Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Belarusian counterpart Aleksander Lukashenko have praised their close ties during Mr. Putin’s first foreign trip abroad since being sworn in for a controversial third term earlier this month. Mr. Lukashenko met the Russian president at the Minsk airport Thursday and whisked him to his private residence outside Belarus capital […]
Russian, Belarusian Presidents Praise Bilateral Ties
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 8:15 pm (UTC-5)
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New York Looks to Ban Sales of Large Sugary Drinks
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in an effort to fight the city’s rising obesity rate. Bloomberg’s proposal would be the first of its kind in the United States. Restaurants, delicatessens, movie theaters, sports venues, and mobile food carts would be […]
Russia Sentences Former Military Officer to 12 Years for Selling maps to US
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
A court in Russia has convicted a retired colonel of spying for the United States and sentenced him to 12 years in prison. Security service officials say that Vladimir Lazar, a former senior officer with the military-technical department of the Russian Armed Forces General Staff, was convicted in a Moscow city court for selling sensitive […]
Clinton: Russian Stalling Could Push Syria into Civil War
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 7:00 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Russia’s failure to take decisive action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “is going to help contribute” to the very civil war officials in Moscow say they are helping to avoid. Speaking in Denmark Thursday, Clinton said she rejects the Russians’ “vociferous…claim that they are providing a stabilizing influence” […]
Judge Declares Mistrial in Edwards Case
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 6:10 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. federal judge has declared a mistrial in the case of former Senator and one-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who was charged with misusing a million dollar campaign fund to hide his affair with a mistress. The judge in Greensboro, North Carolina made his decision after the jury found Edwards not guilty on […]
German Hostage in Nigeria Killed in Rescue Attempt; Italian Engineer Kidnapped
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 5:50 pm (UTC-5)
A German man abducted in Nigeria in January allegedly by an al-Qaida-linked group was killed during a rescue attempt Thursday, while reports of a fresh kidnapping emerged in the country. Nigerian officials said Edgar Fritz Raupach was killed by his captors as security forces tried to free him during a raid in the northern city […]
Russian, Belarus Presidents Praise Bilateral Ties
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
Russian President Vladimir Putin is in Belarus on his first foreign trip since being sworn in for a controversial third term earlier this month. Before departing for Germany and France, President Putin is expected to discuss Russia-Belarus ties with Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko who greeted Mr. Putin at the airport in Minsk. American political analyst […]
Judge Declares Mistrial in Edwards Case
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. federal judge has declared a mistrial in the case of former Senator and one-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, who was charged with misusing a million dollar campaign fund to hide his affair with a mistress. The judge in Greensboro, North Carolina made his decision after the jury found Edwards not guilty on […]
Judge Declares Mistrial in Edwards Case
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 5:10 pm (UTC-5)
A U.S. federal judge has declared a mistrial in the case of former senator and one-time Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards who was charged with misusing a million dollar campaign fund to hide his affair with a mistress. The judge in Greensboro, North Carolina made his decision after the jury found Edwards not guilty on […]
Chen: Democratic Reform in China Slow, but Irreversible
Posted May 31st, 2012 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
Blind Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng, who recently arrived in the United States after escaping last month from house arrest in China’s Shandong province, says democratic change in China is slow, but irreversible. In his first formal public appearance at the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations Thursday, Chen also called on China’s government and party […]
