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Global Observer
Foreign dispatches from correspondents around the world.
Jennifer Riggins
Jennifer Riggins
Correspondent, Madrid
Jennifer Riggins has held a number of positions in journalism, community organizing, non-profit fundraising, sales, and teaching English as a foreign language. She holds a degree from William Paterson University. She is based in Madrid, Spain.
Jennifer Riggins
Jennifer Riggins does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Vanessa Ko
Vanessa Ko
Correspondent, Hong Kong
Vanessa Ko has written for TIME, South China Morning Post and Phnom Penh Post. She holds degrees from Northwestern University and the University of Hong Kong. She is based in Hong Kong, China.
Vanessa Ko
Vanessa Ko does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Tom Hancock
Tom Hancock
Correspondent, Beijing
Tom Hancock has written for Geographical Magazine, The Asia Society, China Dialogue and AsianCorrespondent.com. He previously worked at CNN's Beijing bureau. He holds a degree from the University of Cambridge and studied at The Renmin University of China. He is based in Beijing, China.
Tom Hancock
Tom Hancock does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what he covers.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Bryan Pirolli
Bryan Pirolli
Correspondent, Paris
Bryan Pirolli has worked for Conde Nast and Travel+Leisure and has written for EuroCheapo.com and Concierge.com. He holds a degree from New York University and is currently studying at the Sorbonne. He is based in Paris, France.
Bryan Pirolli
Bryan Pirolli does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what he covers.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Dave Mayers
Dave Mayers
Correspondent, Johannesburg
Dave Mayers has written for The New York Times, the Financial Times, the Committee to Protect Journalists and the World Picture Network. He has taught multimedia journalism at Wits University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He holds degrees from St. John's University and Columbia. He is based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Dave Mayers
Dave Mayers does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what he covers.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Lauren Villagran
Lauren Villagran
Correspondent, Mexico City
Lauren Villagran has written for the Associated Press, Dallas Morning News and Christian Science Monitor. She holds a degree from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
Lauren Villagran
Lauren Villagran does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Lieu Thi Pham
Lieu Thi Pham
Correspondent, Melbourne
Lieu Thi Pham is a freelance writer based in Melbourne, Australia. She has contributed to The Age, Associated Newspapers, Melbourne University Magazine, the Big Issue, Dazed and Confused, Indesign Group, Time Out, SOMA and Niche Media. She holds degrees from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University.
Lieu Thi Pham
Lieu Thi Pham does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Shannon Smith
Shannon Smith
Correspondent, Berlin
Shannon N. Smith has written for WNYC's The Takeaway and TheLocal.de. She holds a degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She is based in Berlin, Germany.
Shannon Smith
Shannon Smith does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Betwa Sharma
Betwa Sharma
Correspondent, Delhi
Betwa Sharma has written for the Christian Science Monitor, Time, Foreign Policy, The New Republic, The Daily Beast, AOL News, GlobalPost, The Huffington Post, Columbia Journalism Review, The Times of India, Hindustan Times, Indian Express and The Tribune.
She previously worked as the United Nations/New York correspondent for the Press Trust of India, the country's largest newswire. She holds degrees from the National Law Institute University in India, Cambridge University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She is based in Delhi, India.
Betwa Sharma
Betwa Sharma does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what she covers.
She writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
Ian Mount
Ian Mount
Correspondent, Buenos Aires
Ian Mount is a freelance writer based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He has written for the New York Times, New York, Slate, Monocle, the Telegraph (UK) and Food & Wine. He has also produced pieces for public radio shows such as The World and Marketplace, and is the author of The Vineyard at the End of the World: Maverick Winemakers and the Rebirth of Malbec (W.W. Norton, 2012).
Ian Mount
Ian Mount does not have financial holdings that would influence how or what he covers.
He writes for SmartPlanet and is not an employee of CBS.
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Mexico City launches massive composting project
MEXICO CITY -- Faced with a mounting trash problem, Mexico City has taken to composting some 3,000 tons of organic garbage daily.
1 | May 23, 2012 3:00am |
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Spanish MitMi fills in Facebook Events' gaps
MADRID -- Application MitMi dramatically improves upon Facebook Events through segmentation and customization.
May 22, 2012 3:17am |
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In India, tigers and villagers struggling to exist together
SARISKA -- India, which has the highest number of wild tigers, will play the biggest role in saving the big cat. But it needs to solve the growing man-animal conflict.
May 21, 2012 12:05am |
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Buenos Aires municipal hackathon promotes open government
BUENOS AIRES -- Buenos Aires is betting that its techies can help turn the city into an innovation hub and open the government to the masses. Can a hundred programmers do that over a weekend?
May 18, 2012 3:00am |
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Berlin's Nelou gives indie fashion designers the floor
BERLIN -- As Europe's tech scene matures, startups like Nelou.com are demonstrating some of the continent's most impressive innate strengths.
1 | May 17, 2012 4:26am |
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Debunking 'auras' and other magic in Spain
GRANADA -- Researchers at the University of Granada have discovered neuropsychological reasoning behind non-traditional healers and fortune tellers.
3 | May 17, 2012 3:21am |
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Q&A: Finn Butler on wayfinding design
MELBOURNE -- Wayfinding is more about behavioral psychology than signage, claims one of Australia's leading design specialists.
2 | May 16, 2012 3:30am |
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Can green tech take Panasonic out of the red?
TOKYO - Once mighty Japanese firm Panasonic is making deep losses. Can a new focus on sustainability turn the company around?
1 | May 15, 2012 3:15am |
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Raising Spanish productivity by 40 percent
MADRID -- WorkMeter aims to inspire productivity quantitatively on often the biggest time sucker: the computer.
2 | May 14, 2012 2:28am |
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In France, app opens doors for disabled city dwellers
PARIS -- Microsoft-sponsored competition spurs French students to develop a new mobile app to ease city navigation for people with physical disabilities.
1 | May 11, 2012 3:48am |
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Spreading insight on African Internet
Insights Africa is a recently launched website that hopes to do exactly what its name says it does - shine some light on how and why Africans go online.
1 | May 11, 2012 3:00am |
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In Hong Kong, adaptive reuse produces a free clinic
HONG KONG -- A historic building has been revamped to provide an elderly community free Chinese medical care.
May 10, 2012 7:00am |
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In Mexico, the debate over the presidential debate
MEXICO CITY -- Can democracy function when presidential debates are controlled by political parties and powerful media moguls refuse to air them?
3 | May 9, 2012 3:00am |
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In India, prices of cancer drugs cut by 76 percent
But are these generic medicines legal, affordable and of good quality?
2 | May 7, 2012 4:39am |
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Start-Up Chile attracts foreign entrepreneurs to South America
BUENOS AIRES -- Start-Up Chile was launched to turn the tiny nation into Latin America's innovation hub. For now, it's content to seed the rest of South America with tech entrepreneurs.
May 4, 2012 3:00am |
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May Day in Berlin: From burning cars to quiet riot
BERLIN -- Low on urban violence and high on alternative culture, Berlin has long been faced with a different kind of struggle: reconciling a German sense of order with its confrontational Berliner...
May 3, 2012 7:54am |
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Melbourne designer's vision for a water-smart city
MELBOURNE -- The garden of tomorrow will bring balance to the landscape through integrated water management and biomimicry design.
2 | May 2, 2012 4:30am |
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Train in a robot suit at Japan's unique HAL FIT gym
TOKYO - Members of the HAL FIT gym are already using robot limbs which detect brain activity to regain their mobility, but could robot limbs also make Japan's nuclear industry safer?
1 | May 1, 2012 7:26am |
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BlindSpot offers freedom to the visually-impaired
MADRID -- BlindSpot is a smartphone-enhanced white cane that increases the visually-impaired's independence, which is great news in a country like Spain, where the blind are treated almost like...
April 30, 2012 2:28am |
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Kenyan mobile money sparks inflation fears
JOHANNESBURG -- In just five years an upstart Kenyan company that set out to make banking more accessible has revolutionized the way money flows throughout the region.
6 | April 30, 2012 1:00am |