For decades, Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, or shantytowns, couldn’t be found on city maps. But a new project between tech-giant Google and a local nonprofit is changing that. CCTV America’s Lucrecia Franco has more on Tan-o-Mapa which means ‘It’s on the map”.
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Investors think Venezuela can be a lucrative market for the digital currency Bitcoin despite the country’s well-documented economic struggles.
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In poverty-stricken Haiti, access to emergency medical care is nearly nonexistent.
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Panama has given Colombia a seven-day deadline to remove their name from a tax haven list released by Colombia’s customs agency DIAN, or face possible repercussions. CCTV America’s Michelle Begue reports.
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Foreign investors are watching the Hong Kong protests carefully, but they haven’t yet discontinued doing business in the city. CCTV America’s Cathy Yang reports.
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U.S. investors are not losing confidence this October, despite the VIX — an index measuring market volatility — spiking to its highest level in about two years.
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Oliver Stone, the acclaimed film director, producer, and screenwriter joined us as a special guest on The Heat.
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All 193 members of the U.N. General Assembly will vote on the new members of the Security Council on Thursday. Spain, Turkey and New Zealand have been campaigning for the two remaining seats on the Council.
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In Hong Kong, 45 people have been arrested after scuffles broke out overnight between police and protesters near the Chief Executive’s office. CCTV America’s Zhu Dan reports.
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As Zimbabwe continues to struggle through an economic crisis, beer companies seem to have found the way to increase sales. CCTV America’s Farai Mwakutuya reports.
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The environmental group Greenpeace is warning businesses that work with the oil company Shell that they are at risk of commercial embarrassment. Greenpeace has recently used a marketing technique known as “brand jacking” to force toy maker Lego to end a 50-year old relationship with […]
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The World Bank estimates Ebola could cost West African nations $2.6 billion. The seven-month long outbreak has scared away many investors and led Liberia, the worst-affected country, to slash its annual growth estimate. However, the world’s biggest steel and mining group, ArcelorMittal, is determined to keep […]
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With the rapid spread of Ebola, medical researchers, epidemiologists, and data scientists are working on ways to help physicians and aid groups halt the spread of the virus. CCTV America’s Patrice Howard reports from Boston.
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The two contenders vying to be Brazil’s next president debated the issues Tuesday night, but the verbal sparring may not have swayed many voters. CCTV America’s Paulo Cabral reports.
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Clashes between stone-throwing Palestinian protesters and armed Israeli police erupted for a third straight day in East Jerusalem. The violence comes as Muslim worshipers protest a move to bar them from Islam’s third holiest site, Al Aqsa Mosque.
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The growth of the telecommunications and Internet industries in China has not only made the flow of information and communication faster, but it has also created a host of new opportunities.
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An avalanche and blizzard in Nepal’s mountainous north have killed at least 12 people, including eight foreign trekkers, officials said Wednesday. Five other climbers were hit by a separate avalanche on Mount Dhaulagiri and remain missing.
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Forecasters said Hurricane Gonzalo has strengthened to a Category 4 storm as it churns in the Atlantic.
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Giant panda Xue Xue was released into the wild in a natural reserve in southwest China’s Sichuan Province on Tuesday, researchers said.
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The deficit for the just-completed 2014 budget year was $483 billion, the lowest of President Barack Obama’s six years in office, the U.S. Treasury reported Wednesday.
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A second health care worker at a Dallas hospital who provided care for the first Ebola patient diagnosed in the U.S. has tested positive for the disease, CCTV America’s Jim Spellman reports.
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We’ve heard a lot about smart watches and wristbands and their fitness applications. But that’s only scratching the surface of the fitness tech space, as a new batch startups are already working on the next generation of technology. CCTV America’s Mark Niu reports from Silicon […]
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CCTV America’s Asieh Namdar reports on how one woman is transforming the lives of young Iranian women who’ve endured unimaginable abuse.
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More Mexican anti-riot police are headed to the troubled southwestern state of Guerrero after protesters attacked local government buildings. Demonstrators are demanding the return of 43 students who went missing last month. CCTV America’s Franc Contreras reports.
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U.S led airstrikes have intensified around the Syrian border town of Kobane. While the Kurdish population there faces assaults from ISIL, there’s also tension on the Turkish side of the border. CCTV America’s Michal Bardavid reports on a fragile peace between Kurds and Turks tested […]
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In China, a pair of perfectly identical walnuts can sell for up to $1,600. CCTV America’s Owen Fairclough reports.
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In recent months, cyber criminals have targeted numerous financial institutions and they’ve jeopardized millions of customers, most notably, at JP Morgan Chase. CCTV America’s Karina Huber reports.
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Someone just won the China’s third biggest lottery prize ever awarded. While some would have pulled out all the stops to celebrate, this winner is keeping it low-key and he’s choosing to remain anonymous, as a bear. CCTV America’s Hu Chao reports.
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To tackle a severe housing shortage, the Cuban government has plans to sell off unused plots of state land for people to build their own homes.
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Twenty nations signed a coalition with a the singular goal of stopping ISIL. CCTV America’s Nathan King reports on the group’s first joint meeting as U.S. President Barack Obama hosted coalition defense ministers near Washington.
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It’s been more than six weeks since a cease-fire was declared between Israel and Hamas but the suffering continues for Palestinians living in Gaza. More than 100,000 people are still living in crowded shelters, classrooms, and tents.
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Paris on Tuesday in a first step in the diplomatic process to deescalate tensions between Russia and the West. CCTV America’s Kate Parkinson reports from Donetsk.
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The growing Video game market in Brazil is a magnet for international companies wanting to expand in Latin America. But local businesses hope to profit, too. CCTV America’s Paulo Cabral reports.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is working on a long-term retaliation strategy to the sanctions they’ve faced from the European Union. Lavrov called the EU sanctions ‘unlawful’, saying they failed to de-escalate the Ukraine conflict.
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Medical experts say China’s experience dealing with the SARS epidemic puts it in a special position to help contain Ebola. CCTV America’s Wu Guoxiu reports.
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On October the 26th, Brazilians go to the polls again in the 2nd round runoff of the country’s presidential elections to choose between two candidates: Incumbent Dilma Rousseff and social democrat Aecio Neves.
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The spread of Ebola in Spain has raised fears of a possible backlash against African migrants. Hundreds of thousands of Africans live in Spain, many from West Africa. Some living in Madrid are worried about being targeted. CCTV America’s Roee Ruttenberg reports.
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Businesses in northern Liberia are taking a lead in Ebola containment efforts. CCTV America’s Katerina Vittozzi reports.
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More barricades came down in Central Hong Kong, and for now protesters can stay, but can’t put up new barricades.
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From the days of blackboards to tape recorders and digital slides, Zhang Yan has seen it all. In her 28-year career as a teacher, she has witnessed first-hand the radical transformation that middle school education has undergone in China.
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DALLAS — The Texas nurse who became the first person to contract Ebola on American soil said Tuesday that she is doing well as her hospital expressed optimism about her recovery.
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Liberia faces a grim task of dealing with the country’s mounting death toll. For the burial teams, it’s also a risky one.
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Residents of the Ukrainian town Ilovaisk have been trickling back to their ruined homes after some of the area’s bloodiest fighting took place. Even though there is a truce, the residents still lack the means to rebuild their homes.
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Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance spoke with CCTV America’s Nathan King for a deeper look at Iran’s economy. The anniversary of the Geneva Interim agreement on Iran’s nuclear weapons program is next month.
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The online firestorm that ensued in reaction to Microsoft’s CEO’s comments on how to ask for a pay raise have renewed a debate about the pay gap for women in the tech industry.
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The Topes de Collantes is a protected nature reserve in the Escambray Mountains of central Cuba.
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As Hong Kong’s protests continue for the third week, the costs are mounting. What impact will the disruption to business have on the city as a global financial center and gateway to the Mainland? CCTV’s Cathy Yang reports.
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As the global death toll from Ebola continues to rise, new questions are being raised after the virus was transmitted to someone in the United States for the first time.
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Twenty-six-year-old nurse Nina Pham became infected with Ebola while treating Thomas Eric Duncan. Duncan contracted the disease in Africa then came to the United States and died in a Texas Hospital last week. CCTV America’s Jim Spellman reports.
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“When I was 5 months old, my parents gave me up,” Chen Yan begins as she sits down to tell her story. “Grandma took me in and was determined to raise me. I suffered from other diseases apart from not being able to see. It’s […]
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