Nov 11 In typhoon-ravaged Tacloban, 'no place to bury the dead' By Larisa Epatko After one of the most powerful typhoons in recorded history struck the Philippines over the weekend, aid organizations and the government scrambled to provide residents with their most basic needs of food and water on Monday. Meanwhile, survivors lined the… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch Obama: "We can't make extortion routine" Obama: "We can't make extortion routine as part of our democracy."… Continue watching
Sep 23 Activist Malala Yousafzai tweets for education By Larisa Epatko NEW YORK -- Even though Malala Yousafzai, the young education activist who was shot by a member of the Taliban, started out as a blogger for the BBC, she normally doesn't tweet. But Monday afternoon, she typed her first 140-character… Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch What Syria Strategy Should U.S. Pursue if Diplomatic Efforts Don't Bear Fruit? What Syria Strategy Should U.S. Pursue if Diplomatic Efforts Don't Bear Fruit?… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch Pacific Northwest Weighs Environmental Risks of Cashing in on Coal Export Market Pacific Northwest Weighs Environmental Risks of Cashing in on Coal Export Market… Continue watching
Jun 06 What's on the Obama-Xi Agenda? By Larisa Epatko Chinese President Xi Jinping, who just took office in March, and President Barack Obama meet in California on Friday and Saturday to discuss in a casual setting some issues the White House deems critical, including China's alleged cyber spying on… Continue reading
May 20 In Further Firming of Relations, Myanmar President Visits White House By Larisa Epatko Myanmar President Thein Sein becomes the first leader of Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, to visit the White House in 47 years on Monday. Their meeting is viewed as an affirmation of the Southeast Asian nation's democratic transition. Continue reading
Apr 05 North Korea Ramps Up Rhetoric, Missile Systems By Larisa Epatko 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. Continue reading
Apr 02 A World Tour to Meet a Florist, a Barber and Other Microloan Entrepreneurs By Larisa Epatko 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. Continue reading
Mar 14 U.N. Country Rankings Show Fastest Progress in Developing Nations By Larisa Epatko 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. Continue reading