| Latest worldwide news | Impact Your World How to help | | | CNN Films' "Girl Rising" tells the stories of girls across the globe and the power of education to change the world. Are you inspired to help the cause of girls' education around the world? You can make an impact in many ways, but by just being aware of the issue, you can spread the word. By acting in your own community, you can make a global difference. |
| Get the strength of Hercules | | | The Titan Arm, is the brainchild of four mechanical engineering students who built an upper-body exoskeleton that can more than double the average person's strength |
| Will Kimi deliver success? | | | CNN's Ben Wyatt looks at Ferrari's decision to bring Kimi Raikkonen in to partner Fernando Alonso in 2014. |
| Living With Cancer Brains on Chemo | | | Forgetfulness, trouble concentrating and word loss are common manifestations of the condition known as chemo brain. For many cancer patients (and the people who love them), this can be a mystifying experience, writes Susan Gubar. |
| Once an activist, U.S. envoy Power now fights as a diplomat | | | UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Three months into Samantha Power's tenure as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, human rights activists who favor military intervention have learned to temper their hopes that she would push aggressively for using force to end the humanitarian suffering in Syria. |
| Penguins Hang On Against Bruins | | | Brandon Sutter and Jussi Jokinen scored in the third period, and the host Pittsburgh Penguins held on for a 3-2 victory over the Boston Bruins. |
| Higgs boson, key to the universe, wins Nobel physics prize | | | STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Britain's Peter Higgs and Francois Englert of Belgium won the Nobel Prize for physics on Tuesday for predicting the existence of the Higgs boson particle that explains how elementary matter attained the mass to form stars and planets. |
| Fisheries chief says some EU cod stocks facing collapse | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's fisheries chief proposed on Wednesday a cut of up to a third in the amount of cod the bloc's fishermen can catch next year, warning that stocks are at risk of collapse in some areas. |
| Pakistani Taliban chief killed in drone strike | | | ISLAMABAD/PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - The head of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday, security and Taliban sources said, in a blow to the fragmented movement fighting against the nuclear-armed South Asian nation. |
| EMERGING MARKETS-Petrobras drags Brazil stock index lower | | | MEXICO CITY, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Brazil's Bovespa stock index fell to a three-week low on Friday, with shares of Petrobras pulling the bourse lower while investors profited from sharp gains in the state-run oil company earlier in the week. |
| The Learning Network Blog Poetry Pairing | The Fisherman | | | In this Poetry Pairing, two well-known Irish poets are remembered. There is the nearly 100-year-old poem The Fisherman by William Butler Yeats, paired with the August 2013 obituary Seamus Heaney, Irish Poet of Soil and Strife, Dies at 74. |
| Well Now, a Kiss Isnt Just a Kiss | | | Why do we lock lips in romantic relationships? Its complicated, according to researchers at Oxford University. Its less about sex and more about assessing potential mates than you may think. |
| Fisheries chief says some EU cod stocks facing collapse | | | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's fisheries chief proposed on Wednesday a cut of up to a third in the amount of cod the bloc's fishermen can catch next year, warning that stocks are at risk of collapse in some areas. |
| U.S. celebrates the pumpkin | | | Oct. 21 - Americans find unusual ways to celebrate autumn with pumpkin festivals and competitions. Tara Cleary reports. |
| Shareholders voice displeasure with Oracle's pay watchdogs | | | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Shareholders in Oracle Corp have sent a message to the people who set Chief Executive Larry Ellison's pay, re-electing the directors on the board's compensation committee by much smaller margins than the rest of the directors, according to a filing on Friday. |
| California city fumes over hot sauce factory | | | Oct. 30 - Irwindale, California City Manager says the fumes in the area near a Sriracha hot sauce plant are "horrible" and is taking the company to court. Gavino Garay Reports. |
| Graphene is creeping into your home | | | Just under ten years ago, the Dutch-British physicist Andre Geim stumbled across a substance that would revolutionize the way we understand matter and win him and his colleague Kostya Novoselow the 2010 Nobel Prize for Physics. It was graphene -- a one atom thin substance. The Professor of Physics at Manchester University talks to CNN about discovering the first ever 2-dimensional material. |
| "TransWall" brings new perspective to touch screens | | | Oct. 29 - South Korean researchers have developed a double-sided touch screen for use as an entertainment platform or for public information displays. Called "TransWall", the screen responds to touch on both sides from multiple users. Rob Muir has more. |
| Di Resta reveals Ferrari 'dream' | | | Monza may be a long way from his birthplace in West Lothian, Scotland but Italy is unquestionably a home from home for Paul di Resta. |
| Strategies Riding Out the Political Storm | | | Investment strategists say its likely that long-term investors who stick to a well-thought-out plan can ride out awkward periods like the current conflict in Washington with few ill effects. |
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