Aug 06 Watch How the ‘Great War’ redefined the world By PBS News Hour Former enemies marked the centennial this week of the “Great War,” which pulled in world powers and killed 17 million soldiers and civilians across Europe and beyond. Jeffrey Brown reports on how the death and destruction of the world’s first… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch World Health Organization calls for emergency meeting on Ebola outbreak By PBS News Hour Two Americans infected with the Ebola virus and being treated in Atlanta have received an experimental drug, Z-Mapp, that had not previously been tested on humans and is in extremely limited supply. The WHO announced the latest numbers in rising… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch After criminals steal 1.2 billion web credentials, how to protect personal info from data breaches By PBS News Hour The New York Times and a Midwest security firm are reporting a massive breach of online privacy that includes the collection of more than a billion username and password combinations and more than 500 million email addresses. Gwen Ifill talks… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch How Rosetta can help decipher a comet’s secrets By PBS News Hour After a 10-year journey, the space probe Rosetta is orbiting a comet. The spacecraft is slated to follow the comet for more than a year on its way toward the sun. Hari Sreenivasan talks to Mark McCaughrean, senior scientific advisor… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch News Wrap: Investigators piece together killing of U.S. Army general in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, investigators said an Afghan soldier hid in a bathroom before opening fire on a group of foreign and Afghan officers, killing an American Army general. Also, an Israeli official told Reuters that his government is… Continue watching
Aug 06 How does WWI impact the U.S. today? By Larisa Epatko This year marks the 100th anniversary of World War I. PBS NewsHour chief correspondent Jeffrey Brown spoke with authors Margaret MacMillan, John Mearsheimer and Jack Beatty on Wednesday about the lasting effects of the war on the United States today. Continue reading
Aug 06 Photo Essay: World War I remastered and in color By Travis Daub For the 100th anniversary of the "war to end all wars," a team at the Open University in the United Kingdom has been searching through photo archives around the world to find unique and significant images of the conflict. Continue reading
Aug 06 Russia bans imports on U.S. agricultural goods By Ariel Min Russian President Vladimir Putin signed an order on Wednesday to ban and limit imports of agricultural products from the United States and other countries that have imposed sanctions on Russia. The U.S. and the European Union have recently imposed some… Continue reading
Aug 06 Obama, African leaders address security and government corruption By Julie Pace, Associated Press President Barack Obama and dozens of African leaders opened talks Wednesday on two key issues that threaten to disrupt economic progress on the continent: security and government corruption. Continue reading