IMF World Bank – Spring meetings

Follow CGTN coverage of the 2018 IMF-World Bank spring meetings.

CGTN America wins Gracie Award for ‘Forgotten Mothers’

CGTN America is proud to announce receiving a 2018 Gracie Award for ‘Forgotten Mothers’ – a Global Business story focusing on the dramatic increase of maternal deaths in the United States.

Forgotten Mothers: US faces dramatic increase in maternal death

In the United States, women are three times more likely than Canadians and six times more likely than Scandinavians to die during the ‘maternal period.’

Empowering women entrepreneurs as a vehicle for peace

All over the developing world, only 30 percent of formal small and medium businesses are owned and operated by women–this results in a $300 billion annual credit deficit, according to the World Bank.

Rediscovering the new world: Cuba

Cuba is due to elect a new President and, for the first time in almost 60 years, it will not be a Castro. In this 3-part series, CGTN’s Michael Voss reports how as Cuba looks to the future, it remains heavily influenced by the past.

Death of daughter in Columbine shooting drives father’s mission

17-year-old Rachel Scott was the first person struck in the Columbine High School massacre. Her father Darrell has made school violence prevention his mission ever since.

Cuba past and future: After Fidel

For the final part of his series looking at key moments which have helped shape Cuba today, CGTN’s Michael Voss reports on how Cuba has changed since Fidel Castro became ill and passed the Presidency onto his younger brother Raul Castro.