This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. China deploys oil rig as weapon to assert South China Sea claims China hails a ‘new era’ for its oil industry China’s media ‘accidentally’ claims Philippines as part of China China cracks down further
By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated PressWASHINGTONA U.S. government-funded study says North Koreans have unprecedented access to foreign media, giving them a more positive impression of the outside world. But it says North Korea still has the world’s most closed media environment, and
By MARGIE MASONAssociated PressHANOI, VietnamThe number of international adoptions has plummeted to its lowest point in 15 years, a steep decline attributed largely to crackdowns against baby-selling, a sputtering world economy and efforts by countries to place more children with
Here’s your multiple choice question of the day: According to Sam Kass, who was the personal chef for the Obama family before they moved into the White House and is now an assistant chef and food initiative coordinator there, what
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Kofi Annan says Syria is on brink of civil war, and only his plan can prevent it New elections looming for Greece Greece faces major new financial crisis and may leave eurozone Greece and
By PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business WriterBANGKOKWorld stock markets fell Wednesday, with Japan’s Nikkei closing at a three-month low, as political turmoil in Greece pushed the debt-crippled country closer to financial disaster. European stock markets opened mostly lower after losses in Asia
When riot police broke up a recent protest over a forced eviction, Vietnam’s bloggers were ready — hidden in nearby trees, they documented the entire incident and quickly posted videos and photos online. Their shaky images spread like wildfire on
By DIDI TANGAssociated PressBEIJINGBlind activist Chen Guangcheng has drawn a global media spotlight after setting off tensions between the U.S. and China, but he’s almost unknown at home and the Chinese government is working to keep it that way. After
China said Monday it was ready to work with France after the election of Socialist Francois Hollande as president, amid concerns his victory could derail Paris’s deficit-cutting plan. The 57-year-old Socialist won power Sunday in a close race against incumbent
President Barack Obama threw a kinetic military action for Libyan dissidents. He abandoned a dictator to please dissidents in Egypt and is funding their new government to the tune of $1.5 billion dollars–even though its leaders support jihad against the
North Korea vowed on Sunday to push ahead with what it says are peaceful nuclear and space programmes, rubbishing calls from the five permanent UN Security Council members. The communist North condemned a statement issued Thursday by the United States,
The latest ad from Obama’s presidential campaign revealed his primary tactic for this year’s presidential election: attack the messenger of his failed policies. Obama for America recently released an ad, “Swiss Bank Account,” in response to the new Americans for
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng is in trouble. He escaped captivity and fled to the U.S. Embassy, only to leave the U.S. Embassy after a U.S. official either encouraged him to do so or “made him feel he was being [such]
The United States will this year double military aid to its ally the Philippines, which is engaged in a prolonged maritime stand-off with China, the foreign department in Manila said on Friday. The ramping-up of Washington’s defence assistance will see
Rep Paul Ryan on WLS Radio’s Don Wade and Roma, May 3.2012.
COLLEGE PARK, Md., May 4 (UPI) —The U.S. economy added 115,000 jobs in April — much less than expected and not enough to keep up with natural population growth. The unemployment rate fell to 8.1 percent because another 522,000 adults
While Chinese dissenter Chen Guangcheng and his family face violent treatment from the Chinese government thanks to the gutless action of the US State Department, the State Department is winning major victories in China. A few moments ago, the State
While the White House is offically claiming Activist Chen Guangcheng now wants to say in China of his own free will, the main reporrter breaking the story — Melinda Liu — who has spoken to Chen several times on the
Sudan and South Sudan’s armies were locked in a tense standoff Thursday hours after a UN Security Council ultimatum to end hostilities or risk sanctions. Sudan’s army “is still preparing to attack our positions… but there has been no fighting
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday told China that it cannot deny the “aspirations” of its citizens as she opened talks in Beijing marred by a row over a Chinese dissident. Clinton, however, did not directly mention the
Chen Guangcheng, the blind human rights activist who took asylum at the US embassy in Beijing but subsequently left after allegedly being told by US officials that the Chinese were threatening to torture his wife, is now looking for asylum
European stock markets gave up early gains on Wednesday as slowing economic activity pushed eurozone unemployment to a record 10.9 percent and US jobs data added to the disappointment. London’s FTSE 100 index fell 1.07 percent to 5,750.29 points in
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressBEIJINGSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived Wednesday in Beijing, where a tense human rights showdown awaits over the fate of a blind Chinese lawyer said to be under U.S. protection after escaping from
London launched a major military exercise Wednesday to check security responses for the 2012 Olympics, as the final wave of test sports events got under way. Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon fighter jets flew into the capital to herald the
