U.S. President Barack Obama and opposition Republicans called on each other to offer “serious” plans to solve the nation’s financial problems on Friday. In a televised news conference, Mr. Obama said again he is willing to consider cuts in popular social programs including pensions and health care for the elderly, and aid to veterans. In […]
Obama, Republicans Still Wrangling Over US Debt
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
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US Inflation Eases
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. consumer prices dropped two-tenths of a percent in June, largely because of a decline in the cost of oil. Friday’s report from the Labor Department says outside the volatile areas of energy and food, prices in the overall economy rose a modest 1.6 percent over the past year. A separate report says U.S. consumers […]
10 Killed in Unrest in Southern Yemen
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
At least 10 people were killed in Yemen following clashes between security forces and opposition tribesmen, while thousands rallied on Friday against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The clashes erupted late Thursday near the southern city of Taiz and continued into Friday. Security officials and witnesses say at least three people were killed, including a colonel […]
10 Killed in Unrest in Southern Yemen
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
At least ten people were killed in Yemen following clashes between security forces and opposition tribesmen, while thousands rallied on Friday against President Ali Abdullah Saleh. The clashed erupted late Thursday near the southern city of Taiz and continued into Friday. Security officials and witnesses say at least three people were killed, including a colonel […]
Russia’s Medvedev Signs New Law Regulating Abortion
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 3:45 pm (UTC-5)
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has signed a new law that restricts abortion in the country for the first time since the fall of communism. Until now, abortion has been mostly unrestricted in Russia. But the law signed by Mr. Medvedev on Thursday was seen by some as possibly the first in a series of restrictions […]
US Inflation Eases
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. consumer prices dropped two-tenths of a percent in June, largely because of a decline in the cost of oil. Friday’s report from the Labor Department says outside the volatile areas of energy and food, prices in the overall economy rose a modest 1.6 percent over the past year. A separate report says U.S. consumers […]
Deadly Bombings Rock Iraq
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
At least three people were killed following a pair of bombings in Iraq on Friday. Security officials say a bomb placed under a parked car exploded near the holy city of Karbala, killing at least two people. The blast occurred as thousands of Shi’ite pilgrims gathered for a religious festival in the city. Meanwhile, officials […]
Philippines Warns Against Using Lizards as Medicine
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
The Philippine government has issued a warning against the use of geckos as medicine, saying that the use of the lizards in folk medicine could have harmful consequences. Geckos, climbing lizards common in tropical countries, are used as folk treatments for asthma, AIDS and other ailments in China and Southeast Asia. But the Philippine Department […]
US, 30 Other Countries Recognize Libyan Rebels
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
More than 30 countries, including the United States, say they are recognizing Libya’s rebel Transitional National Council — declaring that the country’s leader Moammar Gadhafi no longer has any legitimate authority over the North African nation. Western and regional powers made the declaration Friday in Istanbul as they met to map strategies to strengthen the […]
Murdoch Apologizes to British Phone-hacking Victims
Posted July 15th, 2011 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is apologizing to the phone-hacking victims of the tabloid News of the World he shut down last weekend. Murdoch’s British newspaper operation said Friday that over the next several days it will run advertisements in major British newspapers signed by him. In them, he will apologize for the “serious wrongdoing” and […]
