Special Reports
Special Report: As Trumpcare bill languishes, former opioid users cling to lifeline
PORTSMOUTH, Ohio Dusti Hill scooped her two-year-old daughter, Porter, into her arms one day this June in a room filled with toys and cartoon murals, relishing their reunion after 10 months apart.
Special Report: Vladimir's Venezuela - Leveraging loans to Caracas, Moscow snaps up oil assets
CARACAS/HOUSTON Venezuela’s unraveling socialist government is increasingly turning to ally Russia for the cash and credit it needs to survive – and offering prized state-owned oil assets in return, sources familiar with the negotiations told Reuters. | Video
Former Syrian rebels flee, hide from army conscription
BEIRUT After fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for six years, rebel soldier Abu Mohammed laid down his arms as part of a peace deal in his home town of Moadamiya last year.
Scant oversight, corporate secrecy preceded U.S. weed killer crisis
NEW YORK As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away. | Video
Israeli 'binary options' ban set for final parliamentary vote
JERUSALEM An Israeli parliamentary committee approved on Monday a bill to ban locally-based firms from selling "binary option" bets overseas through online trading, clearing a final hurdle before market regulators are given authority to begin a broad crackdown.
Suu Kyi's man in Yangon under fire over transit deal with China
YANGON Aung San Suu Kyi's first major infrastructure project could hardly be more visible - hundreds of new yellow buses now plying the streets of Yangon in what her ruling party hopes will be a potent symbol of how it is transforming peoples' lives.
Special Report: The immigrant success story that led Spanish police to a Chinese banking behemoth
MADRID In Spain's Chinese community, Gao Ping was the ultimate immigrant success story. He was a young man when he arrived more than two decades ago and took a job as a cook in a Chinese restaurant.
Special Report: How China's biggest bank became ensnared in a sprawling money laundering probe
MADRID A few minutes before 8 p.m. on Aug. 8, 2012, two Chinese living in Spain - a banker and her client - held a blunt phone conversation.
Special Report: Herded into default, then hounded to repay student loans
PHILADELPHIA Lakisha Johnson figured all she needed was her 2016 tax refund to get her and her daughter out of a homeless shelter and back into a place of their own. | Video
Prospect of Trump tariff casts pall over U.S. solar industry
LOS ANGELES U.S. solar companies are snapping up cheap imported solar panels ahead of a trade decision by the Trump administration that could drive up costs and cloud the fortunes of one of the economy's brightest stars. | Video
Venezuela prepares formal response to Trump 'military option'
CARACAS Venezuela's government on Saturday prepared to deliver a stinging rebuke of U.S. President Donald Trump after he said the United States was considering a "military option" regarding the crisis-stricken country. | Video
