Apr 26 Watch Global Standards for Garment Industry Under Scrutiny After Bangladesh Disaster The Bangladeshi garment factory collapse is the worst disaster ever for the country's booming clothing industry. Ray Suarez discusses the role of Western retailers in keeping foreign workers safe with Avedis Seferian of Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production and Scott Nova… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch U.S. Believes Syrian Regime Has Used Chemical Weapons, Waits for Confirmation U.S. Believes Syrian Regime Has Used Chemical Weapons, Waits for Confirmation… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch Tsarnaev Brothers Planned Times Square Attack After Boston Bombing Tsarnaev Brothers Planned Times Square Attack After Boston Bombing… Continue watching
Apr 25 How Cell Phones Are Helping Fight Malaria By Imani Cheers Community health workers receive new cell phones as incentives to continue their malaria rapid reporting. Photo by Imani Cheers/PBS NewsHour. LIVINGSTONE, Zambia --Tokozile Ngwenya-Kangombe, a project coordinator with Akros Research, knows first-hand how dangerous malaria can be for… Continue reading
Apr 25 Judy’s Notebook: Witnessing the Events in Boston From 5,000 Miles Away By Judy Woodruff Kauai, Hawaii. Photo by Judy Woodruff/PBS NewsHour. When the events at the Boston Marathon unfolded last week, I was about as far away as one could be, and still be in the U.S. Yes, halfway across the Pacific Ocean, in… Continue reading
Apr 25 Gay Marriage Approval Doesn’t Quell Protests in France By Simone Pathe Anti-same sex marriage activists protest a few hours after the French Parliament adopted a gay marriage law on April 23 in Paris. Photo by Antoine Antoniol/Getty Images. France became the 14th nation to legalize same-sex marriage Tuesday, after their… Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch News Wrap: Death Toll Rises to More Than 230 in Bangladesh Factory Disaster In other news Thursday, the death toll from a collapsed garment building in Bangladesh rose above 230 people. Officials say some 2,000 people survived. An unknown number of people are still trapped. Also, hundreds of mourners attended a memorial service… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch Heavy April Showers Inundate Midwest States With Widespread Flooding Heavy April Showers Inundate Midwest States With Widespread Flooding… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch Mining Online History for What May Have Radicalized, Informed Tsarnaev Brothers Mining Online History for What May Have Radicalized, Informed Tsarnaev Brothers… Continue watching
Apr 24 Who Is Alexei Navalny and Why Is He on Trial in Russia? By Larisa Epatko Russian lawyer and political activist Alexei Navalny faces 10 years in prison for embezzlement charges in a trial that resumed this week in Russia. Continue reading