Aug 07 Watch News Wrap: Kerry visits Afghanistan to press election resolution By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Secretary of State John Kerry urged Afghanistan’s opposing presidential candidates to accept results from an ongoing audit of the runoff election. Also, several thousand Palestinians marched in support of Hamas on the final day of… Continue watching
Aug 07 Is the U.S. bombing Islamic State Group in Iraq? The news is unclear By News Desk There was confusion about possible U.S. actions against ISIS in Iraq Thursday night, as news organizations published differing and contradictory reports about possible air strikes or humanitarian drops. The Pentagon denied that the U.S. dropped bombs or humanitarian supplies for… Continue reading
Aug 07 Twitter Chat: Who controls our perception of current events? By Nora Daly By choosing to “like” or “follow” specific stories, pages and users, we paint a picture for sites like Google and Facebook of our interests, preferences and worldview. These sites’ algorithms then set to work ensuring we are shown more of… Continue reading
Aug 07 Google search will reward encrypted sites By Colleen Shalby In an effort to make the Internet a safer place, Google will prioritize secure websites in search results, giving a boost to those URLs with an "https" -- "s" as in "secure" -- over "http."… Continue reading
Aug 07 Obama weighs airstrikes, aid as humanitarian crisis builds in Iraq By Julie Pace, Robert Burns, Associated Press President Barack Obama huddled with his national security team Thursday morning to discuss the crisis as the Islamic State group made further gains. Airstrikes in particular would mark a significant shift in the U.S. strategy in Iraq, where the military… Continue reading
Aug 07 Russia bans food imports from U.S. and E.U. By Ayan Sheikh Russian Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, announced an immediate ban on the import of fruit, vegetable, meat and milk products from the United States, European Union and several other countries during a government meeting on Thursday. Continue reading
Aug 07 Kerry aims to buffer Afghan presidential battle By Matthew Lee, Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Afghanistan on an unannounced visit to try to calm tensions between the country's two feuding presidential candidates. Continue reading
Aug 06 Watch PBS NewsHour | Full Episode | August 6, 2014 By PBS News Hour Wednesday on the NewsHour, the death toll from the Ebola outbreak rose as the U.N. declared the outbreak of serious global concern. Also: Hackers score a massive cyber security breach, European spacecraft Rosetta reached its destination after a 10-year journey,… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Did destruction and upheaval of WWI pave way for Ukraine, Mideast conflicts? By PBS News Hour The collision and shattering of world powers during World War I have laid the foundation for wars being waged today. For analysis of the war’s footprints, Jeffrey Brown is joined by Margaret MacMillan of University of Oxford, John Mearsheimer of… Continue watching
Aug 06 Watch Should an experimental drug be used to treat Ebola in West Africa? By PBS News Hour The treatment of two Ebola-infected Americans with an experimental drug, Z-Mapp, raises the question of whether it has potential for widespread use in combating the outbreak in West Africa. Judy Woodruff gets perspective on the topic from two experts, Dr. Continue watching