Former New York Yankees pitcher Hideki Irabu has been found dead of an apparent suicide in California at age 42. A county sheriff said his body was found Wednesday at his home in the wealthy Los Angeles suburb of Rancho Palos Verdes. Other details were not immediately released as the investigation continues. After a notable […]
EU Ministers Discuss Budget for 2014-2020
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 5:30 pm (UTC-5)
European Union ministers have gathered in the Polish resort town of Sopot on the Baltic coast to discuss the bloc’s budget for the next seven-year period starting in 2014. The two-day meeting called by Poland, which currently holds the EU’s six-month rotating presidency, began Thursday. The informal talks among the bloc’s European affairs ministers are […]
US Congress Set to Vote On Debt Issue
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 5:25 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. House of Representatives is to vote late Thursday on a plan by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending. Boehner’s plan calls for raising the country’s $14.3 trillion borrowing limit, in exchange for billions of dollars in spending cuts. Before the vote, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer […]
Peru Swears In New President
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
Ollanta Humala has taken office as Peru’s president, pledging in his inaugural address to ensure that all Peruvians will benefit from the country’s economic growth. Addressing Congress after being sworn in Thursday in Lima, President Humala said “economic progress” and “social inclusion” must work together. Mr. Humala was elected on promises he would more evenly […]
Libyan Rebels Say Military Chief Shot Dead
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
Libya’s rebel leadership council says its top military commander has been shot dead by assailants. The Transitional National Council announced the death of Abdel Fattah Younes on Thursday, hours after he was brought to the rebel’s eastern stronghold of Benghazi for questioning. Council head Mustafa Abdel Jalil said Younes was killed after he was summoned […]
Coordinated Taliban Assault Kills 19 in Southern Afghanistan
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 4:45 pm (UTC-5)
A group of suicide bombers attacked several government buildings in central Afghanistan Thursday, killing at least 19 people and wounding 37 others in one of the deadliest attacks to hit the country in recent months. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the coordinated attack in Tarin Kot, the capital of Uruzgan province. The group said it […]
Pakistan Marks 1st Anniversary of Historic Floods
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 4:40 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistan and the international community are marking the 1st anniversary of devastating floods that killed more than 1,600 people, affected up to 20 million others and submerged one-fifth of the country. The scale of the disaster galvanized the Pakistani government and military, as well as the international community. The United Nations made the largest appeal […]
US Congress Set to Vote On Debt Issue
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
The U.S. House of Representatives is to vote Thursday on a plan by Republican House Speaker John Boehner to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending. Boehner’s plan calls for raising the country’s $14.3 trillion borrowing limit, in exchange for billions of dollars in spending cuts. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said on his […]
US Soldier Arrested Near Fort Hood
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
Police say a U.S. soldier arrested after bomb-making material was found in a motel room in the U.S. state of Texas planned to target military personnel. A local police chief told reporters Thursday the suspect was apparently close to carrying out an alleged plot at Fort Hood, an Army base in Texas. The chief said […]
US Stocks Mixed Thursday
Posted July 28th, 2011 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock indexes were mixed at the close of Thursday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell half a percent to end at 12,240. The S & P 500 lost three-tenths of a percent to close at 1,301 while the NASDAQ index rose one-tenth of a percent to hit 2,766. Stocks were mixed at the […]
