Aug 27 Spilt, Spoiled, Lost and Tossed: Exploring Two Worlds of Food Waste Workers at La Laiterie du Berger in Senegal weigh and filter milk before transforming it into yogurt. The company collects milk from isolated herders who have no other way to get it to consumers. Photo by Jori Lewis for… Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch 2012 Republican Convention Convenes but Shuffles Schedule Due to Storm 2012 Republican Convention Convenes but Shuffles Schedule Due to Storm… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch Tropical Storm Isaac Moves Towards New Orleans Exactly Seven Years After Katrina Tropical Storm Isaac Moves Towards New Orleans Exactly Seven Years After Katrina… Continue watching
Aug 27 Syrian Spillover Violence in Lebanon Rattles Residents A Lebanese soldier patrols the Bab al-Tabbaneh area of Tripoli, Lebanon. TRIPOLI, Lebanon | The violence in Bab al-Tabbaneh, a desperately poor neighborhood in Tripoli, Lebanon, is so bad that trash collectors won't even come to clean the streets. Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch U.S. Military Death Toll in Afghan War Reaches New Milestone Since the beginning of the the Afghan War in 2001 up to the current day, there have been 2,000 U.S. servicemen and women who have lost their lives. That number includes both combat deaths as well as military suicides that… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch Reports of Iran's Nuclear Progress Aggravate Tensions Between Tehran and West Reports of Iran's Nuclear Progress Aggravate Tensions Between Tehran and West… Continue watching
Aug 24 Timeline: The Summer of Wild Weather An Indian villager watches fast-moving water during a flash flood on the outskirts of Jammu. Photo by STRDEL/AFP/GettyImages Severe weather events have devastated much of the world in recent months. Flash floods and unrelenting wildfires battered Eurasia as crops in… Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch News Wrap: Norwegian Shooter Found Sane in Court, Sentenced for Killing 77 In other news Friday, a Norwegian court sentenced Anders Brevik to 21 years in prison for killing 77 people during a 2011 rampage. Also, the author of a book about the killing of Osama bin Laden may be investigated for… Continue watching
Aug 24 Watch New Proof that Iran Is Increasing Supply of Enriched Uranium for Nuclear Program The International Atomic Energy Agency is due to report that Iran has hundreds of underground centrifuges enriching uranium, the key fuel in nuclear reactors. Though Iran maintains its nuclear program is only for peaceful energy production, the international community is… Continue watching
Aug 23 Watch Islamic Militants Destroy Malian Cultural Heritage, Purporting a 'Pure Islam' Islamic Militants Destroy Malian Cultural Heritage, Purporting a 'Pure Islam'… Continue watching