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Cut in nuclear stockpiles proposed by Obama in talks with Russia
BERLIN - US President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he would seek talks with Russia to reduce the number of strategic nuclear weapons both hold by up to a third. Speaking in front of Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate during a visit to the German capital, Obama said he was confident the US could maintain its security while reducing its nuclear capacity by a third. He also called for ...
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Dalian Wand Group to enhance UK presence with luxury hotel and yacht unit
LONDON - China's largest premier commercial property and entertainment conglomerate, Dalian Wanda Group Wednesday entered into 320million pounds definite acquisition deal with leading British yacht company, Sunseeker International Ltd, under which Wanda will acquire a majority shareholding of 91.81% in pre-eminent luxury motor yacht manufacturer. Under the agreement, the remaining 8.19% ...
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Karzai says peace talks with Taliban should be Afghan led
KABUL - An angry Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday his government would not join US peace talks with the Taliban "until the peace process is totally under Afghan control." He also suspended talks with the US to discuss the nature of US military presence after international troops withdraw in 2014. A spokesman for President Hamid Karzai said the decision was taken over ...
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North Korean leader Kim used luxury yacht to tour coast, says report
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has used a luxury boat to tour the country's east coast amid indications that the 90-feet-long yacht may have been smuggled into the country in defiance of UN sanctions that bans importing of luxury items to the impoverished country. A website that tracks events in the reclusive state said the yacht, a Princess 95MY made by British-based ...
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Somalia UN office attacked and 15 killed by Islamist militants
MOGADISHU, Somalia - At least 15 people, including some United Nations workers, were killed Wednesday when a UN compound in the Somali capital came under a bomb and gun attack by Islamist militants of an Al Qaeda-linked group, a minister said. Interior Minister Abdikarim Hussein Guled in a hurriedly called press conference said that the eight slain UN workers included four foreigners working ...
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NSA director defends e-snooping claiming it helped foil 50 terror attacks foiled
WASHINGTON - The controversial US snooping of foreign emails and telephone calls has prevented more than 50 potential terrorist attacks in at least 20 countries, the director of the National Security Agency (NSA) has said in defending the surveillance programme. The targets include the New York Stock Exchange and other important installations across the world, General Keith Alexander said ...
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EU antitrust regulator fines Lundbeck and several generic drug firms
BRUSSELS - European Union in its first case over pay-for-delay deals that held back sales of cheaper generic drugs Wednesday fined Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck 93.8 million euros and imposed fines totaling 52.2 million euros on several other producers of generic medicines. The European Commission, the EU's antitrust regulator, said the companies had reached agreements that may ...
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Chrysler to recall 2.7 mn Jeeps but says vehicles not defective
NEW YORK - Chrysler avoided a showdown with the US government by agreeing to recall 2.7 million Jeeps with fuel tanks that could rupture and cause fires in rear-end collisions. Chrysler said it recognised the matter had raised concerns for customers The US company said it had resolved its differences with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The recall affects ...
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Four US mortgage servicers faulted for lapses by settlement monitor
WASHINGTON - Four of the largest U.S. mortgage servicers, including Citigroup Inc (C). and Bank of America Corp., have failed to adequately upgrade their treatment of customers in danger of foreclosure, according to a court-appointed monitor. Bank of America, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo have failed to adhere to some of the new standards set out in a landmark settlement meant to ...
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Spain making progress but requires urgent action to generate growth says IMF
MADRID - Spain risks high joblessness and sluggish growth for years unless its government together with Europe takes "urgent action' to generate growth and jobs, the International Monetary Fund stated Wednesday. "While there are signs the economic contraction may end soon, the outlook remains difficult," IMF said in its annual assessment of the Spanish economy. "But unemployment remains ...
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Delayed Voting Under Way In Two Iraqi Provinces
Iraqis in two Sunni-majority provinces are casting ballots in provincial elections two months after most of the country held the same polls. Some 2.8 million voters in the Anbar and Nineveh provinces are voting on June 20 to elect representatives to provincial council seats. Twelve of Iraq's 18 provinces conducted their elections in April but voting in Anbar and Nineveh, both in ...
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The future of Syria
No matter how grim the future looks for Syria, it is still our humanitarian duty and in our long-term national security interests to get ...
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MKs pay solidarity visit to price tag-hit Abu Ghosh
A delegation of lawmakers from Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid faction visited the Arab village of Abu Ghosh on Thursday morning to express their support for local residents after this week's headline-grabbing "price tag" ...
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The Jerusalem Press Club
Israel is always in the news. Everyone has an opinion about this geographically tiny country, so small its name on maps has to be abbreviated, and even the abbreviation doesn't fit and has to float in the Mediterranean Sea. It is sometimes said that Israel could use some good public relations, to improve, or change, people's opinions about it.The new Jerusalem Press Club is not ...
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Premature baby born three months early and weighing under 2lb is back at home before his due date
But yesterday the parents of baby Callum Alexander David Evatt paid tribute to their ‘little fighter’ who has finally been allowed to come ...
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France gives Google three month deadline over privacy policy
France on Thursday threatened Google with a fine of up to 150,000 euros (US$198,000) if it does not bring its privacy procedures into line with French law on data protection within three ...
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China Russia angry over US human trafficking criticism
China and Russia on Thursday blasted a US report that downgraded their countries for failing to make greater efforts to combat human trafficking, a move which could lead to ...
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Afghan peace bid stumbles on Kabul-Taliban protocol row
Talks between U.S. officials and representatives of the Taliban had been set for Thursday in Qatar but Afghan government anger at the fanfare surrounding the opening of a Taliban office in the Gulf state threw preparations into ...
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Insight Chinese whispers Who wants to bet on the Nicaragua Canal
Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) and Wang Jing, chairman of the Hong Kong international company Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. (HKND Group) celebrate signing a concession agreement for the construction of an inter-oceanic canal in Nicaragua at the Casa de los Pueblos in Managua June 14, ...
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Brazil protests continue despite appeasement effort
SAO PAULO Leaders in Brazil's two biggest cities said Wednesday that they reversed an increase in bus and subway fares that ignited anti-government protests that have spread across the nation in the past week. Many people doubted the move would quiet the demonstrations, which have moved well beyond outrage over the fare hikes into communal cries against poor public services in Latin ...
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Senate deal seen near on key aspect of immigration reform
WASHINGTON White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions of dollars stiffening the bill's border security requirements without delaying legalization for millions living in the country unlawfully. "This is a key moment in the effort to pass this bill. This is ...
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3 arrests in fatal stabbing on Hollywoods Walk of Fame
LOS ANGELES Three panhandlers were arrested Wednesday in the fatal stabbing of a young woman who was taking photographs on Hollywood's star-lined "Walk of Fame," Los Angeles police said. Officers found the 23-year-old woman bleeding from multiple stab wounds near the busy intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue at about 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Homicide detectives say ...
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Taliban offers prisoner swap for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl
This image from a video released by a Taliban affiliated group on Nov. 24, 2010 shows captive U.S. Army Spc. Bowe Bergdahl alongside his suspected captor, Mullah Sangeen ...
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Five sentenced over Doha mall fire
A Qatari court has sentenced five people to jail terms in connection with a deadly mall fire in the capital Doha last year. The five were convicted on Thursday of negligence, that resulted in the death of 19 people. Four received six-year jail terms, while the fifth received a five-year term. All five are currently out on appeal, and will remain out of custody until the appeals process is ...
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South Sudan set to sign new Nile agreement
South Sudan is set to sign an agreement that would replace a colonial-era law that gave most of the River Nile's waters to Egypt and Sudan, local media have reported. The signing of the Cooperative Framework Agreement of the Nile Basin countries, sometimes known as the Entebbe agreement, is likely to be signed and ratified at the Nile Water Summit in Juba on Thursday. Paul Mayom Akec, ...
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