China is set to overtake the United States as the world’s largest net oil importer from October, according to US figures, due to a combination of rising Chinese demand and increased US production. Next year, China’s net oil imports will
A heatwave stifled Japan Sunday as the temperature topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) in two cities, leaving at least four people dead over the weekend, officials and reports said. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the temperature reached 40.6 C
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com India’s Arihant nuclear submarine ready for sea acceptance trials India and Vietnam strengthen military and strategic ties Questions growing over Israel’s drone attack on Sinai jihadists Violence with smugglers increases on Turkey – Syria
Real estate mogul and The Apprentice star Donald Trump is headed to Iowa on Saturday night to address a conservative group. He told Breitbart News in a phone interview from his plane as it was leaving La Guardia airport in New
India’s first home-built nuclear submarine is ready for sea trials in open waters, a step before it becomes fully operational, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced Saturday. India unveiled the indigenous 6,000-tonne INS Arihant (Destroyer of Enemies) in 2009 as part
China’s official news agency Xinhua has reported as true a satirical story that Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post newspaper by accident. The publication on Xinhua’s website came days after it posted a photo gallery of images supposedly
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia ‘disappointed’ that Obama cancelled Putin visit Mongolia’s natural resource riches lost to corruption and foreigners China reports human-to-human spread of H7N9 bird flu Egypt’s interim government declares end to negotiations with Brotherhood Russia
(AP) Scientists plan controversial lab-made bird fluBy LAURAN NEERGAARDAP Medical WriterWASHINGTONScientists who sparked an outcry by creating easier-to-spread versions of the bird flu for research purposes want to try such experiments again using a worrisome new strain. This time around,
(AP) China fines 6 milk suppliers in price-fixing probeBy JOE McDONALDAP Business WriterBEIJINGChina announced Wednesday it has fined six milk suppliers, including Mead Johnson and New Zealand’s Fonterra, a total of $108 million for price-fixing after an investigation that shook
Director Masha Savitz’s new film reveals a side of China many of her peers ignore in their push to crack that country’s lucrative film market. Red Reign explores how Chinese officials persecute members of Falun Gong, the spiritual movement which
On Tuesday, the Commerce Department is expected to report the June deficit on international trade in goods and services was $43 billion. Overall, the deficit is up from $25 billion when the economic recovery began in mid-2009 and poses the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russian warships dock in Cuba for ‘friendly visit’ Russia sides with Vietnam in the South China Sea dispute U.S. Embassy closures extended to Saturday, August 10 Islamic ‘Peace Mobile’ smartphone ready for launch Russian
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Zimbabwe’s 90 year old ‘Liberation Hero’ Robert Mugabe wins another election Chinese skin is black enough for Robert Mugabe Intelligence from Yemen forcing embassy closings Zimbabwe’s 90 year old ‘Liberation Hero’ Robert Mugabe wins
Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has hit back at allegations by a former CIA chief that the company spies for Beijing, labelling them “defamatory” and “baseless”. Michael Hayden, who headed the Central Intelligence Agency in 2006-09, was quoted two weeks ago
(AP) Bacon fries on pavement as heat wave grips ChinaBy The Associated PressSHANGHAIIt’s been so hot in China that people are grilling shrimp on manhole covers, eggs are hatching without incubators and a highway billboard has mysteriously caught fire by
Obama spokesman Jay Carney said the White House is “extremely disappointed” that Russia granted Edward Snowden asylum. Early this morning, Snowden left the Moscow airport after he was granted temporary asylum by Russia. Carney also stated that Snowden isn’t a
Friday, forecasters expect the Labor Department will report the economy added 175,000 jobs in July, down from 195,000 in June, and the unemployment rate will slip a notch to 7.5 percent. The pace of job creation has been stronger in
(AP) Japan Finance Minister under fire for Nazi commentBy MARI YAMAGUCHI and ELAINE KURTENBACHAssociated PressTOKYOJapanese Finance Minister Taro Aso has retracted a comment he made this week suggesting Japan should follow the Nazi example of how to change the country’s
Hollywood swallowed hard–very, very hard–when deciding to enter into the movie business with China. The industry looked past the country’s human rights abuses and its willingness to censor the arts in order to turn a bigger profit. If they made
A Breitbart News reader emailed this snapshot yesterday, showing Clinton Presidential Library merchandise made in China. I don’t particularly worry about such things. I’m in favor of free trade, and look forward to more economic cooperation–and competition–with China. It’s a
In the October 1981 issue of the American Historical Review, Allen Goodman of Georgetown University recounted asking former Comintern member Bertram Wolfe about Ho Chi Minh, whom he had spent three months with touring the Soviet Union as part of
China just admitted to being in violation of American law on organic production, but no one on this side of the Pacific seems to care. We have all seen photos of algae blooms on China’s beaches. The blooms are caused
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Japan considers pre-emptive military strike capability Burma Buddhists attempt to justify genocidal attacks on Muslims Egypt prepares for massive showdown on Friday North and South Korea fail to agree on opening Kaesong Japan considers
(AP) Japan concerned about Chinese military activityBy MARI YAMAGUCHIAssociated PressTOKYOTokyo expressed unease Thursday over Chinese military and maritime activity near disputed islands that Japan controls, as China defended a flight by one of its fighter jets near Japanese airspace. Japan
FLORENCE, Italy, July 23 (UPI) — Keepers at an Italian animal reserve said a zonkey — a rare hybrid of a zebra and a donkey — was born at the facility and is in good health. Serena Aglietti, whose family
