India’s Prime Minister – Narendra Modi – clinched another five-year term leading the world’s largest democracy. It’s a huge vote of confidence for Modi and an historic win for his party, which won a record number of parliamentary seats.
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Voting is underway for the European Parliament. The 28 EU nations are choosing the 751-member legislature, which passes budgets and laws.
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British Prime Minister Theresa May has delayed the vote on her withdrawal bill from the European Union. It was originally planned for the first week of June. May is facing continued pressure to resign over her Brexit policy and is running out of options.
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Authorities insist, however, that this is a temporary situation which requires initiatives to boost local food production and new market sources.
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The California man who became known as the “American Taliban” after his battlefield capture in Afghanistan in 2001 was freed early from his federal sentence on Thursday, despite official concerns that he retains a radical ideology and still poses a risk to U.S. interests.
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Some of the world’s biggest shoemakers are urging U.S. President Donald Trump to end the trade war with China. Trump says he’s happy to collect tariffs on Chinese merchandise paid by China. But economists – including Trump’s chief economic advisor – are quick to acknowledge that’s not how tariffs work.
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The European Union is notoriously complex. And the process of electing the European Parliament, the only directly elected body in the bloc, can be equally confusing.
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Police in Jakarta try to restore calm after deadly clashes left at least 6 people dead and more than 200 wounded. Opponents of Indonesia’s President, Joko Widodo, are angry that he won last month’s presidential election. They demand a recount.
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For the past two weeks, large parts of Mexico have been going up in flames.
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A corruption trial involving Argentina’s former president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner began in Buenos Aires. It came just days after the surprise announcement by Fernandez de Kirchner that she would be running for vice-president.
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A new wave of abortion bans in some U.S. states reignites passions and political discourse on the hot button issue. Campaigners fear the cases may end up at the Supreme Court, with the 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision making abortion a constitutional right eventually overturned.
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Major League Baseball is in full swing in the United States. While the teams are all based in North America, many of their players are scouted from around the world. For the first time this year, one team signed three Chinese players.
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Last week, the Trump Administration added Huawei to a list that bans it from getting technology from U.S. companies without approval.
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A Japanese company has developed a system to increase the security of QR codes, in hopes of persuading more people to forego cash.
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Egypt’s security forces under increased pressure after the second attack in six months on tourists in Giza.
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He’s one of the world’s most iconic movie stars – but even Bruce Lee struggled against racism in Hollywood. Back in the 1970s, a TV show he pitched starring himself as the martial arts lead was rejected… with great suspicion that studios wouldn’t cast an Asian man in a leading role.
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Former South African president again in court for corruption case involving 1990s arms deal. Jacob Zumba’s lawyers claim that the prosecution is acting out of political bias against him.
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The World Health Organization urges political factions in the DRC to unite in fighting the Ebola outbreak or risK the high chances of it spreading even more.
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Concern that U.S. request for extradition of FARC leader might affect peace accord in Colombia. Former commander remains in hospital after last week’s sudden re-arrest in Bogota.
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Robert F. Smith is the richest African-American man in the United States and is valued at over $4 billion. This weekend, the known philanthropist promised to relieve the student loan debt of the 2019 Morehouse College graduating class.
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Top OPEC leaders are in Saudi Arabia discussing their next steps as regional concerns overshadow talks.
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A bus loaded with tourists near the Pyramids of Giza was hit by a roadside bomb.The explosion wounded 17, and police are now looking into who carried out the attack.
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Scott Morrison has defied all expectations and is keeping his job as Australia’s Prime Minister.
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A project that started in Finland has now made its way to Mexico, and it was even named one of Latin America’s top 500 social and environmental projects in 2016.
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Brazil’s Vice President Hamilton Mourao is set to visit China this week. Mourao will restart the China-Brazil High-Level Commission, which was suspended after the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff in 2016.
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One prison in El Salvador is dealing with overcrowding in a unique way
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Two museums in Buenos Aires focus on the history underneath the city.
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The globally acclaimed architect I.M. Pei has died. He was 102-years-old. Born Ieoh Ming Pei in China, he later moved to the United States and established a 60-year career, designing some of the world’s most recognizable buildings.
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Gangs, violence, corruption and a stagnant economy are the problems Nayib Bukele will face when he takes office as El Salvador’s next president June 1.
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U.S. farmers caught in the cross-fire of the trade war with China worry about their futures.
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US President Donald Trump has called on NASA to resume manned lunar missions by 2024, and is asking Congress for a $1.6 billion boost to the space agency’s budget. But American scientists are already setting their sights on getting astronauts to Mars.
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The State Department ordered all “non-emergency” workers out of Iraq. The security alert also advised U.S. citizens not to travel to Iraq. The moves come amid rising tensions with Iran.
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U.S. air safety officials have been defending their record over two deadly Boeing crashes.
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China has been struggling to contain the outbreak of African swine fever since it was first reported last August. The disease has also crossed borders into Mongolia, Vietnam and Cambodia.
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Chinese railroad workers are gaining recognition as the U.S. marks 150 years of its transcontinental railroad. CGTN’s Mark Niu has this story of a new musical called ‘Gold Mountain’ about the lives of those early migrants.
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Back in March, US President Donald Trump ordered cuts in aid to El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras because he felt they weren’t doing enough to curb migration to the United States. Some in Congress are fighting to restore the funds, but their success is anything but certain.
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After weeks of escalating tensions, Washington has said it is not seeking war with Iran. The statement came after the U.S. deployed a carrier strike group and bombers to the Persian Gulf.
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A warning for Russia against interfering in the 20-20 presidential election.Just one of the high-stakes topics addressed by U-S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Russian President Vladimir Putin.The talks come as the two countries do NOT see eye to eye on a number of issues. CGTN’s Lucy Taylor reports from Sochi.
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Huawei prepares launch of its first 5G mobile device for United Kingdom. Upcoming release comes amid a debate in the West on cybersecurity concerns.
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At Promontory Summit in Utah, the 150th anniversary of the Golden Spike featured historic re-enactments that included Chinese-American performers.
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With the trade war with the United States heating up, China’s State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi spent Monday in Russia – cultivating a bi-lateral relationship that shows+- much greater signs of promise.
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A recent study found high levels of pesticides in the drinking water of about 25% of Brazil’s cities. These results have activists worried, with Brazilian agriculture heavily dependent on one chemical component.
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A U.S. comedian is putting the spotlight on the serious problem of postpartum depression by making the subject of laughter.
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The US and China held abbreviated trade talks in Washington that failed to result in an anticipated agreement to end the trade war. Instead, Chinese negotiators take back a hardened stance from President Trump, who has ordered additional tariffs on all Chinese imports.
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In the final part of the week-long series on the U.S. southern border, we go to the city of El Paso, in Texas. U.S. President Donald Trump said the wall that was built there in 2008 made the state a safer place. But the mayor said otherwise, and others believe the wall splits the community.
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A pro-government militia group in Nigeria has freed nearly 900 children it was holding to work as soldiers and other jobs, but it’s not clear how many they still have.
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The first of two days of trade talks between China and the United States has now concluded, while a midnight deadline for an increase in tariffs is just hours away. According to President Trump, a deal is still possible, and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He has expressed hope to ‘find an optimal way to resolve’ the deadlock.
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Russia celebrates Victory Day, the anniversary of the day World War II ended, and remembers the millions who died in the fighting.
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Donald Trump’s tariff hike on $200 Billion worth of Chinese starts May 10, the latest turn in what China calls “the largest trade war in economic history
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New U.S. documents reveal thousands of detained migrant children reported that they were being abused.
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