With the caucus meetings over, the delegates spilled out into downtown Charlotte for an unexpected treat. Nearly the entire centre of the city has been shut down and the streets have become an open-air fair. Our columnist James Zogby reports live from North Carolina.Read Article Democrats make convention fun
Much has been made of how far the Republican Party platform has moved to the right and of the substantial differences between the platforms of the two major political parties. But platforms are not road maps laying out how each party will govern. Our columnist James Zogby reports live from North Carolina.Read Article US elections: party platforms and shifting stances
Judging from the press coverage, the Republican Party convention's first night was only somewhat successful. Our columnist James Zogby reports live from Florida.Read Article Defining the message from the convention
With prime-time television coverage limited to one hour for each network a night, there has been significant press commentary devoted to who will be giving the major addresses. Our columnist James Zogby reports live from Florida. Read Article Republican Convention: who spoke and who didn't
There was a time when you had to wait until the national convention to see who would win the party's nomination for president. Our columnist James Zogby reports live from Florida.Read Article US nominations not so conventional any more
Star Trek's technological feats are ahead of the times - dreamt up almost half a century ago, much of its technology is today a reality. Can’t you beam me up, Scotty?
By the end of this century, more than half of the world's 7,000 languages could have vanished, according to National Geographic's Disappearing Languages project. Could Arabic be one of them? Alarm bells over future of Arabic
Istanbul's famous mosque tries to strike balance between religion and tourism money by providing tourists with coverings. Thomas Seibert reports Turkey tightens Blue Mosque dress code
