The first hurricane of the 2011 season has formed over the Pacific Ocean near the western coast of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Adrian has sustained winds of up to 120 kilometers an hour and could grow stronger in the next two days. Forecasters say if the hurricane remains on its current path, […]
UN Chief Begins Trip to South America This Week
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 2:20 pm (UTC-5)
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon leaves Friday for South America, where he will visit Colombia, Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil. The U.N. says Mr. Ban will meet with the presidents and foreign ministers of each of the four countries. He is scheduled to go first to Colombia, where he also will meet with the head of […]
New U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan is Veteran Trouble Shooter
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 10:55 am (UTC-5)
President Obama’s choice to become the next U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan, Ryan Crocker, is a career diplomat with extensive experience across the Middle East. He has served as a U.S. ambassador five previous times, starting in Lebanon in the early 1990s. After that, he became the U.S. ambassador to Kuwait, followed by Syria and Pakistan, […]
Former Mexican Governor Arrested
Posted June 8th, 2011 at 1:15 am (UTC-5)
Mexican authorities have arrested the former governor of the Mexican state of Chiapas. Prosecutors say Pablo Salazar, who governed Chiapas from 2000 to 2006, was arrested Tuesday at Cancun airport. He is accused of stealing government funds meant to be used for hurricane cleanup. Salazar is linked to the longtime ruling party, PRI. On Saturday, […]
Police in Mexico Seize Armored Drug Trucks
Posted June 6th, 2011 at 9:15 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in Mexico have seized two homemade armored freight trucks believed to be altered for local drug cartels during a raid and shootout in a warehouse in the northern state of Tamaulipas. Two suspected drug traffickers were killed during the raid in the town of Camargo. Authorities say the tanks – dubbed “monster trucks” by […]
German Chancellor Beginning Official Visit to US
Posted June 6th, 2011 at 8:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama formally welcomes German Chancellor Angela Merkel to the White House Tuesday for an official visit that will include both pomp and politics. Ms. Merkel’s one-day visit will start with a 19-gun salute on the White House South Lawn and end with an elaborate black-tie dinner. She is scheduled to attend a […]
Peru’s Keiko Fujimori Concedes Defeat
Posted June 6th, 2011 at 6:40 pm (UTC-5)
The daughter of imprisoned former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori has conceded defeat following a closely-fought runoff against former leftist army officer Ollanta Humala. Keiko Fujimori Monday said she recognized Mr. Humala’s triumph in Sunday’s election and she salutes his victory. Fujimori also said she wished Mr. Humala luck. With about 90 percent of the vote […]
Judge OKs extradition of France bomb suspect
Posted June 6th, 2011 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
A judge in Canada has ruled that a Canadian may be extradited to France where he faces charges in connection with a 1980 synagogue bombing in Paris that killed four people. Justice Robert Maranger said that while he believes the French authorities’ case against 57-year old Hassan Diab is “weak,” the Canadian-Lebanese national must be […]
Crude Oil Prices Fall
Posted June 6th, 2011 at 4:15 pm (UTC-5)
Here are the prices of some key commodities traded in New York on Monday: Crude oil prices fell $1.21 to $99.01 per barrel. Coffee prices dropped more than 10 cents to $2.61 per pound. Cocoa futures fell $15 to $2,863 per ton. Copper prices rose nearly one cent to $4.14 per pound. In Chicago trading, […]
Peru’s Humala Softens Image to Win Presidential Election
Posted June 6th, 2011 at 3:30 pm (UTC-5)
Peru’s Ollanta Humala is a leftist former army officer who launched a failed military coup in 2000 against then-President Alberto Fujimori, the father of Mr. Humala’s opponent, Keiko Fujimori. Mr. Humala’s victory in Peru’s presidential runoff election Sunday comes five years after he narrowly lost the presidential race to Alan Garcia, who leaves office July […]
