PBS News Hour - World - How Olympians prepare for the pressure of the world stage
PBS News Hour - World - European leaders warn of urgent need for self-defense as U.S. reliability questioned
State of the World from NPR - Storied newspaper makes deep cuts, and closes many international bureaus
The Washington Post laid off most of its foreign correspondents, including some of the last American and Western journalists working in authoritarian countries.
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PBS News Hour - World - World order in transition, but U.S. is still a key ally for Europe, Finnish president says
Marketplace All-in-One - Inside the “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history”
On Thursday, Feb. 12, the Environmental Protection Agency announced the revocation of the “endangerment finding,” a federal determination that planet-warming emissions harm human health. The Trump administration said the decision will save Americans $1.3 trillion in energy and transportation, but experts are pushing back on that claim. Plus: The rise of concierge medicine and a look into how AI modeling could play a role in your weather forecast.
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Newshour - Germany’s Merz warns rules-based order ‘no longer exists’
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has told other world leaders that 'our freedom is not guaranteed' in an era of big power politics. Opening the annual Munich Security Conference, Merz said that Europeans must be ready to make a 'sacrifice'. He also admitted that 'a deep divide has opened between Europe and the United States'. We'll speak to a senior German politician and a former member of the first Trump administration.
Also in the programme: a BBC Investigation uncovers devastating side effects of a set of widely used prescription drugs that can trigger impulsive behaviours; and we speak to the Oscar-winning cinematographer Roger Deakins about his memoir.
(Picture: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz speaks during the Munich Security Conference on February 13, 2026. Credit: REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen)
PBS News Hour - World - After 3 years of relentless war, Sudan faces world’s worst humanitarian crisis
Planet Money - Betty Boop, Excel Olympics, Penny-isms: Our 2026 Valentines
An iconic cartoon character liberated from copyright, journalism from the world of competitive spreadsheeting, a controversial piece of US currency. Each year the Planet Money team dedicates an episode to the things we simply love and think you, our audience, will also love.
In this year’s Valentine’s Day episode:
- The Public Domain Day list from Jennifer Jenkins’ of Duke’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain and her colleagues.
- Jesse Dougherty’s article “Between the sheets at the college Excel Championship” which is behind a paywall. Here is Jesse’s substack.
- 404 Media’s excellent journalism on the tech that ICE is using
- An ode to the language of the penny, including songs like Pennies from Heaven.
- The only self-check out that doesn’t waste your time.
- And we made public domain Valentine’s cards.
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