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By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
BEIJING (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama wrangles over trade and currency policy with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao today, with Iran and North Korea …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | 6 Comments
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – President Barack Obama said yesterday that al Qaeda remained the biggest threat to US security, as his aides stepped up pressure on …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
BEIJING (Reuters) – China yesterday distanced itself from proposals to delay a binding climate pact to 2010, but might be willing to sign up to …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
VIENNA (Reuters) – The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog is concerned that Iran’s belated revelation of a new uranium enrichment site may mean it is hiding …
By Stabroek staff | Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | 0 Comments
BEIJING (Reuters) – The imperative of greater global currency stability means the world can no longer rely, as it has done since the end of …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 16, 2009 | 0 Comments
SINGAPORE, (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders yesterday supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later, but …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 16, 2009 | 0 Comments
AGRA, India, (Reuters) – Watchtowers and close-circuit televisions will help secure the Taj Mahal, one of the world’s most visited monuments, as the busy tourist …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 16, 2009 | 0 Comments
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez says he will join a team of Cuban scientists on flights to “bomb clouds” to create rain amid …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 16, 2009 | 0 Comments
SHANGHAI – U.S. President Barack Obama faces tensions with China over trade and Tibet on his first visit to the emerging superpower for a summit …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 16, 2009 | 1 Comment
PARIS, (Reuters) – French Budget Minister Eric Woerth said yesterday he was horrified by a publicity stunt that attracted huge crowds hoping for a cash …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 16, 2009 | 0 Comments
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters Life!) – Hollywood veterans turned out in force to see Lauren Bacall, grand dame of film noir, receive an honorary Oscar at …
By Stabroek staff | Monday, November 16, 2009 | 0 Comments
LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Disaster swept the world during the weekend as the apocalyptic movie “2012” registered the biggest opening for a non-franchise movie.
The latest …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
PARIS (Reuters) – France and Brazil joined forces yesterday to press the United States and China to make significant concessions at next month’s climate change …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Asia Pacific leaders backed away yesterday from supporting a global halving of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, even as Brazil pledged deep …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 3 Comments
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s defence ministry said yesterday it was investigating fresh complaints that its troops had abused prisoners in Iraq.
News of the probe came …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
TOKYO (Reuters) – US President Barack Obama pledged yesterday to deepen dialogue with China rather than seek to contain the rising power, as he laid …
By Stabroek staff | Sunday, November 15, 2009 | 0 Comments
LONDON (Reuters) – Far-right British National Party (BNP) leaders said yesterday they had voted “overwhelmingly” in favour of balloting all members on whether to change …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 0 Comments
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Brazil raised the pressure on other nations yesterday ahead of a world climate summit, pledging deep cuts in its greenhouse gases …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 6 Comments
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The accused mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks and four co-conspirators will be sent to New York for trial in a court …
By Stabroek staff | Saturday, November 14, 2009 | 0 Comments
STOCKHOLM, (Reuters Life!) – Hundreds of reindeer crossing a frozen lake above Sweden’s Arctic Circle for their annual migration to winter grazing grounds drowned this …
