Feb 02 Watch News Wrap: Historic Winter Storm Paralyzes Midwest, Northeast In other news Wednesday, snow and ice buried cities from Texas to Maine, stranding drivers and halting air travel. The storm was blamed for at least 10 deaths. A Category 5 cyclone pounded northeastern Australia and prompted evacuations of more… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch Doctors Encouraged by Giffords’ Recovery Progress In the day's other headlines, recovery and remembrance continued in Tucson and a memorial service took place in Washington for Richard Holbrooke, a veteran diplomat who died in December. Continue watching
Jan 13 Watch Death Tolls Rise in Tunisian Clashes, Brazil’s Floods Sudden flooding and mudslides killed at least 400 people in Brazil, and many more are still missing. In Tunisia, President Ben Ali offered concessions to try to quell growing protests that have left at least 23 people dead. Continue watching
Jan 12 Watch Australia’s Flooding Disaster Forces Many to Flee John Irvine of Independent Television News reports from Brisbane, Australia, where a major evacuation has taken place as massive floods approach. Continue watching
Jan 11 Watch Australia Floods Spur Calls to Evacuate Tim Ewart of Independent News reports from Australia, where thousands have been told to flee powerful flooding. Continue watching
Jan 03 Watch News Wrap: Floodwaters Cover Large Swaths of Australian Outback In other news Monday, 22 cities and towns in the Australian state of Queensland have been inundated with floodwaters, prompting military airlifts of food and medical supplies. Also, police were pursuing a possible al-Qaida role in the deadly bombing of… Continue watching
Dec 01 Million Dollar Question: How Can ‘Europe’ Bail Out ‘Europe’? By Paul Solman I'm OK, EuroK? Maybe not. Here's an Australian parody video of what you might call "EuroK thinking." It's making the rounds in Europe at the moment. (The link was sent by a friend in Spain.)… Continue reading
Dec 01 Million Dollar Questions: Who’s Bailing Who Out? By Elizabeth Shell I'm OK, EuroK? Maybe not. Here's an Australian parody video of what you might call "EuroK thinking." It's making the rounds in Europe at the moment. (The link was sent by a friend in Spain.)… Continue reading
Aug 19 Watch In Australia, Economy Faring Well But Central to Upcoming Elections In Australia, the economy is booming but it still remains the central focus of this weekend's election. Special correspondent Stuart Cohen reports on the country's elections for a Parliament that will choose the prime minister. Continue watching