Nov 28 UN condemns U.S. over torture, immigrant detainment and police malpractice By Laura Santhanam After reviewing the recent use of history of torture in the United States, the United Nations Committee Against Torture expressed concern that the United States has not gone far enough in the “absolute prohibition of torture and ill-treatment” of detainees,"… Continue reading
Nov 28 Black Friday is no match for China's Singles' Day By Larisa Epatko SHANGHAI, China -- If the gluttony of Black Friday spending in the United States makes you blue, China’s Singles' Day might help put things in perspective. Continue reading
Nov 27 Watch What's behind the Taliban's latest attacks in Kabul? By PBS News Hour Four attacks on foreigners took place in Afghanistan on Thursday, the latest in a string of bombings by the Taliban. Speaking from Kabul, New York Times foreign correspondent Rod Nordland tells Judy Woodruff what is unusual about the most recent… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch News Wrap: Thanksgiving day celebrations, 600 migrants make it to Greek shore By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 27 Two Taliban attacks in Kabul leave five dead, many more injured By Anna Sillers A suicide bomber attacked a British embassy vehicle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday morning, killing five and injuring more than 30. Later that day, a second attack on a foreign compound by two suicide bombers left two more foreigners injured. Continue reading
Nov 25 Watch PBS NewsHour full episode Nov. 25, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, what’s next for Ferguson after the grand jury decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson for the death of Michael Brown. Also: the FDA’s new mandatory calorie counts, scientists looking for photographic evidence of a black… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch New leadership in Medellin, Colombia, transforms former 'world murder capital' By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch Author Evan Osnos explores rapid changes underway in China in 'Age of Ambition' By PBS News Hour What began as reporting for the New Yorker turned into “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth and Faith in the New China,” an in-depth look at China’s recent changes by Evan Osnos. Jeffrey Brown speaks with this year’s winner of… Continue watching
Nov 25 Watch News Wrap: Suicide bombing in Nigeria, Michele Flournoy out of Defense Secretary running By PBS News Hour In our NewsWrap Tuesday, a suicide bombing by two teenage girls left at least 30 dead in Nigeria, possibly the work of Boko Haram. Also, Michele Flournoy has removed herself from the running to replace Chuck Hagel as the next… Continue watching
Nov 25 If Michael Brown had lived, this group might have helped him By Larisa Epatko When Gail Babcock, program director of the Ferguson Youth Initiative, heard about the fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer in August, her first thought was this: had he only gotten a citation for walking on the… Continue reading