Aug 18 America Remembers 9/11: Your Answers on What’s Changed in 10 Years As the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks draws closer, The PBS NewsHour and our public media colleagues have been seeking out your views on what's changed in the United States over the past decade. Some of you have… Continue reading
Aug 18 Watch America Remembers 9/11: Your Answers on What’s Changed Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the NewsHour and local PBS stations have launched a new project called the 9/11 Video Quilt. We've collected reflections from Americans across the country about what's changed since 2001. Here's… Continue watching
Aug 18 Secretary Clinton: ‘Time for Assad to Get out of the Way’ By News Desk // After months of protests in Syria and a brutal crackdown by the government of President Bashar Assad, the Obama administration has called on Assad to leave office. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that "for months the world… Continue reading
Aug 18 Attacks in Israel Kill 6, Injure Dozens; Biden Praises U.S. Ties With China By News Desk At least six people are dead and dozens more wounded after heavily armed gunmen launched three successive attacks targeting a civilian bus, military vehicle and another car in southern Israel near the border with Egypt on Thursday. A spokeswoman… Continue reading
Aug 17 Watch Journalist Offers Insider’s Look at the Lives of Somali Pirates Journalist Jay Bahadur's new book, "The Pirates of Somalia: Inside Their Hidden World," offers a rare glimpse inside the inner workings of modern piracy off the cost of Somalia. Ray Suarez and Bahadur discuss his real-life tale of crime on… Continue watching
Aug 17 Watch With Unity in Egypt Now Fractured, ‘Second Wave’ of Revolution Underway As former President Hosni Mubarak stands trial, Egypt's revolutionaries are increasingly divided over how to shape their new political structure. Margaret Warner discusses what's next for Egyptians and their "second wave" of revolution with GlobalPost's Charles Sennott, who returned to… Continue watching
Aug 17 GlobalPost and Frontline Report: After Egypt’s ‘Tahrir Moment’ By Larisa Epatko Despite the removal of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and the start of his trial earlier this month, the organizers of the protest movement that led to the government's ouster are seeking more. Continue reading
Aug 16 Watch 5 Months After Meltdown, Fukushima Citizens Still Face Radioactive Risks Five months after the deadly tsunami and Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, Japanese authorities have acknowledged that they misled residents about the radioactive dangers. John Sparks of Independent Television News gets an inside look at the area and reports on… Continue watching
Aug 16 Watch What Does Recent Iraq Violence Mean for U.S. Troops’ Exit? A wave of 42 attacks devastated Iraq on Monday, killing at least 70 people and wounding more than 200 in more than a dozen cities. Margaret Warner discusses what the attacks mean for the missions of the remaining U.S. troops… Continue watching
Aug 16 Europe’s Largest Economies Work to Address Crisis By Larisa Epatko German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Tuesday in Paris to come up with a joint strategy on addressing fears about the euro currency. Their meeting was notable for what didn't come out of it for as… Continue reading