Reports show the U.S. job market getting a little better, the trade deficit getting worse, and the outlook for manufacturing dimming over the next few months. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department says the number of Americans signing up for unemployment aid fell to the lowest level in more than four years. First-time applicants fell […]
Syria Protests Turkey’s ‘Hostile’ Plane Interception
Posted October 11th, 2012 at 10:15 am (UTC-5)
Syria says Turkey’s decision to force a Syrian passenger plane to land in Ankara was “hostile and reprehensible” and that it amounts to piracy. The Syrian foreign ministry said Thursday that the interception of the plane as it was flying from Moscow to Damascus was “another sign of the hostile polices” of the Turkish government. […]
Rights Group: Human Rights Abuses on Both Sides in Boko Haram Conflict
Posted October 11th, 2012 at 9:50 am (UTC-5)
A human rights group says both the Islamist militant group Boko Haram and Nigerian security forces trying to subdue them may have committed crimes against humanity. U.S.-based Human Rights Watch released a report Thursday saying Boko Haram has committed “widespread and systematic murder and persecution” in its attacks on government agents, Christians, and moderate Muslims. […]
Gunman Kills Yemeni US Embassy Security Officer
Posted October 11th, 2012 at 9:20 am (UTC-5)
Security officials say a gunman on a motorcycle has killed a Yemeni security official employed by the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. The officials say the shooter opened fire on a car carrying Qassem Aqlani as he traveled to work on Thursday. The unidentified attacker then fled the area. Security officials said the attack resembled those […]
Indian Police Arrest Suspected Militants
Posted October 11th, 2012 at 8:25 am (UTC-5)
Police in India say they have arrested three Islamist militants who were planning bomb attacks in the capital during the upcoming Hindu festival season. New Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar told reporters that three are members of the militant group Indian Mujahideen, which is blamed for a number of deadly attacks across India since 2005. […]
China’s Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature
Posted October 11th, 2012 at 7:45 am (UTC-5)
Chinese author Mo Yan has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Royal Swedish Academy in Stockholm announced the winner of the prestigious prize on Thursday. In describing his work, the Nobel committee said Mo merges folk tales, history and the contemporary “with hallucinatory realism.” Mo is seen as one of China’s foremost contemporary […]
US Vice Presidential Candidates to Meet in Pivotal Debate
Posted October 11th, 2012 at 7:30 am (UTC-5)
The 2012 U.S. presidential campaign reaches another pivotal moment Thursday when Vice President Joe Biden and his Republican challenger, Representative Paul Ryan, meet in their only scheduled debate. The nationally televised event at a small college in Kentucky comes as Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is gaining momentum in voter opinion polls after his strong […]
Gunman Kills Yemeni US Embassy Security Officer
Posted October 11th, 2012 at 7:05 am (UTC-5)
Security officials say a gunman on a motorcycle has killed a Yemeni security official employed by the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa. The officials say the shooter opened fire on a car carrying Qassem Aqlani as he traveled to work on Thursday. The unidentified attacker then fled the area. Security officials said the attack resembled those […]
China Slams US Duties on Solar Products
Posted October 11th, 2012 at 7:00 am (UTC-5)
China is slamming steep tariffs imposed by the United States on Chinese-made solar panels, saying they are an unfair trade barrier that will create “friction” between the world’s two largest economies. Wednesday, the U.S. Commerce Department upheld charges of 18 to nearly 250 percent on Chinese solar panel producers to counter what it says is […]
Lenovo Passes HP as World’s Top PC Maker: Report
Posted October 11th, 2012 at 6:30 am (UTC-5)
A new report suggests that Chinese manufacturer Lenovo has overtaken U.S.-based Hewlett Packard as the world’s top producer of personal computers. Research firm Gartner said in a report Thursday that Lenovo’s third quarter sales made up nearly 16 percent of the global market for PCs, edging out HP by two-tenths of a percent. It is […]
