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 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
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Oil Companies Evacuate Gulf Workers Under Storm Threat
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:26 pm (UTC-5)
Oil companies began evacuating workers in the Gulf of Mexico ahead of what U.S. forecasters say could become a powerful storm. The National Hurricane Center says a low pressure system over the Gulf could develop into a tropical cyclone in the next two days. The potential threat to oil and gas platforms off the southern […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 2 in Northwest Pakistan
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 3:00 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in Pakistan say a suicide bomber has killed two people in Pakistan’s northwest. Police said they fired at the bomber’s vehicle as it approached a police station in the Lakki Marwat district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on Thursday. Despite taking fire, the driver detonated his explosives, killing himself and the two others. Several policemen were […]
Paris Conference Charts Support for Post-Gadhafi Libya
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 2:50 pm (UTC-5)
World powers attending a Paris conference are planning a course of action for Libya’s future that includes pledges to free up billions of dollars in frozen assets to help the country’s provisional authority. U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon told the gathering that Libya’s public services are under severe strain, while sporadic fighting continues in some parts […]
Vandals Deface Jewish Memorial in Poland
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 2:40 pm (UTC-5)
Vandals in Poland have defaced a monument marking the mass murder of hundreds of Jews during World War Two. Police Thursday said the vandals used green paint to draw swastikas and write racist inscriptions on the walls of the monument, located in the town of Jedwabne . The monument honors the victims of the 1941 […]
Serbia-Kosovo Talks Resume Friday in Brussels
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 2:30 pm (UTC-5)
European Union-moderated negotiations between Serbia and Kosovo resume in Brussels on Friday, with the pressure on Belgrade to improve relations with Pristina in order to increase its chances of gaining EU candidacy this year. The talks follow an escalation of violence in the Serb-majority north of Kosovo last month. The previous round of negotiations broke […]
Three US Solar Companies Go Bankrupt
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 2:15 pm (UTC-5)
Three U.S. solar energy companies have declared bankruptcy in the last month, the latest a firm called Solyndra that President Barack Obama praised as a “testament to American ingenuity and dynamism.” The financial failure of the three American companies has left China as the world’s dominant solar industry manufacturer, with nearly 60 percent of the […]
US Drought Aid for Horn of Africa Tops $600 Million
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 2:00 pm (UTC-5)
The United States says it will provide an additional $23 million to combat the drought in the Horn of Africa, including $10 million specifically for Somalia. The U.S. Agency for International Development announced the aid Thursday. It said U.S. drought and famine assistance now totals more than $600 million, the largest total given by any […]
Nations Pledge Billions in Support for Libyan Transition at Paris Conference
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
World powers have pledged to free billions of dollars in frozen assets to help Libya’s provisional authority run and rebuild the battle-ravaged nation. Libya’s provisional authority and representatives from 60 countries met Thursday night at a Paris conference focusing on a Libya without ex-leader on the run, Moammar Gadhafi. The United States, the Netherlands and […]
Obama Approval Hits New Lows on Economy
Posted September 1st, 2011 at 1:40 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama’s approval ratings have hit new lows. A Quinnipiac poll released Thursday puts President Obama’s overall job disapproval rating at a record 52 percent, with 42 percent in favor of his performance. Congressional leaders fare even worse in the ratings. Meanwhile, nearly two-thirds of Americans surveyed for a CNN/ORC poll say they […]
