... list below is in chronological order of their death. We know there were many others who made a mark on the world but didn’t make it on to this list. La Scala, Berlin Philharmonic conductor Claudio Abbado dies at 80 While lauded for his extraordinary skills, Italian conductor Claudio ...
... one-third fewer U.S. voters show up to the polls during a midterm election than a presidential election. However, 22 nations around the world make voting mandatory for its citizens, often starting at age 18, according to the CIA World Factbook. Several of these countries are in Latin America ...
... HARI SREENIVASAN: And now to Viewers Like You: Your feedback about some of our recent work. We heard from many of you about our report last night examining whether soccer is safe, given the thousands of concussions that occur every year after kids use their heads to make contact ...
... Out of this World Victory Tweet Germans around the world celebrated when their country won the World Cup Sunday in a 1-0 victory over Argentina. One loyal fan was even celebrating from outer space. Astronaut Alexander Gerst tweeted this congratulatory photo from the International Space Station after the game ...
... whole lot of conversation since the games, during and since the games ended. MATTHEW FUTTERMAN: Well, the first thing they're saying is, thank God Argentina didn't win, because that's their big rival, and that would have been the ultimate nightmare, if Argentina had won on Brazilian soil ...
... pope's finance czar, in an interview with The Boston Globe today, the idea is to get the Vatican off the gossip pages and to make it boringly successful. HARI SREENIVASAN: And what are some of the reasons why it is not as successful as it used to be? We ...
... word because Brazil and Argentina are always opponents," Francis told the paper. On Thursday, Francis issued a video message that urges players and fans to make the World Cup a showcase for teamwork and solidarity and not an demonstration of racism and greed. Argentina plays its first match Sunday, against ...
... other teams should people be watching? What are you -- who are you watching? TOMMY SMYTH, ESPN: Well, I'm going to be watching -- I mean, Argentina certainly are a team that you're going to have to watch. They're playing in South America. They have one of -- arguably the ...
While the pope's spokesman said that Francis had "no political agenda or proposals to make" during his trip to Israel, Francis' presence in the Holy Land, in Palestinian territory and Jerusalem, was filled with political implications. After meeting with Israeli survivors of the Holocaust, Francis unexpectedly went and prayed ...
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