Feb 19 Happy Lunar New Year! But is it the Year of the Sheep or Goat? By Larisa Epatko Millions of Asians are traveling home to celebrate the weeks-long Lunar New Year, but are they ringing in the Year of the Sheep or the Goat?… Continue reading
Feb 19 Democrats to Boehner: Postpone Netanyahu speech By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Almost two dozen liberal Democrats on Thursday asked House Speaker John Boehner to postpone Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint meeting of Congress next month. Continue reading
Feb 19 Obama: Nations have 'responsibility' to deny that extremism represents Islam By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — In the fight against violent extremism, President Barack Obama has argued the U.S. has one thing going for it that Europe doesn't: a long tradition of warmly embracing its immigrants, including Muslims. Continue reading
Feb 18 Watch 53:41 PBS NewsHour full episode Feb. 18, 2015 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, an assault by Russian-backed separatists forces thousands of Ukrainian troops to retreat from a key town in Eastern Ukraine despite a cease-fire. Also: Confronting extremism at home and abroad, Boston digs its way out of 100… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 10:11 What can the U.S. do to stop radicalization at home? By PBS News Hour With growing concern over global extremism, the question of how to counter and prevent radicalization is the focus of a three-day summit at the White House. Judy Woodruff talks to Zainab Al-Suwaij of the American Islamic Congress and Matthew Levitt… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 7:10 Photojournalist Lynsey Addario focuses on war and love in her new memoir By PBS News Hour Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has traveled the world, capturing images of war, famine, brutality and displacement, from Darfur to Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. She joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss her career, how she managed her fear and a new memoir, "It's… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 4:33 Ukraine loses key town to separatists despite cease-fire By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 4:10 What the defeat at Debaltseve means for Ukraine By PBS News Hour The loss of the key hub town Debaltseve to Russian-backed separatists is a significant strategic and morale setback for Ukraine. Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner joins Gwen Ifill to discuss potential response to the latest military action. Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Afghan civilian casualties rose in 2014 By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, a UN report found that civilian deaths and injuries in Afghanistan rose by 22 percent last year. It also said more Afghans died in battles between the Taliban and government forces than from bombs, unlike… Continue watching
Feb 18 Photos: Billions set to travel as China rings in Year of the Sheep By Tik Root China’s spring festival, Chunyun, began earlier this month and people are on the move. Billions of them. Continue reading