U.N. Rights Chief Says He’ll Shine a Light on Countries Big and Small
The Saturday Profile By NICK CUMMING-BRUCE GENEVA — IN a 20-year career at the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein has had more than a few opportunities to witness…
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Hungry Residents Often Forced To Use Malaria Nets For Fishing In Many African Nations
Billionaire Bill Gates is confident malaria will be eradicated in his lifetime. And reputable aid organizations continue to pat themselves on the backs for scaling up their efforts to provide…
These Photos Show Liberia’s Hope And Relief As Ebola Wanes
The Ebola outbreak that wreaked havoc in west African countries over the past year is finally showing signs of receding. The number of new Ebola cases has plummeted in recent…
Jay Z Buying Music-Streaming Service WiMP, One Of Spotify’s Biggest Rivals
According to Business Insider, Jay Z may acquire music-streaming service WiMP for $56 million. Extremely popular in Scandinavian countries, and owner of Tidal, which operates in Norway, WiMP poses one…
All Around The World, Girls Are Doing Much Better Than Boys Academically
Girls are academically outperforming boys in many countries around the world — even in places where women face political, economic or social inequalities. A new report from Dr. Gijsbert Stoet…
Greek debt crisis: Who has most to lose?
Most Greek debt is held by other eurozone countries. Around 53 billion euros was loaned through bilateral agreements, according to researchers at Open Europe. The Greek government would have to…
Oxfam: Rich Countries Must Support Ebola Victims Who Have ‘Gone Through Hell’
Rich countries must act swiftly to repair battered health systems and get cash to millions of families in the three countries hit hardest by the world’s worst Ebola outbreak, the…
Obama on Russia: ‘Large countries don’t bully smaller countries’
“We have no interest in seeing Russia weakened or its economy in shambles. We have a profound interest, as I believe every country does, in promoting a core principle, which…
18 Outstanding Young Photographers From The Arab World
“Close to here: Young Photographers from North Africa and the Middle East” is an exhibition comprised of 18 young photographers from 10 Arab countries, showing at the B’chira Art Center…
Cracking The Brain’s Genetic Code
An international team of over 300 scientists are taking on an ambitious project to identify eight common genetic mutations that appear to age the brain by three years on average….
How CNN’s Global Wage Calculator was put together
The share of employees in total employment varies across the world. In most developed economies, employees represent about 85% of total employment. However, in developing countries this is much less….
Iran’s Supreme Leader pens open letter to the young people of the West
“The recent events in France and similar ones in some other Western countries have convinced me to directly talk to you about them,” Khamenei’s letter reads. “I am addressing you,…
Bill & Melinda Gates: Our bet for 2030
We started our foundation in 2000 with the idea that by backing innovative work in health and education, we could help billions of people improve their lives. The progress we’ve…
Left: Obama was great, except on trade
Democratic lawmakers, labor unions and environmental groups are quickly mounting a campaign to deny Obama’s request for authority to fast-track new deals with Pacific Rim countries and the European Union…
Kofi Annan: Leaders in Davos must act now to confront global issues
The horrific events in Paris and northern Nigeria have underlined again how troubled and fragmented our world is. Religious extremism and sectarianism is fueling terrorism and widespread conflict which has…
Fred Finn Claims To Be The World’s Most Traveled Person
You may think you’ve traveled a lot, but no one — literally, no one — has traveled as much by air as 74-year-old Fred Finn, at least according to the…
Jindal: Muslims Form ‘No-Go Zones’ Outside Civic Control
Some countries have allowed Muslims to establish autonomous neighborhoods in cities where they govern by a harsh version of Islamic law, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday during a speech…
Thailand’s new constitution could soon recognize third gender
“People should have [that] freedom to change sex and they should be equally protected by the Constitution and the law and treated fairly.” Third gender means that an individual does…
How to prevent another Paris? Experts debate issues that divide, unite
Cindy Storer: I think it’s too soon to evaluate the French and broader European response to the attacks. But I’d like to address what I hope will come of this….
Following the tangled and treacherous trail after France terror attack
That picture looks much more complex one week later. The final death toll was 17, plus three suspects killed. The threads that investigators have followed from the newsroom of the…
Al Qaeda branch issues warning to France
“As long as its soldiers occupy countries such as Mali and Central Africa and bombard our people in Syria and Iraq, and as long as its lame media continues to…
Jet fuel turned green?
“Different countries grow different crops. They have different refineries in place. Sustainability isn’t just about reducing emissions in the air. We have to consider the whole life-cycle in terms of…