Two Striking Photos From Today's APEC Meetings
The forum's first day has already brought us interesting images. In one, the leaders of China and Japan reflect their countries' unease; in another, world leaders dress alike.
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In China, Obama Touts Visa Deal, Progress On Free-Trade Pact
Under a new agreement, the U.S. and China will extend visas from the current one-year term to five and 10 years. President Obama is in China for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.
Ebola Is Keeping Kids From Getting Vaccinated In Liberia
The rate for routine vaccinations of babies used to be 97 percent. Now the figure is 27 percent. Blame it on the rippling effects of the outbreak.
Ebola Today Could Mean Illiteracy Tomorrow In West Africa
Millions of children aren't going to school because of Ebola. The fear is that some kids will never return to class. For others, the time off means putting their career dreams on hold.
Ill-Equipped And Underpaid, Kurdish Fighters Hold ISIS At Bay
With Iraq's military in tatters and U.S. forces gone, the Kurdish peshmerga is the only viable force to stave off ISIS in Iraq. With little support from Baghdad, discontent grows among the fighters.
Pyongyang Releases 2 U.S. Citizens Who Were Held For Months
Two Americans who had been held prisoner in North Korea have returned to the U.S. They were freed after Director of National Intelligence James Clapper went to North Korea to negotiate their release.
Obama Leaves Election Results Behind, Travels To Asia
President Obama is in Beijing — kicking off a week-long trip that will also take him to Burma and Australia. The overseas trip comes on the heels of last week's domestic drubbing for the Democrats.
Confirmation Of Mexican Students' Deaths Touches Off Protests
Violent protests broke out over news that the students had been killed, burned and their remains tossed in a river. The announcement that the case was solved didn't quelled public outcry.
Suicide Bomber In School Uniform Targets High School
A suicide bomber attacked a secondary school in the violence-torn region of northeast Nigeria. Dozens of students are reported to have been killed.
Bombing At Nigerian High School Kills Dozens
As many as 48 students reportedly died in the attack came during a morning assembly Monday. It's being blamed on the insurgent group Boko Haram.