The Republican party has adopted a platform that is strongly critical of China, even as Chinese state media slammed the party’s presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, for having what it termed a “Cold War mentality.” The Republican platform, approved Tuesday at the party’s national convention in Tampa, promises to get tough on China for the alleged […]
Ukraine High Court Denies Tymoshenko Appeal
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 4:30 am (UTC-5)
Ukraine’s high court has rejected former prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko’s appeal against her conviction on charges of abuse of office. A judge said Wednesday the court could not approve the appeal by Ms. Tymoshenko, who is serving a seven-year sentence. The ruling comes a day after her lawyers argued before the European Court for Human […]
Taliban Kill 9 Soldiers in NW Pakistan
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 4:20 am (UTC-5)
Taliban militants have attacked an army post in northwest Pakistan, killing nine soldiers and wounding several others. Security officials say the attack happened Wednesday in the South Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Japan, North Korea Meet for First Time in 4 Years
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 3:30 am (UTC-5)
Officials from Japan and North Korea are holding their first government-level talks in four years. The meetings Wednesday at the Japanese embassy in Beijing are being described as preliminary discussions between the two sides, which do not have formal diplomatic relations. Japan and North Korea last met in 2008. Their relationship has long been strained […]
India Upholds Death Sentence for Mumbai Gunman
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 3:00 am (UTC-5)
India’s Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence for the lone surviving gunman among a group of militants who killed 166 people in the 2008 Mumbai attacks. The ruling Wednesday leaves Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, a Pakistani national, with a final option to appeal to India’s president for clemency. A Mumbai court convicted Kasab in 2010 […]
Hurricane Isaac Hits US Coast, Louisiana
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 2:05 am (UTC-5)
Hurricane Isaac is battering the northern U.S. Gulf Coast with strong winds driving sheets of rain and dangerous storm surges as it slowly moves ashore. The U.S. National Hurricane Center says the storm made landfall late Tuesday in southeastern Louisiana with sustained winds of 130 kilometers per hour. Forecasters expect Isaac to slowly weaken later […]
NJ Governor Chris Christie Addresses Republican Convention to Close First Full Day
Posted August 29th, 2012 at 12:05 am (UTC-5)
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has accused the Democratic party of failing America, describing the Democratic plan as “whistling a happy tune” while driving America “off a fiscal cliff.” Christie gave the keynote address Tuesday to close the first full day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. On the day Mitt Romney secured […]
NJ Governor Chris Christie Addresses Republican Convention to Close First Full Day
Posted August 28th, 2012 at 11:40 pm (UTC-5)
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has accused the Democratic party of failing America, describing the Democratic plan as “whistling a happy tune” while driving America “off a fiscal cliff.” Christie gave the keynote address Tuesday to close the first full day of the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Florida. On the day Mitt Romney secured […]
Republican Platform Vows Tax Reform, Repeal of Obamacare
Posted August 28th, 2012 at 10:55 pm (UTC-5)
Republicans have approved a party platform at their national convention in Tampa, Florida, that would ban all abortions and gay marriages and reject federal spending as a way to help the nation’s ailing economy and create jobs. The platform says congressional Republicans are committed to repealing the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, adding that […]
Ann Romney Speaks to Republican Party
Posted August 28th, 2012 at 10:50 pm (UTC-5)
The wife of U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is asking the country to give her husband the chance to lead the United States “to a better place.” Ann Romney used her speech at the Republican National Convention Tuesday night to promote her husband’s accomplishments as a businessman, governor of Massachusetts and leader in the […]
