Oct 03 Stocks Fall Over Fear of Greek Default, 3 Awarded Nobel Prize for Study of Immune System By News Desk Fears over Greece's debt crises drove stocks in Europe and Asia down Monday after Greece acknowledged over the weekend that it would not be able to meet its goals for deficit reduction, cuts which are part of the bailout… Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch Was U.S.-Backed Killing of Anwar al-Awlaki Legal? Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-level U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida, was killed in Yemen Friday by a U.S. airstrike targeting his convoy. Ray Suarez discusses the implications and legality of his killing with Brian Fishman of The New America Foundation and… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch Obama Hails al-Awlaki Death as 'Significant Milestone' in al-Qaida Fight A U.S. airstrike in Yemen killed Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-level U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida who had been involved in several terror plots against the United States. Ray Suarez reports. Continue watching
Sep 30 Global Health Week in Tweets Each week the NewsHour's global health unit highlights what's new in the Twitterverse for our readers. Check out our Tweet picks from the world of global health this week, and be sure to send us your suggestions! Follow our… Continue reading
Sep 30 Anwar al-Awlaki Describes Post-9/11 Mood in U.S.: Watch the Interview Editor's note: Anwar al-Awlaki, a high-level U.S.-born cleric linked to al-Qaida, was killed in Yemen Friday, according to U.S. and Yemeni officials. After the shooting at Fort Hood at 2009, suspected gunman Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan's relationship with al-Awlaki-became the… Continue reading
Sep 30 U.S.-Born Cleric Anwar al-Awlaki Killed in Yemen By News Desk Updated 1:30 p.m. ET | White House spokesman Jay Carney said the strike on al-Awlaki was part of a "sustained effort to continue to put pressure on al-Qaida" and that it was a "milestone" -- but not the end of… Continue reading
Sep 29 Watch 'Raw Opium' Explores Mixed Results of Global Efforts to Stem Trafficking In "Raw Opium," filmmakers Robert Lang and Peter Findlay travel to the border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan to document the illicit global trade of heroin's raw material. This excerpt is part of The Economist Film Project series of independently produced… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch In Saudi Arabia, 'Change Is Coming, but It's Not Going to Come Quickly' Saudi Arabia held elections for seats to some 300 municipal councils on Thursday, but only men were allowed to vote. Margaret Warner discusses politics in the region where women will soon be able to vote, but still can't drive with… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Europe Faces 'Terra Nova' in Efforts to Avoid Financial Crisis The German government won a critical vote to greatly increase financial support for a European bailout fund, which could ease the way to a partial default in Greece. Jeffrey Brown discusses the German vote and the worldwide worries over European… Continue watching
Sep 29 World Inequality: Trot the Globe Without Leaving Your Seat To accompany our ongoing NewsHour series on economic inequality, we present today an interactive world inequality map based on data from the World Bank. We confess; this isn't exactly "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" But this quiz… Continue reading