Apr 11 World Week Ahead: Brokering a Deal in Libya; One Month Since Japan's Quake By Larisa Epatko An African Union delegation is working to broker a deal this week between Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and rebels seeking his ouster. And Japan hits the one month mark since the devastating earthquake and tsunami as answers on nuclear safety… Continue reading
Apr 11 Strong Aftershock Jolts Japan on One Month Anniversary of Tsunami, Earthquake Disaster By Tom LeGro One month after the earthquake and tsunami struck Japan, 2-year-old Ayaka and family members pray for her missing grandmother and great-grandmother at a vacant lot where they lived in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture. Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images. As Japan somberly… Continue reading
Apr 04 Watch News Wrap: Libyan Rebels Move on Brega as Reports Hint at Diplomatic Resolution In other news Monday, Libyan rebels recaptured parts of Brega, the embattled oil town, as reports surfaced of a diplomatic plan for Moammar Gadhafi's sons to assume control of the country. At least 15 people were killed in Yemen when… Continue watching
Apr 04 World Week Ahead: Ivory Coast Standoff; Haiti's Next President By Larisa Epatko Tensions remain high in Ivory Coast, where the incumbent president refuses to give way to his successor, while Haiti is poised to learn who its next president will be when much-anticipated preliminary results are released Monday. Continue reading
Apr 04 Japan to Release Radioactive Water into Pacific Ocean in Effort to Cool Reactors By News Desk Photo byTokyo Electric Power Co. Workers at the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant are using a dye substance in an effort to trace the source of a leak spreading radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean and hampering efforts to… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch News Wrap: U.N. Workers Among Dead as Afghan Koran-Burning Protest Turns Violent In other news Friday, a protest in Afghanistan against a Koran burning turned violent and rival protesters filled the streets in Yemen. Continue watching
Apr 01 Weekonomics: Our Friday Roundup By Paul Solman Today we initiate "Weekonomics," a Friday roundup of the week's economics news. No fooling. Simon Johnson starts us off with "lightning round" answers to questions on the banks, Europe, Japan and, because the monthly jobs data came out… Continue reading
Apr 01 Weekonomics: Our Friday Roundup By Elizabeth Shell Today we initiate "Weekonomics," a Friday roundup of the week's economics news. No fooling. Simon Johnson starts us off with "lightning round" answers to questions on the banks, Europe, Japan and, because the monthly jobs data came out this morning,… Continue reading
Apr 01 Watch Weekonomics: Our Weekly Roundup Simon Johnson joins Paul Solman for Weekonomics- a review of the week's news. Continue watching
Apr 01 Fukushima Evacuees May Be Homeless for Months as Cleanup Continues Japanese firemen pick through the rubble looking for bodies of victims of the tsunami in a flooded area of Ishinomaki in Miyagi prefecture on April 1, 2011. Thousands of Japanese and U.S. troops launched an intensive air and sea… Continue reading