The World
Is China Getting Bad Press at the London Games?
Orville Schell, a long-time China observer, notices that the country has been receiving a lot of bad press partly because of its bravado.
PRI’s The World: 07/31/2012 (Honduras, Germany, China)
Broken records, dashed expectations, doping accusations. We bring you the latest news from the 2012 Olympic games. A new documentary chronicles the skateboard culture of the 1980s East Germany. And traditional Colombian music gets a multicultural mix up with Ondatropica.
How to Kill Time Between Olympic Events
Anchor Aaron Schachter gets an update on the talk at the Olympics from The World’s Alex Gallafent in London. Beyond the sporting news, Alex also takes a brief shopping trip to the official department store of the 2012 London games.
Saudi Arabia Bans Smoking In Most Public Places
Saudi Arabia has banned tobacco smoking in most public places, Aaron Schachter speaks with Laura Bashraheel, a reporter with the Saudi Gazette, about the ban.
PRI’s The World: 07/30/2012 (Russia, Iran, Syria)
Why a power-sharing deal might be the only way out of the crisis in Syria. Also, members of a Russian punk band plead not guilty to charges stemming from an anti-Putin song. And what organizers are doing about all those empty seats at the Olympics in London.
Iran’s Regional Interest in the Syria Conflict
Toppling Bashar al-Assad in Syria might be relatively easy, compared to the violence that is likely to plague a fractured, post-Assad regime, says Vali Nasr, the dean of the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Members of Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Plead ‘Not Guilty’ in Moscow Trial
Three members of Russian punk band Pussy Riot have pleaded not guilty to charges of hooliganism over an anti-Vladimir Putin protest at Moscow’s main cathedral.
Four Sentenced to Death Over Iran Bank Fraud
Four people have been sentenced to death for their roles in Iran’s biggest-ever bank fraud scandal and ten others sentenced to decades in prison for a fraud scheme involving loans worth more than $2 billion.
London 2012: Summer Olympics
The World’s coverage of London 2012 includes features, interviews and other stories including ongoing coverage from reporter Alex Gallafent.
PRI’s The World: 07/27/2012 (UK, Central African Republic, Sudan)
It is the opening night for the London Olympics; we get a sense of the excitement from the city streets. Also, concern in the Golan Heights mounts as fighting across the border in Syria continues. And the global fusion of Bibi Tanga.
Wrestling For Peace in South Sudan
One former Lost Boy, Peter Biar Ajak, is hoping to institutionalize the sport of wrestling to calm the violence.
PRI’s The World: 07/26/2012 (UK, India, France)
Nearly a dozen athletes are banned from the London Olympics for doping. Indian sex workers are banned from entering the US for the international AIDS conference, so they hold a parallel AIDS conference in Kolkata in protest. And musical sleuths recreate the missing violins from King Louis XIV’s royal orchestra.
Fighting Escalates in Syria’s Second City Aleppo
The BBC’s Ian Pannell reports from Aleppo, Syria, where rebels hold key parts of the city.
A Journalist’s View of Syria Stalemate
Anchor Aaron Schachter talks to The Guardian newspaper’s Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who has just been to the eastern Syrian city of Deir el-Zour.
PRI’s The World: 07/25/2012 (Spain, Greenland, Cuba)
Ice sheet in Greenland is melting at an unprecedented rate and it has got NASA scientists worried. Also, presidential candidate Mitt Romney heads to London for Olympics and to raise some cash. And Spain’s economic woes dampen the indie music scene.
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