How would you like to remember your wedding day? Across Africa, there’s an abundance of traditions and ceremonies to mark nuptials. In Kenya, one of the most mystical is the Masaai wedding. CCTV’s Robert Nagila managed to secure an invite.
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Chinese police have arrested “nearly a thousand” suspected members of the illegal Quannengshen cult, or the Church of Almighty God, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
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The World Health Organization announced Tuesday that the worst Ebola outbreak in history has so far claimed at least 1,229 lives and caused 2,240 cases of the deadly disease across four countries.
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The Ice Bucket Challenge has taken off in China following its recent media hype in the U.S., where tech titans Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg recently took the plunge.
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This month, an 83-year-old woman in Argentina met her grown grandson for the first time in many years. The reunion sparked celebrations across the country and elsewhere. CCTV America’s Joel Richards reports.
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As negotiators in Cairo have not yet reached a long-term cease-fire agreement, the U.N. Middle East envoy says ending the Israeli blockade of Gaza is a major security need.
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A gas explosion Tuesday in a coal mine in eastern China trapped 27 workers underground.
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Chinese Smartphone maker Xiao-mi has started selling an interactive wristband called the Mi Band.
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Marriott is one company drastically expanding into Africa. But the hotel chain is also capitalizing on its steady growth in China.
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Farmers in central China’s Henan province have found that connecting to the internet is boosting sales, profits and production.
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Mandarin is an increasingly important language to know. Businesses around the world value it and more schools are teaching the Chinese language. And now there’s a new technology to help students learn it more efficiently.
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Americans spend more than $683 billion dining out every year. But the world’s largest fast food brands got failing marks from consumers.
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Eyewitness accounts from Yazidi refugees who were trapped by the Islamic State on Mount Sinjar give a shocking view of the humanitarian crisis in Iraq.
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Recent clashes between militias in Libya’s capital were condemned by the United Nations Monday.
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Ecuador is seeking a meeting with the U.K. government to discuss the two-year deadlock over WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is wanted in both Sweden and the United States.
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Islamic State (IS) militants have seized Syrian and Iraqi towns, brutally murdering and kidnapping hundreds of people. Who are these militants? And why haven’t U.S.-trained Iraqi soldiers been able to stop them?
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Dry weather is still lingering in northeast and central China. The drought that is hitting the region is the worst in 63 years, threatening the nation’s harvest. CCTV America’s Jin Yingqiao reports.
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Iraqi and Kurdish forces recaptured Iraq’s largest dam from Islamic militants Monday following dozens of U.S. airstrikes, U. S. President Barack Obama said, in the first major defeat for the extremists since they swept across the country this summer.
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U.S. President Barack Obama spoke about the shooting by a police officer of an unarmed teen in Ferguson, Missouri on Monday.
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Hengqin island near Hong Kong is serving as a testing ground for China’s efforts to boost domestic spending. It now houses the world’s biggest aquarium, and there are more mega-projects in the pipeline. CCTV America’s Zhong Shi reports.
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The Israel-Hamas cease-fire was scheduled to end Monday, but reports out of Egypt say a new cease-fire is in progress that could bring longer lasting peace to the Gaza Strip.
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In Iraq, there are conflicting claims about who is in control of the country’s largest dam.
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With a deadline just hours away, Egyptian mediators attempted on Monday to broker negotiations between Israeli and Palestinian representatives in the hopes of salvaging a long-term cease-fire arrangement. It would allow reconstruction of the Gaza Strip following a month-long war that has killed more than […]
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The death toll in eastern Ukraine is climbing sharply. The Ukrainian military claims rebels targeted a convoy, killing dozens of civilians who were fleeing the fighting near the separatist stronghold of Luhansk. CCTV America’s Kate Parkinson reports.
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U.S. President Barack Obama returned Sunday night from his vacation on Martha’s Vineyard to attend meetings on two crises he has been managing from afar: attempts to reclaim a critical dam in northern Iraq and quelling the racially tinged riots in Ferguson, Mo. after the […]
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Missouri’s governor on Monday ordered the National Guard to a St. Louis suburb in which protests over the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen passed the two week mark.
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Fighting has intensified in eastern Ukraine as Russian separatists announced an offensive on Ukrainian forces who are in the processing of regaining control of rebel strongholds Donetsk and Luhansk.
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More than 100,000 people attended the funeral of Eduardo Campos, the Brazilian presidential candidate who was killed in a plane crash last week.
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Abuse of antibiotics has been affecting the treatment of many health-related issues, particularly in India where they can be purchased off the shelf.
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The Syrian government has begun to open roads back up and remove vehicle checkpoints, three years after the start of the civil war.
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Aided by U.S. and Iraqi airstrikes, Kurdish forces Sunday wrested back part of Iraq’s largest dam from Islamic militants who had captured it less than two weeks ago, security officials said.
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The relatives of Ebola patients in Nigeria called for international assistance, and said the country’s current health infrastructure is inadequate.
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Liberian officials fear Ebola could soon spread through the capital’s largest slum after residents raided a quarantine center for suspected patients and took items including bloody sheets and mattresses.
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The first night of a state-imposed curfew in Ferguson, Missouri, ended with tear gas and seven arrests, after police dressed in riot gear used armored vehicles to disperse defiant protesters who refused to leave a St. Louis suburb where a black, unarmed teen had been […]
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In Denmark’s capital, hundreds of people wearing Jewish symbols marched through a predominantly Muslim district. They protested against the rise of anti-Semitism seen across Europe. CCTV America’s Malcolm Brabant reports from Copenhagen.
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Senior Sunni leaders in Baghdad are indicating they could work with the incoming prime minister Haider al-Abadi, a Shiite. He is set to replace the divisive Nouri al-Maliki as Iraq’s new head of government. Can al-Abadi bridge the sectarian rift in Iraq and defeat the […]
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Since NATO helped the Libyan rebels overthrow Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the country has descended into chaos. More than a million Libyans had sought shelter in neighboring Tunisia, hoping their stay would be short lived, and that stability would return to their homeland. Many are […]
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It’s like the World Cup of Tango, and it’s underway at the Buenos Aires Tango Festival. The World Championship attracts participants and tourists from around the globe. Visitors enchanted by tango come all year long come to this dance capital-looking to learn more about its […]
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There’s also a new breed of “sports professionals” striving to be at the top of their game, who are putting in the same level of training, though perhaps with less the physical exertion. A pro-gamers sport can be rewarding. To prove that, a Chinese team […]
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For many young people, graduating from college means the start of their own life. However, for millions of young people in China, that may not be the case. A new report has found 30 percent of Chinese college graduates still live with their parents, many […]
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Tensions remain high in Ferguson, in the U.S. state of Missouri, a week after police shot and killed an unarmed teenager there. Ongoing violence prompted the governor to declare a state of emergency.
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In Northern California, some of the world’s most valuable cars are being auctioned off during Monterrey Classic Car week. CCTV America’s Mark Niu reports.
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A leading British think tank is claiming that the Islamist uprising in Iraq can be traced to failures that followed the invasion of the country by U.S. and U.K. troops in 2003. Chatham House blames a failure to rebuild Iraq after military invasion and the […]
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The United Nations has expressed concern that African conflicts are being forgotten by the international community. The U.N. Security Council has just returned from a trip to South Sudan and Somalia, two countries it’s keen to highlight as needing a renewed focus to prevent humanitarian […]
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The U.S. launched airstrikes as Kurdish forces launched a counter-offensive to retake the Mosul dam from Islamic State fighters in northern Iraq. It is being reported that more than 80 people have been killed in a Yazidi village, along with many women and children seized […]
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Complicated procedures drag on for hundreds of Russian aid trucks near the border with Ukraine. CCTV America’s Kate Parkinson reports from Dontesk.
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Nigeria is racing to halt the spread of the Ebola virus and save the lives of those who have contracted the deadly disease. So far, the country has recorded four deaths from the virus including the Liberian who brought the virus to the country. Health […]
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Throughout the globe, many people fear for family members located in northern Iraq. In the U.S. state of Colorado, one man is doing what he can to bring his family to safety. CCTV America’s Hendrik Sybrandy reports.
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CCTV America’s Michael Voss was granted an exclusive interview with the Cuban president’s daughter, Mariela Castro, discussing everything from gay rights to the reform process.
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Think of a country with technological innovations and Israel may not immediately come to mind, but in the past few years, it has become a hotbed tech hub.
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