World Apr 08 World Reaction to Margaret Thatcher’s Death in Tributes and Tweets World leaders paid tribute to former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on the day of her death Monday, calling her a "formidable" leader and "champion of freedom and liberty." Other comments showed the controversy surrounding some of her decisions.
World Apr 05 North Korea Ramps Up Rhetoric, Missile Systems Each day this week brought another development in North Korea, including threats against the United States and the deployment of mid-range missile launchers to its east coast.
World Apr 05 Bringing the Classroom to Jordan’s Exploding Refugee Population The number of Syrian refugees escaping to neighboring Jordan has surpassed 400,000 with thousands more arriving each day. Many of the refugees are children, who normally would be in school but instead are hunkering down in refugee camps.
Nation Apr 04 With Furloughs and Military Training Cutbacks Coming, How Are You Affected by Sequestration? The residents of the Hampton Roads area of southeastern Virginia, with its large military presence, are on edge: sequestration is going into effect.
World Apr 02 A World Tour to Meet a Florist, a Barber and Other Microloan Entrepreneurs They live continents apart -- Symon in Kenya and Bo in Cambodia -- but they have a common thread. Both started small businesses with microloans they received through the networking website Kiva.
World Mar 28 Pope Francis Washes Feet of Prisoners As part of Holy Thursday celebrations March 28, Pope Francis washed the feet of 12 prisoners at a youth detention center in Rome to mark Jesus' same gesture when he washed the feet of the 12 apostles the night before…
World Mar 21 Obama: Mideast Peace Process Must Continue, ‘Too Much Is at Stake’ President Obama made the case for restarting the peace process before Palestinian and Israeli audiences Thursday. "We cannot give up on the search for peace no matter how hard it is. ... Too much is at stake."…
World Mar 18 Watch Pope Francis’ Installation Mass at the Vatican Pope Francis officially became the leader of the Roman Catholic Church on Tuesday in a ceremony at the Vatican, where he urged those with leadership responsibilities and all others to respect one another and protect "God's gifts" of creation.
World Mar 14 U.N. Country Rankings Show Fastest Progress in Developing Nations An annual assessment of 187 countries released Thursday shows the economies of countries such as Brazil and China continuing to grow, but also improvements in areas such as education and income in more than a dozen developing nations.
World Mar 14 Top Five and Bottom Five Countries in U.N. Ratings As in the U.N. Development Program's last review in 2011, Norway reigns supreme and the United States made the top five, while the African nations of Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo came in last.