U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to New York city on September 19 to attend the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly. The White House says while in New York, Mr. Obama will also attend bilateral and multilateral meetings on the sidelines of the annual event. President Obama is to also speak at […]
Obama to Participate in UN General Assembly Later This Month
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 5:05 pm (UTC-5)
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Oil Price Edges Up
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 4:25 pm (UTC-5)
Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Thursday: Crude oil edged up 12 cents to close at $88.93 a barrel. Coffee increased more than a penny to end at $2.91 per pound. Copper fell more than 4 cents to finish at $4.14 a pound. Cocoa futures dropped $38 to […]
US Stocks Fall
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 4:20 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stocks declined in Thursday’s trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost one percent to end at 11,494. The S&P 500 was off 1.2 percent to close at 1,204 while the NASDAQ dropped 1.3 percent to hit 2,546. European stocks were mixed at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times index rose half a percent […]
World Powers Line Up Behind Libya’s Provisional Government
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
World powers have pledged to give Libya’s provisional authority billions of dollars in financial and humanitarian support. They announced the assistance plans on Thursday at the end of a Paris conference that included representatives of 60 nations and Libya’s National Transitional Council . U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told delegates that the U.N. should […]
Ukraine Gives Russia Ultimatum on Gas Deal
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
Ukraine has given Russia a final chance to resolve a dispute over exporting less natural gas to Ukraine. Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said in a speech Thursday that his government will make one more attempt with Russian officials to find a long-term agreement. He said if this does not happen, then responsibility for the […]
10 Killed in NW Pakistan
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 4:00 pm (UTC-5)
Pakistani authorities say 10 people were killed Thursday in two separate attacks in the country’s volatile northwest. Local police said that in the first attack in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, a suicide car bomber blew himself up as he approached a police station. The blast killed the bomber and two civilians and […]
Rubens Stolen in Belgium, Found in Greece
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Greek officials say police have recovered a valuable 17th century painting by Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens, which was stolen a decade ago in Belgium. Two Greeks have been arrested in the operation when they allegedly tried to sell the work to undercover police agents. A culture ministry statement says the artwork was stolen in […]
Oil Price Edges Up
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:55 pm (UTC-5)
Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Thursday: Crude oil edged up 12 cents to close at $88.93 a barrel. Coffee increased more than a penny to end at $2.91 per pound. Copper fell more than 4 cents to finish at $4.14 a pound. Cocoa futures dropped $38 to […]
Leaked UN Report Finds Israel’s Gaza Blockade ‘Legal,’ But Faults Marmara Raid
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
The New York Times has published what is says is a leaked copy of a U.N. panel’s report which found that a deadly Israeli raid on a Turkish vessel attempting to break Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza last year to be “legal,” but also “excessive and unreasonable.” In the report, , the world body criticizes […]
Bulgaria: Belarus Promises to Free All Political Prisoners
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:35 pm (UTC-5)
Bulgaria’s foreign ministry says Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has promised to release all political prisoners within a month and a half. The ministry made the announcement Thursday, saying Bulgarian Foreign Minister Nikolai Mladenov met with Mr. Lukashenko in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, last week. There was no immediate comment from Belarus’ government. But in a […]
