Sylvia Burwell: U.S. Ebola Response Succeeding In West Africa
WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell told lawmakers on Wednesday that the U.S. Ebola response in West Africa is beginning to have an effect on the...
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A Conversation With Margaret Atwood On Climate Change, Social Media And World...
Margaret Atwood is a speculative fiction writer, poet, literary critic and environmental activist. Best known for her Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning classic The Handmaid's Tale, her more recent work...
View ArticleFCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Tells Silicon Valley He's Open To Obama Net...
WASHINGTON -- On Monday, President Barack Obama went public with his support of an aggressive approach to protecting net neutrality. Shortly after that, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom...
View ArticleEgypt's President Decrees He Can Deport Foreign Prisoners
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's president issued a new decree Wednesday granting him the power to deport foreign defendants convicted or accused of crimes, a move that could allow him to free imprisoned...
View ArticleThe Ethnic Apartheid in Myanmar
WASHINGTON--Given the five decades it spent as one of the most repressive countries in recent history, it's hard to imagine that Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, was once considered an empire. But 190...
View ArticleOfficials: Chinese Hack U.S. Weather Systems, Satellite Network
Hackers from China breached the federal weather network recently, forcing cybersecurity teams to seal off data vital to disaster planning, aviation, shipping and scores of other crucial uses, officials...
View ArticleBilingual People May Have More Efficient Brains
By: Tanya Lewis Published: 11/13/2014 09:48 AM EST on LiveScience People who speak two languages may have brains that are more efficient at language processing and other tasks, new research suggests....
View ArticleFrance's Prime Minister Knows What's in a Name
This is not the first time that Manuel Valls has proposed changing the name of the French Socialist Party. Truth be told, he is doing it today a bit less clearly than he did the day after the defeat of...
View ArticleOpposition Figures Claim ISIS, Nusra Front Agree To Cooperate In Syria
ISTANBUL (AP) -- Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together...
View ArticleWhat Berlin (and Brussels) Can Teach Cairo and Washington
What do the fall of the Berlin Wall and the biggest US trade mission to Egypt have in common? Apparently nothing; in reality quite a lot. The New York Times recently criticized the State Department for...
View ArticleWorld Prematurity Day: Something to Celebrate
World Prematurity Day is a day to honor the mothers, grandmothers and young girls who have endured a premature birth. It is a day that gives a voice to the one million lives lost too soon in 2013. It...
View ArticleOne More Poliovirus Strain Likely Eradicated Worldwide
By: Bahar Gholipour Published: 11/13/2014 01:36 PM EST on LiveScience One strain of the virus that causes polio has likely been eradicated worldwide, according to a new report. For two years now, there...
View ArticlePope Francis' Almoner Is Building Showers For The Homeless At The Vatican
Pope Francis' Almoner Archbishop Konrad Krajewski announced Thursday that three shower stalls will be added to the public restrooms in St. Peter’s Square so that the homeless in the area have a place...
View ArticlePope Francis May Visit New York City During 2015 U.S. Tour: Vatican Envoy
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The Vatican's envoy to the United Nations strongly hinted that Pope Francis would visit New York next year to address world leaders at the General Assembly, saying Thursday that...
View ArticleTim Geithner: The 3 Words That Saved The Euro Were Ad-Libbed
"Whatever it takes:" Those three words, uttered by European Central Bank president Mario Draghi in July 2012, are some of the most important words ever spoken in Europe's history. They may have rescued...
View ArticleSaturday Surf Sessions With Juvenile Delinquents
Everybody has a Saturday ritual. Some people sleep off their hangovers from the night before. Others catch up with the morning paper over coffee. My Saturday ritual? Every Saturday I wake up early to...
View ArticleWar, History and Education
Yupei Guo and Yumi Koga reflect on their views regarding the history of the Sino-Japanese War in China and Japan, respectively Never forget national disgrace Yupei Guo Early on the morning of September...
View ArticleTrouble on the Road
Tiancheng Zheng discusses the obstacles Chinese citizens face while applying for visas and traveling abroad. When Zhang Qian returned to the imperial court of the Han Dynasty in the 2nd century BCE, he...
View ArticleObama Seeks Human Rights Waiver On ISIS War Funds
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is asking Congress to exempt its military effort against the Islamic State from a longstanding ban on U.S. assistance to torturers and war criminals. The move...
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Dallas Hospital Where U.S. Ebola Patient Died Setting Up Fund For Victims In...
The family of Thomas Eric Duncan, who died of Ebola at a Dallas hospital on Oct. 8, is hoping to use the Liberian national's tragic death to benefit thousands in West Africa. In a statement released...
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