World stock indexes mostly fell for a second straight day Tuesday as worries about a Greek debt default continued to roil financial markets. In the United States, stocks are mixed in midday trading. The bellwether Dow Jones Industrial Average of 30 key stocks slid eight-tenths of one percent. The broader S&P 500 is down one-tenth […]
World Markets Mostly Fall Again on Tuesday
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
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Study: Contraceptive Popular in Africa Doubles HIV Risk
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
A major study has found that a hormonal contraceptive widely used in Africa appears to double a woman’s chance of getting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The study also suggests that when HIV-positive women used the injectable contraceptive, their male partners were twice as likely to become infected compared to male partners of women […]
New Jersey Governor: ‘Not the Time’ for Presidential Bid
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 1:25 pm (UTC-5)
The governor of the U.S. state of New Jersey says “this is not the time” for him to run for president. Republican Chris Christie told reporters Tuesday he was not prepared to walk away from the commitment he made to lead his home state, despite the urging of prominent party members. Christie had long rejected […]
US Stock Index Flirts with ‘Bear Market’
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
A closely watched U.S. stock market index has slipped briefly into the dreaded “bear market” territory, the negative point at which it had fallen more than 20 percent from its recent peak last April. The world’s stock markets mostly plunged again Tuesday on continued worries about a Greek debt default and a slowing world economy. […]
Iran Puts Student on Trial for Studying at US University
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 1:15 pm (UTC-5)
An Iranian lawyer says a physics student arrested in Tehran earlier this year, while on leave from an American university, has gone on trial on suspicion of having relations with a hostile country. The student’s lawyer, Saeed Khalil, says authorities also accused the man of receiving illicit payments. Khalil says the student, Omid Kokabee, denied […]
Russia Hardens Penalties for Pedophiles
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 1:10 pm (UTC-5)
Russian lawmakers have given preliminary approval to a bill that would stiffen penalties for those convicted of sex offenses against children, including either chemical castration or life in prison for repeat offenders. Deputies from the lower house of Russia’s parliament, the State Duma, passed the bill Tuesday in the first of three required readings. The […]
US Defense Chief Holds Regional Security Talks in Cairo
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 1:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta in Cairo on Tuesday discussed security in the Sinai Peninsula, after recent cross-border attacks there sparked a diplomatic dispute between Egypt and Israel. He brought up regional security issues with the head of Egypt’s ruling military council, Field Marshal Hussein Tantawi during a wide-ranging discussion that included Egypt’s response to […]
IAEA to Help Japan with Nuclear Decontamination
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 12:40 pm (UTC-5)
A team of experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency is set to visit Japan this week to help expedite the cleanup near a nuclear power plant that began leaking radiation after a massive earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. Officials in Tokyo and at IAEA headquarters in Vienna say the 12-member team will visit […]
New Jersey Governor Again Declines Presidential Bid
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
The governor of the U.S. state of New Jersey has reportedly decided against running for president, despite pleas from prominent Republican party members and supporters. Sources close to Chris Christie tell U.S. media the Republican governor will formally announce his plans at a news conference later Tuesday. Christie has repeatedly rejected the idea of a […]
Tutu: South African Government Worse Than Apartheid Regime
Posted October 4th, 2011 at 12:35 pm (UTC-5)
South African archbishop Desmond Tutu says the country’s government is worse than the old apartheid regime for failing to issue a travel visa to the Dalai Lama. Tutu made his comments Tuesday, soon after the Dalai Lama said South Africa’s failure to give him a visa had forced him to cancel plans to attend this […]
