Jun 25 In a land of plenty, a reporter's snapshots of malnutrition By Hari Sreenivasan When we asked Maria Pilar whether she would save some of the peas she was tirelessly weeding, she looked at us like we were nuts. Her answer was, “I’ve heard people eat these things. But no, not me.” And that… Continue reading
Jun 25 How Guatemala finally 'woke up' to its malnutrition crisis By Roger Thurow In a hip Guatemala City restaurant set within a high-fashion clothing store, baristas mix “Super Nutritious” drinks like the Sangre de Vampiro, a mixture of pineapple, celery, beets, lemon, orange juice and organic honey. “Rich in antioxidants,” boasts the menu. Continue reading
Jun 25 Former U.S. allies in Iraq eyed for fight against ISIL By Lara Jakes, Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press The Obama administration is looking at the Sahwa -- Sunni militiamen who took extraordinary risks to side with U.S. troops in the fight against al-Qaida during the Iraq War -- as a model for how to unite Sunni fighters against… Continue reading
Jun 24 Watch 52:55 Tuesday, June 24, 2014 By PBS News Hour Tuesday on the NewsHour, Secretary of State John Kerry urges Iraq’s Kurds to help prevent the country from splintering and to support political reform. Also: Congress scrutinizes the IRS for emails gone missing, how the “freedom summer” of ’64 changed… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch Kurdish leader: 'We are facing a new reality and a new Iraq' By PBS News Hour Secretary of State John Kerry made an emergency visit to the Kurdish region of Iraq to meet with President Massoud Barzani, urging him to support political reform in Baghdad in the face of the military onslaught by ISIL. But Barzani… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch How ISIL capitalized on vulnerabilities of Iraq's security forces By PBS News Hour The United Nations estimates that, at minimum, 1,000 people have been killed in two weeks of fighting in Iraq. Judy Woodruff talks to two former U.S. Army officers who served in Iraq -- retired Lt. Col. Douglas Ollivant and retired… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch News Wrap: Homeland Security sends agents to address child migrant crisis By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, 115 Homeland Security agents were deployed to the Rio Grande Valley to handle a surge of thousands of undocumented children at the U.S. border. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson said another 150 agents may… Continue watching
Jun 24 60 girls and women abducted in Nigeria, reports claim By News Desk A local official confirmed to the Associated Press that 60 girls and women and 31 boys were abducted by extremists in weekend attacks on villages in northeast Nigeria. The news agency reports that Nigerian security forces have denied the abductions… Continue reading
Jun 24 Kurdish leader cites 'new reality' in Iraq By Lara Jakes, Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — The president of Iraq's ethnic Kurdish region declared Tuesday that "we are facing a new reality and a new Iraq" as the country considers new leadership for its Shiite-led government as an immediate step to curb… Continue reading
Jun 23 Watch 51:39 Monday, June 23, 2014 By PBS News Hour Monday on the NewsHour, Secretary of State John Kerry visits Iraq to urge political reform. Also: Three Al Jazeera journalists are convicted on terrorism charges in Egypt, previewing Tuesday’s slate of congressional primaries, teaching young adults the skills to get… Continue watching