Mar 14 A New Pope, and Maybe a New Era Pope Francis in 2013, then the Argentine archbishop, during a mass for Ash Wednesday at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Photo by Juan Mabromata/ AFP/ Getty Images. The aging, French cardinal proto-deacon Jean-Louis Tauran stepped in front… Continue reading
Mar 14 Watch State of Life in Japan Two Years After Massive Earthquake and Tsumani State of Life in Japan Two Years After Massive Earthquake and Tsumani… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch Scientists Search for Solution to ‘Toxic Cocktail’ in Washington’s Puget Sound Seattleites Construct Rain Gardens to Curb Pollution From Stormwater Runoff… Continue watching
Mar 14 Watch Examining U.S. Concerns on Trade, Security as China Welcomes New President Examining U.S. Concerns on Trade, Security as China Welcomes New President… Continue watching
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
Mar 14 Top Five and Bottom Five Countries in U.N. Ratings By Larisa Epatko As in the U.N. Development Program's last review in 2011, Norway reigns supreme and the United States made the top five, while the African nations of Niger and the Democratic Republic of Congo came in last. Continue reading
Mar 14 Asia’s Mojo Keeps on Working Shoppers in the Paragon mall in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo by Paula Bronstein/Getty Images. No matter how many Washington think tank conferences one covers, all their accumulated wisdom is no substitute for going to the countries they are talking about. Continue reading
Mar 13 Viva Pope Francis: The First South American Pope By Larisa Epatko It took cardinals only two days to elect the new leader of the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics on Wednesday afternoon: Argentine Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the first pope from South America. He took the name Pope Francis. Continue reading
Mar 13 China Uses Copycat Architecture to Modernize, Define and Celebrate Itself By Molly Finnegan While copying architectural styles is as old as architecture itself, China has done it on an unprecedented scale and speed. Continue reading
Mar 13 Watch Copycat Architecture Rises in China’s Building Boom Copycat Architecture Rises in China's Building Boom… Continue watching