Apr 10th, 2008 · With the Macarena long past, a European dance craze is set to invade U.S. shores. The Tecktonik began just outside Paris, and is spreading to nightclubs and onto the streets across Europe.
Dec 3rd, 2008 · Opinion polls indicate that the showgirl is the No. 1 role model for young Italian women. Women dominate in advertising and TV shows, but the presence of women in the Italian work force, in management and in politics is drastically lower than in the rest of Europe. Some blame Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Nov 17th, 2008 · Leaders from 21 nations and four international organizations will meet again in April. Over the weekend, they pledged to cooperate more closely, watch out for red-flag problems and give bigger roles to fast-rising nations.
Nov 16th, 2008 · U.S. box office numbers are what make the headlines in the U.S., but what makes a lot of the cash is overseas sales. And in much of Europe, that means American films dubbed into the native language. Susan Stone visits a German studio that's dubbing the new James Bond movie.
Nov 13th, 2008 · In the days following Barack Obama's election, expressions of congratulations and joy have filled the pages of newspapers in Europe. But mixed in have been inappropriate, insensitive and downright racist remarks from politicians and journalists.
Nov 4th, 2008 · In 1940, the United States was just emerging from the shadow of the Great Depression and war loomed in Europe. Into these serious times stepped Gracie Allen, part of the popular comic duo Burns and Allen, who launched a campaign for president.
Nov 4th, 2008 · More than 30 years after documenting a trip through Europe, the Middle East and Asia in The Great Railway Bazaar, Paul Theroux re-creates the voyage in Ghost Train to the Eastern Star.
Nov 3rd, 2008 · A U.N. aid convoy is headed for rebel-held areas of eastern Congo with medical supplies for some of the 250,000 people who have fled the fighting. Diplomats from the U.S., Europe and the U.N. are trying to arrange a regional peace conference.