Oct 27 Watch CDC offers new guidelines for U.S. health workers returning from West Africa – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch News Wrap: U.S., British forces leave Afghan military base after 13 years By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, American and British troops were airlifted from a major military base in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province, closing the facility after 13 years of use. Also, a suicide bombing in central Iraq killed at least 24 people,… Continue watching
Oct 27 Secular parliament set to take power in Tunisia after peaceful election By Tik Root Earlier today, Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda party conceded defeat to the main secular opposition in the country’s parliamentary elections. Although final results of the vote, held Sunday, are not expected until later this week, Ennadha has acknowledged that it is… Continue reading
Oct 27 Are China’s latest economic reforms a game-changer? By Michael D. Mosettig Even in a country and economy as large as China, sometimes the small stuff matters. Continue reading
Oct 27 President Dilma Rousseff narrowly wins re-election in Brazil By News Desk Brazilian leftist President Dilma Rousseff barely won re-election over centrist candidate Aecio Neves in Sunday’s election in a country suffering economically. Continue reading
Oct 27 Pro-Europe parties in the lead in Ukraine’s parliamentary vote By News Desk Two parties considered pro-European were in the lead in Sunday’s parliamentary elections in Ukraine, according to partial tallies on Monday. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 26, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Sunday, Oct. 26, a top federal health official suggests the decision by governors to quarantine doctors who treated Ebola patients might hurt efforts to curb the disease. Later, after several recent incidents in Canada and New… Continue watching
Oct 26 Pakistan’s first cartoon superheroine joins fight against polio By Carey Reed Amid a rise in polio cases in Pakistan, the country's first animated female superhero, Burka Avenger, has joined the fight to eradicate the highly-infectious virus. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch Nigerian schoolgirls remain in captivity despite pledges for release By PBS News Hour For 10 days now there have been reports from Africa that those hundreds of school girls abducted by Boko Haram extremists last Spring would be released. But the girls remain in captivity. And, another 30 adolescents were reportedly abducted in… Continue watching
Oct 25 Watch PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode Oct. 25, 2014 By PBS News Hour On this edition for Saturday, Oct. 25, 2014, as the World Health Organization says the number of Ebola cases worldwide now tops 10,000, a top infectious disease expert weighs in on the risks of the virus. In our signature segment,… Continue watching