Vatican Enlists McKinsey And KPMG To Oversee Communication And Financial Reforms
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican is enlisting more big-name consulting firms to advise it on structural and financial reforms, tapping McKinsey & Co. to help modernize its communications operations...
View ArticleGeneral Social Survey Suggests Americans Are Suspicious In Daily Encounters
Do you keep a close watch when you hand over your credit card?Assume the other fellow on the road is texting or drunk?Worry that a careless post will be spread by your Facebook friends?If so, you're...
View ArticleFigure Skater Brian Boitano Comes Out As Gay Ahead Of Sochi Olympics
Figure skating legend and Olympic gold medalist Brian Boitano has come out as gay ahead of the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi, Russia. "It is my desire to be defined by my achievements and my...
View Article26 Senators Defy Obama, Back Iran Sanctions Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a quarter of the Senate is defying President Barack Obama by promoting legislation that could raise sanctions on Iran. The bill introduced Thursday sets sanctions that go...
View ArticleSenate Nears Approval Of Sweeping Defense Bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — A comprehensive defense bill that would crack down on sexual assault in the military and add protections for victims headed toward Senate passage on Thursday. The White House...
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'Barrel Bomb' Terror: What I Saw in a Syrian Border Hospital
I recently returned from a visit to the Syrian border, where I often heard refugees speak in hushed tones of "al-barmeel." "What is it?" I asked. When I heard the answer, I wished I had never asked...
View ArticleMuslim Women and Children Confront Challenges in Myanmar
"I wouldn't have to live this life if I wasn't a Muslim." -Anwar Sardad, a 10-year-old child laboring in Myanmar, October 2013 Since largely democratic elections in 2011 ushered in Thein Sein as...
View ArticleSetting and Enforcing International Norms for Airspace
On November 23, China announced it was dramatically and unilaterally establishing a new "air defense identification zone" (ADIZ) to encompass international open airspace over the East China Sea,...
View ArticleThe Economist Recognizes How Great Weed-Legalizing Uruguay Is
Uruguay may have been criticized by the U.N. agency charged with overseeing illegal drugs, but the South American country is earning praise from The Economist. The liberal British publication chose...
View Article10 Democratic Committee Chairs Warn Menendez's Iran Sanction Bill Could Blow...
WASHINGTON -- In a remarkable rebuke to Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), 10 other Senate committee chairs are circulating a joint letter to Majority Leader Harry Reid...
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More Foreign-Born Immigrants Live In NYC Than There Are People In Chicago
Over 37 percent of New York City residents were born in another country, according to a new report, the highest percentage in over 100 years. A record high 3.07 million foreign-born immigrants live in...
View ArticleA Grim, Yet Satisfying, Return Visit to Cambodia
I returned to Cambodia a month ago, unsure that I wanted to be reminded once again of the haunted days in 1975 when I was a CBS News correspondent in Phnom Penh that was under siege and the Khmer Rouge...
View ArticleDutch Transgender Rights Bill Approved By Senate
The Dutch Senate on Dec. 17 overwhelmingly approved a bill that would allow transgender people to legally change their gender on their birth certificates and other official documents without undergoing...
View ArticleBangladesh: Baptism By Fire
The image is still seared in my mind. A brutalized and dazed young man, barely able to sit down on the mud-caked road; his devastated father helplessly squatting next to him. His clothes had either...
View ArticleWriter to Writer: Madiba A to Z: The Many Faces of Nelson Mandela -- A Talk...
Danny Schechter is an Emmy Award-winning producer for ABC News, and the author of 16 books. He's produced and directed six documentary films about Nelson Mandela. Danny wrote a fascinating book about...
View ArticleSan Francisco's 'World Tree Of Hope' Is LGBT Community's 'Christmas Gift'...
San Francisco's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community offered up its stunning annual holiday gift -- a 22-foot Christmas tree decorated with over 12,000 origami cranes and stars. The...
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An Italian Year: When Culture Creates Opportunities
The Year of Italian Culture in the United States was an extraordinary act of public diplomacy. A show of pride that was deeply felt, especially in a time of crisis like the present. Fellow Italians in...
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NASA Brings Iconic Apollo 8 'Earthrise' Photo To Life (VIDEO)
What if you could go back in time and see what the Apollo 8 astronauts saw when they snapped the iconic "Earthrise" photograph? Now you can. Nearly 45 years after Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William...
View ArticleHow to Move Up in Egypt
My name is Kamal Abdoun and I am 24 years old. I was born in Sharkia, Egypt. I live with 5 family members, and have a younger brother and sister. In Sharkia, it is very hard to find a job in my career....
View ArticleMandela Trained With Mossad, Top Secret Letter Alleges
Despite personifying peace and reconciliation during his life, a young Nelson Mandela may have actually been trained in "judo, sabotage and weaponry" by Israel's spy service, a new top secret document...
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