Aug 20 Why Polish migrants decided to strike in the UK By Malcolm Brabant In the latest of his reports on migration in Europe, special correspondent Malcolm Brabant examines the relationship between immigrant workers from Poland and the country they’d like to call home. Continue reading
Aug 20 Keeping up with the Joneses, Neolithic Scotland edition By Lorna Baldwin As I stand on this windswept bit of Orkney looking down at the Ness of Brodgar dig site, there’s a salty sea loch to my left, a freshwater loch to my right, and standing stones in front of and behind… Continue reading
Aug 20 July 2015 was Earth's hottest month on record By Joshua Barajas This past July will go down as Earth’s hottest month in recorded history since 1880, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch 4:07 Destroy, sell, hide: How Islamic State exploits antiquities By PBS News Hour Archaeologist Khaled al-Assad was an iconic figure associated with the study of the ancient cultural site of Palmyra in Syria. In the wake of Assad’s murder at the hands of the Islamic State, Amr Al Azm of Shawnee State University… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 2:17 A protector of Syria's ancient past executed by Islamic State militants By PBS News Hour For world-renowned scholar Khaled al-Assad, the ancient site of Palmyra was his home and his life. Then the Islamic State came for him, wanting to know where valuable artifacts from the site had been hidden. The 81-year-old, who didn’t give… Continue watching
Aug 19 Watch 4:27 News Wrap: Thailand offers reward for shrine bombing suspect By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Thai authorities issued a warrant for a man in a yellow shirt suspected in a deadly bombing at a shrine. He is now believed to have acted as part of a network. Also, two more… Continue watching
Aug 19 Photos: Ships, boats and yachts 'Sail In' to Amsterdam By Ariel Min Every five years, as many as 600 ships navigate around the canal for a five-day festival in order to showcase and celebrate Netherland's history of seafaring and ports. The event, called SAIL Amsterdam, started in 1975 and boasts of being… Continue reading
Aug 19 In Ebola-ravaged village, nurse sees power of the human spirit By Larisa Epatko When Doctors Without Borders called nurse Kim Federici to join their forces fighting Ebola in spring 2014, she answered without reservation. Continue reading