Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping is urging China and the United States to deepen mutual trust and expand common ground to improve military cooperation. Xi spoke Monday in Beijing with visiting U.S. Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. He hailed what is widely seen as improving Sino-U.S. ties, saying they […]
Chinese VP Pushes ‘Mutual Trust’ in Ties with US
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 12:45 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama: Urgent Action Needed On Debt Deal
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 11:45 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama says it is time to set aside politics and make a deal with both parties in Congress that will allow the United States to keep borrowing money, while cutting government deficits and debt. At a news conference Monday in Washington, Mr. Obama said he will meet with opposition Republicans and his […]
Death Toll in Russian Boat Disaster Rises to 64
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Russian divers on the Volga River are probing a sunken tour boat where they expect to find the remains of scores of children entombed in a play area of the stricken vessel, which went down Sunday with 208 people on board. The grim search was underway late Monday, as the confirmed death toll rose to […]
Dozens of Bangladeshi Children Killed in Crash
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 10:45 am (UTC-5)
Bangladeshi police say at least 42 school children were killed Monday, when the vehicle they were riding in plunged into a canal. The children, between the ages of 8 and 12, were returning from a football match when the accident happened outside the southeastern city of Chittagong. At least 60 students were said to be […]
Suicide Bomber Kills 5 in Northwest Pakistan
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 10:40 am (UTC-5)
A suicide bomber has killed five people at a political rally in northwest Pakistan. Monday’s attack in the Batgram district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province took place before a senior member of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q party was scheduled to speak at the gathering. The politician, Ameer Muqam, had not yet arrived at the venue. The blast […]
Assad Loyalists Storm US Embassy in Syria
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 10:30 am (UTC-5)
Crowds of Syrians loyal to President Bashar al-Assad surged into the U.S. embassy compound in Damascus on Monday and caused damage. The Associated Press reported that attackers broke windows, raised a Syrian flag on the U.S. grounds, and wrote anti-U.S. graffiti on walls. The attackers reportedly left after the brief incursion. Reuters news agency quotes […]
Global Stocks Fall
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 10:25 am (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes fell sharply in Monday’s early trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average retreated eight-tenths of a percent, the S&P 500 fell one percent and the NASDAQ lost seven-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were lower in afternoon trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index nine-tenths of a percent, the CAC-40 in Paris […]
Space Shuttle, ISS Begin Equipment Transfer
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 6:55 am (UTC-5)
The crews aboard the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station Monday attached the 12.5-ton Raffaello multi-purpose module to the space station. The module is packed with more than 8,000 pounds of spare parts, equipment, food and other supplies that will sustain space station operations through 2012. Meanwhile, the U.S. space agency NASA […]
Massive Explosions Rock Cyprus Naval Base
Posted July 11th, 2011 at 3:01 am (UTC-5)
Officials in Cyprus say massive explosions Monday rocked a major naval base on the Mediterranean island’s southern coast. The Cyprus News Agency reports at least 10 fatalities and scores of injured. It is believed the blast occurred when a munitions dump at the Evangelos Florakis base caught fire. Witnesses report significant damage at the explosion […]
Russian Boat Sinks on Volga, 2 Dead, 100 Missing
Posted July 10th, 2011 at 10:00 pm (UTC-5)
Russian authorities say there is little chance of finding any more survivors from a tourist boat that sank Sunday in the Volga River, leaving at least 100 people missing. Only two bodies have been found so far, while about 80 others were rescued or swam to shore. Officials say they fear many of the missing […]
