Greece is broke and many Greeks are struggling to make ends meet. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with one unemployed woman, Theodora Oikonomides in Athens.
Despite a troubling past as colonial ruler, Portuguese are flocking to Brazil to take advantage of its booming economy.
Casoria Contemporary Art Museum has embarked on a controversial campaign to protest budget cuts to the arts. It’s burning works of art one by one to protest government indifference. Where is the museum located?
A cartoon that was published in India more than 60 years ago has caused a showdown between India’s Education Ministry and the nation’s Dalit community.
Nearly one out of four working-age Spaniards is without a job. And as The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Spain, people in even more dire straits are scavenging for food.
Some Catholic priests are trying to protect the migrants from central and south America by setting up shelters along the way.
The BBC’s Rana Jawad was the only Western reporter to remain in Tripoli throughout the uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi last year.
Iranian cartoonist Mahmoud Shokraiyeh has been sentenced to a flogging for depicting an Iranian politician in a soccer jersey.
The plot wasn’t carried out because the designated bomber was reportedly a double agent working for Saudi intelligence and the CIA.
India has become a breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant microbes, according to a story in the June issue of Bloomberg Markets Magazine. The World’s Marco Werman talks to reporter Jason Gale about what’s causing the problem and how India’s medical tourism industry could expose people worldwide to the resistant germs.
The EU and Germany have stressed Greece must keep to the terms of the two EU/IMF bailouts, after a surge of voter support for anti-austerity parties. The two main parties, New Democracy and Pasok, attracted less than a third of the vote, in an election plunging Greece into political uncertainty.
Stock markets in Europe fell initially today on the election news from Greece and France. Economists disagree, but many fear the populist backlash against austerity could put new pressure on the euro, and thus, the world economy. Anchor Marco Werman discusses the issue with Jacob Kirkegaard, research fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economcis in Washington.
Al-Khader is a Palestinian village where the Festival of St. George is celebrated each year. The World’s Matthew Bell visited the monastery in Al-Khader where the legend of St. George the Dragon Slayer still inspires Christians and Muslims alike.
The Chinese civil rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng become a household word in the space of about 10 days. His daring escape from house arrest, his circuitous route to the US Embassy in Beijing, the tense negotiations between the US and China, the deal reached, his decision to leave the Embassy, and then the deal gone sour. Chinese netizens and cartoonists (using pen names) have followed the saga with solidarity, humor and solemnity.
Barely a year after a massive earthquake and tsunami crippled northern Japan, there’s increasing fear of a big quake hitting Tokyo. Reporter Sam Eaton recently spent time with one of Japan’s leading seismologists, and a survivor of the last major quake to hit Tokyo, nearly 90 years ago.
