This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Jihadist attack on India’s Buddhist Temple in revenge for Burma atrocities World fault lines Millions of Egyptians protest in rival demonstrations Jihadist attack on India’s Buddhist Temple in revenge for Burma atrocities The Bodhi
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) recently released a report, “Transnational Organized Crime in Central America and the Caribbean,” that identifies both Mexican cartels and street gangs as conduits for individuals from Africa and Asia entering the
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has offered asylum to NSA leaker Edward Snowden, according to Reuters. Snowden is reportedly hiding out in Moscow as he awaits word from countries on whether they would extradite him to the United States. The U.S.
The Labor Department announced the economy added 195,000 jobs in June. The pace appears to be picking up, but it is still not the 360,000 jobs needed each month to bring unemployment down to 6 percent over the next three
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Euro crisis returns as yields spike in Portugal and Spain Wall Street stock valuations reach new recent high Obama Administration postpones major Obamacare provision President Richard Nixon’s Wage-Price controls Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward
(AFP) – A high-ranking North Korean official with long experience in nuclear talks began a series of meetings in Moscow on Thursday aimed at reviving the stalled six-party process after months of tensions. Russian officials said North Korea’s first vice
During his recent trip to Africa, President Barack Obama made an illuminating statement that reveals how progressives view the poor in underdeveloped parts of the world. Ultimately, if you think about all the youth that everybody has mentioned here
China’s Peng Shuai and Hsieh Su-Wei of Taiwan have forged a tennis doubles partnership that bridges the divide between the two sides, saying sport can take the heat out of the toughest situations. The pairing, who play in the Wimbledon
The Commerce Department reported the May deficit on international trade in goods and services jumped to $45.0 billion from billion $40.1 billion in April. Overall, the deficit is up from $25 billion when the economic recovery began in mid-2009 and
(AP) Global stocks slide as oil jumps on Egypt crisisBy KAY JOHNSONAP Business WriterBANGKOKGlobal stocks slumped Wednesday as Egypt’s unfolding political crisis pushed the price of oil to its highest level in more than a year, adding to an uncertain
Four Chinese government ships were on Monday sailing in waters around islands controlled by Tokyo and claimed by Beijing, the Japanese coastguard said. The maritime surveillance vessels entered the 12-nautical-mile zone regarded as the territorial waters of the Senkaku islands,
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODYAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKJennifer Lopez sang “Happy Birthday” to the leader of Turkmenistan during a show, but her representative said she wouldn’t have performed there at all if she had known there were human rights issues in
China has vowed to ramp up patrols and “crack down upon terrorist groups” after staging large military exercises in the ethnically divided Xinjiang region following clashes that killed at least 35 people. Beijing also dispatched two high-ranking officials to the
The Washington Post reports that President Obama lost track of alleged NSA leaker Edward Snowden by relying on attorneys at the DOJ instead of using diplomacy with China and Hong Kong. By the time Obama decided to take advantage of diplomatic
According to Fox News, U.N. personnel are bringing cash from China into North Korea in order to keep the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) afloat. U.N personnel are doing this because they are no longer able to transfer money into
(AFP) – Spanish police said Saturday they had seized hundreds of thousands of packets of unlicensed medicine illegally imported from China and India, including erection aids and slimming products. The Civil Guard “seized more than 250,000 units of illegal medicine,
by AFP 6/29/2013 Top seeds and title favorites Novak Djokovic and Serena Williams, having comfortably survived the cull of Wimbledon stars in the first week, aim to move into the fourth round on Saturday. World number one Djokovic takes on
China has been both lionized and vilified over the past three decades. It has been seen as the saviour of Western capitalism, but also as a state-run economy intent on becoming the hegemonic nation in East Asia, if not the Pacific.
The news departments at the Big Three TV networks have done 92 new stories on the global warming debate recently, but not one of them informed viewers that there has been a decade-long lull in rising temperatures. A new Media
President Obama’s Climate Action Plan won’t do much to curb global warming, but it will please liberals who delight in extending government control over large segments of the economy. The president argues the overwhelming majority of scientists, including some early
In press conference in Africa, President Obama said today that he won’t be “wheeling and dealing” to extradite Edward Snowden calling him a “29-year old hacker.” “I’m not going to have one case with a suspect who we’re trying to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Gun sales explode, thanks to Obama’s anti-gun campaign Violence flares again in China’s Xinjiang province Israel approves new West Bank settlements on eve of John Kerry visit Wall Street stocks gain on bad U.S.
GDP growth was revised downward for the first quarter from 2.4 to 1.8 percent because consumer spending, business investment, and exports grew less than previously estimated. Slack consumer and business spending raise questions about whether household balance sheets have strengthened
The Guardian‘s Glen Greenwald told the Daily Beast that Edward Snowden “has taken extreme precautions to make sure many different people around the world have these archives to insure the stories will inevitably be published.” These people are unable to
The lengths to which the Taliban will go to massacre innocent people have quite literally reached new heights. Saturday, in a mountaineering camp above 12,000 feet in Pakistan, 10 mountaineers from various countries including America, the Ukraine, Slovakia, China, Lithuania
