The U.S. Supreme Court will announce its highly-anticipated decision Thursday on the legality of the contentious health insurance reform law pushed by President Barack Obama. The major focus of the nine-member court’s ruling on the Affordable Care Act is the provision mandating that all Americans obtain health insurance by 2014 or face a financial penalty. […]
New York Times Launches Chinese-Language Website
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 3:05 am (UTC-5)
The New York Times has launched a Chinese-language news website aimed at China’s massive online population. The paper said in a statement the site, (www.cn.nytimes.com) which went active Thursday, hopes to draw readers from China’s “growing number of educated, affluent citizens.” China has an estimated 500 million Internet users, making it the world’s largest online […]
Mongolians Decide Fate of Mineral Wealth in Parliamentary Election
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 2:00 am (UTC-5)
Mongolians are heading to the polls Thursday to elect a new parliament that will be tasked with how to best use the country’s massive influx of mineral wealth to help its still poor population. The resource-rich country boasts the world’s fastest growing economy, thanks to a jump in revenue from its still largely untapped gold, […]
US ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Conviction of Ethiopian Journalists, Opposition Members
Posted June 28th, 2012 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
The United States says it is “deeply concerned” about the Ethiopian government’s conviction of 24 people, including several journalists and opposition members, on terrorism related charges. Journalist Eskinder Nega and opposition member Andualem Arage were among those found guilty Wednesday of charges including the encouragement of terrorism and high treason. The men, 16 of whom […]
