Sep 22 Watch What's the financial case for divesting from fossil fuels? By PBS News Hour So far, $50 billion has been pledged in divestment from fossil fuels over the next five years. Gwen Ifill sits down with Jenna Nicholas of Divest-Invest Philanthropy, who advised the participating foundations, to discuss the financial and social ramifications of… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch Protesters converge on Wall Street to call attention to climate change By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch News Wrap: U.S. won't ease Iran nuclear restrictions for Islamic State help By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch Syrian opposition chief: U.S. assistance will be directed against Assad By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 22 New 'Open Mosque' in Cape Town welcomes openly gay Muslims By Ayan Sheikh A new “gay-friendly” mosque in Cape Town, South Africa, opened its doors on Friday despite receiving death threats and criticism from the local Muslim community. Continue reading
Sep 22 Syrian opposition chief: U.S. assistance will be used against Assad forces, not just Islamic State fighters By Margaret Warner NEW YORK -- The president of the Syrian National Coalition -- whose "moderate rebel forces" President Barack Obama and Congress have committed to help -- said his fighters will use those stepped-up resources against President Bashar Assad's government forces, not… Continue reading
Sep 22 Reporter's Notebook: Covering Ebola in Nigeria while navigating corruption By Fred de Sam Lazaro The story of Ebola in Nigeria is an unusual and frankly rare one about things going right somewhere in Africa, albeit with fingers crossed for fear that it could quickly change. The numbers are remarkable: just 21 cases of Ebola… Continue reading
Sep 22 Rudy Giuliani defends Call of Duty publisher in Manuel Noriega lawsuit By Anthony McCartney, Associated Press Activision Blizzard Inc. announced Monday that Giuliani and his firm will ask a Los Angeles judge to dismiss Noriega's lawsuit, which claims his likeness was used without permission in the 2012 game, part of its popular "Call of Duty" video… Continue reading
Sep 22 China, U.S. and India push world carbon output to record levels By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The world pumped an estimated 39.8 billion tons (36.1 billion metric tons) of carbon dioxide into the air last year by burning coal, oil and gas. That is 778 million tons (706 metric tons) or 2.3 percent more than the… Continue reading
Sep 21 Watch Where does the global community stand on climate change action? By PBS News Hour Hundred of thousands of people marched Sunday in New York and in other cities around the world demanding that world leaders do more to halt climate change. For more, Katherine Bagley, a reporter with InsideClimate News, joins Hari Sreenivasan in New… Continue watching