U.S. astronauts Ron Garan and Mike Fossum have completed the final spacewalk of NASA’s 30-year shuttle program. Garan and Fossum spent about six-and-a-half hours outside the International Space Station Tuesday. The two astronauts performed a variety of tasks, including retrieving a broken ammonia pump from outside the space station and installing a robot used for […]
Astronauts Complete Final Spacewalk of US Shuttle Era
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 4:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama Says Debt Deal Needed to Guarantee Pension Checks
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says he cannot guarantee that there will be money to pay millions of pension checks scheduled to go out on August 3, unless a deal can be made with opposition Republicans on difficult debt issues. He spoke in a television interview by CBS, which put some of his remarks on its […]
Afghan President’s Brother Assassinated
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 4:35 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s half brother – a powerful figure in the country’s south – has been assassinated at his home by a trusted bodyguard. Afghan officials say Ahmad Wali Karzai was shot and killed Tuesday by a senior member of his security detail in Kandahar city. The gunman, who was identified as Sardar Mohammad, […]
Polls Show Sinking Approval for Japanese Government
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
New opinion polls show support for Japan’s government has sunk to its lowest level since Prime Minister Naoto Kan came to power a year ago. In surveys released Tuesday by NHK television and the Asahi newspaper, approval of the Democratic Party of Japan cabinet stood at about 15 percent, down from the low- to mid-20s […]
Mexico Arrests US-Born Man Linked to Drug Cartel
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
Mexican federal police say they have captured a U.S.-born man tied to Mexico’s Arellano Felix drug cartel, also known as the Tijuana cartel. Officials say 33-year-old Armando Villarreal Heredia, known as “El Gordo” , was taken into custody Saturday in the northern Mexican city of Hermosillo, the capital of Sonora state. Authorities have accused the […]
US Stocks Fall
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes dropped in Tuesday’s trading as concerns about Europe’s debt crisis weighed on investors. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost half a percent to end at 12,447. The S&P 500 fell four-tenths of a percent to close at 1,314 and the NASDAQ slipped seven-tenths of a percent to finish at 2,782. European […]
US Military Chief Tours Chinese Bases
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
America’s top military officer will conclude his high-profile visit to China Wednesday with a trip to a naval base. Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited two army bases on China’s east coast on Tuesday . China’s official Xinhua news agency says he will continue visiting military units on Wednesday, […]
Crude Oil Prices Rise
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 4:05 pm (UTC-5)
Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Tuesday: Crude oil prices rose more than $2 to to close at $97.43 a barrel. Coffee prices dropped 1 cent to end at $2.57 per pound. Copper prices advanced 2 cents to close at $4.38 per pound. Cocoa futures rose $18 to […]
US Trade Gap Widens on Pricey Oil Imports
Posted July 12th, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Rising prices for imported oil have helped push the U.S. trade deficit to its highest level in three years. The U.S. Commerce Department said Tuesday the official trade gap hit $50.2 billion in May, a 15-percent increase over the previous month. The report cited the high cost of imported oil as the main factor. Oil […]
