Jan 02 Virginia cargo ship being outfitted for Syria chemical weapons destruction The MV Cape Ray, in a Portsmouth VA shipyard, could soon embark on its mission to neutralize Syria's chemical weapons pic.twitter.com/suc3MfgBOH— cbsMcCormick (@cbsMcCormick) January 2, 2014 As the June deadline to destroy all of Syria's… Continue reading
Jan 02 Vehicle bomb in Iraq kills 16 The Associated Press reported Thursday that a pickup truck laced with explosives killed 16 people and wounded 31 others after detonating in the midst of a busy commercial street in Iraq. Continue reading
Jan 02 Watch as stranded passengers get rescued from marooned Antarctic ship By News Desk .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; } Passengers stranded for more than… Continue reading
Jan 01 Evacuated towns surrounding Fukushima face uncertain future By News Desk An official in a full radiation protection suit scans an evacuated mother and child with a geiger counter to check radiation levels in Koriyama city in Fukushima prefecture, about 60km west from the crisis-hit Fukushima nuclear plant on March 16,… Continue reading
Jan 01 Watch News Wrap: Celebrations around the world usher in 2014 In our news wrap Wednesday, the first day of 2014 was marked by a papal address, mayoral inaugurations and a series of bowl games for football fans. Also, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor temporarily blocked a health care law mandate… Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch Malala hopes to earn prize of seeing 'every child' go to school By PBS News Hour Malala hopes to earn prize of seeing 'every child to go to school'… Continue watching
Jan 01 Al-Qaida-linked group behind Somali car bombings An al-Qaida regional affiliate, known as al-Shabab, set off two bombs in Somalia, killing at least eight people. Here, Somali boys wave the militant group's flag. Photo by Stringer/AFP/Getty Images At least eight people were killed Wednesday when… Continue reading
Jan 01 U.S., Afghan tensions grow over prisoner release Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images The United States and Afghanistan are at odds over the Afghan government's decision to release several prisoners from a military jail in Kabul, further straining an already tense relationship between the two… Continue reading
Jan 01 Japanese population declined by record number in 2013 Cherry Blossom Walk in Osaka Flickr user Gaheilon The Japanese population, which has been shrinking for the last couple of years, declined by a record 244,000 people in 2013, according to health ministry estimates. Continue reading
Jan 01 Consumers enjoy first puffs of recreational marijuana from licensed retailers in Colo. By News Desk Sean Azzariti of Denver made the first purchase of recreational marijuana under the new law at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver. Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images It's a new day in Colorado; 2014 kicked off with… Continue reading