French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde’s bid to head the International Monetary Fund received a big boost Sunday when Egypt, Indonesia, and the United Arab Emirates publicly endorsed her over two other candidates. The backing from those three countries came as Lagarde visited Egypt to shore up support for her candidacy. Lagarde said the visit left […]
Egypt, Indonesia, UAE Back Lagarde’s Bid for IMF Job
Photos of Wounded US Congresswoman Released
The first photographs have been released of the U.S. congresswoman who was shot in the head in January at an outdoor political meeting. One photo shows Representative Garielle Giffords alone, smiling. In the second, she is seen with an unidentified woman. Giffords’ hair is cut short but there are few other signs of the gunshot […]
Venezuela’s President Recovers From Surgery in Cuba
Venezuelan officials say President Hugo Chavez is recovering satisfactorily after undergoing surgery in Cuba. Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro says Mr. Chavez had an abscess removed from his pelvic area. Maduro says doctors discovered the abscess during the president’s routine medical check-up and he decided to immediately go ahead with Friday’s surgery. Officials say the 56-year-old […]
Obama Promotes Job Training to Spur Hiring
U.S. President Barack Obama says a new job training initiative will help thousands of people gain the necessary qualifications for manufacturing jobs. In his weekly address Saturday, Mr. Obama said the government is partnering with colleges and the private sector so 500,000 community college students can acquire approved credentials for manufacturing. Earlier this week at […]
President Obama Promotes Job Training to Spur Hiring
U.S. President Barack Obama says a new job training initiative will help thousands of people gain the necessary qualifications for manufacturing jobs. During his weekly address Saturday, Mr. Obama says the government is partnering with colleges and the private sector so 500,000 community college students can acquire approved credentials for manufacturing . The president also […]
Venezuelan President Undergoes Surgery in Cuba
Venezuela’s president, who is recovering from a recent knee operation, underwent surgery Friday morning in Cuba. Venezuela’s Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro said Hugo Chavez had an operation in Havana for a pelvic abscess. The foreign minister said President Chavez felt ill and was “immediately attended to” by his medical team. Maduro said Mr. Chavez has […]
Vancouver Wins Game 5 Stanley Cup Finals
The Vancouver Canucks beat the Boston Bruins 1-0 Friday in Vancouver, moving one game away from clinching the team’s first National Hockey League championship. The Canucks hold a 3-games-to-2 lead in the best-of-seven games series of the Stanley Cup finals. The Canucks’ Maxim Lapierre scored the game-winning goal with more than 15 minutes left to […]
Alaska Releases Ex-Governor Palin’s E-Mails
Officials in the far northwestern U.S. state of Alaska have released more than 24,000 pages of Sarah Palin’s e-mails from her first two years as governor. The e-mails were distributed in paper form to reporters Friday, at the state capital, Juneau. Several news agencies have begun scanning them for distribution electronically. Two major U.S. newspapers […]
Crude Oil Prices Fall
Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Friday: Crude oil prices fell $2.64 to $99.29 per barrel. Coffee prices fell nearly two cents to $2.65 per pound. Copper futures dropped five cents to $4.05 per pound. Cocoa futures rose $17 to $2,997 per ton. In Chicago trading, wheat prices […]
Mexicans Blame Tainted Meat for Footballers Positive Drug Tests
Mexican football officials are blaming contaminated meat for five of their national team players failing doping tests. The Mexican Football Federation said the players had all tested positive for the banned substance clenbuterol from tests carried out in Mexico on May 21. Clenbuterol can be used to speed up and increase muscle mass in animals. […]