May 06 Watch Shareholders of e-commerce giant Alibaba seek greater control and exposure with American IPO filing By PBS News Hour A Chinese e-commerce giant called Alibaba filed an initial public offering that many experts say could rank among the largest ever. The company operates multiple businesses, including some akin to Amazon or eBay. Judy Woodruff talks to Paul Sweeney of… Continue watching
May 06 Watch Persistence is key to wiping out polio outbreaks in fragile nations By PBS News Hour Signaling a new public health emergency, the World Health Organization warns that if polio is not completely eradicated it could become endemic again. Worldwide, 74 cases of the crippling disease have been confirmed this year, with Syria, Cameroon and Pakistan… Continue watching
May 06 Watch News Wrap: More girls abducted in Nigeria after militants went door-to-door, reports say By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Islamist militants have reportedly abducted more girls in Nigeria’s northeast, in addition to the some 270 schoolgirls kidnapped last month. Men went door-to-door, taking girls ages 12 to 15, said witnesses and police. Also, the… Continue watching
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