Workers of the world unite for May Day rallies Workers, students and leftists took to the streets for May Day rallies that stuck to tradition but also showed how the world is changing. Chicago is U.S candidate to host 2016 Games Chicago was selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee on Saturday to be the U.S. candidate to host the 2016 Summer Games. Pope: 'Nothing positive' from Iraq In an Easter litany of the world's suffering, Pope Benedict XVI lamented that "nothing positive" is happening in Iraq and decried the unrest in Afghanistan and bloodshed in Africa and Asia.