World News

World News

South African Protesters Call For President Zuma's Resignation

2:59pm December 22, 2015

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Near the end of a tough year for South Africa's economy, protesters are hitting the streets, railing against President Jacob Zuma. They want Zuma to resign after he fired the finance minister.

Queue Listen Now

President Paul Kagame posted his ballot in Kigali on Friday as Rwandans voted in a referendum to decide whether he should be allowed to extend his time in power.

World News

Rwanda's President Dangles The Possibility Of A Third Term

2:55pm December 22, 2015

by Gregory Warner

Paul Kagame is the only president the country has had since 2000. He's already served two terms, and voters support amending the constitution to allow him to stay in office another 17 years.

Queue Listen Now

FIFA Bans Soccer President Sepp Blatter For 8 Years

2:53pm December 22, 2015

by Tom Goldman

In a statement, FIFA said Blatter's ban was tied to a $2 million payment he made to FIFA Vice President Michel Platini. FIFA says that Blatter was not able to provide a "legal basis" for that payment.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Convicted; Receives Suspended Sentence

2:49pm December 22, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

The conviction was based on the contents of seven tweets he posted online. The sentence caps a year which saw most of the country's small community of human rights lawyers detained or questioned.

Queue Listen Now

John Kerry Is Definitely A Secretary Of State On The Move

2:46pm December 22, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

John Kerry is on the path to log more miles than any secretary of State in history. Kerry's reason for all that travel is his firm belief in face-to-face diplomacy.

Queue Listen Now

World News

Rio's Museum Of Tomorrow Is Not Without Controversy

2:24pm December 22, 2015

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Ahead of next year's Olympics, host city Rio de Janeiro inaugurated the Museum of Tomorrow. The multi-million dollar structure is the center of a $2 billion remaking of its impoverished port district.

Queue Listen Now

Iraqi soldiers advance their position in northern Ramadi, 70 miles west of Baghdad, on Monday.

Iraqi Military Launches Offensive Against ISIS In Ramadi

11:25am December 22, 2015

by Merrit Kennedy

The Iraqi military has encircled the city since last month. Now, with U.S. air support, it's pushing into the ISIS stronghold in the city center.

Hungarian police officers stop a group of refugees near a makeshift camp for asylum seekers in Roszke, southern Hungary, in September 2015.

World News

The Number Of Migrants And Refugees Arriving In Europe Tops 1 Million

7:06am December 22, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Most of them are from Syria, Africa and South Asia. The International Organization for Migration says this is the highest migration flow since World War II.

Rescuers use machinery to search for potential survivors following a landslide in the south of China.

World News

A Day After Massive Landslide In China, 85 People Still Missing

9:04pm December 21, 2015

by Laura Wagner

The landslide of mud and construction materials is the latest in a string of disasters in China that were caused by human error.

Clara, 27, plays with her son. Both of them are HIV-positive and have had TB; they live in South Africa.

Could A New Berry-Flavored Pill Help Stop Childhood TB?

8:05pm December 21, 2015

Many kids reject or cough up the bitter adult-size pills for TB. The new ones dissolve in water and come in precise kid-size doses.