Lifestyle
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Cape Town tries to bridge racial divides, With rap and poetry
Nov 28, 2016News Hour: A city surrounded by ocean and divided in two by the naked rock of Table Mountain, Cape Town’s incredible natural beauty belies a past of hundreds of years of slavery and racial oppression. Now... -
Beijing’s scrap collectors swept up in latest crackdown on migrants
Nov 28, 2016News Hour: Working in the shadow of Beijing’s looming skyscrapers, Yin Xueqiang weighs a pile of cardboard and old shoe racks in a dusty scrapyard, the latest casualty of a crackdown on migrant workers in China’s... -
Belgium wants its beer on global culture list
Nov 28, 2016News Hour: From brown ales to golden pilsners to the strong trappist brews produced in monasteries, Belgian beer is enjoyed around the world. Now, Belgium is asking the United Nations’ heritage body to add its beer-making... -
One ticket has winning numbers in $421 million Powerball lottery
Nov 28, 2016News Hour: A lottery ticket sold in Tennessee had the winning numbers for a $421 million Powerball jackpot, one of the biggest on record, officials said after Saturday’s draw. The winning numbers selected were 17, 19,... -
Aliens land the prize at Hong Kong Flugtag
Nov 28, 2016News Hour: Spaceships, flying lobsters and a team based on characters from the hit mobile game “Angry Birds” attempted lift-off from Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour at the annual Red Bull Flugtag competition. Hundreds of spectators watched... -
Santa serves up sleigh-borne dinner in the sky
Nov 28, 2016News Hour: Not waiting at home for Santa Claus, gourmets in Brussels are flying off aboard his sleigh to dine with him above the city’s rooftops and twinkling Christmas lights. “Santa in the Sky” is a... -
French ‘Spiderman’ climbs Barcelona skyscraper harness-free
Nov 28, 2016News Hour: French “Spiderman” Alain Robert scaled one of the tallest skyscrapers in Barcelona without a harness on last Friday. Bystanders and police watched as the 54-year-old climbed up and then descended the Torre Agbar, a... -
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong [VIDEO]
Nov 16, 2016News Hour: What really causes addiction — to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to... -
Islamophobia killed my brother
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: On February 10, 2015, Suzanne Barakat’s brother Deah, her sister-in-law Yusor and Yusor’s sister Razan were murdered by their neighbor in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The perpetrator’s story, that he killed them over a... -
We talk about sexual assault online [VIDEO]
Nov 14, 2016News Hour: writer and activist Ione Wells says, We need a more considered approach to using social media for social justice. After she was the victim of an assault in London, Wells published a letter to...
