Jul 10 Watch Israel's 'iron dome' against Hamas rockets may help to defer ground assault By PBS News Hour The death toll continued to climb in Gaza as Israel ramped up its barrage of airstrikes. Judy Woodruff talks to Josef Federman of The Associated Press who is in Jerusalem about the potential of an Israeli ground invasion, the origins… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch Is Germany overreacting to allegations of U.S. espionage? By PBS News Hour Germany announced today that it is kicking America’s top spy out of the country after new reports of U.S. espionage. For debate on the expulsion request, Gwen Ifill talks to Mark Lowenthal, former Vice Chairman of the National Intelligence Council… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch Israel ramps up airstrikes; Palestinians fear possible ground assault By PBS News Hour The death toll and damage in Gaza continued to mount today, as Israel increased its air assault on the Palestinian territory. Meanwhile, Hamas continued to target Israel’s two largest cities with missile strikes, provoking Israeli troops and tanks to prepare… Continue watching
Jul 10 Watch News Wrap: Allegations emerge of Chinese hacking into U.S. government files By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, The New York Times reported Chinese hackers accessed the Office of Personnel Management system, focusing on applications for top-secret clearances. In Beijing, a foreign ministry spokesman called the reports “irresponsible.” Meanwhile, the Pakistani military claimed… Continue watching
Jul 10 Russian physicist brothers plan to resurrect Tesla's Wardenclyffe Tower By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy The 20th century visionary competed with Thomas Edison and had a long list of inventions to his name: the Tesla coil, alternating current electricity, an electric motor, radio, X-rays and envisioning of the first smartphone technology in 1901. Continue reading
Jul 10 More than half the world's population lives in urban areas, UN report finds By Talia Mindich The world's urban population has ballooned to 3.9 billion, or 54 percent of the total population, in 2014, the United Nations reported today. By 2050, this proportion is expected to increase to 66 percent. Continue reading
Jul 10 Mentally ill shackled and neglected in Africa's crisis regions By Victoria Fleischer Robin Hammond had never considered the long-term mental health effects on the Africans whose stories of war, famine and conflict he had covered for 12 years as a documentary photographer. But on a 2011 reporting trip to Sudan, he witnessed… Continue reading
Jul 10 Germany asks top U.S. intelligence official to leave country By Justin Scuiletti The top representative for United States intelligence at the U.S. embassy in Berlin has been asked to leave Germany. Continue reading
Jul 10 U.S., China talk cyberhacking amid new allegations By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Top American officials said Thursday they challenged their counterparts in China to rein in alleged cybersecurity infringements as a new allegation emerged of a brazen attempt by Chinese hackers to break into U.S. government personnel files. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch Pope Francis reforms scandal-ridden Vatican Bank in hopes of making it 'boringly successful' By PBS News Hour Continue watching