MOSCOW, (UPI) – Riyadh has reportedly been mulling the purchase of S-300PMU Russian air-defense missile systems and other arms worth as much as $4 billion, possibly as an inducement to Moscow not to supply such […]
NEW YORK, (UPI) – U.S. medical researchers say the nation’s hospital emergency department workers suffered from H1N1 influenza more than any other healthcare professionals. The study, led by Cynthia Santos of Weill Cornell Medical School, […]
By Justin Hyde, Detroit Free Press WASHINGTON – Toyota has repaired about 1.7 million vehicles under its two recalls for sudden acceleration problems, and expects U.S. sales to rise up to 35 percent for March […]
NEW YORK, (UPI) – U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent trip to Afghanistan has become fodder for a Late Show with David Letterman Top 10 list. Highlights of President Obama’s Trip to Afghanistan was read aloud […]
By Megan K. Stack and Sergei L. Loiko, Los Angeles Times MOSCOW – The black widows are back. These are their faces, charred and streaked with blood, shown in gruesome photographs circulated by investigators to […]
The $20 billion account that President Barack Obama and top BP executives agreed to on Wednesday should save Gulf Coast residents a lot of time in court, offering a one-stop compensation shop for people and […]
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama still has great popularity abroad – where he enjoys higher approval ratings than he does at home – but foreign publics are a lot less happy with his administration’s foreign […]
By Ronald D. Orol MarketWatch (MCT) TORONTO, Canada – Leaders of G-20 countries were working Sunday to reach an agreement on creation of systems to dismantle failing mega-banks so taxpayers won’t be forced to pay […]
By Robert Schroeder MarketWatch WASHINGTON – Lower tax revenues and higher federal spending to fight the recession will boost the federal debt to 62 percent of the nation’s total overall economic output by the end […]
By Jeff Coen and Bob Secter Chicago Tribune CHICAGO – Rod Blagojevich had been jealous of Barack Obama’s rise out of Illinois politics to the White House, one of his former top aides testified Tuesday, […]
Jay Ambrose It was dumb for Russia to spy on us and dumber still to grouse about arrests, but here’s what could be even dumber – expecting too much that is lastingly smart or decent […]
By Glenn Gamboa Newsday NEW YORK – Ringo Starr has no interest in packing up his drums and retiring. Although the ex-Beatle has nothing left to prove musically and is coming up on his 70th […]
By Richard Parker The arrest of 11 people on charges of espionage for the Russian government was a case of old-fashioned spy craft straight from the annals of the Cold War: dead drops, moles and […]
By Henry Chu Los Angeles Times LONDON – Three men suspected of preparing to mount a terrorist attack were arrested in Norway and Germany on Thursday in what authorities said was an al-Qaida plot with […]
By Steven Zeitchik Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES – “Salt” director Phillip Noyce knew he had some serious dedication on his hands when he showed Angelina Jolie the facade of the apartment building that her […]
London (dpa) – BP Plc chief executive Tony Hayward is to step down following intense criticism of his handling of the worst oil spill in US history, the British Broadcasting Corporation reported Sunday. Hayward negotiated […]
By Sarah Avery McClatchy Newspapers A virus known to cause cervical cancer in women is increasingly being identified in head and neck cancers, leading to suspicion that the route of infection may be oral sex. […]
By Alfonso Chardy McClatchy Newspapers MIAMI – Every night before she falls asleep, Marlene de Leon worries whether she’ll be jarred awake the next morning by immigration agents banging on the door to deport her […]
By Henry Chu Los Angeles Times BARCELONA, Spain – The independence-minded region of Catalonia became the first on the Spanish mainland to outlaw bullfighting Wednesday after impassioned debate. Lawmakers in Catalonia’s regional assembly approved the […]
By Laura King Los Angeles Times CAMP MIKE SPANN, Afghanistan – The second of two American servicemen who disappeared last week in a Taliban-infested area south of the Afghan capital has been confirmed dead as […]
By David Sarno Los Angeles Times Google-powered Android phones are outselling Apple’s iPhone, according to a report released Monday by Nielsen Co. Among consumers who purchased a smart phone in the first half of 2010, […]
By Sergei L. Loiko Los Angeles Times MOSCOW – From the smoke of the wildfires engulfing the Moscow region and the embarrassment of this summer’s spy scandal, Vladimir Putin is re-emerging as Russia’s most powerful […]
By Laura King Los Angeles Times KABUL, Afghanistan – A squad of gunmen and would-be suicide bombers mounted a ground attack Tuesday against the biggest NATO base in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series […]
By Dion Nissenbaum McClatchy Newspapers SOROBI, Afghanistan – In a country whose young parliament is filled with warlords, suspected drug barons, one-time mujahedeen fighters and religious zealots, Izatullah Nasrat Yar can still make history. Yar […]
By Jeffrey Fleishman Los Angeles Times CAIRO – It was first reported as a grenade, then a bomb and finally a harmless firecracker. But whatever was tossed toward Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s motorcade Wednesday, news […]
By Lily Kuo Los Angeles Times BEIJING – The brutal killing of at least three children and a teacher at a school in northeastern China had residents confounded and authorities tight-lipped on Wednesday. A man […]
Berlin (dpa) – Iran has started a website with cartoons on the Holocaust aimed at undermining the historic dimensions of the mass murder of Jews during World War II, Fars news agency reported Thursday. The […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – The state welfare system in New Zealand, which pioneered cradle-to-grave care of its citizens 72 years ago, is “unsustainable, outdated and fragmented”, an official inquiry reported Monday. It said that […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – New Zealand police have decided to continue with an assault charge against a Turkish man despite his claim that he was dancing with his wife, not assaulting her. Prosecutor Steve […]
By Ethan Kim Los Angeles Times SEOUL – On the 100th anniversary Tuesday of Japan’s annexation of the Korean peninsula, office worker Hwang Jung-won listened as Japan’s prime minister apologized for his nation’s role in […]
Dominika Maslikowski Warsaw (dpa) – A fire on Monday night destroyed some 7,000 shoes of Nazi victims at a former death camp in Majdanek, southern Poland, local media reported Tuesday. The fire broke out at […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – New Zealand diplomats fear terrorists will attack a “soft target” in India ahead of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi in October, according to cables reported in a newspaper on […]
By Alvise Armellini, Ralf Krueger and Elena Lalova dpa PARIS – France was getting ready Wednesday to start the expulsion of Gypsy migrants despite hefty criticism at home and abroad of the action. Media reports […]
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT) Rod Blagojevich behaved Tuesday evening as if he had won a grand victory: The massed resources of federal investigators and prosecutors couldn’t convince all 12 jurors of his guilt on 23 […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – Pakistan, which has players subject to investigations into illegal betting scams, should be thrown out of international cricket, according to former New Zealand captain and match referee John Reid. “I […]
Mike McCarthy Washington (dpa) – US President Barack Obama met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the first of a series of meetings Wednesday with leaders from the Middle East as he relaunches the […]
By Michael Doyle McClatchy Newspapers WASHINGTON – Illegal immigration into the United States has slowed considerably in the past several years, a study released Wednesday concludes. The decline marks the first significant turnaround in two […]
Albert Otti Vienna (dpa) – The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday that Iran has complicated its work in the country by repeatedly vetoing certain nuclear inspectors. It was only one example of the […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A police cordon remained in place around several blocks in the centre of quake-hit Christchurch Friday following continuing aftershocks overnight. Civil defence officials abandoned plans to end the cordon at […]
By John Boudreau San Jose Mercury News (MCT) SAN JOSE, Calif. – Apple is expected to announce soon a new subscription plan for newspapers, which hope that tablets like the iPad will eventually provide a […]
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