The headquarters of YPF stands tall over the Buenos Aires skyline and the company also stands tall in the energy sector. Argentina’s national oil and gas producer recently posted its 2014 results showing growth in production, reserves, investment and income.
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Ask just about any public health expert and they will say obesity is a problem that usually begins in childhood and new research is hammering home just how early in life heart health is affected by poor eating habits.
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A great staple of Ethiopian cuisine, injera, is now winning converts further afield. The soft and spongy flat bread made from the grain called teff is in demand from Ethiopians living in the United States.
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Saving a brand can cost companies billions of dollars, but what exactly does that money buy them? To find out, CCTV’s Phillip Yin sat down with Peter LaMotte, Senior Vice President of the crisis PR firm Levick. So, who is the target audience for post crisis PR […]
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Looking poised to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank after months of signaling its reluctance to become a member, the land down under appears to be opening up to the idea. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that joining the AIIB was something the country […]
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Some experts estimate the African continent would need to spend billions of dollars almost every year to be able to meet its rapidly growing urbanization needs. That according to some investment experts who shared their experiences at the Executive Investment Summit and CEO forum organized […]
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Alexis Tsipras met with Angela Merkel in Berlin for his first state visit to Germany. They’ve been at loggerheads over a multi-billion euro bailout deal for months.
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Education is high on the agenda for many voters in Nigeria where at least 40 percent of children in Nigera don’t go to primary school. A massive revamp of public education is underway and parents, teachers and pupils are desperate for more. CCTV’s Sophia Adengo filed […]
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Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew passed away early Monday morning. The country has started its weeklong mourning for the man who is widely known as the founding father of modern day Singapore.
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In Washington, the White House has once again slammed recent comments by Benjamin Netanyahu dismissing a two-state solution. This time, the criticism came from the US President’s chief of staff, who was speaking before a liberal pro-Israel lobby called J-Street. The group was set up […]
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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has responded as protests erupt in Brazil over alleged government corruption and economic woes. The Heat discusses the scandal and the problems being faced by Brazil.
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A NASA scientist recently made a dire claim that California had just a one year supply of surface water left. A majority of the state is suffering from severe drought with no end in sight. It’s leaving lawmakers no choice but to impose more water rationing […]
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CCTV America’s Gao Qi interviewed Fred Bergsten, the senior fellow at the Peterson Institute and a former senior U.S. Treasury official. CCTV America asked Bergsten one more question about whether the United States should join the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, an alternative to the […]
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This week on Full Frame, food is on the menu. From “true food” to processed food, from the food we eat, to the food we waste, and the language we use to talk about it, we’ve got a full plate of news.
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Tunisia tourism workers are worried that the assault at the Bardo Museum in Tunis last week will negatively impact the tourism industry, just as it was steadily recovering from the turbulence of the 2011 Arab Spring. Last year visitor numbers were close to the pre-revolution […]
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People around the world took to social media to express their sorrow on the death of former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
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Liberian students have settled back into the routine of going to school after the government closed all educations establishments for six months over fears of an Ebola contagion. Although most classes have restarted, there are some new things for pupils to get used to.
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Afghanistan’s president thanked U.S. troops and taxpayers for their sacrifices in nearly 14 years of war, kicking off his visit to Washington with a stop at the Pentagon. He pledged that his impoverished country will not remain a burden to the West.
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A 1,000-year-old Buddha statute containing the body of a mummified monk inside was put on display in the Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest. It was part of the museum’s “Mummy World” exhibition that opened in October 2014 and originally scheduled to be on display […]
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Chinese relic experts have determined a 1,000-year-old Buddha statue containing a mummified monk, which is now in possession of a Dutch private collector, is a relic stolen from an east China village in 1995.
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A special zone to pay tribute to Singapore’s first prime minister, Lee Kuan Yew, has been set up outside Istana, the official residence and office of the President of Singapore, since Monday morning. Thousands of mourners have flocked to this site to pay their respects.
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Bookings to Cuba jumped 57 percent for one New York tour operator in the weeks after Washington said it would renew ties with Havana. In February, they were up 187 percent; and so far this month, nearly 250 percent.
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The head of the International Monetary Fund welcomed the creation of the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, saying there is no room for competition among international financial institutions.
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Singapore mourned longtime leader Lee Kuan Yew with raw emotion and a blanket of relentlessly positive coverage on Monday.
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