Italy temporarily closed its consulate in Benghazi on Tuesday and pulled its staff out of the country following a failed gun attack on the consul in eastern Libya, the foreign ministry said. Consul Guido De Sanctis’s bullet-proof car came under
By GEIR MOULSONAssociated PressBERLINNatural disasters cost insurers $65 billion last year, with the United States accounting for nine-tenths of the bill and Superstorm Sandy prompting payouts of $25 billion, a leading insurance company said Thursday. However, Munich Re AG said
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com: Americans should thank ‘Made in China’ for a Merry Christmas Vatican displays a low-cost Nativity scene Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Americans should thank ‘Made in China’ for a Merry Christmas According to
(AP) – Though the Mayans never really predicted that the world would end on Friday, some New Agers are convinced that humanity’s demise is indeed imminent. Or at least that it’s a good excuse for a party. Believers are being
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Silvio Berlusconi, 76, to marry stunning 27 year old brunette Thousands of Palestinians flee Syria’s Yarmouk refugee camp After 20 years of deflation, Japan’s new leader will try devaluation Silvio Berlusconi, 76, to marry
(AP) Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONSen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the influential Democrat who broke racial barriers on Capitol Hill and played key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals, died
(AP) Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88By ANDREW TAYLORAssociated PressWASHINGTONSen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the influential Democrat who broke racial barriers on Capitol Hill and played key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and Iran-Contra scandals, died
After 30 years, The New York Times has admitted that Reaganomics worked. The inadvertent revelation comes in a November 29th article by Binyamin Appelbaum chronicling the steadily falling tax burden Americans have experienced since the 1980s. AEI columnist James Pethokoukis notes that the
More people have seen Fatawesome’s “Cat-Friend vs. Dog-Friend” comedy short than watch the average episode of “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.” The clip caught fire on YouTube late last month, and the folks over at NBC’s “Today” featured it
We may be watching the end of Western civilization’s growth, if a new study from the Brookings Global MetroMonitor is any indicator. According to Brookings, the top 50 fastest-growing cities, ranked by GDP per capita, are located in Asia, except
As Greece, Spain, Portugal and Italy make difficult cuts in an attempt to make their economies more competitive, France is pushing back against austerity and in danger of becoming the socialist rump of Europe. Fifty-seven percent of France’s GDP is
Demonstrations turned violent in Spain and Portugal after millions took part in a mostly peaceful general strike on Wednesday in organized labor’s biggest Europe-wide challenge to austerity policies since the debt crisis began three years ago. In Lisbon, marches ended
(AP) Eurozone back in recession in Q3By PAN PYLASAssociated PressLONDONThe 17-country eurozone has bowed to the inevitable and fallen back into recession for the first time in three years as a sprawling debt crisis took its toll on the region’s
(AP) Falling temps add urgency to superstorm recoveryBy JOCELYN NOVECK and MICHAEL RUBINKAMAssociated PressNEW YORKFalling temperatures on Sunday put more people at risk in a region already battling gasoline shortages, stubborn power outages and spasms of lawlessness in the wake
In one of the most blistering denunciations of Barack Obama ever penned, the Las Vegas Review Journal published an editorial today that excoriated Obama not only for his ineptitude in the Benghazi attack, but also his duplicity afterward and the
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Pakistan’s Imran Khan detained by US immigration during fund-raising trip Burma acknowledges a genocidal scorched-earth policy against Muslim Rohingyas Former Carter aide calls activist press a ‘fundamental threat to democracy’ Silvio Berlusconi threatens to
By VESELIN TOSHKOVAssociated PressARCHAR, BulgariaOn the banks of the Danube, in the northwest corner of Bulgaria, lie the remnants of an ancient Roman settlement called Ratiaria, host to a priceless cultural heritage. Craters pockmark the huge site, evidence of a
The international community is gathering in Italy for World Food Day on Tuesday with a round of UN-hosted talks on how to keep global food prices in check and help prevent future commodity market crises. De Schutter called for “immediate”
By EDDIE PELLSAP National WriterLance Armstrong said he wanted to see the names of his accusers. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency gave him 26, including 11 ex-teammates. The world’s most famous cyclist said he wanted to see the hard evidence that
France’s public debt jumped in the second quarter of the year, official data showed on Friday as the finance minister pledged to bring its public deficit back to within EU limits by next year. The debt, which includes national, local
The trial of Pope Benedict XVI’s former butler and a Vatican computer technician for leaking secret papers starting on Saturday has no precedent since the Holy See became a sovereign state in 1929. The 19th-century courtroom where the trial takes
By BRADLEY BROOKS and JULIANA BARBASSAAssociated PressRIO DE JANEIROThe arrest of a top Google executive is reviving a debate about Brazilian laws that hold services such as YouTube responsible for the videos posted on them, making the country a hotbed
ROME (Reuters) – Two of Italy’s biggest unions have called a strike by public sector workers on Friday to protest against spending cuts enacted by Prime Minister Mario Monti in his attempts to pull the country out of crisis. The
By PAN PYLASAP Business WriterLONDONMarkets were spooked Wednesday by scenes of violent protests on the streets of Athens and Madrid, which reignited concerns over Europe’s ability to implement the measures needed to deal with its big debts. A day after
By NEKESA MUMBI MOODYAP Entertainment WriterNEW YORKGreen Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong is headed to treatment for substance abuse. Sunday’s announcement by the band’s rep comes after the 40-year-old frontman had a meltdown onstage at the iHeartRadio Music Festival in Las
