Jun 04 How much does it cost to eat dinner at the 10 best restaurants in the world? By Margaret Myers A list of the 50 best restaurants in the world was released this week. Before you make your reservations, take a quick tour of the Top 10 restaurants and see how much a typical tasting menu will set you back. Continue reading
Jun 04 In Nepal, children attend makeshift schools after earthquakes strike By Larisa Epatko The earthquake that struck central Nepal on April 25 was bad enough, but then another major quake hit two-and-a-half weeks later, causing even more physical -- and psychological -- damage, said one aid worker. Continue reading
Jun 04 Explosion in Ghana kills scores of people seeking shelter from rains By News Desk An explosion at a gas station in Ghana’s capital Accra overnight killed more than 100 people, officials said Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 04 In Germany, a tale of two summits By Michael D. Mosettig BERLIN, Germany -- This weekend President Barack Obama will be meeting in a Bavarian castle with six of his fellow leaders from Europe, Canada and Japan at the Group of Seven (G7) summit, a highly choreographed annual event that produces… Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 53:58 PBS NewsHour full episode June 3, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, officials disclosed an increase in the number of labs that mistakenly received live anthrax samples. Also: Why out of pocket costs for health care are going up, what Red Cross did with $500 million dollars raised… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 11:41 Opposite parties, same goal: change U.S.-China relations By PBS News Hour China is on track to eclipse the U.S. as the world's largest economy by 2016, and it hasn’t been shy about flexing military muscle. Henry Paulson and Bob Rubin, former treasury secretaries from different parties, say the U.S. and China… Continue watching
Jun 03 Watch 7:45 Millions were donated to Red Cross for Haiti earthquake relief. Why haven't more been helped? By PBS News Hour In 2010, a catastrophic earthquake ravaged Haiti, leaving 1.5 million people homeless. The American Red Cross raised nearly $500 million for relief efforts, announcing plans to create new communities. But an investigation by ProPublica and NPR has concluded that the… Continue watching
Jun 03 More than 1,300 quarantined in South Korea's MERS virus outbreak By Ariel Min In South Korea, fears of a Middle Eastern respiratory syndrome (MERS) outbreak – the largest outside of the Arabic Peninsula – have closed more than 230 schools and put more than 1300 people under mandatory quarantine, according to NPR. Continue reading
Jun 03 Watch 5:49 News Wrap: Divers race to rescue trapped passengers on Chinese cruise ship By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Chinese authorities called in more divers to search for more than 400 people still missing since Monday, when a cruise ship capsized by tornado-force winds on the Yangtze River. Also, more than 700 migrants in… Continue watching
Jun 03 What happened to Red Cross donations for Haiti? By Colleen Shalby Following a harrowing earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, the American Red Cross launched a project to raise funds to transform the area. Roughly $500 million was donated. But according to a new report from ProPublica and NPR, as it… Continue reading