U.S. President Barack Obama is urging Americans to pressure their representatives in Congress to take steps that would get people back to work. At a rural economic forum in the midwestern state of Iowa Tuesday, Mr. Obama accused some members of Congress of focusing on next year’s election instead of passing legislation to help the […]
Obama Calls on Americans to Pressure Congress to Boost Economy
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 5:35 pm (UTC-5)
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Bomb Explodes in Busy Southern Afghan Market
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:35 pm (UTC-5)
Afghan officials say a bomb has exploded in a busy market in southern Afghanistan, killing at least seven people. Tuesday’s attack in the Dihrawud district of Uruzgan province took place as people were shopping in preparation to break their fast for the holy month of Ramadan. Authorities say the bomb was planted on a motorcycle. […]
Palestinian President to Submit Statehood Proposal to UN Chief
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says an application for Palestinian statehood will be submitted to the U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon in September. Mr. Abbas made the announcement in Sarajevo Tuesday as he completed a trip to Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he pressed government officials to support a Palestinian bid for statehood. He then traveled to Lebanon, where he […]
Germany, France Call for Common Eurozone Economic Government
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 1:35 pm (UTC-5)
The leaders of Germany and France are calling for a common economic government for the 17 nations that employ the euro currency and said all the countries should approve laws by the middle of next year requiring mandatory balanced budgets. After meeting in Paris Tuesday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he and German Chancellor Angela […]
US Stocks Fall in Midday Tuesday Trading
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 12:25 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock indexes fell in midday trading Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is off three-tenths of one percent, while the broader S&P 500 fell one-half of a percentage point. The NASDAQ dropped seven-tenths of one percent. European markets ended narrowly mixed from Monday’s close. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained one-tenth of one percent […]
Arrest of Anti-Corruption Activist Sparks Protest Across India
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 12:05 pm (UTC-5)
Protest erupted across India Tuesday after police arrested a prominent social activist just hours before he was set to start a public hunger strike to demand tougher anti-corruption legislation. Authorities say Anna Hazare was detained early Tuesday at a New Delhi apartment after he refused to limit the duration and size of his protest. Some […]
Heavy Gunfire in Besieged Syrian City
Posted August 16th, 2011 at 11:40 am (UTC-5)
Syrian security forces are using heavy machine gun fire in the port city of Latakia, where a President Bashar al-Assad’s government has been cracking down on opposition demonstrators the past four days. Activists and residents say at least five people were killed Tuesday in Latakia. They say security forces have killed at least 35 people […]
Obama: American People Have No Patience with Washington ‘Shenanigans’
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 7:45 pm (UTC-5)
President Barack Obama, on a campaign-style bus tour of the U.S. Midwest, says politicians should not “play games” with the economy when there are so many people in the country without jobs. Mr. Obama was speaking at a so-called town hall meeting at a farm in the state of Iowa Monday evening. He said the […]
Tropical Storm Gert Misses Bermuda
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 6:35 pm (UTC-5)
Authorities in Bermuda have discontinued all storm warnings as Tropical Storm Gert turns away from the island, heading over open waters where it poses no further threat to land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said in its latest bulletin Monday that Gert was 220 kilometers east-northeast of Bermuda, moving to the northeast with […]
US Stocks Rise
Posted August 15th, 2011 at 12:10 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. stock market indexes rose in Monday’s midday trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced one percent, the S&P 500 rose 1.2 percent and the NASDAQ gained seven-tenths of a percent. European stock markets were higher at the close of trading. London’s Financial Times 100 index gained six-tenths of a percent to end at 5,351. […]
