Global Pulse is a fast-moving and informative television and web series that helps you navigate the news of the world. Each 3-to-5 minute daily episode looks at the news, the world and ourselves in a new way.

Each day Global Pulse compares and contrasts news worldwide, as presented by diverse national broadcasters - tracking the important stories you might have missed, and finding new angles on stories you thought you understood. It's your global news positioning service.

Global Pulse is funded by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, and the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.
Same Sex, Same Rights?

Same Sex, Same Rights?

(Global Pulse: December 23, 2008) Gay sex in Iran can mean a government-paid sex change. Yes Ahmadinejad, you have homosexuals too. In Asia's gay capital, tolerance is okay, but equality? No way....

Somalia: Behind the Piracy

Somalia: Behind the Piracy

(Global Pulse: November 20, 2008) Pirates in Somalia seize the biggest booty ever taken on the high seas: a supertanker loaded with $100 million dollars worth of oil. The bold move grabs the...
China's Milk Shakeup

China's Milk Shakeup

(Global Pulse: October 02, 2008) Thousands of Chinese infants become ill after drinking baby formula laced with the deadly chemical melamine. The compound turns up in Chinese food products around the...
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