Mar 18 Report: NSA has system capable of recording an entire country’s phone calls By Justin Scuiletti Every telephone call made in a foreign country can be recorded and replayed by the National Security Agency through their voice interception program, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. Documents provided by Edward Snowden say that the surveillance technology, named MYSTIC,… Continue reading
Mar 18 Putin signs treaty to annex Crimea into Russia By Justin Scuiletti Russian President Vladimir Putin, alongside several Crimean officials, signed a treaty Tuesday to incorporate the Ukraine region of Crimea into Russia days after a referendum overwhelmingly approved the annexation. Continue reading
Mar 18 ‘Learning together’ to grow a business in the plains of Tanzania By Larisa Epatko When Hailey Chalhoub and Eliza Madden, both 22, were sent to Tabora in northeastern Tanzania to help its residents with a nascent food processing business, they had their marching orders: make a profit. Continue reading
Mar 18 Watch In signing treaty, Putin declares Crimea has always been ‘inseparable’ part of Russia By PBS News Hour Vladimir Putin added Crimea to the map of Russia with a stroke of his pen. The Russian president delivered an emotional address to his parliament on the annexation of that peninsula before endorsing the formal treaty. Margaret Warner reports on… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch 26 countries searching for missing airliner face lack of big breaks, vast terrain By PBS News Hour Confusion reigns and theories abound on the 10th day of the burgeoning search for the missing Malaysian jet. Officials offered contradictory information about the timing of the disabling of the jet’s communications, while investigators and the press chase information on… Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Pilot’s political views raise fresh questions in search for missing Malaysian airliner By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch In wake of Crimea’s vote, West struggles to anticipate Putin’s next move By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch How will Crimeans who oppose Russian annexation respond to referendum outcome? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Mar 17 Watch Obama, EU challenge Crimea secession with Russia sanctions By PBS News Hour President Obama and leaders in the European Union announced new penalties against Russia a day after citizens in the Ukrainian region of Crimea voted to secede. But Russia appeared unfazed in the face of its toughest sanctions since the end… Continue watching
Mar 17 After 1,600 years frozen, Antarctic moss shows ‘unprecedented’ survival By Justin Scuiletti A moss plant that spent around 1,600 years under Antarctic ice has been revived by scientists and is growing anew in a case of “unprecedented millennial-scale survival.”… Continue reading