Warsaw, June 04 (QNA) – US President Barack Obama is to discuss economic support for Ukraine when he meets President-elect Petro Poroshenko in Warsaw. Obama has said he will offer US support as Kiev tries to settle a gas bill
LOS ANGELES, June 3 (UPI) — 12 Years a Slave, the harrowing story of a New York-born black man who’s kidnapped and sold into slavery, landed on many critics’ top-ten lists in 2013. It also won four Academy Awards, including
The publicly-funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is set to slash 500 jobs from its news service following years of profligate spending. Earlier today Neil Midgley from Forbes reported that the BBC could cut around 600 jobs in total when recently
US President Barack Obama landed in Poland Tuesday to open a European tour dominated by the showdown with Russia over Ukraine. Obama touched down at Warsaw airport on a trip which also includes stops in Belgium for the G7 summit
San Francisco, June 03 (QNA) – Apple unveiled new operating systems for its Mac line of personal computers and its hit mobile devices, the iPad and iPhone. Yet tech watchers hoping for a major new product release at the World
WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) — Barack Obama issued a presidential proclamation Friday declaring June as National LGBT Pride Month. “As progress spreads from State to State, as justice is delivered in the courtroom, and as more of our fellow Americans
WASHINGTON, June 2 (UPI) — Americans may not be paying much attention to Harry Reid’s sustained anti-Koch brothers tirade, but a tea party group says the attacks have crossed the line. Jenny Beth Martin, the co-founder of Tea Party Patriots,
BERN, Switzerland, June 2 (UPI) — U.S. Ambassador Suzi LeVine, who became the nation’s representative to Switzerland and Liechtenstein on Monday, took the oath of office on an electronic copy of the Constitution. LeVine, who sworn in by Vice President
ALBUQUERQUE, June 2 (UPI) — Grasshopper swarms in Albuquerque have been so big they’re showing up on a weather radar, confusing local meteorologists. “Albuquerque has not seen these levels of grasshoppers since the early-mid 1990s,” said John R. Garlisch, extension
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 2 (UPI) — A NATO soldier was among at least six people killed in separate attacks on Monday in Afghanistan. The soldier, who was not identified, was killed during an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan. He was
LOS ANGELES, June 2 (UPI) — Real Housewives producer Andy Cohen has a racy new series in the works at Warner Horizon Television. The 46-year-old producer and Watch What Happens host plans to develop an unscripted series called I Slept
Spain’s 76-year-old King Juan Carlos will abdicate in favour of his son, Prince Felipe, Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced Monday. “His Majesty King Juan Carlos has just informed me of his desire to renounce the throne and begin the process
NEW YORK, June 1 (UPI) — Lindsay Lohan, who documented her recovery struggles in a reality series this year, is reportedly considering a move to London. A source told The Sun that “Lindsay’s really enjoying being in the U.K. and
The Newark by-election, set to take place on Thursday of this coming week, may actually a ‘neck and neck’ race according to one polling expert. Despite polls showing a Tory lead of around 8 points, Mike Smithson of the PoliticalBetting
LUXEMBOURG CITY, Luxembourg, May 30 (UPI) —After a European Union court ruling earlier this month declared that people have the “right to be forgotten” and “irrelevant” data should be erased on request, Google will allow Europeans to ask for their
KANSAS CITY, Miss., May 30 (UPI) — A US Airways flight from Los Angeles to Philadelphia was forced to make an emergency landing in Kansas City after a service dog started pooping in the aisle and the flight crew was
CHICAGO, May 29 (UPI) –Maya Angelou’s many friends and admirers paid tribute to the late poet and activist when news of her death broke Wednesday. Oprah Winfrey, who has often described Angelou as one of her biggest heroes, remembered her
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UPI) —The number of overweight and obese people around the world has soared to a record high of 2.1 billion, equaling a third of the global population. The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) in Washington
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UPI) —The U.S. Food and Drug Administration reclassified sunlamp products and ultraviolet lamps from low-risk to moderate-risk and now requires a warning that sunlamps should not used by those age 18 and younger. The FDA order requires
WASHINGTON, May 29 (UPI) — Eva Green is apparently too sexy for the MPAA. The Motion Picture Association of America has chosen to reject the 33-year-old actress’ promotional poster for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. Green appears as
ATLANTA, May 29 (UPI) —Last year’s preliminary number of U.S. births was 3,957,577 — an increase of 4,736 births from 2012 — indicating the baby recession may be over. A National Vital Statistics Report by Brady E. Hamilton, Joyce A.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich., May 29 (UPI) —While he addressed a group of Republicans during an event in Michigan on Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan took a break from praising Congressman Dave Camp to crack a couple of jokes. Ryan told
In a ‘two-fingers up to the establishment’ gesture, UKIP councillor Donna Rachel Edmunds has shot back at her local authority’s insistence that she needs “equality training” following her claim that business owners should not be forced to serve anyone they
The EU has approved the Malawian elections, despite the fact they were so flawed that the country’s President was forced to offer her resignation. The EU’s Election Observer Mission (EOM) said the elections were free, fair and credible, even though
