World Apr 22 Earth Day’s 40th Anniversary Marked with Concerts, Idea Exchanges Countries around the world celebrated the 40th Earth Day on Thursday and throughout the week with activities such as fashion shows featuring recycled materials, seed plantings at the Shanghai Zoo and musicians in Morocco playing songs about the Earth.
Nation Apr 21 Experts Voice Pros and Cons of F-35, Military’s Newest Fighter The Pentagon's forthcoming warplane, the Joint Strike Fighter, is intended for use across the different branches of the military but has come under fire in Congress for skyrocketing costs and delays.
World Apr 21 How should U.S. proceed after Sudan’s elections? With official results of Sudan's first open elections in 24 years still pending, we asked several Sudan observers: "What should the U.S. policy be on Sudan?"…
World Apr 20 Volcano Stems Kenya’s Flower, Vegetable Market Iceland's volcano has not only thrown a wrench into airline passengers' plans but has put Kenya's European market of fresh produce and cut flowers in limbo, at least temporarily.
World Apr 19 Two Al-Qaida Leaders Reportedly Killed in Rocket Assault in Iraq U.S. and Iraqi forces killed two al-Qaida in Iraq leaders in a nighttime rocket attack, officials said Monday, in what has been called a significant blow to the terrorist group.
Science Apr 16 Meteorologist on Ash and Airplane Risk The Icelandic volcano, located under a glacier, is spewing water vapor and fine-grained ash that can be damaging to aircraft engines. Derrick Ryall of the British Meteorological Office explains the challenges of measuring the size of the plume, where it…
World Apr 16 Kyrgyzstan President Resigns and Flees Country Interim government officials in Kyrgyzstan confirmed Friday that they had received President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's resignation before he fled to neighboring Kazakhstan with his wife and two young children.
World Apr 15 Sudanese Await Results of National Elections A five-day voting period in Sudan ended Thursday, and ballot-counting was set to begin, in national elections considered an important step for the country's democracy but marred by allegations of fraud and opposition party boycotts.
World Apr 15 British Prime Minister Hopefuls Debate for First Time on TV Britain's three main candidates for prime minister are meeting in their first televised debate Thursday, ahead of what has turned into a highly contested national election on May 6.
World Apr 14 Seismologist: China’s Quake Severe But Not Unusual A series of temblors shook the sparsely populated area of Qinghai Province in the Tibetan plateau, killing at least 400 people and injuring 10,000.