Chinese cars gaining more demand in Mexico

July 10, 2015

UN conference aims to raise funding to fight Ebola

Liberia is now reporting five confirmed cases of Ebola, including the death of a teenage boy. Nearly two months ago, it was declared Ebola-free.

July 10, 2015

Reforms could cut spending, increase taxes in Greece

Greek lawmakers are debating into the early morning hours over Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras’ plan to secure new bailout money. The reforms are actually harsher than the creditors’ demands rejected a few days ago. If it’s a challenge getting Parliament on board, imagine trying to […]

July 10, 2015

Eurasian SCO summit focusses on security

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Ufa focused on the topic of security across a vast region with a number of potential challenges. Among them, the threat of radical Islam, terrorism and drug trafficking in central Asia. The leaders pledged closer cooperation to overcome collective […]

July 10, 2015

Vocational training gives students real experiences

High school aged students are being trained in a way that gives them a much better feel for the real working world.

July 10, 2015

Ms. Shane Ferro on gender pay equality

While the U-S women’s team has a lot to celebrate, female athletes overall are paid far less than their male counterparts.

July 10, 2015

China, Cuba to expand biotech and pharmaceutical cooperation

China and Cuba have signed a series of agreements to expand investment and co-operation in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals. Cuba has developed a sophisticated pharmaceutical and biotechnology sector, which already boasts a range of breakthrough products from vaccines to anti-cancer drugs.

July 10, 2015

One-wheeled personal vehicle transforms daily commute

Getting around without worrying about parking, traffic jams or pollution may sound impossible. But one inventor may have come up with a solution to get rid of all those worries.

July 10, 2015

Ramadan wrapping up in Xinjiang

In one more week, Muslims in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur autonomous region will celebrate the last day of Ramadan. Like Muslims everywhere, they will end their month of fasting from dawn to dusk.

July 10, 2015

UK warns of imminent attacks in Tunisia

A warning from the United Kingdom came amid reports that investigations following the attack in Seouss have revealed a larger plot and suggest that another mass casualty attack is highly likely.

July 10, 2015

What’s the difference between a typhoon, hurricane, or cyclone?

Long feared around equatorial regions for their strength and potential for destruction, tropical storms are caused by specific conditions in the ocean and air that come together to form the powerful forces of typhoons, hurricanes, and cyclones. So the answer is: They are all the […]

July 10, 2015

The Heat: What the BRICS and SCO summits mean for Eurasia

This week, twin historic meetings in Ufa, Russia. The BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summits are being held. BRICS leaders established a new Development Bank and the SCO, which has never accepted a new member since it began, is looking at adding two countries […]

July 10, 2015

Negotiators extend nuclear talk deadline to Monday

Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif says nuclear talks will likely continue though the weekend. His words follow another missed deadline at the multi-lateral talks in Vienna.

July 10, 2015

Chinese divorce rates surge in summer months, after school exams

For the past several years, divorce rates in China consistently jump between June and September, indicating that couples might wait until after China’s gaokao, the strenuous university entrance exams, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

July 10, 2015

This week on Americas Now: Remembering Oscar Romero

A humanitarian who defended the rights of the poor in El Salvador and was killed for it.

July 10, 2015

China stocks post two-day strong rebound

Chinese shares staged a strong two-day rebound after moves by the government to bolster the market.

July 10, 2015

Omar Sharif, of ‘Lawrence of Arabia,’ ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ dies at 83

Omar Sharif, the Egyptian-born actor with the dark, soulful eyes who soared to international stardom in movie epics, “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Doctor Zhivago,” died Friday. He was 83.

July 10, 2015

Taipei closes businesses, schools due to Typhoon Chan-hom

The Taipei City government on Friday announced that the island’s stock market, businesses, and schools would be shut for a day as Typhoon Chan-hom approached the island.

July 10, 2015

Confederate flag removed from South Carolina Statehouse

The Confederate flag has been removed from a flagpole on the grounds of the South Carolina Statehouse, where it has had a presence for 54 years.

July 9, 2015

Number of Chinese students in the US declines slightly

A huge wave of Chinese students have come to the U.S. to attend universities, and Chinese students comprise a third of total international graduate students in the U.S. However, the trend may be changing. In recent years, the number of Chinese students applying to U.S. […]

July 9, 2015

One third of China’s Great Wall is reportedly missing

Anyone who has visited the Great Wall of China remembers the structure as awe-inspiring, but there are parts of the structure that few ordinary visitors have seen and would imagine exist. Reports show the majority of the UNESCO world heritage site is in dire condition. […]

July 9, 2015

Secrets of one of the world’s largest mass graves revealed

Colombia has tried to move away from its dark past of violence and notorious drug lords like Pablo Escobar, but new secrets may soon be revealed from a time when paramilitaries reigned over the poorest neighborhoods of Medellin. Now the planned excavation of what could […]

July 9, 2015

Growing concerns of food and fuel shortages in Greece

The Greek government is assuring citizens there is no shortage of food and fuel.

July 9, 2015

Music industry boosts British economy

Despite the labor unrest, the British economy as a whole is on more solid ground. From Biotech to home building, several industries keep the economy growing, but one industry that’s becoming a major growth engine is all about the music.

July 9, 2015

Circus animals find safety in US state of Colorado

Carnivore animals like lions, tigers, bears, wolves and leopards are being shipped from zoos and circuses around the world to a sanctuary in the U.S. state of Colorado. New laws and higher standards for animal care have helped prompt this growing trend.

July 9, 2015

Fans channel their inner geek at Comic-Con 2015

For more than 100,000 pop culture fans, the wait is over. The San Diego Comic Convention known as Comic-Con is underway in California.

July 9, 2015

GoPro launches its latest and smallest camera

GoPro launched its latest camera this week, the Hero4 Session, which is half the size of its previous models. It’s also waterproof up to ten meters deep.

July 9, 2015

Why ‘no-homework’ concept may not work in China

Some schools in the U.S. believe take-home studies put unnecessary pressure on students and their families, so they’ve eliminated homework entirely.

July 9, 2015

Coding academies thrive around the world

Tech-immersive schools, also known as coding boot camps, have been popping up around the world and they’re producing some of the highest-earning graduates.

July 9, 2015

Government opens public WiFi hot-spots in Cuba

Fewer people have access to the Internet in Cuba than almost anywhere else in the world. For those that do go online that is generally slow and expensive. Now, for the first time, the government is providing public wireless hot-spots and is making it cheaper.

July 9, 2015

The Heat: Tensions high as negotiators work towards nuclear agreement with Iran

Tensions spill over in Vienna as negotiators miss another deadline to strike a nuclear deal with Iran.

July 9, 2015

Strikes cause chaos in London subway

Approximately 20,000 of London’s underground train workers have staged a walk-out. The strike was called after the London Underground and unions failed to gain a pay deal with the London Underground over the all-night service.

July 9, 2015

Panda Tai Shan celebrates his 10th birthday

Tai Shan, Washington, D.C.’s “favorite panda” celebrated his 10th birthday Thursday at the Dujiangyan panda base in China.

July 9, 2015

BRICS Summit 2015, President Xi stressed importance of emerging economies

China’s President Xi Jinping is in the Russian city of Ufa. That’s where BRICS countries and members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization are holding a number of meetings. It’s also where the BRICS New Development Bank is being launched. The bank is being hailed as a major breakthrough […]

July 9, 2015

In photos: China’s Great Wall

Centuries of environmental wear, various wars, re-purposing of the bricks for homes, and making way for new roads and farmland have taken their toll on the Great Wall.

July 9, 2015

Photos: Comic Con 2014 in San Diego

Check out photos of costumes people put together for Comic Con in San Diego last year. The bar has been set high for this years participants.

July 9, 2015

Why a third of China’s Great Wall has disappeared

Centuries of environmental wear, various wars, re-purposing of the bricks for homes, and making way for new roads and farmland have taken their toll on the Great Wall. It exists in sections, with erosion and human damage so bad in places that an estimated 30 […]

July 9, 2015

#Selfiewithdaughter hashtag highlights gender inequality in India

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a social media campaign in June using the hashtag ‪#‎selfiewithdaughter‬ to promote gender equality and raise awareness on issues such as female feticide and infanticide that have plagued the Indian subcontinent for years.

July 9, 2015

Chinese stocks surge as composite Index rises 5.76 percent

China’s stocks saw a surge on Thursday, as the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index rose 5.76 percent to finish at 3,709.33 points while the Shenzhen Component Index gained 4.25 percent to close at 11,510.34 points.

July 9, 2015

Iran nuke talks lurch toward another deadline

Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program lurched toward another deadline on Thursday with diplomats reconvening amid persistent uncertainty and vague but seemingly hopeful pronouncements from participants.

July 9, 2015

East China prepares for Typhoon Chan-Hom

Cities in east China’s Zhejiang Province activated emergency response mechanisms and made preparations for the landfall of Typhoon Chan-Hom, expected to arrive Friday.

July 9, 2015

10 really cool GoPro videos

Since its invention, people have continued to place GoPro cameras in the most unlikely of places,showing the most incredible of angles. Here are 10 we think are really cool.

George Washington statue, New York Stock Exchange

July 9, 2015

Software update may have triggered NYSE trading halt

A computer malfunction that forced the New York Stock Exchange to suspend trading for more than three hours on Wednesday probably stemmed from a software update that went awry, Bloomberg reported, citing two people briefed on a preliminary review.

July 9, 2015

Confederate flag’s days numbered after ‘a new day in South Carolina’

More than 50 years after the state of South Carolina raised a Confederate flag at its Statehouse to protest the civil rights movement, the state is getting ready to remove the rebel banner that dates back to the U.S. Civil War.

July 8, 2015

Russia, China to overcome difficulties together

Russian President Vladimir Putin is greeting world leaders who have flown to central Russia for a BRICS summit of emerging economies which begins on Thursday. In need of foreign investment to help its worsening economy, Putin met with China’s President Xi Jinping and spoke about […]

July 8, 2015

Jacob Kirkegaard talks about BRICS nations as a new ‘power house’

The combined economic output of the BRICS countries last year came close to matching the Gross Domestic Product of the United States. In contrast back in 2007, the U.S. economy was double that of the BRICS nations.

July 8, 2015

Cyber security expert on airline tech glitch

In the U.S., a series of what’s being called ‘technical glitches’ grounded an airline, took a website offline and even stopped trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Despite the assurance that these were all just ‘IT’ issues, cyber security is on a lot of […]

July 8, 2015

The experiences of mixed race people in Japan

In March, beauty queen Ariana Miyamoto was crowned as Miss Universe Japan pageant, which brought about numerous debates in Japanese social media whether she is appropriate to represent Japan.

July 8, 2015

FARC to begin month long ceasefire

In Colombia a new step toward trying to restore peace. Guerillas with the rebel group, FARC, have now announced a four week unilateral ceasefire. The move follows one of the country’s most violent months in several years.

July 8, 2015

Work begins to restart Japanese nuclear power industry

In the wake of the disaster at Fukushima, Japan closed every one of its nuclear reactors. Now Japan makes moves to reboot a nuclear power plant for the first time.

July 8, 2015

Greek Amb. downplays bank withdrawal restrictions

Greek Ambassador Christos Panagopoulos spoke at length to CCTV America’s Mike Walter on the debt crisis in his country. He urged tourists to keep coming to Greece and not to worry about restrictions on cash withdrawals from banks.

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