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Pakistani Military Hopes Rehab Will Lead Men To Paralympics

The Pakistani military's Armed Forces Institute for Rehabilitative Medicine in Rawalpindi is the top rehab center for veterans wounded in what they call "the war on terror." Most of the young men there are from the country's Frontier Corps and have fought in Waziristan. They have lost arms and legs to roadside bombs and improvised explosive devices. Pakistan is doing its best to get them artificial limbs. But a new program goes a step further. The hospital is furnishing some men with blade legs and training them for the Paralympics.

A boat skims through the melting ice in the Ilulissat fiord, on the western coast of Greenland, in 2008. The glacier is the most active in the Northern Hemisphere, producing 10 percent of Greenland's icebergs, or some 20 million tons of ice per day. But experts say the glacier is in bad shape because of climate change.

In A Shift From 2008 Race, Obama's Hush On Climate

In sharp contrast to his 2008 campaign, President Obama hasn't mentioned climate change on the campaign trail this time around, instead choosing to focus on the economic side of clean energy rather than the climate change side.

A traveler stands at the check-in lobby at Havana's Jose Marti International Airport last year. On Jan. 14, Cuba scraps a much-reviled, decades-old exit permit requirement, easing most Cubans' exit and return.

After 50 Years, Cuba Drops Unpopular Travel Restriction

New rules go into effect Jan. 14 that end Cubans' need to obtain a costly "exit permit" to travel to other countries. However, some Cubans — like top scientists or athletes, as well as dissidents or others deemed a "threat" to the government — still face restrictions.

The Fed announces stricter rules on trading for policymakers and senior staff

The rules follow controversies surrounding trades by the presidents of two regional Fed banks. Critics say the rules don't go far enough.

President Biden has signed a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

President Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill into law Monday, surrounded by members of both parties. But some of the Republicans backing the bill face death threats.

As Biden's signature spending bill stalls, Democrats are forced to regroup

President Biden acknowledged in a statement Thursday night that his spending agenda will be delayed well beyond a hoped-for Christmas vote in the Senate and now may take "days and weeks" to complete.

Masks hang from an IV pole at a hospital.

The omicron wave seems to be waning. But Lubbock hospitals are as stressed as ever

Lubbock hospital administrators feel like they’re experiencing déjà vu, only this time they lack a few state-provided resources. That’s on top of dealing with staffing shortages.

Christine Lagarde is the first woman to hold the position of director of the IMF.

Tina Brown's Must-Reads: The Women Of The World

The Newsweek editor looks at how women helped bring about peace in Liberia; how they're changing the state of marriage throughout Asia; and the rise of Christine Lagarde to the top of that notoriously male-dominated institution, the International Monetary Fund.

Secret CIA Prisons Raise Human Rights Concerns

The CIA is holding top al Qaeda suspects in secret prison compounds in Eastern Europe as part of a string of so-called "black sites" set up after the Sept. 11 attacks, The Washington Post reported this week. Linda Wertheimer talks with Post reporter Dana Priest about the detention centers and the human rights concerns they have raised in Europe.

The Beatles' Apple Records: 40 Years Later

Forty years ago Wednesday, The Beatles launched Apple Records. The label's trademark green Apple logo appeared on albums by The Beatles and other artists the band helped discover. It didn't take The Beatles long to show they were better at making music than running a business.

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