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
Feb 18 President of Liberia will visit U.S. for first time since Ebola outbreak By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The president of Liberia will visit the United States later this month, her first trip to the country since the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Continue reading
Feb 18 Obama to call for joint efforts against violent extremism at summit By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The summit President Barack Obama is convening Wednesday on the threat of violent extremism is not the summit he envisioned. Planned for last October, the summit never happened before the midterm elections. In the months since, the situation… Continue reading
Feb 17 Watch 6:37 Author Alexandra Fuller on how growing up in Africa inspired a 'very honest' divorce memoir By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 8:18 Why scientists want to protect the piping plover's winter home By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 6:34 After an election built on promises, what can Greece's new leadership deliver? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 2:02 Greek bailout talks falter amid threat of default By PBS News Hour The European Union has demanded that Greece agree to an extension bailout program by Friday or risk losing assistance altogether. The Greek finance minister called the plan absurd, but did not rule out a deal. Without an agreement, the current… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 7:59 Unearthing toxic conditions for impoverished gold miners By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 17 Chinese short film encouraging families to talk about homosexuality gets over 100 million views By Shehryar Nabi, Marina Lopes A short film depicting two parents’ coming to terms with their son’s homosexuality has gone viral in China, garnering over 100 million views on QQ, a popular video streaming site in China. Once classified as a “mental illness”, homosexuality has… Continue reading
Feb 17 Photos: Child miners exposed to toxic chemicals in illegal gold mines By Larry C. Price Technically illegal but practiced openly, small-scale mining activity is everywhere. This region once hosted large gold mining operations which exploited the rivers and clear-cut hundreds of thousands of acres in search of promising deposits after securing the necessary permits from… Continue reading