U.S. retail sales rose a modest one-tenth of a percent in June, as consumers bought more cars. Thursday’s data from the Commerce Department was better than most economists had predicted. A separate report from the Labor Department showed the number of Americans signing up for unemployment declined by 22,000 to a nationwide total of 405,000. […]
Reports: US Sales Up; Jobless Claims Down
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 10:10 am (UTC-5)
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Angry Words, Higher Stakes as US Debt Talks Hit Day 5
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and lawmakers are trying again to reach a deal to raise the country’s debt limit and prevent a possible default that could rattle markets across the globe. Talks between the Obama administration and congressional leaders enter day five Thursday, following new warnings from the head of the U.S. central bank and […]
Libyan Rebels Retake Village, World Powers Mull Libya’s Future
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 10:00 am (UTC-5)
Libyan rebels are planning their next move after retaking a strategic village near Tripoli, while world powers are gathering in Turkey for talks on Libya’s future. Rebels regained control of al-Qawalish on Wednesday, following bitter clashes with forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi. The opposition fighters have been trying to use the village, located about […]
Media Baron Murdoch and Son Balk at Phone-hacking Testimony Next Week
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
Media baron Rupert Murdoch and his son James are refusing to testify before Parliament next week about the phone-hacking and police bribery scandal that has engulfed their British media operations. The elder Murdoch told Parliament’s media committee Thursday that he was not available to attend next Tuesday’s hearing. But the 80-year-old chief of News Corporation […]
Reports: US Sales Up; Jobless Claims Down
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. retail sales rose a modest one-tenth of a percent in June, as consumers brought more cars. Thursday’s data from the Commerce Department was better than most economists had predicted. A separate report from the Labor Department showed the number of Americans signing up for unemployment declined by 22,000 to a nationwide total of 405,000. […]
Activists: Syrian Forces Kill 6, Arrest 20 in Opposition Crackdown
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 9:45 am (UTC-5)
Syrian rights activists say government forces have killed six people and arrested more than 20 others since Wednesday in the latest crackdowns on opposition activists around the country. Rights groups say security forces opened fire on anti-government protesters in the eastern town of Deir el-Zour on Thursday, killing two and wounding another five. Elsewhere, activists […]
Sarkozy Calls Security Meeting After Afghanistan Deaths
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 9:25 am (UTC-5)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy called a special meeting with his top security advisers Thursday to discuss new security conditions for the country’s soldiers in Afghanistan, after six French soldiers were killed there in the past two days. Mr. Sarkozy said he wants to talk about how to keep French soldiers safe during the transition process […]
Pirate Attacks off Somalia Hit Record High
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
A maritime watchdog says the number of pirate attacks off Somalia’s coast rose to a record high during the first half of this year. The London-based International Maritime Bureau says the raids have also grown increasingly bold and violent. In a report released Thursday, the group said piracy worldwide jumped 36 percent the first half […]
Vietnam Accuses Chinese troops of Attack on Fishermen
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 9:10 am (UTC-5)
Vietnam says armed Chinese soldiers forced their way aboard a Vietnamese fishing boat last week in the South China Sea and beat its captain, before forcing the trawler from an area claimed by both countries. Vietnamese news reports quote coast guard officials as saying the encounter occurred July 5 near the contested Paracel Islands, whose […]
Bombings Kill 17, Wound 133 in Mumbai
Posted July 14th, 2011 at 9:00 am (UTC-5)
Indian officials say it is too early to accuse any particular group of carrying out the three consecutive bomb blasts that ripped through the country’s financial capital, Mumbai, on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and wounding 133 others. Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Thursday police are investigating every possible “hostile” group, and that […]
