The Immortal Cells of Henrietta Lacks
Henrietta Lacks, a black woman who died of cancer in 1951, became the source of a cell line — HeLa — that has been cultivated for 60 years in laboratories around the world, contributing to cancer...
View ArticleU.S. Financial Firms Offer Innovative, Easy Ways to Help Japan
Two American financial firms are making it convenient for their customers to donate to help survivors of the Japan earthquake and Pacific tsunami. The donations go to the American Red Cross, which...
View ArticleClinton: U.S., China Building Enduring Relationship
Americans and Chinese talking to one another — listening and learning — is critical to building enduring relations between the two nations, Secretary Clinton says.
View ArticleClinton Looking to Americans for Help in Their Home Countries
The United States is looking to make more use of members of diaspora groups to help with economic and political development in the countries of their ancestors, and the secretary of state has opened a...
View ArticleDiaspora Forum Focuses on Business Benefits Between Countries
U.S. officials are offering help and encouragement for members of diaspora communities who want to start businesses and help the countries from which they came, as well as themselves and the U.S. economy.
View ArticleInternational Child Abductions Are on Sharp Rise, U.S. Says
International child abductions are rising sharply and that is “a disturbing trend,” a senior U.S. diplomat says. “International parental abductions affect American families throughout the United States...
View ArticleHometown, Through the Photographer’s Lens
Winners of a State Department contest use photographs to capture elements of their hometown.
View ArticleG8 Summit Sought Common Solutions to Global Challenges
The Deauville G8 Summit of major industrialized nations was focused on finding common solutions to some of the world’s most vexing security and economic challenges. The summit leaders discussed a wide...
View ArticleSpace Shuttle Endeavour Returns, Building Legacy
The space shuttle Endeavour re-entered Earth’s atmosphere to land safely at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida June 1, ending its mission and the vehicle’s career. NASA called the...
View ArticleClinton Launches Initiative to Empower Women Through Sports
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has launched the Women’s World Cup Initiative, which brings together international exchanges and sports to empower women and girls around the world. She said...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Lessons Learned at the Negotiating Table
U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan Princeton Lyman, in an op-ed, describes the lessons learned from the negotiations that led to the creation of the independent state of South Sudan.
View ArticleU.S. Recognizes South Sudan, Pledges Steadfast Partnership
The United States formally recognizes the Republic of South Sudan on July 9.
View ArticleSecretary Clinton on Independence Day for South Sudan
Secretary of State Clinton, in an op-ed, outlines steps that Sudan and South Sudan should take to consolidate progress and ensure a lasting peace.
View ArticleAmerican Musician will.i.am Heading to China to Promote Exchanges
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and the Black Eyed Peas’ will.i.am meet in Washington to announce a new collaboration to expand U.S.-China educational and cultural exchanges. The effort aims...
View ArticleChilean Mine Rescue: A Lesson in Leadership
Business professors from top schools in the United States and Chile call the leadership shown in the 2010 rescue of Chilean miners “a lesson for the ages.”
View ArticleJapanese Baseball Players’ U.S. Visit Is in Full Swing
Sixteen teenagers from Japan who play baseball and softball have a busy itinerary during a two-week visit to the United States as they take in games, from Major League to Little League; participate in...
View ArticleObama Urges Leaders to Seek Lasting Peace in Imperfect World
President Obama calls on world leaders at the United Nations to recommit to seeking a lasting peace — for nations and for individuals — that is built on a sense of justice and opportunity, of dignity...
View ArticleUnited States Signs on for World Expo 2012 in South Korea
The United States joins nations planning to participate in the 2012 World Expo, to be held in Yeosu, South Korea.
View ArticleObama: Advanced Economies Lay Plans for Economic Growth
President Obama says the Group of 20 nations have worked together and made progress toward strengthening the global economy, averting another recession and putting the world on the path to recovery.
View ArticleU.S. Committed to Positive, Cooperative Relations with China
A thriving China is good for the Chinese and is good for the United States, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says, but China must embrace political, economic and human rights reforms which...
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