Senate reaches deal to end shutdown
- Senate leaders announced on today, Wednesday, October 16 that they have reached a deal to end the government shutdown and avoid a...
Former Detroit mayor sentenced to 28 years in prison for corruption
- Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was sentenced on Thursday to 28 years in prison for corruption, the apparent last step after a...
Miss Universe under fire in India for Taj Mahal footwear photo shoot
- Miss Universe Olivia Culpo is under fire in India after taking part in a photo shoot for shoes at the hallowed Taj...
US contracted drug monitoring aircraft crash leaves four dead
CMC - The United States Southern Command, which overseas US military operations in the Caribbean and Latin America, says a US-contracted detection and monitoring...
U.S. forces strike in Libya, Somalia capture al Qaeda operative
- In two operations in Africa nearly 3,000 miles apart, U.S. military forces went after two high-value targets over the weekend.
One operation took...
Scores killed as boat sinks off coast of Italy
(CNN) -- At least 94 people, including a pregnant woman and two children, died when a boat capsized and caught fire off the island...
Americans are fat, stressed and unhealthy – Human Capital Index
By Howard Schneider
- The World Economic Forum, sponsors of the exclusive, c-level talkfest held every year in Switzerland, knows what is wrong with...
World holds breath as U.S. government shuts down
Washington (CNN) -- The game of chicken failed. Neither side blinked. Now millions will pay the price. Americans watched a colossal failure by Congress...
U.N. Climate Panel Endorses Ceiling on Global Emissions
- The world’s top climate scientists on Friday formally embraced an upper limit on greenhouse gases for the first time, establishing a target level at...
Bulgaria writes off US$2.9M Guyana debt
- Bulgaria will forgive US$ 2.9 million of the debt that Guyana owes. The Council of Ministers approved a draft intergovernmental agreement between...