May 07 Rain Clouds Over Obama-Park Summit It has been some time since a presidential summit has opened under such heavy clouds as will accompany Tuesday's White House meeting between President Obama and South Korea's new President Park Geun-hye. Not only is rain anticipated as President Park… Continue reading
May 07 Best and Worst Countries for Babies on Their First Day of Life One million babies die each year on the day they are born, according to a new study released by the international nonprofit Save the Children. In their annual "State of the World's Mothers" report, the organization… Continue reading
May 07 Watch Threat of Escalation by North Korea Looms Over Summit With Park Geun-hye South Korean President Park Geun-hye met with President Barack Obama to discuss growing unrest and threats of retaliation between the two nations on the Korean Peninsula. Jeffrey Brown reports on the latest warning from Pyongyang and whether the U.S. and… Continue watching
May 06 Watch Can the U.S. Avoid 'Slippery Slope' to Deeper Engagement in Syria? Can the U.S. Avoid 'Slippery Slope' to Deeper Engagement in Syria?… Continue watching
May 06 Israeli Strike on Syria Shows Growing Lawlessness Along Border, Analysts Say By Larisa Epatko An Israeli airstrike on a military research facility near Damascus, Syria, last weekend killed 42 Syrian soldiers, reported the Associated Press, and raised the specter of the Syrian conflict pulling in more regional players. Continue reading
May 06 Sleeping Bag Coat for the Homeless Finds Fans in the Fashion World EmbedVideo(6341, 482, 304); A few years ago, Veronika Scott, now 23, set up a coat manufacturing business in a graffiti-covered building in an old Irish manufacturing neighborhood of Detroit. She had a few sewing machines and a… Continue reading
May 03 Veteran U.S. Diplomat to Lead Afghanistan-Pakistan Effort By Larisa Epatko Ambassador James Dobbins will be the new special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Secretary of State John Kerry said in a statement Friday. It won't be unfamiliar territory for the career diplomat. Continue reading
May 03 Watch News Wrap: Fast-Moving Wildfires Reach Pacific Ocean in California In other news Friday, a fast-growing wildfire in Southern California has reached the Pacific Ocean. Firefighters have contained only 10 percent of the blaze. Also, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving Boston bombing suspect, told officials the original date for the attack… Continue watching
May 02 Watch As Tensions Boil Over, How Might Iraq Prevent Return to Chronic Violence? As Tensions Boil Over, How Might Iraq Prevent Return to Chronic Violence?… Continue watching
May 02 Drugs Provide No High at Mexico Summit Screen grab of Mexican flagPresident Barack Obama and his Mexican counterpart Enrique Pena Nieto may have hoped that drugs and violence would not grab most of the headlines of their Thursday summit in Mexico City. But events may be… Continue reading