Apr 16 Kyrgyzstan President Resigns and Flees Country By Larisa Epatko Interim government officials in Kyrgyzstan confirmed Friday that they had received President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's resignation before he fled to neighboring Kazakhstan with his wife and two young children. Continue reading
Apr 16 Friday: Europe’s Travel Delays Worsen; Same-sex Partners Get Hospital Rights A woman at Erfurt Airport in Germany reads about the volcano that is disrupting travel across Europe. (Photo by Jens-Ulrich Koch/AFP/Getty Images.) The wide-scale disruption of air travel across much of Europe only got worse on Friday as… Continue reading
Apr 16 Watch Icelandic Volcano Eruption Continues to Disrupt European Airspace An ash plume from an erupting glacial volcano in Iceland continues to cause problems for airports worldwide. Ray Suarez reports from London on the dangers the volcanic ash poses for air travel. Continue watching
Apr 16 Watch ‘Krakatoa’ Author on Iceland Volcano’s Parallels With Eruptions Past For historical perspective on the Icelandic volcano eruption, Jeffrey Brown talks to Simon Winchester, author of "Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883," about the massive 19th century eruption's impact on health, the economy and even art and… Continue watching
Apr 15 Sudanese Await Results of National Elections By Larisa Epatko A five-day voting period in Sudan ended Thursday, and ballot-counting was set to begin, in national elections considered an important step for the country's democracy but marred by allegations of fraud and opposition party boycotts. Continue reading
Apr 15 British Prime Minister Hopefuls Debate for First Time on TV By Larisa Epatko Britain's three main candidates for prime minister are meeting in their first televised debate Thursday, ahead of what has turned into a highly contested national election on May 6. Continue reading
Apr 15 Thursday: Tax Day; Obama to Outline Space Plan; Benjamin Hooks Dies at 85 By Jason Breslow Felipe Castro advertises tax preparation services in Miami. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images.) It's April 15, which means, of course, it's tax day. The Big Money marks the occasion with a look at the five worst parts of… Continue reading
Apr 15 Watch Icelandic Volcano Eruption Strands Air Passengers Across Europe A giant cloud of ash from a glacial volcano in Iceland grounded hundreds of flights across northern Europe. Kylie Morris of Independent Television News provides an update on when air traffic might resume. Continue watching
Apr 14 Seismologist: China’s Quake Severe But Not Unusual By Larisa Epatko A series of temblors shook the sparsely populated area of Qinghai Province in the Tibetan plateau, killing at least 400 people and injuring 10,000. Continue reading