Feb 27 Watch Report suggests U.K. spies collected images from Yahoo webcam chats with NSA help By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 27 UPDATED: Intelligence officials secretly collected private Yahoo video chat images By Jordan Vesey Updated 6:15 p.m. ET A NSA spokesperson, late today, emailed the following statement to the NewsHour: "As we’ve said before, the National Security Agency does not ask its foreign partners to undertake any intelligence activity that the U.S. Government would… Continue reading
Feb 27 Syria tops list of human rights violations in 2013, US report says By Lara Jakes, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- A chemicals weapons attack in Syria last summer that the U.S. says killed more than 1,400 people was the world's worst human rights violation of 2013, the Obama administration concluded Thursday. The report by the State Department also… Continue reading
Feb 27 Italy plans $55 million 'Disneyland of food' in attempt to help revive economy By Robert Pursell Epicureans and lovers of Italian fare can rejoice at the news that Eataly -- the Italian food-emporium chain -- and the municipality of Bologna will develop a theme park dedicated entirely to food; the latest in a string… Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch Will Russia intervene in Ukraine? By PBS News Hour Judy Woodruff gets analysis from Fiona Hill of the Brookings Institution and Nadia Diuk of the National Endowment for Democracy about the challenges ahead for finding unity in Ukraine and the chances of Russia stepping in as unrest continues. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Swiss banking giant refuses disclosure in Senate grilling on tax evasion By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Designing cleaner stoves for home cooks in the developing world By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch Crimeans push back against Ukrainian protest movement By PBS News Hour While prospective new Ukrainian leaders were introduced in Kiev, in the Crimean region, pro-Russian demonstrators clashed with supporters of the protest movement. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports on the separatist tensions flaring in Eastern Ukraine. Continue watching
Feb 26 Watch News Wrap: Syrian state media reports major attack on rebels by government forces By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Feb 26 More than 175 rebels killed in Damascus ambush By Ellen Rolfes At least 175 rebel fighters were killed, and many more wounded, on Wednesday in an ambush in Damascus, according to Syrian Arab News Agency. Continue reading