May 18 Watch News Wrap: Greece Uncertainty, Austerity Top Agenda at G-8 Summit News Wrap: Greece Uncertainty, Austerity Top Agenda at G-8 Summit… Continue watching
May 17 Watch News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops News Wrap: Future of Eurozone Uncertain as Greek Credit Rating Drops… Continue watching
May 16 Watch As Mladic Stands Trial, ‘In One Sense, the War Criminals Won’ As Mladic Stands Trial, 'In One Sense, the War Criminals Won'… Continue watching
May 16 Carlos Fuentes and His American Life Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes on Oct. 13, 2008. Photo by Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP/GettyImages. Carlos Fuentes had aged so beautifully you might have subconsciously assumed he would live forever, like a character in a Latin American novel. He moved easily through… Continue reading
May 16 In Moscow, Writers Lead Anti-Putin Protest From Aleksandr Pushkin to Aleksandr Griboyedov, there is a long history in Russia of writers confronting government authority. Last weekend, the tradition continued when a group of 12 well-known authors drew a crowd of around 10,000 to follow them on… Continue reading
May 16 Watch Bosnia’s Ratko Mladic Stands Trial on Genocide, War Crimes Charges After more than 15 years on the run, Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic -- once one of the world's most-wanted fugitives -- finally went on trial before an international court Wednesday. Mladic faces 11 charges of genocide, crimes against humanity… Continue watching
May 16 Watch News Wrap: Greece Appoints Interim Government Amid Fears of Euro Exit In other news Wednesday, Greece appointed an interim government as it struggled to escape a deepening political crisis. The country faces new elections on June 17. Also, former Liberian President Charles Taylor offered no apologies at a U.N. tribunal for… Continue watching
May 15 Watch How to Better Treat Trauma Injuries in the Developing World At San Francisco General Hospital, surgeons from developing countries are learning the latest techniques from top U.S. specialists. With just over 100 orthopedic surgeons serving the 80 million people of Kenya and Tanzania, it's admittedly a small step. But doctors… Continue watching
May 15 Watch How Europe’s Turmoil Rattles World Markets Greece's political turmoil intensified Tuesday amid calls for fresh elections. Ray Suarez gets the latest from reporter John Psaropoulos. He then turns to Fred Bergsten of the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Nicholas Burns of Harvard Kennedy School for… Continue watching
May 15 5 Things to Look for at Upcoming NATO and G8 Summits By Larisa Epatko When world leaders gather this weekend at the NATO and Group of Eight summits, they have two major items on the table -- wrapping up the Afghan war and handling Europe's financial crisis. So what are the signs that they… Continue reading