President Mohamed Morsi is set to seek increased aid and investment from Europe for Egypt’s beleaguered economy when he visits Brussels on Thursday on his first trip to Europe since his election in June. The Islamist president “wishes to talk
(AP) No word on status of China’s missing next leaderBEIJINGA Chinese spokesman on Tuesday said he had no information about the status of leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping, who dropped from sight 10 days ago and has canceled a series of meetings
(AP) China sends patrol ships to islands held by JapanBy LOUISE WATT and MALCOLM FOSTERAssociated PressBEIJINGA territorial flare-up between China and Japan intensified Tuesday as two Beijing-sent patrol ships arrived near disputed East China Sea islands in a show of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Syria’s Assad regime turns to ‘barrel bombs’ for more thorough extermination Australia sending illegal migrants to Nauru and Manus islands China’s Xi Jinping disappears, spurring rumors of accident or assassination Iran’s rial currency crashes
By ERIC TALMADGEAssociated PressTOKYOJapan’s government said Monday it has decided to purchase several disputed islands, prompting China to angrily warn of “serious consequences” if it proceeds with the plan. Chief Cabinet Secretary Osamu Fujimura said Japan will buy the three
They say politics make strange bedfellows, and perhaps no movie proves that more right now than a documentary called “Death by China.” Written and directed by Peter Navarro, a University of California-Irvine professor who based the film on his book
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com China backs down on forcing Hong Kong schools to teach ‘patriotism’ The ‘Arab Spring’ begins in West Bank as unemployment and prices soar Palestinian president Abbas to return to the U.N. on September 27
Higher cigarette taxes are to blame for a boom in illegal tobacco sales and the “proliferation of contraband” in Mexico, an industrial group says. The Mexican organization Concamin says that 17 percent of cigarettes sold in Mexico are illegal, and the sale
By LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONAs Americans debate whether they are better off now than they were four years ago, there is another question with a somewhat easier answer: Are you safer now than you were when President Barack Obama took
Russia said Saturday it would ask the UN Security Council to endorse a plan to end the raging violence in Syria, but the United States insisted that any resolution had to carry teeth. Russia has been the main diplomatic and
By SCOTT McDONALDAssociated PressBEIJINGAuthorities poured aid into a remote mountainous area of southwestern China and rescue workers with sniffer dogs searched for survivors Saturday after twin earthquakes killed at least 80 people. More than 100,000 residents were evacuated after Friday’s
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Japan-China island dispute being driven by popular nationalism on both sides Canada severs all diplomatic relations with Iran Canada suggests that its diplomats in Iran were in danger Japan-China island dispute being driven by
For any Republicans who might think of voting for Gary Johnson, the Libertarian candidate, it might be wise to consider some of the positions he’s taken. As a libertarian, Johnson tends to see things in terms of black and white,
Embattled President Obama took to the stage at the Democratic Convention tonight to a smaller venue where, for the past two days, everyone from politicians to Hollywood tried to make the crowd more enthusiastic. Obama had to give the speech
The lies began even before President Barack Obama started speaking. The introductory video claimed that Obama had been affected–and roused to action–by “watching [his] mother die.” Obama, while very emotive about his mother, neglected to visit her before she died
By MATTHEW LEEAssociated PressBANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, BruneiU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that her talks in China this week were useful despite highlighting sharp differences between Washington and Beijing over key international issues from Syria’s civil war to
Bill Clinton was off his game tonight in one of the longest nomination speeches in the history of humankind. The former president began his DNC speech mocking the the very idea of self empowerment and individual success. After seeming to
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Turkey’s government flails over issues of Syrian refugees and PKK attacks U.S. manufacturing contracts at sharpest rate in over three years New study explains why this financial crisis is worse than previous recessions China’s
(AP) World stocks down as US manufacturing disappointsBy PAMELA SAMPSONAP Business WriterBANGKOKWeaker-than-expected U.S. manufacturing figures, just days after China announced its own production slowdown, sent world stock markets down Wednesday. A measure of U.S. manufacturing activity ticked down from 49.8
Baaghhhh. If you take time to read the DNC platform and its take on Barack Obama’s record on foreign affairs, you wont need an emetic – you’ll just naturally throw up. The unbelievable brazen gall of the platform’s picture of
The Obama campaign, reeling from the unemployment numbers that simply will not go away, is trumpeting Obama’s “success” in the 2012 Democratic Party platform. The platform brags: “Since early 2010, the private sector has created 4.5 million jobs, and American
By CARLO PIOVANOAssociated PressLONDONGlobal financial markets fell Tuesday amid uncertainty over what authorities in the U.S., China and Europe might do to help the slowing world economy. In Europe, the focus will be on the European Central Bank President Mario
By NIRMALA GEORGEAssociated PressNEW DELHIThe defense ministers of India and China agreed Tuesday to resume joint military exercises frozen two years ago, signaling a thaw between the Asian giants even as regional relations are tense over the disputed South China
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Hillary Clinton criticizes China’s South China Sea military coercion and intimidation Armenia says it’s ‘ready for war’ with Azerbaijan ‘bastards’ Hillary Clinton criticizes China’s South China Sea military coercion and intimidation U.S. Secretary of
South Korea on Thursday formally rejected Japan’s proposal that the two countries ask an international court to settle a bitter row over disputed islands, labelling Tokyo’s stance “wrong”. South Korea last week received a “note verbale” — an unsigned diplomatic
