A portrait of South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, was vandalized Tuesday at a gallery in Johannesburg.
Sandstone rocks discovered in Australia about a year ago are believed to contain fossils of the earliest living cells.
It is the first time in the Egypt’s history that voters can freely choose their president.
We begin our series on social class: how it’s shaped societies around the world, and how it’s changing today. Also, Egypt’s presidential election — and how the Islamist candidates are presenting themselves. And finally, new, ‘happy’ music from South Africa’s Hugh Masekela.
More than 90 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at a military parade rehearsal in Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, defense ministry officials say. An al-Qaeda source told the BBC one of its members had carried out the attack.
Anchor Aaron Schachter talks with journalist Gayle Lemmon about a “shadow summit” on Afghanistan’s women that took place Sunday in Chicago alongside the NATO summit there.
Former British servicemen and officials may have passed on to Japan intelligence and training that might have aided the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, according to a new BBC documentary. Producer Paul Elston tells host Aaron Schachter about the apparent espionage.
Tens of millions of Egyptians are preparing for the country’s first competitive presidential elections. 13 candidates are vying for the job.
In 1944, Britain introduced the Eleven Plus exam. School students age 11 who passed this mandatory test could enroll in elite secondary schools that prepared them for college. The thinking was that bright working class kids would have a path to a middle class education and career. Those who failed the exam would go to regular schools, with the expectation that they would leave school for good at 15. This two-tiered system was criticized for writing off all but the smartest kids, and it was scrapped in the 1970s. Now however, the Conservative-led government is starting to re-introduce it.
Three climbers died on Mount Everest this weekend. Two more are missing. The mountain is particularly dangerous this year, and more congested than ever. One respected expedition organizer canceled the season earlier this month.
Monday is the anniversary of the 1864 massacre of the Circassians, an ethnic people from the North Caucasus. Their descendants are scattered around the world, including in northern New Jersey. Now they are pushing to go back to their cultural home. Can you name it?
Economic woes in Europe to top the agenda this weekend at the G8 summit at Camp David. Also, one Russian businessman becomes an overnight billionaire thanks to Facebook. Plus, one Scottish band tries to make Gaelic hip and sexy.
Barack Obama welcomed the new French President, Francois Hollande, to the White House today. But cameras were not allowed to capture Obama’s handshake with the Socialist leader.
Moody’s ratings agency have downgraded Spanish banks on Friday, as talk mounts of a financial meltdown in Europe. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.
Italy is experimenting with small drones to track down mafia eco-criminals involved in illegal dumping. Reporter Angelica Marin reports from Naples.
