FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Sat, 22 Feb 2025 15:27:10 -0500
Title: Top candidates make their final appeals to German voters ahead of landmark election
Description: The contenders in Germany's election made their final appeals to voters Saturday, with opposition leader and front-runner Friedrich Merz vowing to revive the stagnant economy and defend Europe's interests in the face of a confrontational U.S. administration. Chancellor Olaf Scholz, meanwhile, insisted that he still hopes for an improbable last-minute comeback.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:38:17 -0500
Title: Pope Francis in critical condition after asthmatic respiratory crisis, Vatican says
Description: The 88-year-old Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for a week with a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions after tests showed a condition associated with anemia, the Vatican said in a late update.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Sat, 22 Feb 2025 13:17:35 -0500
Title: Cholera outbreak kills 58, sickens more than 1,000 people over 3 days in Sudan, health officials say
Description: The outbreak in the southern city of Kosti was blamed mainly on contaminated drinking water after the city’s water plant stopped due to an attack by a notorious paramilitary group, the health ministry said.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Sat, 22 Feb 2025 12:07:34 -0500
Title: Gaza ceasefire’s future unclear as Hamas frees last 6 living hostages under 1st phase of its deal with Israel
Description: Hamas on Saturday released the last six living hostages expected under the first phase of its ceasefire with Israel with a week remaining, as growing questions over the next phase clouded the fragile deal's future.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:55:44 -0500
Title: News Wrap: Trump levies new barbs at Ukrainian President Zelenskyy
Description: In our news wrap Friday, President Trump levied new shots against Ukrainian President Zelenskyy, a federal judge adjourned the corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass dismissed the city's fire chief over her handling of last month's deadly wildfires.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:40:01 -0500
Title: German voters head to polls Sunday in election dominated by immigration concerns
Description: German voters go to the polls this weekend in an election dominated by concerns about immigration. The country is expected to reject the incumbent left-leaning Chancellor Olaf Scholz in favor of a center-right candidate, followed closely by an anti-immigrant party that has the backing of the Trump administration. Special correspondent Malcolm Brabant reports from Berlin.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:35:55 -0500
Title: Syria’s minority sects concerned new government won’t protect them
Description: When Sunni rebels toppled Bashar al-Assad last December, they vowed to form an inclusive Syrian government by March. Sunnis comprise around 75 percent of Syria with the remaining 25 percent made up of minorities like Alawites, Christians, Shiite Muslims, Kurds and Druze. Special correspondent Simona Foltyn met with members of some of these communities and reports from Damascus.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 21 Feb 2025 18:09:29 -0500
Title: Police arrest suspect in stabbing at Berlin’s Holocaust Memorial that injured 1 tourist
Description: There was no immediate indication of a motive for the attack, which comes two days before Germans vote in a national election on Sunday.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:22:42 -0500
Title: Judge clears way for Trump administration to pull thousands of USAID workers off the job
Description: U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols declined to keep in place his temporary block on the effort to remove all but a small fraction of USAID staffers from their posts, as part of an administration plan that would also give those abroad a 30-day deadline to move back to the U.S. at government expense.
FeedSource- PBS NewsHour - World ǀ Published-Fri, 21 Feb 2025 12:08:53 -0500
Title: Medical team says Pope Francis isn’t out of danger but his condition isn’t life-threatening
Description: The 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in a hospital with pneumonia on top of chronic bronchitis. Francis’ doctors delivered their first in-person update on the pope's condition.