Sep 19 Tab for Non-Communicable Diseases to Top $47 Trillion by 2030 Testing blood pressure. Photo by Chris Hondros/Getty Images. The escalating epidemic of non-communicable diseases could could cost the world $47 trillion over the next two decades, according to a report published Monday as United Nations representatives open a two-day,… Continue reading
Sep 19 World Week Ahead: Palestinian Statehood Bid; New Fighting in Yemen By News Desk United Nations headquarters. Photo by Joao Araujo/U.N. via Flickr Creative Commons. World leaders meet this week in New York City at the 66th session of the U.N. General Assembly, where Palestinian officials plan to file a bid for U.N. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch Egypt’s Economy Sinks on Heels of Uprising Margaret Warner continues her reporting from Cairo with a look at the economic fallout from the country's revolution. Continue watching
Sep 16 Watch Europe Struggles to Craft Debt Solution, Amid Prodding From U.S. In Wroclaw, Poland on Friday, European Union economic leaders gathered to discuss the economic crisis facing Europe. Jeffrey Brown discusses what's next for the eurozone with The Economist Magazine's Zanny Minton Beddoes. Continue watching
Sep 16 Calls for ‘Freedom’, Words of Support Dominate Tahrir Square Graffiti By Ghada Mashamoun Much like the Egyptian music scene, street art has gained new meaning and is thriving in post-revolutionary Egypt. Due to the new, lenient atmosphere in Egypt, murals and stencil graffiti are the most visible in Cairo's aged subway stations and… Continue reading
Sep 16 Graffiti of Tahrir Square By Larisa Epatko Messages of hope and relief line the walls of Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Continue reading
Sep 16 Cotton Replaces Rice in Japan’s Salt-Soaked Fields By News Desk Among the devastating effects of the Japanese tsunami in March was the destruction of thousands of acres of rice paddies. One project aims to make use of those saltwater-soaked fields. Continue reading
Sep 16 Rebels Attack Gadhafi Strongholds, Greek Loan Decision Delayed Libyan rebel fighters are pressing toward Sirte and Bani Walid, two of the remaining strongholds of embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi, encountering rockets and small arms fire as they try to take one of the few remaining areas… Continue reading
Sep 15 Watch N.Y. Photographer Captures 9/11 Tributes in Unexpected Places New York-based photographer Jonathan Hyman knew that the 9/11 attacks would alter the lives of Americans everywhere and it was his intention to capture the nation's vernacular response. Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch Egypt’s Young Revolutionaries See Fight for the ‘Soul’ of a Nation Seven months after the ouster of President Hosni Mubarack, a new Egyptian government is taking shape and young political activists are trying to find their way in an uncertain future. Margaret Warner reports from Cairo. Continue watching