With the repeated accusations of sexual abuse by peacekeepers in Haiti, the U.N. has dispatched a team of officials to the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince “to investigate these allegations with
“There is no such thing as the United Nations . There is only the international community, which can only be led by the only remaining superpower, which is the United States,” said John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the …
New images of the Northern lights, or Aurora Borealis, have been…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The State Department Inspector General issued a review on Thursday that found “no evidence” the company that wants to build the Canada-to-Texas Keystone XL crude oil pipeline had improperly influenced on a contractor that performed the environmental review of
ROCKVILLE, Maryland (Reuters) – Regulators on Thursday approved plans to build the first new nuclear power plant in the U.S. in more than 30 years, despite objections of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission chairman, who cited safety concerns stemming from Japan’s 2011 Fukushima disaster.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – A group of animal conservationists in South Africa accidentally killed a rhinoceros they were attempting to make safe from poachers in a botched public relations
GENEVA (Reuters) – La Nina, a weather phenomenon usually linked to heavy rains and flooding in Asia-Pacific and South America and drought in Africa, seems to have reached its peak and is
A preview of world events in the coming week from CFR.org: President Obama presents the 2013 budget to Congress; the Senate Armed Services Committee debates worldwide threats; Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping visits Washington; and the
Europeans are closely watching the U.S. presidential campaign despite their ongoing economic troubles because the United States remains the number one power in the world, says German expert Josef Joffe.
Bloomberg Obama Advisers Revising U.S. Economic Outlook to Signal Greater Job Growth Bloomberg President Barack Obama’s advisers have grown more confident about US economic growth this year, revising their …
PARIS, Feb 8 (Reuters) – French authorities are stepping up efforts to bridge a yawning gap in municipal funding needs caused by the collapse of lender Dexia.
MILWAUKEE, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Milwaukee’s Roman Catholic archdiocese will ask a judge on Thursday to throw out hundreds of sexual abuse claims that have thrust it into bankruptcy, triggering a court…
Steve Coll, Robert Grenier, and Daniel Markey look at changes in U.S.-Pakistan relations over the past year and make recommendations for moving forward.
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The American online coupon firm is partnering with Deutsche Telekom to unleash physically-based deals. One German startup may already point the way forward.
Enrique Arturo Arenaza León, 48, among 10 Peruvian farm workers killed in crash, report says; truck driver also killed
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s trade minister said on Tuesday he had not set deadlines to resume operations at nuclear reactors after a media report said the government aimed to restart two reactors around April, the first since…
Professionals fleeing slow-growth developed economies are landing in India.
Your blogger needed to spend most of the last two days crashing, for no apparent cause. Hopefully I will be more energetic going forward.
Even after a decade, Canadians are still divided about our role in the war
Caste, religion, corruption and economic inequality all issues in Uttar Pradesh elections.
China on Monday protested at Japan’s plan to name several dozen islands near an archipelago at the center of a territorial dispute between the two countries, state media said.
Amid increasing fears of a civil war in Syria following the failure of the UN Security Council resolution, analysts remain divided over the question of intervention and how best to address the crisis.
DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/2ff69e/analyzing_the_us_r) has announced the addition of the “Analyzing the US Renewable Energy Market” subscription to…
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas said late on Tuesday that its chief financial officer, Henrik Norremark, resigned after explaining to the board conditions leading to recent profit warnings
Elliott Abrams argues that President Obama’s recent State of the Union address settled the matter on the existence of an Obama Doctrine.
Stating how to achieve a result is normally taboo in requirements writing. The resounding “No” that causes systems personnel to cringe is when someone wants to dictate how to …
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has the backing of Labor Party lawmakers, according to Treasurer Wayne Swan, amid speculation that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd is considering a
Mohamed Abdel-Baky reports on the marginalisation of the youth movements that toppled Mubarak
TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan authorities have arrested three people and seized nearly half a tonne of narcotics in their biggest drugs bust in 10 years, according to local media.
Vodafone , for one, is wasting little time in capitalizing on a blockbuster Indian court verdict that’s likely to shake up the world’s second-largest mobile phone market.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said that China needs to help Europe stabilise its markets due to strategic considerations in its relations with the region, the official China Securities Journal reported on Monday. China also needs …
New Delhi, Feb.5 (ANI): Bangladesh High Commissioner Tariq Ahmed Karim and the president of Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Dr. Karan Singh, released Dhaka-based author Anisul Hoque’s latest book here on Saturday evening.
The Royal Navy is sending a nuclear submarine to the Falkland Islands amid heightened tensions between Britain and Argentina over the disputed islands, it has been reported.
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top newspaper on Monday defended Beijing’s rejection of a U.N. resolution pressing Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad to abandon power, saying Western campaigns in…
Technology companies are pushing innovative new products to market at light speed. Here’s a look at how tech is defining the future of small business–today.
