas. German Ambassador to the U.S. Peter Wittig joins Gwen Ifill to discuss… Continue watching