Apr 29 Watch 5:10 Why didn't Nepal prepare for an inevitable earthquake? By PBS News Hour Why wasn’t Nepal better prepared for an earthquake that everyone expected? Judy Woodruff talks to Jonah Blank of RAND Corporation about the political and economic challenges in Nepal. Continue watching
Apr 29 Watch 2:51 Nepal desperation grows in areas still waiting for aid By PBS News Hour The magnitude of devastation in Nepal following the massive earthquake is still largely unknown in some of the country’s more remote areas. Jonathan Miller of Independent Television News meets survivors in the town of Bahrabise who are desperate for aid. Continue watching
Apr 29 Why the Nepal earthquake may have been inevitable By Nsikan Akpan On Saturday, a portion of the thrust fault underneath central Nepal ruptured, causing an earthquake that killed at least 5,200 people, injured more than 10,000 and destroyed centuries-old temples, towers and buildings. Continue reading
Apr 29 Nepal not prepared for intensity of earthquake, geologist says By Larisa Epatko It’s no mystery that Nepal -- precariously perched atop two shifting geologic plates -- is vulnerable to earthquakes. For the past decade, Nepal was working on preparing for the next big one. But it couldn't get all of its systems… Continue reading
Apr 29 The last men who fought in the Vietnam War remember the fall of Saigon By Mike Fritz, Pat Clark By April 29, 1975, the fall of Saigon was imminent and only a few dozen U.S. troops remained – down from more than half a million in 1969. Continue reading
Apr 28 Watch 8:36 Chaos and the human costs of the Vietnam War's final days By PBS News Hour The fall of Saigon is a story we think we know, says filmmaker Rory Kennedy. But in "Last Days in Vietnam," a new documentary airing on PBS' American Experience, the people who were there tell the almost unbelievable stories of… Continue watching
Apr 28 Watch 7:50 News Wrap: Kathmandu continues search for buried survivors By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the death toll of the Nepal earthquake rose to more than 4,600 and aid workers continue to look for survivors. Also, officials say they thwarted a suicide bombing attack on the U.S. embassy in Riyadh,… Continue watching
Apr 28 After firing warning shots, Iran seizes cargo ship By Associated Press Iranian forces fired warning shots across the bridge of a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo vessel as it was traversing the Strait of Hormuz, boarded the ship and directed it toward the Iranian mainland, a Pentagon official said Tuesday. Continue reading
Apr 28 Can a pink rickshaw help fight sexual harassment in Pakistan? By Shehryar Nabi In Lahore, Pakistan, where harassment of women is commonplace, Zar Aslam, CEO of the Environment Protection Fund, decided to do something to keep women safe. Continue reading
Apr 28 In Nepal, crammed airport and rains hamper aid efforts By Larisa Epatko A group of aid workers from a dozen different countries were discussing sustainable agriculture when Saturday’s massive earthquake shook Nepal. Kushal Neogy of Catholic Relief Services was there. Continue reading