TED Talks
TED: Let's crowdsource the world's goals | Jamie Drummond
In 2000, the UN laid out 8 goals to make the world better by reducing poverty and disease -- with a deadline of 2015. As that deadline approaches, Jamie Drummond of ONE.org runs down the surprising successes of the 8 Millennium...
TED Talks
Chip Conley: Measuring what makes life worthwhile
When the dotcom bubble burst, hotelier Chip Conley went in search of a business model based on happiness. In an old friendship with an employee and in the wisdom of a Buddhist king, he learned that success comes from what you count.
TED Talks
TED: How I swam the North Pole | Lewis Pugh
Lewis Pugh talks about his record-breaking swim across the North Pole. He braved the icy waters (in a Speedo) to highlight the melting icecap. Watch for astonishing footage -- and some blunt commentary on the realities of supercold-water...
TED Talks
Mae Jemison: Teach arts and sciences together
Mae Jemison is an astronaut, a doctor, an art collector, a dancer ... Telling stories from her own education and from her time in space, she calls on educators to teach both the arts and sciences, both intuition and logic, as one -- to...
Financial Times
The billionaire space race
John Thornhill investigates whether big government or big business will fund the future of space exploration.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
What the Fact: Heads of State
Discover unusual facts about some notable world leaders.
Step Back History
A Brief History of Brazil
Brazil is on track to become one of the world superpowers by the end of the century. That being said, what should we come to expect from this South American country? Let's learn about Brazil.
Curated Video
President Biden seeks to shift focus abroad amid growing concerns about his leadership back home
For President Joe Biden, NATO’s 75th anniversary summit couldn’t have come at a more critical — or more difficult — time. (Scripps News)
Bloomberg
Silence Cloaks Kremlin After Short-Lived Mutiny Against Putin
Vladimir Putin faced the biggest challenge to his two-decade rule with a short-lived mutiny. Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin halted his fighters' advance toward Moscow in a deal brokered by Belarus' president to end the revolt...
Press Association
Sunak meets Macron to discuss small boat crossings
Prime Minister RIshi Sunak holds a bi-lateral meeting with French president Emmanuel Macron, where the pair will discuss their efforts to tackle small boat crossings of the Channel. But first Mr Sunak asked Mr Macron about his boxing...
Press Association
Boris Johnson meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for first time
Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets with the new German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for the first time in person at the Munich Security Conference.
Press Association
Sunak meets Biden and Albanese in San Diego to finalise details of defence pact
Rishi Sunak, Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese and US President Joe Biden met in San Diego to announce the next stage of the Aukus programme.
Press Association
Boris Johnson: Use of biological or chemical weapons would be viewed with 'utter horror'
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says any use of chemical, biological or nuclear weapons by Russia against Ukraine would be viewed with ‘utter horror’ by world leaders .
Bloomberg
UN General Assembly Faces Test as Ukraine War Continues
Leaders from around the globe are in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, and Russia's seven-month-old invasion of Ukraine dominated the debate. As the session began, news broke that the Kremlin was racing to stage sham...
Curated Video
World leaders battling a deepening economic crisis are vowing to cooperate more closely. The vow came at the conclusion of a two-day emergency summit in Washington. Bonny Ghosh reports.
HEADLINE: Leaders at economic summit vow action
CAPTION: World leaders battling a deepening economic crisis are vowing to cooperate more closely. The vow came at the conclusion of a two-day emergency summit in Washington. Bonny Ghosh...
Curated Video
Pres. Biden Hosts Climate Meeting Amid High Gas Price Pressure
The White House said the meeting is a "continuation of the president's efforts to use all levers to tackle the global climate crisis."
Curated Video
Pope Calls On Governments To Make Health Care Accessible To All
The pope is asking governments to not allow "financial concerns" to push health care problems to the wayside.
Curated Video
President Trump To Lose Twitter Protections After Leaving White House
President Trump will lose protections afforded world leaders by Twitter that give them leeway to post potentially false or harmful statements.
Bloomberg
Ban Ki-Moon busca compromiso mundial en cambio climático
Dic.11-- El exsecretario general de la ONU Ban Ki-Moon habla sobre la conferencia anual sobre cambio climático con Shery Ahn y David Westin para "Bloomberg Markets: Balanza de Poder".
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Greta Thunberg to AFP: Trump is so extreme that he helps climate activists
Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg tells AFP that US President Donald Trump's climate change denialism is so extreme that it has helped galvanize the movement to halt long term planetary warning (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Iron Ore Drops to Five-Year Low Ahead of APEC
Nov. 6 -- Iron ore fell to the lowest level in more than five years as China ordered some mills to curb output to cut pollution before hosting a global summit, hurting demand in the biggest user just as rising supplies exacerbate a glut....
Curated Video
World Leaders Pledge Billions For Coronavirus Vaccine
The EU collected pledges in a virtual event involving more than 30 countries, banks and other organizations.
Press Association
Art installation calls on world leaders to show urgency in taking action on climate change
Demonstraters stage a mock Cop 26 negotiation on a sinking platform to show time is running out for the Cop26 negotiations. Inc quotes from Joseph Sikulu from Tonga who represents the Pacific Climate Warriors He discusses the purpose of...
Curated Video
May on trade, China relations as she heads to G20
RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLYSHOTLIST:++QUALITY AS INCOMING++UK POOL - AP CLIENTS ONLYHeathrow Airport, London - 3 September 20161. UK Prime Minister Theresa May and UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond arriving to board plane for...