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Why production of Apple iPhones has been moving from China to India from 2023-12-03T17:40:28
Apple's new iPhone 15 is already looking like one of the hottest, in-demand items this holiday season. But several factors like shifting supply chains, labor disputes and geopolitics are combining ...
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Spilling into streets and city squares, Russian citizens protest the war in Ukraine from 2022-03-02T18:50:40
Russian citizens by the thousands are protesting the war in Ukraine at great personal risk to themselves as the Putin government cracks down on all kinds of dissent. NewsHour Special Correspondent ...
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How high could gas prices go as sanctions ratchet up on Russia? from 2022-03-02T18:45:59
As nations increase economic pressure on Russia, President Biden has warned that some of those moves could also end up hurting U.S. consumers, especially at the gas pump. Gas prices are already hig...
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Republican Sen. Rob Portman on the Ukraine crisis, Biden's State of the Union address from 2022-03-02T18:30:09
A day after his State of the Union address and amid a looming Ukraine crisis, President Biden is now seeking momentum for his agenda at home. Sen. Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio, member of the...
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Two Ukrainian parents living amid war discuss the struggle to keep their families safe from 2022-03-02T18:25:07
The number of Ukrainians who have left the country is nearing a million people, according to the United Nations. Many more are still in Ukraine unsure of what the next day will bring. Two Ukrainian...
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Russian forces pound Ukraine's cities as the resistance holds the line in Kyiv from 2022-03-01T18:55:35
Russian forces bombarded cities in Ukraine Tuesday as the war raged for a sixth day. Kharkiv, in the northeast, was particularly hard-hit and the port city of Mariupol in the southeast appeared sur...
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UK Ambassador Karen Pierce on the international efforts aimed at deterring Russia from 2022-03-01T18:50:12
Like the United States, the United Kingdom has ruled out sending troops to fight in Ukraine. Prime Minister Boris Johnson confirmed that stance Tuesday as he called for Western nations to continue ...
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Ukraine resists advancing Russian forces as the West imposes tough new sanctions from 2022-02-28T18:55:20
In less than a week since Russia began its attack on Ukraine, more than 500,000 Ukrainians have fled their nation and are now refugees. This comes as fierce fighting continues across the country, t...
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USAID's Samantha Power on Europe's response to a flood of refugees from 2022-02-28T18:50:17
The movement of more than a half-million people out of Ukraine and into surrounding countries is creating a dire humanitarian situation. U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Sama...
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Why the war in Ukraine could get 'much more brutal' in the days ahead from 2022-02-28T18:45:02
Doug Lute, a retired Army lieutenant general and former U.S. ambassador to NATO, Andrew Weiss, of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Adam Smith, a former U.S. Treasury official who...
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UN releases dire climate report highlighting rapid environmental degradation from 2022-02-28T18:35:54
A new United Nations science report warned that the effects of climate change are growing faster and more severe than expected. It cited hunger, disease, poverty and other ills made worse by a warm...
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Ukraine's blue and yellow colors 'everywhere' as the world demonstrates solidarity from 2022-02-28T18:20:41
Artists, entertainers, performers and others around the world are finding ways to show their solidarity with Ukrainians during this time of crisis. The efforts range from singing to light displays ...
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Sanctions, protests: How Putin's war is impacting ordinary Russians from 2022-02-27T18:11
Hundreds of Russians have been arrested for demonstrating against Ukraine's invasion across the country. Meanwhile, sanctions aimed at crippling Russia's economy are slowly having an impact: the ru...
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Fighting continues in Ukraine as hundreds of thousands flee from 2022-02-27T17:51:36
Fighting in Ukraine continues as thousands of young people join the resistance against Russian troops. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing to neighboring countries. President...
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Fighting continues in Ukraine as hundreds of thousands flee from 2022-02-27T17:51:36
Fighting in Ukraine continues as thousands of young people join the resistance against Russian troops. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are fleeing to neighboring countries. President...
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On the ground in Ukraine: mass exodus, armored helicopters, bomb shelters from 2022-02-26T16:54:50
Fighting intensified in Ukraine today as Russian forces closed in on the capital city of Kyiv and other regions. Neighboring nation Moldova has declared a state of emergency as tens of thousands of...
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Ukrainians resist attack as countries sanction Russia from 2022-02-26T16:19:14
Special Correspondent Simon Ostrovsky has been covering Ukraine for many years. In 2019, he interviewed President Zelensky when he was running for office about his foreign policy and strategy on Ru...
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UK races to mine lithium as it focuses on electric energy from 2022-02-26T16:11:01
As the global energy transition continues to promote electrification, governments around the world are looking to support businesses that can help them transform their economies, particularly trans...
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Russia begins assault on Kyiv amid fierce fighting across Ukraine as U.S. sanctions Putin from 2022-02-25T18:55:33
The battle for Kyiv appears to be underway, with Russian missiles and airstrikes targeting Ukraine's capital and reports of pitched fighting on its outskirts. Ukrainian President Zelensnky told the...
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NATO Secretary-General Stoltenberg on the war in Ukraine: 'Russia has to pay a high price' from 2022-02-25T18:50:03
The war in Ukraine is bringing Russia more economic pain as the U.S. and some of its NATO allies move to sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin. NATO members also pledged to bolster the alliance...
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Russian airstrikes bombard Ukraine as ground forces advance from 2022-02-24T18:55:55
Russia has launched what U.S. officials describe as the most significant military action in Europe in 77 years. Across Ukraine, Russia has attacked with airstrikes, missiles and troops. Ukraine say...
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Biden imposes new sanctions on Russia amid military onslaught in Ukraine from 2022-02-24T18:50:38
Russia's invasion of Ukraine is testing the Biden administration and President Biden himself, with concerns growing that Russia's goal in Ukraine is to take over the country and evict the governmen...
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What Russia is hoping to achieve in Ukraine from 2022-02-24T18:45:59
As Russia presses toward Kyiv and the death toll continues to rise across Ukraine, we explore what Moscow's next move may be along with Ukraine's response. Michael Kofman, senior fellow for Russian...
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How the Biden administration is responding to the Russian incursion in Ukraine from 2022-02-24T18:39:47
President Biden on Thursday imposed new sanctions on Russian banks, oligarchs and other strategic sectors after Russian troops entered Ukraine. But will the U.S. consider even harsher sanctions mov...
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Ukraine declares state of emergency as U.S. warns Russia is prepared for invasion from 2022-02-23T18:55:02
The Pentagon said Wednesday that Russia is 80-percent prepared for a full invasion of Ukraine. That word came as Ukraine put in force a state of emergency, and Moscow said the separatists that Russ...
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One Afghan refugee on her 'desperate hope' for her homeland, life in the U.S. from 2021-10-26T18:35:56
Thousands of Afghan refugees are now in the process of settling into American life following their evacuation from Afghanistan when the Taliban took control of the country in August. Those refugees...
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Former U.S. diplomat who spent decades working on Afghanistan discusses deal with Taliban from 2021-10-25T18:40:57
Two decades of America's war in Afghanistan ended in chaos late this summer, and the future of the country remains in grave doubt under Taliban rule. Nick Schifrin speaks with a former top American...
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After an early forced adoption, an Indigenous man rediscovers his identity from 2021-10-23T16:59:42
Eric Wardell, an Indigenous man from Canada's Northwest Territories, was taken from his parents at just three weeks old, in what is known in Canada as the "sixties scoop." In this first-person stor...
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Group aims to reintroduce Jaguars -- once nearly hunted to extinction -- to Argentina from 2021-10-21T18:40:35
The Jaguar, the biggest cat in the Americas, was hunted and poached to extinction in parts of Argentina about 70 years ago. They are in critical danger of vanishing completely. Only a few hundred a...
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Uganda's Batwa tribe, considered conservation refugees, see little government support from 2021-10-21T18:30:43
The Batwa people are one of the oldest surviving Indigenous tribes in Africa. They live high in the mountain forests, straddling several East African countries. The Batwa are now also called conser...
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News Wrap: NYC to mandate COVID vaccine for all public employees from 2021-10-20T18:55:53
In our news wrap Wednesday, New York City ordered 46,000 police, firefighters and other city employees to get vaccinated by Nov. 1 -- or get placed on unpaid leave. Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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Idlib, Syria's final rebel stronghold, struggles to get lifesaving aid amid COVID spike from 2021-10-20T18:35:32
Government shelling killed a dozen people in Syria's northwest Idlib province Wednesday. Idlib is the final stronghold for rebels still fighting the Assad regime. But the province is also under att...
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Pilot oxygen backup system offers new hope for Ugandan hospitals plagued by power cuts from 2021-10-20T18:25:52
The pandemic is bringing new attention to a critical health care challenge plaguing many countries: A shortage or unreliable supply of medical oxygen. It's also prompting many medical providers to...
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Many Jews fleeing Nazi rule spent years hiding in forests. A new book tells their stories from 2021-10-19T18:25:19
During the early Nazi occupation of Europe, they forced more than a million Jews to live and work in ghettos. Most were killed in a brutal process called liquidation, or sent to concentration camps...
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Kidnapping of American missionaries in Haiti a jab at the U.S., expert says from 2021-10-18T18:45:12
A group of majority American missionaries in Haiti have not been heard from since their kidnapping over the weekend, a. As Yamiche Alcindor reports, there has been a growing number of abductions i...
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News Wrap: Suicide attack in Afghanistan kills 47, wounds dozens from 2021-10-15T18:55:53
In our news wrap Friday, at least 47 people were killed and 70 were wounded in Afghanistan when a suicide bomber attacked a Shiite mosque in the city of Kandahar, attorneys for Nikolas Cruz say he ...
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International community joins forces as ransomware attacks create major disruptions from 2021-10-15T18:45:28
Thirty countries have been meeting virtually with the Biden administration this week to coordinate efforts against the growing problem of ransomware cyber attacks, which have caused major disruptio...
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Why energy prices are spiking globally and how it affects green initiatives from 2021-10-14T18:50:08
Gasoline prices are on the rise, along with the cost of home-heating oil and natural gas. But international energy officials at the Russian Energy Week event on Thursday warned of a global energy c...
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Targeted assassinations, violent protest crackdowns keep Iraqi voters away from polls from 2021-10-14T18:30:20
Iraq's recent elections were in large part driven by a protest movement that erupted two years ago, denouncing government corruption and lack of services. Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is vying...
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How Biden plans to combat 'longstanding weaknesses' in American supply chain from 2021-10-13T18:55:46
Combating the global supply chain delays that are negatively impacting the U.S. economy topped President Joe Biden's agenda Wednesday, as he promised new efforts to restore the supply chain and tam...
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Sec. Raimondo 'optimistic' about clearing supply logjam at U.S. ports by Christmas from 2021-10-13T18:45:06
Judy Woodruff takes a closer look at how the Biden administration plans to address global supply chain challenges and combating inflation with Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo. Raimondo addresse...
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Government, private sector cooperation necessary to clear supply bottleneck, expert says from 2021-10-13T18:43:38
Judy Woodruff looks at the limits of what President Joe Biden can do about the supply and delivery issues facing the United States, and other problems affecting the economy simultaneously, with Dav...
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How U.S. can help crumbling Afghan economy and support international aid efforts from 2021-10-13T18:35:29
It's been two months since the Taliban took control of Kabul and solidified their grip on Afghanistan. The country's banking system and economy is all but collapsing. Afghanistan needs urgent help,...
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N. Korea flexes nuclear power amid regional arms race, wants U.S. to end 'hostile policy' from 2021-10-12T18:45:48
With the many crises both domestic and global facing the Biden White House, one key challenge -- North Korea -- has decided to make its presence known. Surrounded by missiles and other weaponry, No...
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A look at the life of A.Q. Khan, scientist behind Pakistan's nuclear weapons program from 2021-10-11T18:30:06
The father of Pakistan's atomic bomb and a proponent of nuclear proliferation, Abdul Qadeer Khan, died Sunday at the age of 85 after a lengthy battle with COVID-19. He was a figure mired in controv...
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How poetry helps this young Afghan refugee 'empty' her pains and share her dreams from 2021-10-11T18:20:50
October 11 is the International Day of the Girl. Tonight, we hear from one girl, a young Afghan poet, who left her country a few years ago with her family for security reasons. Aryan Ashory now liv...
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Taliban face growing problems running Afghanistan as talks begin with the U.S. from 2021-10-10T15:23:11
U.S. and Taliban representatives met in Doha, Qatar, this weekend for the first direct talks since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. The talks will reportedly focus on terrorism, evacuation...
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Iraqi protesters allege election corruption, vow to boycott polls from 2021-10-09T14:18:08
Iraq's elections will be held on Sunday, but members of the country's protest movement are already planning on boycotting the event. They say that the election process is corrupt, with paramilitary...
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Why the Nobel Peace Prize was won by 2 journalists, and what that means for press freedom from 2021-10-08T18:45:57
The Nobel Committee often likes to make a statement when it awards the Nobel Peace Prize every year, and 2021 is no different. Two journalists, one from the Philippines, the other from Russia, were...
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Fiona Hill reflects on impeachment testimony, Trump presidency and opportunity in America from 2021-10-08T18:40:02
Russia expert Fiona Hill captured national attention two years ago when she testified during then-President Donald Trump's first impeachment hearing. Now she's out with a new book, "There Is Nothin...
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Deportation to turmoiled Haiti an act of 'violence' against migrants, advocate says from 2021-10-07T18:30:47
Thousands of mostly Haitian migrants gathered at the border town of Del Rio, Texas in September hoping to gain asylum in the United States. While the migrants have been removed and the encampment c...
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Ethiopia's 'sophisticated campaign' to withhold food, fuel and other aid from Tigray from 2021-10-06T18:35:22
Wednesday in the United Nations Security Council, the secretary general criticized the Ethiopian government for recently kicking out UN aid workers. He urged the government to allow aid to flow int...
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Russia sees dialogue opportunity with Taliban decades after its own messy Afghanistan exit from 2021-10-05T18:30:10
As the United States continues to manage the fallout from its withdrawal from Afghanistan, in Moscow there's a sense of deja vu. Russia's departure after the Soviet war there led to a protracted pe...
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A Brief But Spectacular take on the importance of creating a global health system from 2021-10-05T18:20:46
Priti Krishtel started her career working with low-income communities in India where she saw her clients suffering, and even dying, because they couldn't afford the lifesaving medicines they needed...
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Biden officials to enforce Trump trade deal with China, work toward 'durable coexistence' from 2021-10-04T18:45
The Biden administration on Monday unveiled its long awaited approach to trade relations with China. U.S. trade representative Katherine Tai said she would restart trade talks with Beijing, but mai...
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What's at stake at the upcoming world climate conference from 2021-10-03T15:33:37
Global environmental leaders met in Milan for a summit, weeks ahead of COP26, the UN climate conference world leaders will attend in Glasgow, Scotland. As temperatures rise and climate pledges by m...
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How Brexit played a role in Britain's gas shortages from 2021-10-01T18:35:57
The British government is warning that the country's fuel crisis is likely to last for another week. Gas stations across Britain have had to shut down because a lack of truckers has caused huge sup...
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Sexual abuse allegations upend National Women's Soccer League, FIFA to investigate from 2021-10-01T18:30:44
The National Women's Soccer League suspended all its weekend matches amid allegations of sexual abuse by former coaches. The North Carolina Courage fired coach Paul Riley following reports he sexua...
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Exploring Evergrande's financial failures and why China's government is stepping in from 2021-09-30T18:35:36
"Too big to fail" was a phrase used during the global financial crisis for large companies so over-extended that their collapse could cripple global finance. China is now trying to take a too-big c...
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Mozambicans fleeing IS-affiliated insurgents feel failed by government, exploited by big business from 2021-09-30T18:30:40
The Southeast African nation of Mozambique is being terrorized by "Al Shabaab," an ISIS-affiliated insurgency that has killed 3,000 people and displaced many more. With the support of the Pulitzer ...
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News Wrap: Milley says years of bad decisions to blame for Afghanistan pullout failures from 2021-09-29T18:45:18
In our news wrap Wednesday, Gen. Mark Milley blamed years of bad decisions behind the failures of the U.S. exit from Afghanistan during the second day of a House hearing with military leaders. The ...
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Here's what contributed to the extinction of ivory-billed woodpecker, 22 other species from 2021-09-29T18:25:31
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed moving 23 animals and plants off the endangered species list, declaring them extinct. Perhaps the most well-known of the species deemed gone forever is t...
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News Wrap: Italy sees largest migrant rush in 5 years as 700 arrive on boat in Sicily from 2021-09-28T18:50:59
In our news wrap Tuesday, an overloaded boat docked in Sicily overnight with nearly 700 migrants on board -- marking the biggest arrival in Italy in 5 years. A federal appeals panel upheld New York...
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Many Ugandan children forced into hard labor, sex trafficking as COVID closes schools from 2021-09-28T18:30:23
The effects of the pandemic on children vary dramatically depending on the country. With schools still shuttered in Uganda and other developing nations, many children have no choice but to work to ...
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News Wrap: R&B star R. Kelly found guilty of racketeering, immoral acts across state lines from 2021-09-27T18:45:44
A federal jury in New York found rhythm and blues star R. Kelly guilty of racketeering and crossing state lines for immoral acts. President Joe Biden defended giving booster shots for COVID-19 now ...
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How prejudice affects official search for missing Indigenous women, other women of color from 2021-09-27T18:40:35
While Gabby Petito's death has captured national attention, tens of thousands of people are reported missing or murdered every year in the U.S. Native women are murdered at rates 10 times the natio...
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Germany's deadlock election highlights voters' generational divide from 2021-09-27T18:35:53
Angela Merkel is staying on as interim German chancellor after the country's election ended in virtual deadlock. Talks aimed at establishing a new coalition government are underway, but could take ...
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With Angela Merkel leaving, Germany goes to polls in landmark election from 2021-09-26T16:44:09
Exit polls show a neck-and-neck race in Germany's parliamentary elections held on Sunday. More than 60 million adults are eligible to vote in the landmark election. Chancellor Angela Merkel who has...
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How the expulsion of Haitian migrants is affecting the crisis-torn nation from 2021-09-25T16:37:56
Thousands of Haitian migrants who have been deported by the U.S. have been arriving home as authorities scramble for resources including food and medical supplies. Haiti is reeling from a convergen...
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Germany faces tight race to replace Angela Merkel, with climate change as top voter issue from 2021-09-24T18:40:51
Germany is one of America's most important allies. Nearly every American president since George W. Bush has worked closely with German Chancellor Angela Merkel. But for the first time since 2005, s...
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Lack of access, infrastructure and government accountability hurt Ugandan vaccine goals from 2021-09-23T18:40:05
The U.S. plan to donate 500 million vaccines to developing countries aims to address the lopsided distribution and exacerbated impact of the virus. In Africa, Uganda is still struggling to vaccinat...
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U.S. and E.U. climate envoys on how China, developing nations can help combat crisis from 2021-09-23T18:30:31
The U.N. warns that unless the world acts faster than promised, Earth's temperatures will rise to catastrophic, irreversible levels. The U.S. calls the upcoming climate summit the last chance for t...
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U.S. plan to share Pfizer shots globally 'too little and too late,' ex-CDC director says from 2021-09-22T18:55:51
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that the U.S. was purchasing an additional 500 million Pfizer COVID vaccines to donate to other nations. The move is what critics and organizations like...
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China's vaccine faces scrutiny as Indonesians die despite shots, U.S. pledges donations from 2021-09-22T18:50
As the U.S. commits to vaccine distribution, Indonesia has recorded more than 4 million COVID cases. More than 140,000 people have died. Initially, Indonesia turned to China for vaccine aid. But Ni...
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EU's top diplomat says it can deploy military forces without U.S., NATO approval from 2021-09-22T18:40:25
President Joe Biden spoke with French President Emmanuel Macron Wednesday for the first time since France erupted with anger over a new Indo-Pacific defense alliance between the United States, Unit...
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As Biden touts American democracy, here are the issues allies want U.S. to deliver on from 2021-09-21T18:55:24
President Joe Biden on Tuesday delivered his first speech to the United Nations as part of its annual general assembly. Biden touted diplomacy and the endurance of democracy as he faces tensions wi...
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As high temperatures hurt Sicily's food production, rising sea levels threaten housing from 2021-09-21T18:30:06
Climate change experts in Sicily, Italy are warning that rising sea waters are threatening some of the island's most crucial heavy industrial plants. They are also forecasting food shortages becau...
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As U.S. deports Haitian migrants, fate of DACA immigrants also hangs in the balance from 2021-09-20T18:55:03
Thousands of migrants -- most of whom are from Haiti -- have been removed from an encampment in the town of Del Rio, Texas, along the U.S. southern border as U.S. officials have started to take mor...
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How the White House plans to combat the 'silent killer' of rising heat levels from 2021-09-20T18:54:08
2021 had one of the hottest summers on record, with July being the hottest single month recorded. Extreme heat is expected to worsen with climate change. The Biden administration announced a plan M...
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Can Dems overcome Senate parliamentarian's blow to their immigration push? from 2021-09-20T18:50:41
As the Biden administration cracks down on immigrants at the southern border, Amna Nawaz takes a wider look at the status of immigration reform in this country, and what's at stake, with Marielena ...
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News Wrap: U.S. to ease restrictions on vaccinated foreign travelers in November from 2021-09-20T18:40:41
In our news wrap Monday, the Biden administration plans to lift restrictions on vaccinated foreigners flying to the U.S. as of November. India, the world's largest vaccine producer, says it will r...
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What pediatricians are prioritizing in Pfizer data about vaccinating kids ages 5 to 11 from 2021-09-20T18:35:30
Kids now account for more than one in five new COVID cases, and the highly contagious delta variant has put more children in the hospital than at any other point in the pandemic. While there is no...
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Colombia's President Duque on environmental terrorism, migration and democracy from 2021-09-20T18:30:10
The United Nations General Assembly gathers this week in New York to discuss the pandemic, climate change, and migration -- as more than 80 million people are displaced across the planet. President...
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U.S. authorities accelerate removal of Haitian asylum-seekers from Texas-Mexico border from 2021-09-19T17:10:01
Thousands of migrants, mostly from Haiti, have gathered under a bridge in the border town of Del Rio, Texas, where officials have declared a local state of emergency. The crisis has spotlighted Bid...
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In remote Sudan, the Darfur war remains present from 2021-09-19T15:40:58
The Darfur genocide in Sudan received widespread media coverage across the world and led to the arrest of the country's former leader, Omar al Bashir. Traveling by car, by donkey, and on foot, Spec...
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News Wrap: New migrant emergency builds along the Texas border with Mexico from 2021-09-16T18:55:34
In our news wrap Thursday, more than 8,000 people have crossed the border at Del Rio, Texas in the past few days as federal agencies rush to provide assistance, storm-battered Louisiana and other a...
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France furious over new U.S. pact meant to confront China's growing ambitions in Asia from 2021-09-16T18:50:35
Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday tried to calm tensions with France over a new defense pact between the U.S., United Kingdom and Australia. Australia had scrapped a $40 billion submari...
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Ordinary people are taking the law into their own hands to counter cartel threat from 2021-09-16T18:35:20
In the mountain top village of Ayahualtempa in Guerrero state Mexico, children are learning how to use firearms and preparing for an attack by a nearby drug cartel. In our third and final story on ...
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How U.S., UK and Australia plan to counter China's rise through strategic partnership from 2021-09-15T18:55:18
Wednesday evening at the White House, President Joe Biden -- joined by the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Australia -- announced a new partnership in the Indo-Pacific region, including a...
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News Wrap: Afghanistan's women's soccer team escape to Pakistan from 2021-09-15T18:50:19
In our news wrap Wednesday, members of the Afghan women's soccer team along with coaches and families crossed into Pakistan and will seek asylum in other countries. North and South Korea traded mis...
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Fentanyl is making its way into various drugs sold in the U.S. Here's how it gets there from 2021-09-15T18:35:52
For the second part of our series on the ravages of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, we take a look at the deadly cost of the drug just across the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona. With the support of t...
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News Wrap: More than half a million lose power as Tropical Storm Nicholas hits Texas from 2021-09-14T18:50:40
In our news wrap Tuesday, Tropical Storm Nicholas crawled past Houston, Texas, knocking out power to more than half a million homes and businesses. COVID-19 numbers in the United States are now ave...
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Sen. Barrasso on 'epic failure' of Afghanistan exit, 'reckless' $3.5T spending bill from 2021-09-14T18:45:41
Secretary of State Antony Blinken was on Capitol Hill Tuesday, appearing again before a congressional oversight panel about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Blinken was peppered by both Democr...
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Former Afghan police women being killed, forced into hiding after Taliban takeover from 2021-09-14T18:40:33
Over the past two decades, tens of thousands of Afghans rose to the occasion and took jobs in the public sector to help their country and their livelihoods. Now that the U.S. has pulled out, many f...
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A secret look at a Mexican cartel's low-tech, multimillion-dollar fentanyl operation from 2021-09-14T18:25:28
Tonight, we begin a three-part look at the production -- and devastating effects -- of the drug fentanyl. Illicit use of the synthetic opioid painkiller has ravaged the United States, with Mexican ...
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News Wrap: 1 million NYC kids return to school as de Blasio vows 'gold standard' of safety from 2021-09-13T18:55:20
In our news wrap Monday, about a million New York City students returned to school Monday, with no option for remote learning in the nation's largest public school district. Tropical Storm Nicholas...
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Afghanistan's economy, emergency services suffer as U.S. debates Taliban diplomacy from 2021-09-13T18:50:21
It has been four weeks since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. As the militant group cements control in the absence of U.S. military forces -- restricting the rights of women and minoritie...
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Taliban raises flag, get ready to form government, 20 years after 9/11 from 2021-09-12T16:22:01
As the globe marked the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Taliban formally raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace in Kabul, officially marking the beginning of their governan...
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A photographer's view of 9/11 from across the river from 2021-09-11T17:11:48
On the morning of September 11th, photojournalist Jennifer Brown raced down to the waterfront in her town of Jersey City, NJ. Directly across the river from the World Trade Center, Brown photograph...
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News Wrap: Taliban allows more people to leave Afghanistan including 19 Americans from 2021-09-10T18:55:49
In our news wrap Friday, the Taliban allowed more people to leave Kabul including 19 Americans who bordered a flight to Qatar, President Biden and China's President Xi Jinping held their first dire...
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How the attacks of 9/11 reshaped America's role in the world from 2021-09-10T18:45:51
This week PBS NewsHour has been marking the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks by exploring how they have impacted the U.S. at home and abroad. Judy Woodruff leads our latest conversation on the ...
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News Wrap: Justice Department sues Texas over 6-week abortion ban from 2021-09-09T18:55:25
In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department sued Texas over its law banning most abortions. A federal judge in Florida struck down a Republican-backed law targeting violent protests. Rep...
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Many Afghans haven't eaten in weeks as Taliban rule triggers humanitarian crisis from 2021-09-09T18:50:55
An international commercial flight took off from the Kabul airport Thursday for the first since the Taliban seized the country. On the evacuation flight were 200 foreigners, among them Americans. B...
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News Wrap: Trial begins for 2015 Paris terrorist attacks by Islamic State from 2021-09-08T18:55:42
In our news wrap Wednesday, a long-awaited trial opened in Paris on the 2015 Islamic State terrorist attack that killed 130 people. The World Health Organization asked that rich nations not give CO...
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What we know about the Taliban men who will form Afghanistan's interim government from 2021-09-07T18:55
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan continues as the group announced leaders of a "caretaker" government Tuesday. Meanwhile, the U.S. secretaries of state and defense were in the Gulf region, in Qa...
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Two experts on Afghanistan's 'caretaker' government and its ties to other terrorist groups from 2021-09-07T18:50:02
To learn more about the men leading the new Taliban government in Afghanstan, Judy Woodruff speaks to Ahmed Rashid, a journalist and author of "Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Ce...
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News Wrap: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill limiting all-night, mail-in voting from 2021-09-07T18:45:26
In our news wrap Tuesday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a measure banning all-night and drive-thru voting and limiting mail-in ballots, dismissing the lawsuits being filed. The U.S. COVID death tol...
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Much of Africa is struggling with vaccine access. Should Western nations rethink boosters? from 2021-09-07T18:35
As western countries discuss the rollout of COVID vaccine boosters, millions around the world are still waiting for their first shot. COVID has killed 200,000 people across Africa, which has nearly...
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News Wrap: DOJ vows to protect abortion access in Texas, will challenge ban from 2021-09-06T18:50:18
In our news wrap Monday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department will "continue to protect those seeking to obtain or provide reproductive health services" as federal prosecut...
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Taliban gain control of Panjshir Valley but are yet to form an official government from 2021-09-06T18:45:09
A senior State Department official confirmed the United States evacuated four Americans from Afghanistan and relocated them to a nearby country in the first known U.S. overland extraction since the...
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Taliban takeover threatens Afghan agriculture as farmers fear being forced to grow poppy from 2021-09-06T18:35:08
As Afghans figure out how to get on with their lives, fears abound that the new Taliban government will crack down on local business and commerce. The Taliban takeover could cripple Afghan farmers ...
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In the wake of Afghanistan withdrawal, a U.S. veteran reflects on service there from 2021-09-05T16:38:37
Last week's withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban's rapid takeover, and the ensuing death, chaos and confusion left many reeling. For some of the millions of U.S. service members who served ther...
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News Wrap: Afghan women protest Taliban rule in Kabul, demand equal rights from 2021-09-03T18:45:52
In our news wrap Friday, as the Taliban works to set up a new government, dozens of Afghan women protested near the Presidential Palace in Kabul to demand equal rights. President Joe Biden signed ...
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News Wrap: Biden administration to invest $3 billion in COVID vaccine production from 2021-09-02T18:45:33
In our news wrap Thursday, the Biden administration pledged a $3 billion investment in the nation's COVID-19 vaccine supply chain. First-time claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. have falle...
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Taliban's 'fragmented' leadership puts aid efforts for Afghan civilians, refugees at risk from 2021-09-02T18:35:41
Even before the U.S. left Afghanistan, many of the 38 million people who live there were in dire need. Now, with the Taliban in charge, the job of aid groups is much harder. An unknown future await...
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News Wrap: 3 police officers, 2 paramedics indicted in death of Elijah McClain from 2021-09-01T18:50:51
In our news wrap Wednesday, three suburban Denver police officers and two paramedics have been indicted on manslaughter and other charges in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain. President Joe Biden ha...
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Taliban members have vastly different ideas to govern Afghanistan. Which will prevail? from 2021-09-01T18:35:03
Two days after the last American troops left Afghanistan, Taliban rulers are struggling to keep the country functioning. Meanwhile, the U.S. State Department is trying to secure the remaining Ameri...
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Tensions rise in Lampedusa, a small Italian island, over swell of economic migrants from 2021-09-01T18:30:55
Europe's human rights commissioner has called on the continent to welcome Afghan refugees with open arms. But this latest chapter in the refugee and migrant crisis will add to thousands of people, ...
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Biden defends Afghanistan exit again as Taliban declares victory over U.S. from 2021-08-31T18:55:13
Tuesday brought a moment to take stock of two decades in Afghanistan as President Joe Biden addressed the nation to mark the end of America's longest war. Biden once again forcefully defended the d...
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News Wrap: Caldor Fire intensifies, prompts mass evacuations by Lake Tahoe from 2021-08-31T18:40:04
In our news wrap Tuesday, nearly 4,000 firefighters in Northern California are racing to defend the Lake Tahoe resort area from the massive Caldor Fire. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf issued a mask man...
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UN says Taliban cooperating with aid workers, allowing food distribution operations from 2021-08-31T18:35:05
As America leaves Afghanistan, there remains the possibility of a humanitarian disaster. Feeding millions of people is a top priority of the United Nations' World Food Program, whose executive dire...
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'The Afghanistan Papers' exposes the U.S.'s shaky Afghanistan strategy from 2021-08-31T18:30:04
Despite American presidents and military leaders providing years of positive assessments that the U.S. was winning the war in Afghanistan, behind the scenes there were clear warnings of an unsucces...
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What's left behind in Afghanistan after 'heartbreak' of U.S. departure from 2021-08-30T18:55:18
The final flight of American troops left Afghanistan just before midnight on what is now Tuesday, August 31, in Kabul, after 20 years of war. The U.S. airlifted more than 120,000 American civilians...
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News Wrap: U.S. Education Department investigating mask mandate bans in 5 GOP-led states from 2021-08-30T18:40:03
In our news wrap Monday, the U.S. Department of Education announced it is investigating five Republican-led states that have banned universal indoor masking. The European Union has advised its mem...
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How veterans helped extract Afghan allies in face of 'inconsistent' evacuation plan from 2021-08-30T18:35:03
As the Afghanistan withdrawal began, thousands of images of people scrambling to escape Afghanistan surfaced. Tonight, the NewsHour looks at a Herculean effort by former U.S. service members, diplo...
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Remembering the U.S. service members who lost their lives during the Afghanistan exit from 2021-08-30T18:20:29
We close Monday's NewsHour by remembering the 13 American service members who were killed last week during the terror attack in Kabul, Afghanistan -- losing their lives during the effort to help U....
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U.S. launched second drone airstrike against ISIS-K from 2021-08-29T16:03:01
The U.S. carried out its second drone airstrike on Sunday, which targeted a suspected bomb vehicle.With the US withdrawal to be complete this week, there are looming questions about stability in th...
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'Anti-LGBT ideology zones' are being enacted in Polish towns from 2021-08-29T14:45:05
Poland's right-wing populist leader Andrzej Duda came to power last year on a platform decrying a 'LGBT-ideology' he alleged was spreading throughout his country at the expense of traditional famil...
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U.S. launches air strike in response to Kabul airport attack, ahead of full withdrawal from 2021-08-28T16:10:40
The U.S. launched air strikes in retaliation to the suicide attack at Kabul airport, which killed more than 100 Afghan civilians and 13 U.S. troops. ISIS-K claimed responsibility for the attack. Th...
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Haiti reels from latest setback as hurricane relief efforts continue from 2021-08-21T17:55:43
Haitians are still reeling from last week's devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake that killed over 2,000 people. Survivors are filling hospitals and crowding aid sites awaiting desperately-needed fo...
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Afghans desperately try to flee; U.S. evacuation continues from 2021-08-21T17:47:09
Chaos at Kabul airport continued as thousands of Afghans desperately tried to flee the country. At the same time, at least 17,000 people have been evacuated from the country, 2,500 of them American...
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Frustrated by ill-prepared evacuation plan, anxious Afghans rush airport gates from 2021-08-20T18:55:27
The U.S. says it has assurances from the Taliban that evacuations of Afghans who want to leave the country can continue after the withdrawal deadline of August 31st. But the Taliban continues to ha...
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News Wrap: FDA to grant full approval to Pfizer's COVID vaccine next week from 2021-08-20T18:50:20
In our news wrap Friday, The Food and Drug Administration is ready to grant full approval to Pfizer's COVID vaccine. A federal appeals court temporarily upheld the CDC's latest moratorium on pandem...
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The U.S. ignored corruption within the Afghan government. Did that lead to its fall? from 2021-08-20T18:45:47
As the Taliban faces protests and dissent across Afghanistan, William Brangham explores the collapse of the country's government -- built and supported by the U.S. and allies for 20 years. For a de...
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Thousands of Afghans can't access the airport. Those who can recall Taliban threats, abuse from 2021-08-19T18:55:33
As more American and allied flights leave the capital of Afghanistan Thursday, an ever-growing panic descends on the city. More American troops and marines arrived, but despite U.S. efforts, Taliba...
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Evacuating Afghans who helped U.S. a 'high priority,' national security official says from 2021-08-19T18:50:45
For a senior perspective from the Biden administration on the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and U.S. response and support of evacuation efforts, Judy Woodruff is joined by Jon Finer, the deputy...
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What went wrong in the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan? Two lawmakers weigh in from 2021-08-19T18:45:12
As more American and allied flights are leaving the capital of Afghanistan Thursday, an ever-growing panic descends on the city. More American troops and marines arrived, but despite U.S. efforts,T...
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News Wrap: Man behind Capitol bomb threat surrenders after 5 hour police standoff from 2021-08-19T18:40:11
In our news wrap Thursday, a North Carolina man claiming to have a bomb in his truck parked outside the U.S. Capitol surrendered after a 5 hour standoff with police. COVID vaccinations in the U.S....
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Chaos, cries for help outside Kabul airport as Taliban crack down on protesters from 2021-08-18T18:55:35
Protests against the Taliban turned deadly as the insurgents-turned-rulers of Afghanistan shot into crowds in two cities. In Kabul, the airlift of American, allied and Afghan civilians continues as...
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News Wrap: Caldor Fire ravages California's Grizzly Flats from 2021-08-18T18:45:46
In our news wrap Wednesday, Northern California's Caldor Fire destroyed at least 50 homes in Grizzly Flats on Tuesday and threatened hundreds more. Remnants of Tropical Storm Fred blew into the Nor...
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Taliban interrogating women activists, creating a 'climate of fear and intimidation' from 2021-08-18T18:40:43
William Brangham discusses the future for Afghan women under Taliban rule with Rina Amiri, who focused on conflict resolution in Afghanistan for the United Nations and the U.S.; now a senior fellow...
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Why Haiti's rescue efforts and resources should be controlled by Haitians from 2021-08-18T18:35:50
In Haiti, the death toll from Saturday's 7.2 magnitude earthquake continues to rise to almost 2,000 people. In cities near the epicenter of Petit-Trou-de-Nippes, Tropical Storm Grace brought heavy ...
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Taliban leaders promise softer rule, but their actions send a different message from 2021-08-17T18:55:57
As the Taliban cemented their hold on Afghanistan Tuesday and spoke in detail about plans for the country, evacuations resumed. The top American general in the Middle East visited the Kabul airport...
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Can the Taliban be trusted to keep their promise of reasonable rule? Two experts weigh in from 2021-08-17T18:50:32
To make sense of the Taliban's plans for Afghanistan, Lisa Desjardins speaks to Ali Jalali, a former minister of the interior who served in the Afghan National Army. He's now a professor at the Nat...
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Despite Taliban promises, Afghan women fear losing their freedoms and lives from 2021-08-17T18:45:24
The plight of women and girls in Afghanistan, many of whom gained new freedoms over the past 20 years, is now among the most important priorities now that the Taliban have taken over. With the help...
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News Wrap: Tropical Storm Grace batters Haiti after deadly earthquake from 2021-08-17T18:40:57
In our news wrap Tuesday, Tropical Storm Grace swept through Haiti, increasing suffering after Saturday's deadly earthquake. After crossing Haiti, forecasters say it will grow into a hurricane as i...
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Inside the desperate, dangerous scramble to evacuate Kabul as Taliban seizes control from 2021-08-16T18:55:31
Afghanistan has fallen to the Taliban and the frenzy for Afghans and diplomats trying to flee the country reached a fever pitch Monday. Additional U.S. troops are on their way to help with evacuati...
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Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is an 'American catastrophe,' H.R. McMaster says from 2021-08-16T18:50:14
To examine the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and how it impacts U.S. interests, Judy Woodruff speaks to retired Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster. He was national security advisor during the Trump adminis...
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Does the fallout in Afghanistan hurt American credibility? from 2021-08-16T18:45:01
To examine the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan and how it impacts U.S. interests and credibility, Judy Woodruff speaks to Laurel Miller, former deputy and then acting U.S. special representative ...
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News Wrap: New York mandates COVID vaccines for all health care workers from 2021-08-16T18:40:34
In our news wrap Monday, New York state will now require all health care workers, including staff at long-term care facilities, to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by September 27. Tropical Storm Fre...
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Haitians left homeless by 7.2 magnitude earthquake now brace for storm from 2021-08-16T18:35:22
An earthquake Saturday brought devastation to Haiti. Landslides have made major roads impassable for aid groups. Hospitals in southern Haiti are overwhelmed and thousands are sheltering in the stre...
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Desperate Afghans try to flee as government collapses, Taliban take control from 2021-08-15T17:52:52
Afraid for their lives and futures, thousands of Afghans are trying to flee Kabul, scrambling to get visas and flights out of the country as Taliban takes control of the country. Several countries,...
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After 20 years, Taliban is set to return to power in Afghanistan from 2021-08-15T17:41:49
The Taliban is set to return to power in Afghanistan, 20 years after being ousted by U.S.-led military operations. What will Taliban 2.0 look like for Afghans? For more on what kind of government w...
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Haiti: Death toll crosses 700 after earthquake from 2021-08-15T17:10:17
The death toll from a powerful earthquake that struck Haiti early Saturday has crossed 700 as rescuers continue to look through the rubble for survivors. The 7.2-magnitude earthquake destroyed many...
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Taliban captures more territory as U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan continues from 2021-08-14T18:37:17
More U.S. reinforcements are arriving in Kabul today to help evacuate U.S. and Afghan personnel and protect the embassy as the Taliban advances through the country, capturing several key areas and ...
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Afghanistan: As Taliban gains ground, female judges fear for their safety from 2021-08-14T18:20:32
As the Taliban advances steadily and gains control over most of Afghanistan, many Afghans, afraid of their future, are trying to leave. The U.S. withdrawal is expected to undo much of the progress ...
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News Wrap: A surge in COVID-19 infections is pushing hospitals to the breaking point from 2021-08-10T18:45:50
In our news wrap Tuesday, Hospitals and medical staff are overwhelmed in some parts of the country as COVID infections continue to rise, the Taliban claimed they have captured a seventh provincial ...
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U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on the infrastructure bill and climate change from 2021-08-10T18:43:42
The bipartisan infrastructure bill that cleared the Senate Tuesday represents the largest investment in green energy in United States history. But it faces a tough road ahead in the House of Repres...
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U.N. panel paints grim future for humanity without drastic action to combat climate change from 2021-08-09T18:55:40
A new report out Monday warns that global temperatures will continue rising in coming decades, and that human activity is driving that increase. Those are among the conclusions reached by the U.N.'...
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News Wrap: Dixie Fire 20 percent contained, military to require COVID-19 vaccinations from 2021-08-09T18:50:16
In our news wrap Monday, California's Dixie Fire is 20 percent contained as crews fight the state's raging wildfire, U.S. military members will be required to get vaccinated for COVID-19, American ...
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Afghan security forces teeter on the brink of collapse amid Taliban onslaught from 2021-08-09T18:45:20
Ever since the Biden administration announced it was withdrawing military forces from Afghanistan by September, the security situation has deteriorated as the Taliban have stepped up their attacks....
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As Tokyo Olympics come to a close, a look back at the highs and lows from 2021-08-09T18:25:57
The Tokyo Olympics have come to a close and Team U.S.A. came away the big winner with 113 medals, 39 of them gold. USA Today's Christine Brennan joins William Brangham to review some of the highlig...
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'We are with you:' Cuban protests find youth allies in Little Havana, Miami from 2021-08-08T17:32:25
Thousands of Cubans took to the streets to protest the failing economy, food shortages and growing number of COVID-19 cases on the island. Fueled by social media, the protests also gained support a...
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Games like no other: Tokyo 2020 ends as torch goes to Paris for 2024 from 2021-08-08T17:27:19
The Tokyo Olympics were like none other: postponed for a year because of the pandemic, athletes competing without fans in the stands, and protests because of rising COVID-19 cases. After 16 days of...
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In Sudan, a new revolution to keep the spirit of an old revolution alive from 2021-08-07T16:22:28
After a popular uprising brought down the regime of former president Omar Al Bashir in 2019, a transitional government has led Sudan. It established a timetable for democratic elections, and starte...
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News Wrap: Battles brew over masking up in schools to ward off COVID-19 from 2021-08-06T18:55:06
In our news wrap Friday, states and school districts across the country are taking varying approaches to mask mandates, more than 50 wildfires are burning in Greece, the Taliban reportedly captured...
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Hungary's crackdown on its LGBTQ community prompts condemnation from European leaders from 2021-08-06T18:35:39
The rights of Hungary's LGBTQ people are increasingly under threat. Last month, a law came into force that restricts the depiction of homosexuality and sex reassignment to children in schools. The ...
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News Wrap: CDC's new eviction moratorium faces early legal challenge from 2021-08-05T18:50:27
In our news wrap Thursday, the CDC's newly announced eviction moratorium is already facing a legal challenge after the Alabama Association of Realtors asked a federal court for an injunction that w...
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News Wrap: As COVID cases rise, concern over global vaccines and potential boosters grows from 2021-08-04T18:55:26
In our news wrap Wednesday, as the world nears 200 million COVID cases, the World Health Organization calls for delaying booster shots until more countries get the vaccine, and the White House argu...
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1 year after Beirut explosion, Lebanon still in crisis from 2021-08-04T18:35:02
A year after a deadly explosion of tons of ammonium nitrate that sat for years in a Beirut port warehouse, people in Lebanon are still waiting for answers and government accountability. Special cor...
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News Wrap: COVID-19 vaccination mandates spread in the U.S. as the delta variant surges from 2021-08-03T18:40:22
In our news wrap Tuesday, mandates for COVID-19 vaccinations spread to more of the U.S. as the delta variant surges, Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis rejected any new restrictions, New York bec...
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Ethiopian government appears determined to target Tigray as humanitarian crisis deepens from 2021-08-03T18:23:37
The Biden administration this week sent its most senior official yet to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. USAID Director Samantha Power is putting pressure on the Ethiopian government and its N...
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News Wrap: Firefighters contain 80 percent of Oregon Bootleg Fire; lift evacuations in California from 2021-08-02T18:45:50
In our news wrap Monday, firefighters in Oregon finally have the upper hand against the giant Bootleg Fire after they made major progress over the weekend. More than 80% of the fire has been contai...
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Afghans fear Taliban retribution as group expands control, executes critics from 2021-08-02T18:35:50
The Taliban's surge is threatening major urban centers across Afghanistan. Meanwhile, the sense of panic is growing as more Afghans were granted permission to resettle in the United States. Special...
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Analyzing wins, losses and what's to come for American athletes in Tokyo from 2021-08-02T18:20:56
Americans athletes at the Tokyo Olympics have had great wins so far: Jade Carey's gold medal in the gymnastics floor exercise, many medals for swimmers Caleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky. Simone Biles...
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News Wrap: Trump tax returns must go to Congress, DOJ tells Treasury from 2021-07-30T18:50:39
In our news wrap Friday, newly disclosed documents highlight the pressure from former President Trump on the Justice Department to overturn the 2020 election results. On a second front, the Justic...
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First Afghan interpreters, their families arrive in the U.S. on special visas from 2021-07-30T18:45:56
More than 200 Afghans eligible for special immigrant visas arrived in Virginia Friday. They are the first group of former interpreters -- and their families -- who worked with American soldiers on ...
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CIA still investigating cause of 'Havana Syndrome' ailments affecting U.S. diplomats from 2021-07-30T18:40:20
Judy Woodruff and Nick Schifrin discuss the debilitating medical ailments affecting U.S. diplomatic and intelligence officers in Cuba -- which have become known as Havana Syndrome. Six months in, w...
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Hong Kong residents worry vague new immigration law could let China ban them from leaving from 2021-07-30T18:35:21
A pro-democracy protester in Hong Kong was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison, the first prosecution under Beijing's national security law. Now a new amendment to the city's immigration law t...
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Vaccine, mask opponents are fueling the delta variant's death toll. Will incentives help? from 2021-07-29T18:50:22
Judy Woodruff discusses the latest on COVID-19's spread in the U.S. -- which is surging thanks to the delta variant -- and how incentives for those who are unvaccinated and anti-maskers will affe...
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News Wrap: Congress approves $2 billion in emergency spending for Capitol security from 2021-07-29T18:40:29
In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Congress gave final approval today to $2 billion in emergency spending for Capitol security. The Biden administration will allow a nationwide ban on evictions i...
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Japan ignored months of protests to host the Olympics. The opposition is still growing from 2021-07-29T18:35:32
Tokyo on Thursday registered its highest number yet of COVID-19 cases. Amid American triumphs in the gym and the pool, the reigning world champion pole vaulter Sam Kendricks was forced to leave aft...
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What Suni Lee's gymnastics gold win means to Hmong Americans from 2021-07-29T18:30:25
American gymnast Sunisa Lee's gold medal in gymnastics Thursday makes her the first Hmong American to participate and win in the Olympics. Lee said she trains daily for first-generation Americans a...
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News Wrap: Pelosi calls McCarthy a 'moron' as House leaders trade barbs over mask rules from 2021-07-28T18:50:01
In our news wrap Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy traded barbs over the House's reimposed masking requirements. McCarthy called them a bid for "control," ...
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Greeks split over pathway, elevator construction for disabled Parthenon visitors from 2021-07-28T18:25:51
The United Nations world heritage body, UNESCO, wants Greece to stop installing concrete paths around the iconic Parthenon atop the Acropolis in Athens. Much of the work has been completed, intende...
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News Wrap: Georgia man pleads guilty to 4 of 8 Asian spa killings, gets life sentence from 2021-07-27T18:50:16
In our news wrap Tuesday, a man accused of killing 8 people at an Atlanta-area massage parlor in March pleaded guilty to 4 murders. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. A former U.S....
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U.S. 'really messed it up' in Afghanistan, says Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan from 2021-07-27T18:30:49
In just over one month, the United States will have completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. But for those two decades, Afghanistan's eastern neighbor, Pakistan, stood accus...
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News Wrap: Biden to pull U.S. combat forces from Iraq by end of year from 2021-07-26T18:50:58
In our news wrap Monday, the White House announced that a U.S. combat mission in Iraq will wrap up by year's end. The United Nations reports that more women and children have been killed in fightin...
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Why are Tunisians protesting? Understanding the country's crisis of democracy from 2021-07-26T18:40:47
Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Monday suspended parliament indefinitely and fired the country's defense minister -- one day after he unilaterally fired the prime minister. Nick Schifrin reports ...
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Greek authorities crackdown on critical nonprofits amid backlash for refugee pushback from 2021-07-26T18:35:23
Police in Greece's most eastern islands have launched a human-trafficking prosecution against nonprofits that help asylum seekers try to avoid being pushed back at sea to Turkey. The move is being...
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U.S. officials re-emphasize importance of COVID vaccines, investigating virus' origins from 2021-07-22T18:55:05
The White House is issuing urgent calls to action Thursday in the face of COVID-19's latest assault, especially given the dangerous delta variant of the virus. The Biden administration's appeals fo...
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U.S. surgeon general on the 'most powerful tools' to combat the delta variant from 2021-07-22T18:50:12
Amna Nawaz and U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy dive deeper into the Biden administration's efforts to combat the delta variant of the novel coronavirus and surrounding misinformation, public mask...
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News Wrap: DOJ announces strike force to tackle suspect gun networks from 2021-07-22T18:45:33
In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Justice Department announced the formation of strike forces to target gun crimes. Attorney General Merrick Garland traveled to Chicago -- just hours after mass s...
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Migrants left adrift at sea after boat pushback from Greek coast guard from 2021-07-22T18:35:47
Pro-refugee groups allege the Greek coast guard is endangering migrants in the Aegean Sea and breaching international law with a new aggressive migration policy that involves pushing them back towa...
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Is Facebook putting company over country? New book explores its role in misinformation from 2021-07-22T18:25:32
A new book, "An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination," details how Facebook struggles and sometimes fails to curtail hate speech, disinformation and violent rhetoric on its platform....
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News Wrap: GOP blocks debate on bipartisan infrastructure deal from 2021-07-21T18:50:54
In our news wrap Wednesday, Republicans in the U.S. Senate blocked debate on a bipartisan infrastructure plan, leaving the bill -- worth $1.2 trillion -- unfinished. The Bootleg Fire in Southern O...
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What Americans should know about the delta variant, masks -- regardless of vaccine status from 2021-07-21T18:40:06
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. life expectancy has fallen by a year and a half, the largest one-year decline since World War II. Black and Hispanic Americans were hit the hardest, dropping by alm...
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The world is striving to fully adopt clean energy. Will we succeed in time? from 2021-07-21T18:35:28
The consequences of extreme weather are evident and unmistakable. Scientists say human-caused climate change is making these events more frequent and severe. Miles O'Brien looks at a pivotal upcomi...
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News Wrap: U.S. COVID cases up 200% in 2 weeks with delta variant behind 83% of them from 2021-07-20T18:55:15
In our news wrap Tuesday, new COVID-19 infections in the U.S. are still building -- up 200% in two weeks. Vaccinated staffers in both the White House and in Congress have tested positive. China has...
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Belarusian opposition leader on Lukashenko's dictatorship, underground protests, U.S. aid from 2021-07-20T18:30:27
It's been nearly a year since the man known as Europe's last dictator, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, was declared victor in an election widely-denounced as a fraud. The woman leading his ...
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News Wrap: Stocks slump as COVID-19 restrictions return from 2021-07-19T18:50:19
In our news wrap Monday, stocks tumbled over worries that renewed COVID restrictions will slow economic recovery. President Joe Biden toned down his claim that Facebook is "killing people" with COV...
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As U.S., allies condemn Chinese cyberattacks, report exposes governments' use of spyware from 2021-07-19T18:45:30
The Biden administration and a large group of allies called out China for state-sponsored, international hacking Monday. A consortium of media outlets also published an investigation revealing how ...
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As Biden releases first Guantanamo detainee, could the camp's closure be far behind? from 2021-07-19T18:40:54
The Biden administration released its first detainee from the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay naval base in Cuba on Monday. Abdul Latif Nasser was never charged with a crime, yet remained det...
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A conflict journalist on the unique challenges of reporting on COVID in Holmfirth, England from 2021-07-19T18:35:31
With all COVID-19 restrictions lifted Monday in the United Kingdom -- even amid a surge in cases -- we look at how life has been lived in one small, English town where for the last 16 months, confl...
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Dissidents are fleeing Belarus after Lukashenko's crackdown on protesters from 2021-07-18T17:00:22
President Lukashenko's landslide victory in Belarus last year marked more than 25 years of control and the start of the authoritarian leader's sixth term. Mass demonstrations followed, with thousan...
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'I have no future here:' Yazidis struggle to rebuild their lives despite ISIS retreat from 2021-07-17T16:35:40
Seven years ago, a brutal attack by ISIS forced hundreds of thousands of Yazidis to flee their homes in northern Iraq. Many were eventually imprisoned, killed or sold into slavery. Now, despite ISI...
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News Wrap: Fire crews pull away from Oregon Bootleg Fire over safety concerns from 2021-07-16T18:50:25
In our news wrap Friday, Oregon's Bootleg Fire -- the largest of dozens of wildfires now burning in the U.S.-- became so intense that fire crews had to pull back overnight for their own safety. Rus...
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Climate models predicted extreme weather fluctuations. Can the damage be reversed? from 2021-07-16T18:45:44
In western Germany this week, whole cities seem to be underwater after days of heavy rainfall filled rivers to capacity and quickly turned into flash flooding. As parts of Europe dig out of this la...
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Analyzing the U.S. business advisory for Hong Kong and how it could affect global finances from 2021-07-16T18:35:47
The United States government Friday warned Americans about the risks of doing business, studying, or investing in Hong Kong. The U.S. also sanctioned Hong Kong officials, accusing them of eroding t...
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U.S. Surgeon General warns against vaccine misinformation on social media from 2021-07-15T18:55:43
In our news wrap Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy urged social media platforms to take action against vaccine misinformation arguing false claims are feeding vaccine resistance. President Biden met...
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News Wrap: Tokyo sees highest COVID cases since May, days before Olympic Games from 2021-07-14T18:50:16
In our news wrap Wednesday, COVID-19 cases in Tokyo are higher than any time since May -- nine days before it hosts the summer Olympics. In the U.S., federal figures show 93,000 overdose deaths in ...
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Chaos in South Africa as riots, looting follow Zuma's jailing from 2021-07-14T18:50:06
In South Africa, rioting and looting rocked parts of the country again overnight. The trouble began last week after the country's former leader Jacob Zuma was jailed, and police say more than 70 pe...
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Young, modern Afghans fear 'losing everything' as Taliban regains ground from 2021-07-14T18:35:08
The former top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, General Scott Miller, transferred command Tuesday amid the withdrawal of American forces, and as the Taliban continues its re-conquest of much of the c...
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News Wrap: Consumer prices see 5.4% year on year rise, White House says surge temporary from 2021-07-13T18:55:25
In our news wrap Tuesday, the Federal Reserve and White House said they expect a consumer price surge, up 5.4 percent, to be temporary. There's fresh evidence that COVID-19 infections in the U.S. a...
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Fire at Iraq COVID hospital leaves 92 dead, more than 100 injured from 2021-07-13T18:53:46
A fire swept through a COVID hospital ward in southern Iraq overnight, killing at least 92 and injuring more than 100. Nick Schifrin reports. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/news...
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Why are Cubans protesting? Examining the nation's disappointment with the Communist Party from 2021-07-12T18:55:33
Police are out in force tonight in Havana, Cuba, after thousands of protesters rose up Sunday, taking to the streets across the country in the largest demonstrations against communist rule in a gen...
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Exploring the conspiracies, chaos in the assassination investigation in Haiti from 2021-07-12T18:45:26
It's been less than a week since the shocking assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse. A possible conspiracy involving a Haitian-born doctor from Florida has further roiled a fraught situa...
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A Dutch chocolate company's fight to end illegal child labor from 2021-07-11T17:05:11
The chocolate industry has a dark side: almost 1.6 million children work -- illegally -- in the cocoa growing regions of Ghana and Ivory Coast. Tony's Chocoloneley, a quirky but popular chocolate ...
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Haiti asks US, UN for military help after President's assassination from 2021-07-10T15:12:47
Haiti police arrested at least 20 people, including two U.S. citizens, in the aftermath of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse's in his home on Wednesday. While the Haitian first lady is r...
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News Wrap: Vaccinated teachers, students can ditch masks inside schools, CDC says from 2021-07-09T18:55:41
In our news wrap Friday, vaccinated teachers and students will no longer need to wear masks inside school buildings, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Police in Haiti hav...
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Who will replace Jovenel Moïse? Exploring his assassination and Haiti's future from 2021-07-09T18:50:21
After Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated, Prime Minister Claude Joseph announced a 15 day state of siege. But a new prime minister appointed by Moise -- Ariel Henry -- says he's the r...
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Many in Missouri are unvaccinated. Hospitals are paying the price as delta variant spreads from 2021-07-09T18:45:03
The coronavirus' delta variant is battering many low vaccination areas in the U.S. Missouri is among the top five states in terms of new cases and hospitalizations, with nearly 7,600 new confirmed ...
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UN votes to keep sole humanitarian border crossing open to starving Syrians from 2021-07-09T18:40:08
The U.N. Security Council unanimously extended the sole humanitarian crossing into Syria -- one day before it was set to close -- after a deal between the U.S. and Russia. The White House said Pres...
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News Wrap: Biden prepones, defends U.S. pullout from Afghanistan from 2021-07-08T18:55:26
In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan will now conclude early on August 31st instead of September 11. Afghan government forces said they drove Taliban fighters from a ...
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Poorer nations are 'perilously at risk' as delta variant spreads. Can the U.S. help? from 2021-07-08T18:50:09
More than 4 million people have officially died from COVID-19 globally, but the actual number is almost certainly much higher. As wealthy nations with high vaccination rates like the U.S. begin eme...
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News wrap: U.S. economy shows signs of rebound with 850,000 jobs added in June from 2021-07-02T18:55:31
In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. Labor Department reported a net gain of 850,000 jobs in June -- the most in 10 months. The World Health Organization warned the delta variant of the coronavirus ha...
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Afghan government encourages civilian militias to combat the Taliban from 2021-07-02T18:45:32
The sprawling hub of American operations in Afghanistan for nearly two decades -- Bagram Airfield -- is now in the hands of the Afghan government. U.S. defense officials say all American forces out...
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News Wrap: Biden meets with victim's families as rescue crews halt Surfside operations from 2021-07-01T18:50:52
In our news wrap Thursday, President Joe Biden met with first responders and families of the victims in Surfside, Florida, as rescue crews halted work at a collapsed condominium tower. The heat wav...
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The Taliban are winning on the battlefield as U.S. troops withdraw. Can Afghans stop them? from 2021-07-01T18:35:50
The U.S. will soon complete the troops' withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. Nick Schifrin talks to the lead U.S. diplomat for the region, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad. Born in Afghani...
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IMF projects U.S. economy to grow 7% due to robust vaccinations, but warns of inflation from 2021-07-01T18:30:50
An annual report released Thursday by the International Monetary Fund projects that the U.S. economy will grow roughly 7% this year as federal stimulus programs fuel consumer spending -- but that g...
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News Wrap: Death toll rises to 16 in Surfside condo collapse from 2021-06-30T18:50:33
In our news wrap Wednesday, search teams recovered four more bodies from a collapsed condominium tower in Surfside, Florida, the head of the CDC said mask guidelines will be left to local officials...
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Top U.S. commander in Afghanistan warns the country could descend into civil war from 2021-06-30T18:40:06
The U.S. is on the verge of completing a unilateral and unconditional withdrawal from Afghanistan nearly 20 years after it invaded, and the outgoing U.S. military commander has delivered a new star...
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News Wrap: Biden to visit Surfside condo collapse site on Thursday from 2021-06-29T18:55:02
In our news wrap Tuesday, rescue crews in Surfside, Florida, have spent another long day, delicately digging into a collapsed condominium tower and hoping to find survivors. A scorching heat wave a...
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Understanding the fragile ceasefire and humanitarian crisis in Tigray from 2021-06-29T18:40:17
There is fragile ceasefire in Northern Ethiopia's Tigray after Ethiopian and allied forces withdrew after an occupation late in 2020. It's a dramatic turn in conflict that has killed thousands, upr...
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Pandemic conditions fuel rise in migrants braving the Darien Gap from 2021-06-29T18:25:46
Last year, the PBS NewsHour brought you stories of migrants traveling through one of the world's most lawless and dangerous places: the Darien Gap, a roadless jungle expanse along the border of Col...
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News Wrap: Blinken says Syria, Iraq airstrikes meant to 'deter future action' from 2021-06-28T18:50:11
In our news wrap Monday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken defended U.S. airstrikes on Iranian-backed militia groups in Syria and Iraq. President Joe Biden welcomed outgoing Israeli President Reuve...
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Latest Israel-Gaza conflict sent waves of antisemitism across the U.S. from 2021-06-26T16:30:30
Last month as the latest war between Israel and Hamas escalated, a wave of anger directed at Jews swept across the U.S., with watchdog groups reporting a sharp increase in antisemitic attacks. Spec...
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Northern Ireland Troubles truth commission is opening old wounds from 2021-06-26T16:29:47
The British government promised a new law to deal with the so-called legacy cases from the sectarian conflict in Northern Ireland or the Troubles, in which 3,500 people were killed between 1968 and...
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News Wrap: DOJ sues Georgia over voting restrictions it says target Black voters from 2021-06-25T18:50:13
In our news wrap Friday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced a federal lawsuit against Georgia's new election law, which he says denies equal access to Black voters. Republicans charged that...
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Biden wants to leave some U.S. troops in Afghanistan. The Taliban isn't happy from 2021-06-25T18:45:58
Friday at the White House, President Joe Biden met with Afghanistan's leaders, just weeks before the U.S. completes withdrawing almost all of its forces. There was a lot on the agenda: finalizing p...
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Biden wants to leave some US troops in Afghanistan. The Taliban isn't happy from 2021-06-25T18:45:58
Friday at the White House, President Joe Biden met with Afghanistan's leaders, just weeks before the U.S. completes withdrawing almost all of its forces. There was a lot on the agenda: finalizing p...
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An Afghan official on the tough love from Biden during White House meeting from 2021-06-25T18:35:34
Judy Woodruff speaks to the man at the center of negotiations for Afghanistan -- both with the U.S. and the Taliban -- Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliatio...
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News Wrap: Pelosi announces select committee to investigate Jan. 6 attack from 2021-06-24T18:35:48
In our news wrap Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi officially announced a select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. President Biden pledged that thousands of Afghan interpreters...
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News Wrap: Supreme Court sides with cheerleader kicked off squad for social media post from 2021-06-23T18:40:20
In our news wrap Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled a Pennsylvania school was wrong to suspend a girl from cheerleading over a social media post. The justices also struck down a California reg...
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Myanmar's armed forces show no signs of restraint amid rising revolts from 2021-06-23T18:35:09
The general who led a coup in Myanmar just over 4 months ago criticized foreign interference Wednesday, days after the U.N. General Assembly approved an arms embargo resolution, and as new ethnic m...
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News Wrap: 900 Secret Service employees tested positive for COVID-19 since March 2020 from 2021-06-22T18:40:48
In our news wrap Tuesday, records show some 900 U.S. Secret Service employees tested positive for COVID-19 from March 2020 to March 2021. About half were agents protecting the president, vice presi...
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Leftover mines, dead bodies still haunt Mosul residents years after war with ISIS from 2021-06-22T18:35:45
Although a punishing Iraqi and American military campaign routed ISIS from a mosque in Mosul -- its "Caliphate" -- in 2017, it also leveled large swathes of the city. Now, special correspondent Lei...
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News Wrap: Iran's president-elect rules out meeting with Biden, asks for lift on sanctions from 2021-06-21T18:55:20
In our news wrap Monday, incoming Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi ruled out a possible meeting with President Biden but called again for a return to the 2015 nuclear deal, and lifting of U.S. sanct...
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Taliban gains Afghan territory, may seek 'complete return to power' amid US withdrawal from 2021-06-21T18:50:38
The U.S. military will soon complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. But the Afghan government is under constant attack from the Taliban and is struggling to hold onto its te...
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Fatherhood, addiction and recovery: an Indigenous man's story from Canada's Yellowknife from 2021-06-20T16:14:26
We've been bringing you a series of short stories from the Indigenous community in Yellowknife, Canada exploring alcohol use, addiction, resilience and healing. The "Turning Points" project, from t...
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As ISIS presence dwindles, U.S. troops in Iraq face other threats from 2021-06-20T15:42:11
In the latest targeting of American troops in Iraq, an unexploded rocket landed close to a military base on Sunday. There were no serious damages. Today around 2,500 U.S. troops remain in the count...
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Iranians decry, boycott election tipped in hard-liner's favor by supreme leader from 2021-06-18T18:45:20
Iranians went to the polls Friday in a presidential election tightly-managed by the Islamic Republic's clerical elite -- who allowed only 4 men on the ballot. After eight years of relative moderati...
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News Wrap: Putin praises Biden as 'professional,' emphasizes cybersecurity cooperation from 2021-06-17T16:22:18
In our news wrap Thursday, Russia's President Vladimir Putin was back in Moscow offering new praise for his Geneva summit with President Joe Biden. A compromise proposal by Senator Joe Manchin to r...
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Watch Iraq's secretive counterterrorism unit track down and extract an ISIS fighter from 2021-06-17T16:00:40
Seven years ago this month the Islamic State declared its caliphate, killing thousands in its years-long reign of terror in Iraq and Syria. The group may have lost its territory, but its fighters s...
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Key takeaways from tense but 'constructive' US-Russia summit from 2021-06-16T18:55:58
The summit in Switzerland is over, and President Joe Biden and Russia's President Vladimir Putin are headed home. As expected, there were no large breakthroughs from talks between the two leaders. ...
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Exploring the issues affecting US-Russia relations and the future of diplomacy from 2021-06-16T18:50:04
There was a lot at stake and a lot discussed Wednesday during President Joe Biden's meeting with Russia's president Vladimir Putin. Nick Schifrin explores the outcome of their summit with Fiona Hil...
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News Wrap: Federal Reserve projects rate increases in 2023 as economy recovers from COVID from 2021-06-16T18:45:08
In our news wrap Wednesday, the Federal Reserve signaled it may raise a key, short-term interest rate -- from near-zero -- sooner than planned. The European Union called for lifting travel restrict...
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Biden ends 17-year EU trade dispute escalated by Trump. Here's how it could impact US jobs from 2021-06-15T18:50:28
President Joe Biden arrived in Geneva Tuesday, ahead of his highly anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday. But first, he moved Tuesday to end a tariff war with the E...
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News Wrap: Tensions rise in Jerusalem as Israeli nationalists march for 'death to Arabs' from 2021-06-15T18:45:44
In our news wrap Tuesday, tensions flare in East Jerusalem over a march by Israeli ultra-nationalists where some chanted "Death to Arabs," receiving Palestinian protests. New bursts of gun violence...
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Corruption, cyberattacks and Ukraine among issues Biden promises to challenge Putin on from 2021-06-15T18:35:01
President Joe Biden's upcoming meeting with Russia's President Vladimir Putin could arguably be the highest profile event of Biden's first overseas trip, with Biden expected to challenge Putin on h...
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Biden underscores US commitment to NATO in sharp contrast to Trump from 2021-06-14T18:55:35
President Joe Biden is in Brussels, Belgium Monday night, trying to reassure NATO allies about U.S. support and discuss common concerns such as ending the pandemic, confronting cyberattacks and cli...
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News Wrap: Israel's Naftali Bennett officially unseats Benjamin Netanyahu from 2021-06-14T18:50:50
In our news wrap Monday, new Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett formally took office, ending Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year rule. The U.S. neared 600,000 deaths from COVID-19. U.S. Attorney Gener...
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Afghan allies 'begging' for their lives, face Taliban attacks amid US withdrawal from 2021-06-14T18:40:54
During the 20-year American war in Afghanistan, thousands of locals worked for, and with, the United States. As the U.S. departs, many of them are left in profound danger. Earlier this year, Specia...
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Are the G-7 pledges to combat climate change enough? An expert weighs in from 2021-06-14T18:35:03
As carbon emissions build up in the atmosphere more than ever before in human history, western leaders at the Group of Seven summit pledged to reduce their use of coal, lower their overall emission...
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New Israeli government ousts longtime Prime Minister Netanyahu from 2021-06-13T17:43:55
Benjamin Netanyahu's 12-year run as Israel's prime minister ended Sunday as parliament voted in a new government by a nail-biting 60-59 margin. Former defense secretary and tech billionaire Naftali...
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'America is back': Biden heads for NATO summit after a successful G-7 from 2021-06-13T17:07:13
President Biden flew to Brussels for the NATO summit after wrapping up the G-7 in the UK. At a news conference Sunday, he talked about the G-7's plan to donate a billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines ...
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COVID-19, climate change, China: Biden reaffirms America's global role at the G7 from 2021-06-12T17:51:26
President Joe Biden made his first foreign trip as president to the U.K. for the G-7 summit where he was welcomed by world leaders amid talk of "shared values." In a bid to move past the Trump-era,...
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Biden meets with G-7 leaders to discuss global vaccinations, taxes on world's wealthiest from 2021-06-11T18:55:11
President Biden joined leaders of the world's top economic democratic nations Friday for the start of the three-day G-7 meeting in southwest England. On the agenda are global taxes, trade and the f...
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An endangered elephant herd is taking a mysterious trek in China. Are humans to blame? from 2021-06-11T18:20:21
It's not a sight you see every day -- a herd of elephants, leaving their home turf, making their way through southwestern China, most recently stopping in a city with millions of residents. But tha...
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Biden begins a week of diplomacy, pledges 500 million vaccine doses to poorer countries from 2021-06-10T18:55:17
President Biden on Thursday kicked off his week of diplomacy in a meeting with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ahead of the beginning of the G-7 summit Friday. Biden also announced a significa...
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How fast can the U.S. deliver hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses globally? from 2021-06-10T18:50:22
President Biden on Thursday announced a plan to donate more than 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to nearly 100 poorer countries around the world that he described as "a monumental commitment by ...
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Mastercard Foundation gives $1.3 billion to boost vaccinations in Africa from 2021-06-09T18:40:16
In one of the largest private sector donations of its kind, the Mastercard Foundation announced it will give $1.3 billion over the next three years to vaccinate 50 million people in Africa. Fewer t...
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States pull out all the stops in push to increase vaccinations from 2021-06-09T18:25:56
With the pace of vaccination in the U.S. slowing, the Biden administration's goal of getting 70 percent of adults inoculated with at least one shot by July 4 is looking harder. Given that, a month-...
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News Wrap: Task force identifies more than 3,900 children separated from parents at border from 2021-06-08T18:45:58
In our news wrap Tuesday, the Biden administration identified more than 3,900 children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border under a Trump administration policy, a 16-country sting...
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Efforts to counter China's growing influence draw broad support in Congress from 2021-06-08T18:40:50
The Biden administration announced it's taking a series of steps to ensure the U.S. had secure access to key products, many of which are manufactured overseas, as the U.S. Senate is poised to pass ...
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Can structural reforms in Central America stem migration to the U.S.? from 2021-06-08T18:35:12
Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped up her first international trip in Mexico on Tuesday, a day after stopping in Guatemala, in a bid to stem migration to the U.S. from Guatemala, Honduras, and El...
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News Wrap: U.S. recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline hackers from 2021-06-07T18:55:38
In our news wrap Monday, U.S. investigators have recovered the majority of the cryptocurrency payment given to hackers from last month's Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, Vice President Harris w...
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Capturing the horror and hope of India's recent COVID-19 surge from afar from 2021-06-07T18:40:23
COVID-19 has torn across India with a deadly ferocity. While infection numbers have dropped from their horrific peaks last month, more than 120,000 new cases were reported on Monday. All the while,...
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Millions of Mexicans vote in a violence-marred midterm election from 2021-06-06T15:38:55
Mexicans voted on Saturday in the nation's largest election in history, which saw all 500 seats in the lower house of Congress, nearly half the state governorships and almost 20,000 local offices g...
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Tiananmen Square massacre casts a long shadow over modern Chinese politics from 2021-06-04T18:45:19
Friday marked the 32nd anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, where hundreds and perhaps thousands of people were killed by the Chinese government amid a Democratic protest movement. But ...
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News Wrap: Biden scraps corporate tax hike in push for infrastructure deal from 2021-06-03T18:55:43
In our news wrap Thursday, President Biden has scrapped his call for a corporate tax hike with the hope of sealing an infrastructure deal, the Justice Department is investigating Postmaster General...
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White House plans to donate 80 million COVID-19 vaccine doses internationally from 2021-06-03T18:50:32
The U.S. will donate 75 percent of its unused COVID-19 vaccine doses to nations in need. The Biden administration announced Thursday its plan to ship 80 million doses by month's end to countries ar...
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Rebuilding begins in Gaza amid dire conditions in the wake of war with Israel from 2021-06-03T18:35:51
The International Committee of the Red Cross on Thursday released an urgent request for money to help rehabilitate Gaza. The coastal enclave has 1.8 million people in dire need of basic provisions,...
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Can Gaza be rehabilitated without aiding Hamas? from 2021-06-03T18:33:24
The bombs may have stopped falling on Gaza and the rocket fire from there has ceased for now, but Gazans face a huge task of rebuilding. Ilan Goldenberg, director of the Middle East Program at the ...
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A look at the Israeli coalition trying to strip Netanyahu of power from 2021-06-02T18:50:33
Israel's longest serving prime minister -- Benjamin Netanyahu -- has been swept from office after two years of political turmoil. Opposition groups on Wednesday agreed on a new government -- with p...
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Haiti endures an 'assault on democracy' as Moise clings to power from 2021-06-02T18:25:09
Political upheaval in the island nation of Haiti prompted the Biden administration to allow Haitians in the U.S. to renew their protected immigration status. It reverses the Trump administration's ...
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How COVID-19 is driving political, economic crises in Latin America from 2021-06-01T18:40:05
Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Costa Rica, meeting with leaders from Central America as COVID-19 worsens across Latin America and the Caribbean. Peru on Tuesday revised its official death ...
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Why the US is taking a second look at the 'lab leak' theory about COVID-19 from 2021-05-27T18:40:44
Where did COVID-19 come from? In the midst of renewed questions about the novel coronavirus' origins, President Joe Biden has directed U.S. intelligence to determine if the virus jumped from animal...
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What the shakeups, legal losses for fossil fuel companies mean for climate change efforts from 2021-05-27T18:20:28
Three major oil and gas firms -- ExxonMobil, Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron -- suffered hits in court and among their own investors Wednesday, amid pressure for businesses and governments to serious...
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Myanmar military killing protestors, civilians as 'psychological warfare' after coup from 2021-05-26T18:35:02
Since the Myanmar military staged a coup 8 weeks ago, activists say it has killed more than 800 people. An open source investigation released Wednesday from the Human Rights Center and the Associat...
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News Wrap: Moderna says its vaccine effective in children ages 12 to 17 from 2021-05-25T18:40:55
In our news wrap Tuesday, Moderna announced its COVID-19 vaccine strongly protects children as young as 12, and plans to seek emergency FDA approval. Airlines began avoiding Belarus after a plane w...
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Taiwan's foreign minister says China is 'preparing for war.' Here's Taiwan's response plan from 2021-05-25T18:30:58
Taiwan, which China considers a breakaway province, is the most tense issue between Beijing and the U.S. Taiwan argues it is on the frontline of democracy against Chinese authoritarianism and is in...
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Inequities in care, misinformation fuel COVID deaths among poor, indigenous Brazilians from 2021-05-25T18:25:30
All across Brazil, slums -- known as Favelas -- have long been places of crime and poverty, marked by overcrowding and unsanitary conditions. They are among the hardest hit by the pandemic, in a co...
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News Wrap: NYC, LA schools to resume in-person learning this fall from 2021-05-24T18:55:48
In our news wrap Monday, schools in New York City and Los Angeles will make a return to full, in-person learning this fall, with remote options unavailable in NYC and available in only some cases i...
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EU sanctions Belarus for arresting journalist in Ryanair 'hijacking' from 2021-05-24T18:50:42
The government of Belarus on Sunday forced an international civilian plane flying over its airspace to land to arrest a passenger, a dissident Belorussian blogger. The move was widely condemned in ...
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Migrants meet militarized borders, kidnappers on dangerous chase of the 'American Dream' from 2021-05-24T18:40:07
This past March, a group of Honduran migrants formed a large caravan fleeing Central America for the United States. President Joe Biden has incentivized Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico to militarize...
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The fragile ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas seems to be holding from 2021-05-22T16:43:21
The cease-fire between Israeli forces and Hamas held for a second day. Meanwhile, Gazans returned to their homes to survey the damage as UN humanitarian relief officials said rebuilding health faci...
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Both Israel and Hamas claim victory after truce, bringing prospect of peace into question from 2021-05-21T18:55:50
The shooting has stopped, but the war of words goes on as Israel and Hamas offered sharply different appraisals Friday of who won and who lost their fourth conflict in just over a dozen years. John...
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News Wrap: Minnesota AG to prosecute cop who killed Daunte Wright from 2021-05-21T18:50:45
In our news wrap Friday, the attorney general of Minnesota will take over prosecuting the former police officer who killed Daunte Wright. The British government is reviewing oversight of the BBC af...
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4 ways the US can help stem COVID deaths globally from 2021-05-21T18:45:46
While the pandemic's toll is easing in the U.S., COVID-19 still has a deadly grip on many other countries. The estimated global death toll remains around 13,000 people a day, and the World Health O...
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A look at the US role and reaction to cease-fire in the Middle East from 2021-05-20T18:55:56
A cease-fire is at hand in the war between Israel and Hamas. Word of the truce came Thursday from Israel, and Hamas quickly agreed. If it holds, it would end 11 days of fierce fighting that killed ...
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News Wrap: Biden signs COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act to combat rise in anti-Asian attacks from 2021-05-20T18:50:26
In our news wrap Thursday, President Biden signed the new COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act that passed Congress with bipartisan support. The U.S. House of Representatives approved nearly $2 billion to incr...
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The US has a 'thirst' for immigrant workers. Why do so many struggle to get legal status? from 2021-05-20T18:40:28
President Joe Biden has said that changing immigration law remains an important piece of his agenda. But the path to new legislation is complex and hardly clear. One of the biggest flashpoints in t...
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South Korea's foreign minister on US role in denuclearizing North Korea from 2021-05-20T18:35:29
President Joe Biden is expected to meet Friday with South Korea's President Moon Jae-in. The two leaders are at very different points of their terms. Biden, newly-elected, and moon in his final yea...
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A look at the humanitarian crisis wrought by Israel-Hamas war from 2021-05-20T18:30:30
John Yang reports on life on the ground for Palestinians and Israelis caught in the crossfire of war, and how US pressure on the region's leaders has affected civilians, and Middle Eastern immigran...
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Midori reflects on her quintessential prodigy story and what it means to be a performer from 2021-05-20T18:25:31
This week, the annual Kennedy Center Honors for lifetime artistic achievement are being awarded, remotely. One of the honorees is the world-renowned violinist Midori. Starting as a child, the now 4...
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Egypt indicates a truce agreement between Israeli and Hamas forces from 2021-05-19T18:55:26
Israel and Hamas forces in Gaza may be edging closer to a cease-fire after 10 days of open war. Egyptian mediators say there's a truce agreement, in principle. A top Hamas official said he expects ...
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News Wrap: New York state conducting criminal probe of Trump Organization from 2021-05-19T18:50:19
In our news wrap Wednesday, the New York state attorney general's office opened a criminal probe into former President Trump's business. House Democrats moved to create an independent commission to...
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Can Biden walk the line between support for both Israel and Palestine? from 2021-05-19T18:40:21
For decades, the U.S. has supported Israel, backing up its defense policy and supplying tens of billions of dollars in aid and weapons. Now, some within the Democratic party are questioning that su...
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'Vaccine passports' may be critical for equity, but polarization could undermine efforts from 2021-05-19T18:35:22
Despite good progress on vaccinations in the U.S., the Biden administration and most officials are weary of requiring "vaccine passports" to prove inoculation. William Brangham discusses the relate...
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Palestinians strike to protest Israeli military action in Gaza, but no cease-fire in sight from 2021-05-18T18:55:04
John Yang reports on the ongoing crisis in the Middle East as calls for a ceasefire are ignored and destruction spreads as Palestinian rocket fire and Israeli artillery attacks continue on day nine...
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News Wrap: No charges for sheriffs who shot Andre Brown Jr. in North Carolina from 2021-05-18T18:50:44
In our news wrap Tuesday, a North Carolina prosecutor says he will not charge three sheriff's deputies who shot and killed Andrew Brown Jr. last month in Elizabeth City. U.S. public health official...
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Israel-Gaza conflict escalates despite truce efforts from 2021-05-13T18:50:47
Fighting between Israel and Hamas raged for a fourth day with waves of rockets and air strikes. Between both sides nearly 90 Palestinians and 7 Israelis have reportedly been killed so far. Israel a...
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News Wrap: Thousands of DC police's intelligence and disciplinary reports leaked online from 2021-05-13T18:45:48
In our news wrap Thursday, thousands of sensitive documents were leaked online after a cyberattack on Washington, D.C. Police. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas came under fire over...
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The core issues and politics behind the escalating conflict in the Middle East from 2021-05-13T18:40:49
John Yang discusses the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with Shibley Telhami a professor at the University of Maryland who's been an advisor to the State Department and the U.S. mission to the United ...
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Former Brazilian president says Bolsonaro became a 'rogue leader,' botched COVID response from 2021-05-13T18:30:51
Brazil has been struggling to combat COVID-19, with an official death toll now only surpassed by the U.S. Many say a crisis of leadership by right-wing populist President Jair Bolsonaro led to this...
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Why the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is far from over from 2021-05-12T18:40:44
President Joe Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Wednesday about the spiraling violence between Israelis and Palestinians. Biden said he hoped the conflict would end "sooner...
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News Wrap: Panic buying adds to gas woes in the Southeast as pipeline restarts operations from 2021-05-12T18:35:45
In our news wrap Wednesday, panic buying of gasoline intensified across the southeastern U.S. as the colonial pipeline resumed operations. Inflation fears washed over Wall Street and the financial ...
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How smugglers seduce Central American migrants with the 'American Dream' from 2021-05-12T18:30:46
More migrants were arrested or detained along the southern border in April than during any other month in the last 20 years. Desperate to make it to the U.S., many Central American migrants are bei...
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Civilians, including children, losing lives amid Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Jerusalem from 2021-05-11T18:55:28
Dozens of rockets launched from Gaza streaked over Israel, with heavy Israeli airstrikes in return, as violence spiraled between Israelis and Palestinians. In a speech Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minist...
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News Wrap: Federal judge rejects NRA bankruptcy bid, allowing NY to pursue dissolution from 2021-05-11T18:50:27
In our news wrap Tuesday, a federal judge in Dallas rejected the National Rifle Association's bid to file for bankruptcy protection, blocking the gun rights group's effort to reorganize in Texas. U...
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Is the Russian government involved in the Colonial Pipeline hack? One expert weighs in from 2021-05-11T18:40:30
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack showed the vulnerability of key parts of America's critical infrastructure, and how hostile actors can exploit those weaknesses. William Brangham and investi...
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How Australia kept COVID in check, and what lessons the world can take from it from 2021-05-11T18:30:32
Australia has been one of the most successful countries in the world at keeping COVID-19 in check. It combined strict lockdowns with consistent messages from scientists and politicians. While the d...
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In bringing the Song of Rapa Nui to the world, pianist brings music education home from 2021-05-11T18:25:33
Mahani Teave grew up on one of the most remote islands on Earth, but the 38-year-old pianist still found a way to bring her music to the world -- and music education to Rapa Nui. Jeffrey Brown tell...
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News Wrap: 13 dead after roadside bombings follow girls school attack in Afghanistan from 2021-05-10T18:55:55
In our news wrap Monday, Roadside bombings have killed at least 13 people in Afghanistan after Saturday's bombing at a girls school in Kabul. In about 24 hours, over 2,100 migrants have reached the...
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Palestinians face renewed violence in Jerusalem for protesting evictions from 2021-05-10T18:50:35
For more than a week, Palestinians have protested throughout Jerusalem over attempts to evict Palestinian families from their homes. Tensions exploded in Jerusalem, and in Gaza, as Hamas militants ...
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What does the Colonial Pipeline hack tell us about the security of U.S. infrastructure? from 2021-05-10T18:45:36
The federal government on Monday confirmed that a Russian criminal group is behind the hack of the Colonial Pipeline company. The pipeline -- the largest of its kind in the U.S. -- was shut down af...
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Can Yemen exist as a unified state post-war? Here's what different forces want from 2021-05-10T18:40:37
The war in Yemen shows little sign of ending despite the horrific humanitarian toll of the past seven years. Within the war between the Houthi rebels, backed by Iran, and the internationally-recogn...
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Afghanistan's bomb attack exposes nation's ethnic and religious fissures from 2021-05-09T17:25:15
The death toll from Saturday's car bomb attack on a girls' school in a minority Shiite neighborhood in Kabul has crossed 50 and at least 100 people have been injured. While no one has taken respons...
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Serbia's winning fight against COVID-19 raises questions about 'vaccine diplomacy' from 2021-05-08T17:01:01
Serbia has had considerable success in its COVID-19 vaccination campaign, with the third-highest rate in Europe; supply is mostly from China and Russia. While Serbia's efforts have received high pr...
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Scottish National Party's win may reignite the independence referendum from 2021-05-08T16:43:53
The Scottish Nationalist Party is set to win in Scotland's parliamentary election and is expected to call for a pro-independence referendum, setting the stage for a clash with Prime Minister Boris ...
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News Wrap: Harris appeals for Mexican cooperation on immigration from 2021-05-07T18:55:28
In our news wrap Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris appealed for cooperation in a virtual meeting with Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to curb the rise in migrants arriving at the U...
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India records 400,000 new infections for the second time during second wave from 2021-05-06T18:55:27
In our news wrap Thursday, the COVID emergency is growing ever more desperate in India as new infections top 400,000 for a second time, with nearly 4,000 deaths in 24 hours. French President Emmanu...
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Robert Gates on US action in Iran, Afghanistan and China from 2021-05-06T18:40:30
Over 100 days into the Biden administration, how is the president dealing with national security issues? Judy Woodruff explores the question with former Defense Secretary, and former CIA Director,...
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Waiving the vaccine patent may come down to giving pharmaceutical companies incentives from 2021-05-06T18:35:31
President Joe Biden has given the initial nod for the U.S. to waive patent rights on COVID vaccines to boost international production. But there are real questions over how effective these moves wo...
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Indian doctors in the US have deep ties to India. Here's how they're helping from afar from 2021-05-06T18:30:32
As India suffers through a devastating surge in COVID-19 infections, the 4.2 million members of the Indian diaspora in the U.S. are stricken with panic, pain and grief. Many are volunteering to hel...
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News Wrap: Republicans move to oust Cheney over Trump impeachment, criticism from 2021-05-05T18:55:30
In our news wrap Wednesday, Republican leaders stepped up calls to oust Rep. Liz Cheney as the third highest ranking Republican in the House after she backed President Trump's second impeachment. A...
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Waiving vaccine patent rights may be the 'only way' to end the pandemic from 2021-05-05T18:50:34
President Biden announced that the U.S. will support waiving patent rights for the COVID vaccines -- a major move that follows a call domestically, and internationally, for America to provide much ...
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Bolsonaro faces criminal investigation, possible impeachment over COVID response in Brazil from 2021-05-05T18:45:33
Brazil formalized a criminal investigation last week into President Jair Bolsonaro's response to the pandemic. It could lead to his impeachment. The country just passed 400,000 total fatalities so ...
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News Wrap: White House aims to vaccinate 70 percent of American adults by July 4 from 2021-05-04T18:55:50
In our news wrap Tuesday, the White House plans to distribute more COVID-19 shots to states where demand is higher as it aims to vaccinate 70 percent of U.S. adults with at least one dose by July 4...
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Stalked by death: How rising food insecurity is killing war-torn Yemen's children from 2021-05-04T18:40:54
Nearly seven years of war in Yemen have produced the world's most dire humanitarian catastrophe. Millions are starving and have little in the way of medical care. Special correspondent Jane Ferguso...
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News Wrap: Mississippi begins clean up after tornadoes leave major damage from 2021-05-03T20:55:28
In our news wrap Monday, people across Mississippi spent the day cleaning up after multiple tornadoes struck on Sunday. The daily average of new COVID-19 cases in the U.S. is below 50,000 for the f...
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India's COVID-19 crisis is far from over, and vaccines alone won't help. Here's why from 2021-05-03T20:50:09
The COVID-19 crisis in India shows little sign of slowing down. As death tolls and infections skyrocket, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership is under increasing political pressure and scrutin...
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How the US plans to reunite more than 1,000 families that remain separated at the border from 2021-05-03T20:40:10
The White House announced Monday it would reunite four families that U.S. officials separated at the southern border during Donald Trump's presidency. Over 5,500 children were taken from their pare...
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On the ground with Yemeni soldiers battling Iran-allied rebels from 2021-05-03T20:35:11
Three months ago, President Biden ended American military involvement in the war in Yemen and reversed President Trump's decision to designate the Houthis a terrorist organization. But soon after, ...
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How two Georgian doctors in the U.S. became COVID-19 heroes back home from 2021-05-02T19:16:12
When COVID-19 hit the nation of Georgia last year, its residents turned to an unlikely source: two Georgian doctors who had immigrated to the U.S. and had been battling the pandemic for months. Dr....
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Nationalism, talk of independence on the rise in Scotland, Wales from 2021-05-02T19:06:41
Crucial elections are coming up on May 6 in Great Britain, and nationalists in Scotland and Wales are hoping to do well enough to demand referendums on independence. Scottish voters had rejected in...
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India struggles to cope with record-breaking COVID-19 wave from 2021-05-01T19:28:09
India is battling a devastating COVID-19 wave as the case count continues to break records, overwhelming resources including medical supplies. As foreign aid pours in from around the world, the nat...
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News Wrap: U.S. to restrict travel from India as it sends aid to virus-torn country from 2021-04-30T20:55:31
In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. will restrict travel from India as it sends aid to help with the country's spike in COVID-19 infections. Brazil's health minister appealed to other countries to sh...
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Western companies face nationalist backlash in China over criticism from home countries from 2021-04-30T20:40:20
A new report released Friday details a pattern of abuse of Chinese workers along Beijing's global development initiative, the Belt and Road. The West also accuses Beijing of exploiting ethnic minor...
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How big waves are helping this female surfer overcome her biggest fears from 2021-04-30T20:20:55
Like many extreme sports, big wave surfing is male-dominated. Portuguese surfer Joana Andrade is one of a handful of women trying to change that, and the documentary "Big vs. Small" follows her in ...
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News Wrap: De Blasio says NYC will 'fully reopen' by July 1 as vaccination rates improve from 2021-04-29T20:45
In our news wrap Thursday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the city aims to fully reopen on July 1. India continued to set global COVID-19 case records. China launched the main module ...
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Indians suffer, die in the streets as overcrowded hospitals turn patients away from 2021-04-28T20:45:01
The COVID-19 disaster in India piled up huge new numbers again, passing 200,000 deaths overall. Many hospitals are overcrowded and underfunded, and have been forced to turn patients away. Ali Rogin...
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News Wrap: Feds search Giuliani's home, office in probe of Ukraine business dealings from 2021-04-28T20:40:02
In our news wrap Wednesday, federal agents searched the home and office of Rudy Giuliani, former president Trump's personal lawyer, as part of a probe of his business dealings in Ukraine. A North C...
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Why this economist is 'giddy' about Biden's plans to invest in low income families from 2021-04-28T20:35:03
One of the major themes from President Joe Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday will be plans to substantially expand programs affecting children, families and reducing po...
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News Wrap: Biden promises India help to combat COVID, including sharing vaccines from 2021-04-27T20:50:47
In our news wrap Tuesday, President Joe Biden promised India help, including supplying vaccines. The Biden administration also laid out new initiatives on immigration as numbers crossing the southe...
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After botched Ebola vaccine trial, Ghana struggles with vaccine hesitancy from 2021-04-27T20:35:51
Misinformation, the colonial past, and a botched Ebola vaccine trial all come into play in Ghana as it fights to get the COVID-19 vaccine into the arms of the 30 million people who live there. Prai...
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News Wrap: DOJ announces probe into Louisville police, citing Breonna Taylor case from 2021-04-26T20:55:45
In our news wrap Monday, a year after police shot and killed Breonna Taylor during a raid of her home, the U.S. Justice Department is launching a full-scale review of police tactics in Louisville, ...
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COVID crisis: Why India's health system is on the 'brink of collapsing' from 2021-04-26T20:50:47
India continues to break daily COVID-19 infection records, reporting more than 350,000 new cases and more than 2,800 deaths. While the Biden administration pledged to share vaccines with India and ...
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Why asylum seekers on either side of the southern border still face an uncertain future from 2021-04-26T20:40:48
In February, President Joe Biden announced plans to wind down "Remain in Mexico" - the Trump administration policy that forced tens of thousands of asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while immigratio...
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Your recycling is not always being recycled--here's why from 2021-04-25T19:31:04
Recycling rules seem to differ in every municipality, with exceptions and caveats at every turn, leaving the average American scratching their head at the simple act of throwing something away. Jen...
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Amsterdam's 'doughnut economy' puts climate ahead of GDP from 2021-04-24T19:22:43
Amsterdam is the first city in the world to adopt a radical economic theory that suggests economic growth shouldn't be the ultimate measure of success. Instead, "doughnut economics" focuses on pro...
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For victims of the Armenian genocide, Biden designation a 'momentous occasion' from 2021-04-24T19:17:05
President Biden recognized the mass killings of Armenians more than a century ago as genocide, in a test of America's somewhat strained relationship with Turkey. For more on the significance of Bid...
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Overcrowded hospitals, oxygen shortage: India's COVID-19 tally breaks records from 2021-04-24T18:53:29
India's health system is collapsing amid a tsunami of COVID-19 cases--the highest in the world. As patients struggle to find hospital beds, doctors are sounding the alarm on dwindling medical suppl...
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News Wrap: CDC lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson shot after reviewing blood clot claims from 2021-04-23T20:55:14
In our news wrap Friday, the CDC has lifted a pause on Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. Officials in India, meanwhile, reported nearly 333,000 new cases today, and more than 2,200 deaths. Pres...
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U.S. seeks to lead by example with emission goals set during global climate summit from 2021-04-22T20:55:23
The United States set ambitious new goals today to stop the world from heating up, urging other nations to follow suit. And some of the world's largest carbon emitters seemed to heed the call. But ...
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News Wrap: Senate passes bipartisan COVID hate crimes bill to protect AAPI community from 2021-04-22T20:50:24
In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan COVID-19 hate crimes bill, responding to attacks on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The U.S. House of Representatives voted alo...
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Modi punts responsibility to states as India records highest global single day infections from 2021-04-22T20:45:25
This week, India set grim and global new high records Thursday with 315,000 cases in just 24 hours and another 2,100 deaths -- the highest one day number of new COVID-19 infections of any nation si...
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Has the U.S. set realistic goals to combat climate change? A climate scientist weighs in from 2021-04-22T20:40:27
To discuss the ambitions of the climate summit and the very real challenges to President Joe Biden's plans, we're joined by Michael Mann, a climate scientist and professor of atmospheric sciences a...
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Pandemic pollution: Disposable masks, gloves are saving lives but ruining the environment from 2021-04-22T20:35:28
As the world has become hyper-hygienic since the pandemic began, plastic is playing an oversized role in the world's environmental problems. This Earth Day, Stephanie Sy looks at how many of the si...
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Biden to remove remaining U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September from 2021-04-13T20:40:45
President Biden plans to announce Wednesday that all 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan will leave the country by Sept. 11. The troop withdrawal would be four months later than the previous deadline,...
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News Wrap: Slain U.S. Capitol Police officer honored by the nation's leaders from 2021-04-13T20:35:46
In our news wrap Tuesday, a slain U.S. Capitol Police officer was honored by the nation's leaders, Iran warned that it will be enriching uranium to 60 percent purity, the holy month of Ramadan bega...
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After months of simmering conflict, thousands of Russian troops amass on Ukraine's border from 2021-04-13T20:30:47
Russia- backed separatists have been fighting against Ukrainian forces since 2014, but this year Ukraine says Russia has gathered nearly 80,000 troops at its border. The Russian government says it'...
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News Wrap: 28 percent of U.S. population fully vaccinated as infections continue rising from 2021-04-12T20:50:18
In our news wrap Monday, new numbers show 28 percent of the U.S. population is now fully vaccinated for COVID-19. Yet infections are rising again - with Michigan leading states. A police chase in G...
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How conflict between Iran and Israel could affect U.S. diplomacy with Iran from 2021-04-12T20:45:01
A major explosion Sunday disabled parts of Iran's uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, south of Tehran. Iran quickly blamed Israel for the incident, which comes as indirect talks between the U.S....
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Remembering the heroic army medic who was in the first wave at Omaha Beach from 2021-04-12T20:19:56
Sergeant Ray Lambert, the army medic in the first wave that assaulted Omaha beach on D-Day, died this past Friday night, at age 100. Two years ago on the 75th anniversary of D-Day, he spoke with ou...
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News Wrap: U.S. to see sharp drop in Johnson & Johnson vaccines over quality control issue from 2021-04-09T20:55:28
In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. will see a sharp drop in deliveries of the one-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week amid quality control concerns at a Baltimore production plant. Pre...
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Medical examiner doubles down on original autopsy finding, labels Floyd's death a homicide from 2021-04-09T20:50:19
Friday was a closely watched day in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former police officer charged with the murder of George Floyd. It featured key testimony about what led to Floyd's death from med...
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Looking back at the long and often turbulent life of Prince Philip from 2021-04-09T20:35:23
Britain's Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband of 73 years, died Friday at Windsor Castle. The Duke of Edinburgh had been hospitalized nearly a month ago for heart surgery. Mourners defied CO...
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News Wrap: Number of minors at southern border hits all-time high amid claims of abuse from 2021-04-08T20:50:21
In our news wrap Thursday, the number of children arriving at the southern border hit an all-time high last month as authorities apprehended nearly 19,000 minors in March. In another mass shooting,...
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New book explores the heroic women-run resistance inside Nazi death camps from 2021-04-08T20:30:52
Judy Batalion's new book, "The Light of Days," details acts of heroism by Jewish women in the ghettos of eastern Europe - and even within the death camps. She documents how female couriers hand-car...
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News Wrap: CDC says U.K. variant now the most common strain in the U.S from 2021-04-07T20:55:57
In our news wrap Wednesday, the CDC says a highly contagious virus variant first found in Britain has now become the most common strain in the U.S., the Biden administration announced it's resuming...
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Ethiopia's military crackdown in Tigray prompts accusations of ethnic cleansing from 2021-04-07T20:35:52
Allegations of ethnic cleansing that began last fall amid a military crackdown in northern Ethiopia's Tigray region now threaten to engulf the surrounding areas and permanently tarnish the reputati...
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Amnesty International finds evidence of possible atrocities in Ethiopia from 2021-04-07T20:33:14
The Ethiopian government is allowing journalists into Tigray in part because of international pressure, following reports of atrocities committed by the government and its allies. Nick schifrin rep...
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News Wrap: Navy medic shot dead after critically injuring two sailors in Maryland shooting from 2021-04-06T20:50:40
In our news wrap Tuesday, two U.S. sailors are in critical condition after a navy medic shot them at a military facility in Frederick, Maryland. The suspect was later shot dead. Then, a look at how...
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Orphaned and traumatized: Mozambican families fleeing ISIS struggle to rebuild their lives from 2021-04-06T20:40:42
For years, Islamist militants have terrorized the Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, killing and displacing thousands. This week, they attacked a town called Palma, which hosts international oil ...
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News Wrap: U.S. vaccination numbers soar with 4 million shots administered Saturday from 2021-04-05T20:55:28
In our news wrap Monday, an average of 3.1 million COVID vaccines were administered daily over the past week -- peaking at a record 4 million on Saturday. Overseas, daily virus infections in India ...
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A long-simmering royal family feud is publicly boiling over in Jordan from 2021-04-05T20:40:20
Palace intrigue is shaking one of the Middle East's most historically-stable monarchies. Jordan's King Abdullah is challenged by the former crown prince, his half-brother, Prince Hamzah. Nick Schif...
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'Hate is learned': Tracing the history of anti-Asian violence in America from 2021-04-04T19:28:16
The rise in anti-Asian attacks has prompted the Biden administration to expand an initiative aimed at combating anti-Asian bias and violence. But for many Asian Americans, the recent violence also ...
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From the financial crisis to Trump: An editor's notes on power from 2021-04-03T20:17:40
Lionel Barber's access to world leaders over the past fifteen years has given him a front-row seat to decision-making amid what he calls 'turbulent times'. Since leaving his longtime position at th...
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Crackdown on online hate speech pushes extremists to other platforms from 2021-04-03T19:19:40
In a Congressional hearing last week the heads of Facebook and Twitter said they're taking measures to slow the spread of hate speech and conspiracies on their sites in the wake of the Jan 6 insurr...
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After eight months of waiting, American Samoa family reunited at home from 2021-04-03T18:55:25
After nearly a year of shutting down to flights due to the pandemic, American Samoa is beginning to repatriate its residents on flights back home under a strict quarantine protocol. NewsHour Weeken...
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News Wrap: Police officer, suspect killed in new attack at the U.S. Capitol from 2021-04-02T20:55:21
In our news wrap Friday, an attack at the U.S. Capitol left one police officer dead and another wounded. Authorities said a man drove into the officers at a barricade, then stabbed one with a knife...
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U.S. and Iran agree to talks on returning to the 2015 nuclear deal from 2021-04-02T20:45:07
The United States announced Friday that it will join indirect talks with Iran beginning next week in Vienna, Austria. The ultimate goal is to have nations return to a 2015 deal in which Iran curbed...
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News Wrap: Southern California shooter that killed 4 identified from 2021-04-01T20:55:11
In our news wrap Thursday, police in Southern California identified the man who allegedly shot and killed four people, including a 9-year-old boy, on Wednesday. The White House said a problem with ...
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Hong Kong's pro-democracy leaders say it's an 'honor' to be jailed over fight for freedom from 2021-04-01T20:30:22
In another blow to the city's democracy, seven of Hong Kong's most prominent pro-democracy leaders were convicted of unlawful assembly on Thursday and could face up to five years in jail. Nick Schi...
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News Wrap: Pfizer says its COVID vaccine highly effective in children as young as 12 from 2021-03-31T20:45:44
In our news wrap Wednesday, Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine can be administered safely to children as young as 12. The CDC said COVID was the third leading cause of death in the U.S. last year, an...
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News Wrap: U.S. scraps Trump-era human rights policies that sideline abortion, LGBT rights from 2021-03-30T20:50:39
In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. State Department scrapped Trump-era human rights policies that promoted conservative causes like religious freedom and property rights, but sidelined abortion and...
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Ethnic group in Myanmar faces airstrikes, new attacks for protesting coup from 2021-03-30T20:40:44
Two months ago, the Myanmar military staged a coup and overthrew the civilian government and has since met resulting protests with violence. The conflict is now entering a new stage as militias ass...
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Rohingya refugees face another relocation amid devastating fires, COVID outbreaks in camps from 2021-03-30T20:35:45
In another aspect of the ongoing crisis in Myanmar, Rohingya refugees -- a Muslim minority group that first fled a bloody crackdown launched by the Myanmar military three years ago -- have been for...
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Elizabeth Kolbert's new book explores striking ways to fix our ecological problems from 2021-03-30T20:25:47
As the Biden administration moves to expand offshore wind power along the east coast in order to tackle what many scientists call a climate crisis, some are suggesting even more revolutionary solut...
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News Wrap: Three more men to face trial for Whitmer kidnapping plot from 2021-03-29T20:50:47
In our news wrap Monday, a Michigan judge ordered three more men to stand trial for allegedly plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last October. The FBI says they were anti-government extremist...
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WHO report says COVID originated in bats, but critics claim the study was biased from 2021-03-29T20:40:49
The PBS NewsHour has obtained a study by a group of independent researchers convened by the WHO to find the origins of COVID-19 in China. As Nick Schifrin reports, the virus that caused the worst p...
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How migrants are being 'expelled' from the U.S. border from 2021-03-27T18:35:27
The Biden administration has been struggling to deal with migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. The current influx is straining resources and sowing confusion for migrants on both sides of the border...
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News Wrap: More than 200 ships blocked as efforts to clear Suez Canal fail from 2021-03-26T19:50:55
In our news wrap Friday, congestion outside the suez canal grew to over 200 ships as officials failed to move a giant container ship that has been wedged in the waterway since Tuesday. Then, fresh ...
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Iranians hopeful diplomacy with Washington could stem soaring inflation, unrest from 2021-03-26T19:35:59
Iran was the target of former President Donald Trump's so-called "maximum pressure campaign," which aimed at crippling Tehran's economy. Now, President Joe Biden is signaling a return to a nuclear ...
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News Wrap: Boulder shooting suspect's case could take a year to try from 2021-03-25T19:45:44
In our news wrap Thursday, the suspect in Monday's mass shooting in Colorado made his first court appearance. His lawyers requested a mental health assessment. Then, efforts to ship COVID-19 vaccin...
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Amid third wave, European Union running behind as vaccine rollout faces challenges from 2021-03-25T19:40:46
Much of continental Europe is suffering through a third and brutal wave of COVID-19. Making matters worse, the drive to vaccinate throughout the European Union is faltering badly. Coupled with rece...
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News Wrap: Senators clash over Dem. elections bill Republicans deem partisan from 2021-03-24T19:50:52
In our news wrap Wednesday, Senators clashed over an elections bill to expand ballot access and head off attempts to limit voting access at the state level, with Republicans saying it's partisan ov...
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News Wrap: Fauci says U.S. may see COVID surge like Europe without public health measures from 2021-03-23T19:45:44
In our news wrap Tuesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the U.S. risks seeing a surge similar to that in Europe if public health measures are rescinded too soon. The new wave of European infections forced...
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Separated by only a few miles, geographic quirk forces families apart during pandemic from 2021-03-23T19:15:58
The pandemic has forced us all to cut back on seeing friends, going to concerts and dining in at restaurants for safety. But for the residents of one town in Washington state, it is an entirely dif...
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Therapy dog Max helps people find the spring in their step from 2021-03-23T19:10:03
Our pets are not only family members, they've been a constant for so many of us throughout the last year. And one dog in particular, a Springer Spaniel named Max, not only saved his human from desp...
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News Wrap: Thousands of spring break revelers force Miami Beach to enforce curfew from 2021-03-22T19:50:25
In our news wrap Monday, Florida's Miami Beach saw thousands of spring break revelers that defined face mask orders and social distancing guidelines over the weekend, prompting officials to authori...
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Chinese officials stifle, expel foreign journalists for doing their job from 2021-03-22T19:40:27
In the last year, Chinese officials have singled out foreign journalists and denied them access to carry out their work -- in some cases even pressured them to leave the country, according to a ne...
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As Lebanese economic crisis worsens, Syrian refugees left with few options from 2021-03-20T19:31:53
For the past decade, Syria has been engaged in a bitter civil war with no end in sight. The conflict has forced hundreds of thousands of Syrians to flee their home country, seeking refuge in towns ...
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After Atlanta shooting, protesters call for action, protection for Asian Americans from 2021-03-20T18:51:58
Hundreds of people turned out for a vigil in New York City's Union Square on Friday in the wake of Tuesday evening's deadly shooting at three Atlanta-area spas. Eight people were killed; six of the...
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News Wrap: Biden, Harris meet with Asian American leaders in Atlanta following attacks from 2021-03-19T19:50:30
In our news wrap Friday, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris met with Asian American community leaders in Atlanta as authorities publicly identified the remaining shooting victims ...
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U.S., China exchange strong words, but both label talks constructive from 2021-03-19T19:45:31
The first talks between Beijing and the Biden administration concluded Friday in Anchorage, Alaska. Although both sides labeled them constructive, there was no shortage of tough and candid words. S...
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News Wrap: U.S. to send 4 million COVID vaccines to Mexico, Canada from 2021-03-18T19:40:30
In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. will send a combined 4 million doses of AstraZeneca's COVID vaccine to Mexico and Canada, the European Union's drug regulatory agency said the vaccine does not p...
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As America's longest war wages on, is there hope for peace? from 2021-03-18T19:30:32
Today in Moscow, the U.S. and half a dozen other countries are holding a summit on the best way to end the war in Afghanistan, launched by the U.S. nearly 20 years ago. President Joe Biden recently...
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News Wrap: Biden says Cuomo should resign, supports changing Senate filibuster rule from 2021-03-17T19:50:44
In our news wrap Wednesday, President Joe Biden said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo should resign after facing a string of sexual misconduct allegations. Biden for the first time also expressed support...
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Ancient Stonehenge faces modern problems with plans for a nearby tunnel to ease traffic from 2021-03-17T19:30:52
The Stonehenge landscape, one of the most visited ancient sites in England, is in the spotlight as a possible solution to a modern problem. Could tunneling through it help ease heavy traffic flow i...
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News Wrap: U.S. Secretary of State Blinken accuses China of undermining stability in Asia from 2021-03-16T19:50:56
In our news wrap Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met their counterparts in Japan, where Blinken accused Beijing of undermining stability in Asia. Also,...
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Why European nations are suspending use of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine from 2021-03-16T19:40:17
A growing number of European nations are suspending use of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, one of three on the continent, after reports of blood clots and other problems among a small number of peop...
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Could the Vatican's decree on same-sex unions turn people away from church? from 2021-03-16T19:25:28
After Pope Francis initially signaled support for same-sex unions, the Vatican decreed Monday that the Catholic Church cannot support them, saying God "cannot bless sin." The latest decree has disa...
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Myanmar military kills two more protesters after Sunday's record violence from 2021-03-16T19:20:15
Myanmar security services killed at least two protestors Tuesday, after killing more than 50 on Sunday -- the single-most violent day since the Feb. 1 coup that toppled Aung San Suu Kyi's elected g...
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News Wrap: Biden voices hope of reaching COVID vaccine skeptics from 2021-03-15T19:50:50
In our news wrap Monday, President Biden voiced hope of reaching COVID vaccine skeptics among former President Trump's supporters, Myanmar's military imposed martial law on much of Yangon, the Vati...
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In Yemen's brutal ongoing war, 'the weakest no longer survive' from 2021-03-15T19:45:51
What began as a civil war in 2015 between Yemen's government and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels has evolved into a brutal proxy conflict between Saudi Arabia and Iran, with U.S. involvement. Jane Fer...
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News Wrap: Minneapolis to pay $27 million to settle lawsuit with George Floyd's family from 2021-03-12T19:55:56
In our news wrap Friday, Minneapolis agreed to pay $27 million to settle a civil lawsuit with the family of George Floyd, who died in police custody in May. Also, the White House is defending Presi...
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News Wrap: House Democrats pass bills calling for background checks on all gun sales from 2021-03-11T19:40:25
In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives opened a drive for the first major gun control measures in 20 years, activists in Myanmar say 12 more protesters were shot dead, China's...
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Japan marks 10th anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster from 2021-03-11T19:30:27
Japan on Thursday marked another grim anniversary: 10 years since a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the nation's coast triggered a 130-foot-high tsunami that crashed ashore at more than 500 miles per ...
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News Wrap: U.S. to buy 100 million more Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine doses from 2021-03-10T19:55:26
In our new wrap Wednesday, the federal government is buying another 100 million doses of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID vaccine, doubling its current order. Also, the federal budget deficit ...
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Denmark is introducing vaccine passports, eliminating the need to quarantine from 2021-03-10T19:40:30
Europe's tourist industry has taken a beating during this pandemic, spurring Denmark to introduce vaccine passports as a way to boost travel. The digital documents will provide proof of a traveler'...
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News Wrap: Jury selection begins in the police killing of George Floyd from 2021-03-09T19:55:26
In our news wrap Tuesday, jury selection pushed ahead in the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last May, President Biden's $1.9 trillion COVID relief package moves closer to enactment, the death...
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News Wrap: Capitol Police ask the National Guard to remain deployed for two more months from 2021-03-04T19:55:44
In our news wrap Thursday, Capitol Police asked for National Guard troops to remain deployed there for two more months, U.S. Senate begins debate on President Biden's COVID relief package, the U.S ...
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COVID-19 lockdown compounds Lebanon's economic crises from 2021-03-04T19:35:48
Protests erupted again this week in Lebanon, as a spiraling currency crisis led to violence in the streets. A strict COVID-19 lockdown has crushed the economy, causing many Lebanese to go months wi...
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News Wrap: Biden denounces loosening of COVID restrictions in some states from 2021-03-03T19:50:33
In our news wrap Wednesday, President Biden denounced decisions some state leaders are making to loosen COVID restrictions a day after Texas and Mississippi lifted mask mandates, the U.S. House mov...
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Biden administration's foreign policy priorities from 2021-03-03T19:45:34
In his first speech as secretary of state, Antony Blinken on Wednesday unveiled the Biden administration's top foreign policy priorities, including containing COVID and putting Americans first. Jud...
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News Wrap: Texas lifts COVID mask mandate, ends limits on indoor dining from 2021-03-02T19:50:09
In our news wrap Tuesday, Texas lifted its COVID mask mandate and Gov. Greg Abbott ended limits on indoor dining at restaurants, President Biden pitched his $1.9 trillion relief bill to Senate Demo...
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Widespread skepticism and misinformation hamper India's vaccine rollout from 2021-03-02T19:40:12
As countries across the globe scramble to obtain COVID-19 vaccines, India has access to millions of doses with plans to vaccinate 300 million people by August. But vaccine hesitancy and skepticism ...
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News Wrap: Biden administration policy will let separated families reunite inside the U.S. from 2021-03-01T19:50:27
In our news wrap Monday, the Biden administration says a new policy will let separated families be reunited inside the U.S. but warned migrants not to rush to the border, crowds in Myanmar returned...
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Shutdowns, layoffs, virtual tours: How Dutch museums are coping with COVID-19 from 2021-02-27T19:13:06
Before COVID-19 hit, millions of people annually visited Amsterdam's over 140 museums, including the Van Gogh Museum, which houses the iconic Sunflowers masterpiece. Since the pandemic, these museu...
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News Wrap: FDA close to approving a third COVID vaccine for emergency use from 2021-02-26T19:50:44
In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is nearing approval of a third COVID vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson for emergency use as COVID cases begin rising. Also, more than ...
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Biden administration faces major foreign policy tests in the Middle East from 2021-02-26T19:45:45
The last 24 hours have seen two major foreign policy developments. Overnight, the Biden administration launched its first known airstrike of Iranian-backed militias in Syria, and Friday, the U.S. i...
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News Wrap: Biden says the U.S. is ahead of schedule on COVID-19 vaccinations from 2021-02-25T19:55:14
In our news wrap Thursday, President Biden says the U.S. is ahead of schedule on COVID vaccinations with more than 45 million people receiving at least one shot, the number of Americans filing new ...
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News Wrap: FDA reports Johnson & Johnson vaccine is effective against COVID symptoms from 2021-02-24T19:55:16
In our news wrap Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration reported Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine is 66-percent effective against moderate and severe symptoms, President Biden's attempt to ha...
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Global disparities highlighted by uneven access to COVID vaccines from 2021-02-24T19:45:19
The West African country of Ghana on Wednesday became the first nation to receive a delivery of COVID-19 vaccines through a global initiative called COVAX, which aims to give more equitable access ...
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After 10 years of civil war, COVID-19 takes hold in Syrian opposition's last stronghold from 2021-02-24T19:35:21
As the 10-year anniversary of the civil war in Syria looms and fighting rages on in the hard-hit city of Idlib, Syria, doctors contending with the pandemic are stretched to their limits. In the las...
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News Wrap: Biden holds first bilateral meeting as president with Canada's Trudeau from 2021-02-23T19:50:14
In our news wrap Tuesday, President Biden held the first bilateral meeting of his administration with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Biden's pick for U.N. ambassador was confirmed by the S...
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Supply shortages and delays leave Europe's vaccination campaign in crisis from 2021-02-23T19:40:16
Europe's vaccination rollout is in crisis with manufacturing delays causing supply shortages and thousands of appointments cancelled indefinitely. The European Union wants to see 70 percent of its ...
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Britain cautiously plans to ease rigid lockdown restrictions from 2021-02-23T19:35:20
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced a cautious timetable ending the country's COVID lockdown, one of the strictest in the world with almost all foreign travel outlawed under the gu...
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News Wrap: WHO concerned about COVID-19 vaccines reaching poor countries from 2021-02-22T19:50:50
In our news wrap Monday, the World Health Organization head asked wealthy countries not to buy up all the COVID vaccines before poor nations get any, President Biden plans to funnel more federal pa...
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Bill Gates on tackling climate change and the ongoing pandemic response from 2021-02-22T19:40:52
All of us face the risk that extreme weather events like the recent one in Texas will become more common and more destructive occurrences because of climate change. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates ...
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How a small but powerful band of women led the fight against ISIS from 2021-02-22T19:35:54
In the years-long battle to retake northeastern Syria from ISIS, a small but powerful band of fighters led the way. The women of the YPJ, a Syrian-Kurdish force, fought alongside their male counter...
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Blocking roads and banging pots, Myanmar protests continue despite military crackdown from 2021-02-21T18:02:46
Hundreds of protesters held a candlelight vigil outside the U.S. embassy in Yangon, Myanmar, for those killed in the protests over the last 21 days. Across the nation, pro-democracy demonstrators c...
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As peace talks with the Taliban stall, deadline to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan looms from 2021-02-20T18:11:13
Last February, former President Trump made a deal with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May 1st, 2021. After two decades of partnership with the U.S. and its NATO allies, for...
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News Wrap: White House says vaccine shipments delayed by arctic storm from 2021-02-19T19:50:14
In our news wrap Friday, the White House confirmed the arctic storm has set back COVID-19 vaccine shipments, the U.S. is once again part of the Paris climate accord, the U.S. began allowing the fir...
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News Wrap: Democrats introduce bill offering a path to citizenship for millions from 2021-02-18T19:50:08
In our news wrap Thursday, Democrats formally introduced President Biden's immigration bill offering an eight-year path to citizenship for 11 million people, protests continue across Myanmar agains...
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South Africa battles to contain a mutant strain of COVID-19 from 2021-02-18T19:40:11
South Africa is battling to contain a mutant strain of COVID-19 that has now been found in more than 30 other countries, including in the U.S., which has prompted a raft of travel bans on South Afr...
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News Wrap: White House task force reports increase in COVID-19 vaccinations from 2021-02-17T19:50:48
In our news wrap Wednesday, the White House COVID task force reported an average of 1.7 million Americans are being vaccinated daily as President Biden called on labor leaders to endorse his $1.9 t...
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Protests grow in Myanmar despite internet restrictions and police crackdowns from 2021-02-17T19:40:52
Tens of thousands of demonstrators filled the streets in Myanmar Wednesday to protest former civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi's trial, which began this week in secret. Protestors have been calling ...
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Applying the lessons of Ebola to the fight against COVID-19 from 2021-02-17T19:30:56
Dr. Paul Farmer has worked for decades to bolster public health care around the globe. His new book, "Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History," looks at the 2014 Ebola crisis a...
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Applying the lessons of Ebola to the fight COVID-19 from 2021-02-17T19:30:56
Dr. Paul Farmer has worked for decades to bolster public health care around the globe. His new book, "Fevers, Feuds and Diamonds: Ebola and the Ravages of History," looks at the 2014 Ebola crisis a...
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News Wrap: Officials investigating deadly rocket attack near a U.S. military base in Iraq from 2021-02-16T19:50:32
In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. is investigating an attack near an American military base in Iraq, President Biden's top medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said it will take longer than expected ...
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In foreign policy shift, Biden lifts terrorist designation for Houthis in Yemen from 2021-02-16T19:40:35
The Biden administration on Tuesday officially lifted the designation of the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen as a global terrorist organization. That announcement comes within a larger review of th...
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News Wrap: Average daily COVID-19 infections in the U.S. fall below 100,000 from 2021-02-15T19:50:12
In our news wrap Monday, average daily COVID-19 infections in the U.S. have fallen below 100,000 for the first time since November, fallout is growing in Republican ranks after the acquittal of for...
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China overhauls Hong Kong's education system amid ongoing crackdown from 2021-02-15T19:40:57
The Lunar New Year celebration has begun in China, but it comes as Hong Kong security forces continue to prosecute those swept up in a wave of arrests under the new national security law imposed by...
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Myanmar generals were under sanctions. They launched a coup anyway from 2021-02-14T18:03:36
Hundreds of thousands of pro-democracy protesters continued to take to the streets across Myanmar despite the military crackdown. Earlier this week, the Biden administration approved sanctions agai...
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News Wrap: CDC says evidence shows in-person classes can be done safely from 2021-02-12T19:45:46
In our news wrap Friday, the CDC says evidence shows in-person classes can be done safely during the pandemic with the proper measures in place, the Biden administration will permit 25,000 asylum-s...
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How a fight over anti-censorship funding became a symbol of Trump administration turmoil from 2021-02-12T19:40:48
The Open Technology Fund is a small, government-funded organization that fights for internet freedom around the globe -- the kind of freedom restricted by governments in China and Iran and cut off ...
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News Wrap: Biden announces purchase of an additional 200 million vaccine doses from 2021-02-11T19:35:13
In our news wrap Thursday, President Biden announced the U.S. purchased another 200 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines while blaming President Trump for doing little to lay the groundwork, a gunman...
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10 years after the Arab Spring, democracy remains elusive in Egypt from 2021-02-11T19:30:39
Ten years ago on Thursday, longtime Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak was deposed. The Egyptian revolution was the high point of what became known as the Arab Spring, a movement that spread across th...
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Abandoned by America and hunted by the Taliban, an Afghan fighter pilot faces new threats from 2021-02-11T19:25:17
Thousands of Afghans who worked with the U.S. military are trying to get visas promised to them when they took the jobs. Naiem Asadi was one of Afghanistan's most celebrated military helicopter pil...
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News Wrap: Georgia prosecutor opens probe into Trump's efforts to influence election from 2021-02-10T19:40:26
In our news wrap Wednesday, a Georgia prosecutor opened a criminal investigation into former President Trump's efforts to influence the state's presidential vote count, the CDC reported that wearin...
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Afghan warlords and militias fill the security vacuum left by a weak central government from 2021-02-10T19:30:29
Afghan security forces are strained to the limit and unable to stop rampant violence fracturing the country, as fighting has intensified between government forces and the Taliban. With the U.S. pre...
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News Wrap: Biden backs $1,400 stimulus payments for some Americans from 2021-02-09T19:40:56
In our news wrap Tuesday, President Biden endorsed making $1,400 stimulus payments to Americans earning up to $75,000, WHO experts concluded COVID-19 most likely did not come from a Chinese lab, at...
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Targeted assassinations against civil society create a climate of fear in Afghanistan from 2021-02-09T19:20:02
Afghanistan has suffered immeasurable loss for years on battlefields and in bombings, but a recent campaign of assassinations has shocked the country. Kabul's middle class neighborhoods are stalked...
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News Wrap: CBO report finds $15 minimum wage would reduce poverty, raise the deficit from 2021-02-08T19:50:10
In our news wrap Monday, a Congressional Budget Office report found President Biden's plan to increase the minimum wage to $15 would reduce poverty but raise the federal deficit, Texas Rep. Ron Wri...
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In Afghanistan, Biden inherits America's longest war and Trump's peace deal from 2021-02-08T19:40:13
Last year, the Trump administration signed a deal with the Taliban that would have U.S. and NATO troops out of Afghanistan by May 1. But with the U.S. presence in the country about to enter its thi...
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George Shultz sealed a lasting legacy by helping to bring down the Iron Curtain from 2021-02-08T19:35:14
Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz died Sunday at his California home at the age of 100. The statesman, economist, and business executive served as America's top diplomat under President ...
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VP Saleh: Afghan people are tired of war but not ready to sell their souls from 2021-02-07T18:00:46
With less than 100 days before American troops are scheduled to leave for good, Afghanistan's Vice President Amrullah Saleh sat down with NewsHour Weekend special correspondent Jane Ferguson to dis...
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News Wrap: Pentagon to mobilize more than 1,100 troops to expedite vaccinations from 2021-02-05T19:45:54
In our news wrap Friday, the Pentagon will deploy more than 1,100 active duty troops to help with coronavirus vaccinations, the U.S. trade deficit surged to a 12-year-high in 2020 due to the pandem...
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Months after massive explosion, a worsening pandemic complicates Beirut's recovery from 2021-02-05T19:40:56
It's been six months since a massive fertilizer explosion at the Port of Beirut tore through the city, leaving hundreds dead and catastrophic destruction. Lebanon was already mired in a deep econom...
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News Wrap: Smartmatic files suit against Fox News, Trump's lawyers over election claims from 2021-02-04T19:45:13
In our news wrap Thursday, the voting technology company Smartmatic USA filed a $2.7 billion lawsuit against Fox News and two of former President Trump's attorneys over election fraud claims, the p...
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Bipartisan report urges the Biden administration to remain committed to Afghanistan from 2021-02-04T19:25:19
One of the Biden administration's primary foreign policy challenges is how to end the United States' longest war. A new bipartisan report urges the administration to remain committed to Afghanistan...
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