Jan 23 Newly discovered mummy proves existence of long-forgotten Egyptian dynasty By News Desk A painted scene of the goddesses Neith and Nut, protecting the canopic shrine of the pharaoh Senebkay. Photo by Jennifer Wegner/Penn Museum When archaeologists from the University of Pennsylvania came across the tomb of King Senebkay in… Continue reading
Jan 23 White House considering sanctions against Ukraine as violence intensifies By News Desk Protests in Ukraine turn deadly, with 2 dead amid clashes with police: http://t.co/u9fiDqrK1x (Getty) pic.twitter.com/uLSreBzZH0 — Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) January 22, 2014 The White House will consider issuing sanctions against Ukraine in response to… Continue reading
Jan 23 Pakistan poses global polio threat as violence against vaccination teams continues By Robert Pursell Following another string of deadly attacks on Polio vaccination teams by Taliban militant groups, the World Health Organization said Wednesday that Pakistan's polio crisis threatens to spread across the globe. Continue reading
Jan 22 Watch Peace talks open with disagreement over Assad’s future in Syria By Margaret Warner, PBS News Hour Infighting and acrimony marked the first day of talks on the Syrian war. While State Secretary Kerry and other officials insisted that a transitional government could not include current President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian foreign minister insisted no country but… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch News Wrap: Va. attorney general says state will side with gay marriage rights By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch Will talks yield any progress for ending the Syrian war? By PBS News Hour Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner joins Gwen Ifill from Switzerland to further discuss the positions held by the opposing sides. Then Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Joshua Landis of the University of Oklahoma and Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute… Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch Will talks yield any progress for ending the Syrian war? By PBS News Hour Chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner joins Gwen Ifill from Switzerland to further discuss the positions held by the opposing sides. Then Gwen Ifill gets reaction from Joshua Landis of the University of Oklahoma and Andrew Tabler of the Washington Institute… Continue watching
Jan 22 German city expanding ‘Green Network,’ limiting vehicle traffic By Bridget Bowman Hamburg -- Germany's second largest city -- is currently working to expand its green space in an ambitious plan known as the "Green Network."… Continue reading
Jan 22 Ban Ki-moon closes Syrian peace talks By News Desk United Nation's Ban Ki-moon called for the Syrian delegations, representing the government and opposition party, to work towards a solution to the three-year civil war. Continue reading