Nov 02 How easy is it to send an email in Cuba? By Larisa Epatko It’s getting a little easier to send an email in Cuba these days. Over the past few months, about 35 new WiFi hotspots have opened in parks, plazas and schools. Continue reading
Nov 01 Watch 25:06 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Nov. 1, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, November 1, investigators search for answers on what brought down a Russian passenger plane in Egypt, Turkey's ruling party faces critical elections, and in our signature segment, we explore the situation in Greece, a main… Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch 4:30 How was Turkey's ruling party able to pull ahead in the elections? By PBS News Hour Turkey's President Erdogan and his AK Party appear to have gotten the majority they needed to regain control of parliament. NewsHour special correspondent Malcolm Brabant joins Hari Sreenivasan via Skype from Turkey with more on Sunday's elections. Continue watching
Nov 01 Watch 6:24 Cash-strapped Greece struggles against overwhelming tide of refugees By PBS News Hour As the E.U. debates what to do with a steady flow of migrants and war refugees, Greece remains Ground Zero for refugee arrivals, and fears are growing that resistance to migrants in central and northern Europe will lead to refugees… Continue watching
Nov 01 Questions swirl over Russian plane crash in Egypt that killed 224 By Daniel Costa-Roberts New information has emerged about the Russian passenger jet the crashed in the Sinai Peninsula Saturday, though many questions remain about the disaster, whose cause is yet uncertain. Continue reading
Nov 01 Airbnb contest winner spends Halloween night in Paris catacombs By Andrew Mach Brazilian Pedro Arruda had an unforgettable lodging experience over the weekend as the lucky winner of a Halloween contest sponsored by home-sharing company Airbnb. The prize? A sleepover in the bowels of Paris, inside the famous catacombs home to the… Continue reading
Nov 01 Cracker salvaged from sinking Titanic auctioned for $23,000 By Andrew Mach A collector in Greece purchased what is likely 'the most expensive biscuit ever sold' -- a cracker that survived the 1912 sinking of the RMS Titanic -- for roughly $23,000 last week. Continue reading
Nov 01 Pentagon chief calls on North Korea to end nuclear weapons program By Robert Burns, Associated Press U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter called on North Korea to shrink and eventually eliminate its nuclear weapons program, while acknowledging during a visit Sunday to the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas that prospects for reconciling with the defiant North… Continue reading
Nov 01 In Central Asia, Kerry talks to autocratic cast of nations By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with some of the world's most repressive governments Sunday, hoping to deepen America's economic and security ties in Central Asia despite the often poor respect for human rights across the strategic region. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 25:05 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode October 31, 2015 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, October 31, 2015, more than 200 people die when a Russian passenger plane crashes in Egypt, in our signature segment, drought-ridden Californians prepare to tap into a new water supply, and breast cancer rates for… Continue watching