Jan 31 Thailand at the brink By Michael D. Mosettig When I was in Thailand a year ago, the streets and glitzy shopping malls were crammed with tourists, including tens of thousands of Chinese escaping their country's crowds and pollution for a more exotic Asian New Year holiday. What a… Continue reading
Jan 30 Watch NSA surveillance revelations sour German perception of Obama By PBS News Hour In 2008, huge crowds showed up in Berlin to get a glimpse of then-senator Barack Obama during his first presidential campaign. But six years later, German enthusiasm has waned, largely because of evidence that the NSA has spied on German… Continue watching
Jan 30 Watch 7:02 Al-Jazeera journalists charged with trying to distort Egyptian media By PBS News Hour Egyptian authorities charged 20 journalists working for Al-Jazeera with being agents of the Muslim Brotherhood and plotting to distort Egypt’s media. Judy Woodruff talks to Nancy Youssef of McClatchy Newspapers about their detainment and why Al-Jazeera is being targeted. Continue watching
Jan 30 Russia identifies suicide bombers, arrests suspected accomplices By Bridget Bowman The Russian National Anti-Terrorism Committee identified the two suicide bombers who killed 34 in the Russian city of Volgograd in December. Two suspected accomplices were also arrested. Continue reading
Jan 30 Teaching kids to eat healthy in school and beyond By Larisa Epatko When Kirsten Tobey and Kristin Richmond met at the Haas School of Business at the University of California-Berkeley, they found they had a shared interest in helping fill a need in schools. Continue reading
Jan 30 Unrest in South Sudan continues to grow despite concessions by government By Robert Pursell In the latest development in the ongoing political struggle between the South Sudanese government and fighting rebel forces, South Sudan’s Justice Minister Paulino Wanawila announced Tuesday the release of seven officials the government had originally detained on suspicion of planning… Continue reading
Jan 29 Watch In Germany, memories of repressive national spying inflamed by U.S. surveillance By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 29 Watch News Wrap: NSA director urges Snowden to return still-secret documents By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, James Clapper, the Director of National Intelligence, testified in a Senate hearing about the negative effects of revelations about secret spying programs leaked by Edward Snowden, and urged the former contractor to return any still-secret… Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Russian security expected to be very visible and rigorous at Sochi games By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 28 Watch Ukraine's parliament repeals anti-protest law while prime minister resigns By PBS News Hour Continue watching