Aug 01 Syrian Forces Launch Crackdown in Hama, N. Korea Open to Nuclear Talks By News Desk In this third-party photo obtained by AFP/Getty Images, Syrians demonstrate against the government after Friday prayers in Hama on July 29, 2011. Syrian forces are bearing down on the city of Hama in the second day of a renewed… Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Famine, Strife in Somalia an ‘Unfolding Tragedy’ Instability in Somalia Hampers Efforts to Aid Famine 'Tragedy'… Continue watching
Jul 29 A Year Later, Funding Still Needed for Pakistan Flood Victims By Talea Miller A woman prays by the Ravi river in August 2010, after the worst flooding in 80 years. Photo by Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images. This week marks one year since historic flooding submerged a fifth of Pakistan and displaced more than 4… Continue reading
Jul 29 Norway Mourns Massacre Victims One Week After Attacks A friend of Bano Rashid, one of the victims of the massacre on the youth camp of the Norwegian Labor Party, walks ahead of Rashid's coffin carrying her portrait. Photo by Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images. One week after a bombing… Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch Amid Quake Recovery, Can Haiti Build a Different Port-au-Prince? Eighteen months after the massive and devastating earthquake, Haiti is still reeling from the wreckage and a cholera epidemic. Ray Suarez and Dr. Paul Farmer discuss his new book, "Haiti After the Earthquake."… Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch Lagarde on ‘Worrisome’ U.S. Debt Debate, Eurozone’s Future In a newsmaker interview with Margaret Warner on Thursday, the International Monetary Fund's managing director, Christine Lagarde, discusses the U.S. debt ceiling debate and the current state of the eurozone's economic struggles. Continue watching
Jul 28 Watch Lagarde Warns Dollar Could Decline if U.S. Debt Deal Not Reached Lagarde Warns Dollar Could Decline if U.S. Debt Deal Not Reached… Continue watching
Jul 28 Lagarde Warns Dollar Could Decline if U.S. Debt Deal Not Reached By Larisa Epatko The International Monetary Fund's managing director Christine Lagarde said Thursday in a PBS NewsHour interview that if U.S. lawmakers can't reach an agreement on the debt ceiling, one of the global impacts could be a loss of confidence in the… Continue reading
Jul 28 NewsHour Connect: Heat Wave Imperils Midwest Agriculture By Justin Scuiletti // Temperatures have been rising in the Midwest this summer -- and with them, food prices may also be heading upward. As heat waves have been blanketing much of the nation in temperatures over 100 degrees, agriculture has been… Continue reading
Jul 28 Humala Sworn in as Peru’s President By News Desk Ollanta Humala, a former army officer, was sworn in as Peru's new president Thursday after narrowly defeating Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed former president Alberto Fujimori, in a second-round vote in June. Continue reading