Aug 28 Watch 4:32 Death toll rises for desperate refugees and migrants in Europe By PBS News Hour It was another deadly day amid the growing refugee crisis in Europe. Hundreds are feared dead just off the coast of Libya, and the number of victims found in the back of a truck in Austria has risen to more… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch News Wrap: More than 300,000 have made Mediterranean Sea crossing, says UN By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, the United Nations refugee agency announced that more than 300,000 refugees and migrants have crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. That number does not include the 2,600 who have died on the journey. Also, a… Continue watching
Aug 28 Nations hope to reel in Arctic overfishing By Larisa Epatko On Monday, the United States hosts the leaders of 20 nations at a conference on critical issues facing the Arctic. One topic at the conference in Anchorage, Alaska, is the potential for overfishing in the central Arctic Ocean. Continue reading
Aug 28 Greece swears in its first female prime minister By Michelle Harven Greece saw its first female prime minister, Vassiliki Thanou, sworn in on Friday as the new head of the financially troubled nation’s caretaker government. Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 5:50 New generation of Rwandan entrepreneurs offer tech solutions to farmers' dilemmas By PBS News Hour Twenty years since a genocide devastated the country, Rwanda has made a remarkable recovery and a new generation sees entrepreneurship, empowered by technology, as its patriotic duty. Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch 3:49 News Wrap: Islamic State suicide bomb kills 2 Iraqi generals By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, an Islamic State militant killed two Iraqi generals and three soldiers in a suicide bombing. Also, stocks in China rebounded after a six-day slump triggered by concerns over the health of the Chinese economy. Continue watching
Aug 27 'Mic drop' and 'awesomesauce': Oxford Dictionaries adds 1,000 new slang terms By Larisa Epatko Oxford Dictionaries added 1,000 new words to its informal language collection on Thursday, including slang expressions “mic drop,” “cakeage” and “cat café.”… Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 7:39 Is China in the midst of major economic transformation? By PBS News Hour How should we interpret China’s market turmoil? Judy Woodruff talks to Nicholas Lardy of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Evan Osnos of The New Yorker. Continue watching
Aug 26 Watch 1:46 China's boom years lead to financial crisis By PBS News Hour The Shanghai stock market has lost a quarter of its value in five days and the Chinese government has tried throwing everything it can at the problem. Paul Mason of Independent Television News reports. Continue watching
Aug 26 How a 22-year-old is sparking deadly riots in India By Michelle Harven Riots broke out in Gujarat in West India Tuesday and today after 22-year-old Hardik Patel -- the man responsible for a protest movement -- was detained by police. Continue reading