May 06 New Russian law puts roubles in the swear jar By Ruth Tam Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved a ban on swearing in Russian films, television, theater, concerts and other live entertainment. Continue reading
May 06 U.S. will send team to Nigeria to help search for kidnapped girls By Joshua Barajas Islamist extremists known as Boko Haram have kidnapped eight girls, aged 12 to 15, from a village in northeastern Nigeria, local police said Tuesday. The group’s raid of the village comes a day after they claimed responsibility for the abduction… Continue reading
May 06 Maternal deaths down in Afghanistan with help from community workers By Larisa Epatko One of the bright spots in Save the Children’s 15th annual ranking of the best and worst countries to be a mother, released Monday, is the progress Afghanistan has made improving maternal health. Continue reading
May 05 Watch Russia's former foreign minister discusses Putin's motivations in Ukraine By PBS News Hour Russian President Vladimir Putin has evoked Ukraine’s Soviet past as a way of justifying the annexation of Crimea, and to appeal to many Ukrainians. Putin has argued that post-Cold War expansion of NATO has provoked Moscow. Chief foreign correspondent Margaret… Continue watching
May 05 Watch News Wrap: UN says polio outbreak is global emergency By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the World Health Organization has declared a global health emergency amid outbreaks of polio across Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The U.N. agency says the number of new cases last year nearly doubled to… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Distress over kidnapped girls fuels protest against Nigerian government By PBS News Hour The abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls by Boko Haram in Nigeria has provoked strong feelings of distrust and anxiety about the disorganization and vulnerability of the government. Jeffrey Brown talks to Carl LeVan of American University and Mojubaolu Okome of… Continue watching
May 05 Watch Nigerians show outrage over militant's threat to sell abducted schoolgirls with little government opposition By PBS News Hour Hundreds of protesters in Lagos, Nigeria, demanded its government ramp-up the search for the more than 250 girls who were kidnapped from a boarding school and are still missing. Nigeria’s first lady has accused protest leaders of fabricating the crisis. Continue watching
May 05 Finland gets gold in mom rankings; U.S. maternal deaths on the rise By Larisa Epatko Finland is the best country to be a mother, according to Save the Children’s 15th annual ranking released Monday, while Somalia comes in last. The United States hovers at 31 -- about the same as last year -- but is… Continue reading
May 05 Kerry's trip reveals how little influence U.S. has in Africa By Lara Jakes, Associated Press The refusal this week by several leaders to heed urgings by Secretary of State Kerry confronts the Obama administration with a choice of its own: Pursue economic opportunities with governments that do not respect rule of law or human rights,… Continue reading
May 05 Democrats undecided on Benghazi attack investigation By Bradley Klapper, Donna Cassata, Associated Press House Speaker John Boehner announced that Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., would head a select committee on the response to the deadly Sept. 11, 2012, assault on the U.S. diplomatic post in Libya that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other… Continue reading