Guinea-Bissau
China contemplates building a high-speed train — to the US
Have you ever wanted to go to China, by train? Obviously that’s not at all possible today, but what if you could in the future? And take the trip in two days — about the time it takes Amtrak to go from Chicago to Los Angeles. That story tops today’s Global Scan.
Thriller author on scene of African coup
British thriller writer Frederick Forsyth once wrote a novel about a coup in an African country. Now he’s living it – in Guinea-Bissau. He tells anchor Lisa Mullins about tensions in Guinea-Bissau, following the assassinations of the nation’s president and the head of its armed forces on Sunday.