LONDON (AP) — The board of AstraZeneca has rejected the improved $119 billion takeover offer from U.S. drugmaker Pfizer, a decision that has led to sharp slide in the U.K. company’s share price as investors think it effectively brings an
Late Friday, Boko Haram Islamist insurgents reportedly attacked a Chinese-owned camp in Cameroon. Chinese news agency Xinhua reported ten Chinese nationals unaccounted for and one injured. According to CNN, a Cameroonian soldier was killed during the attack. The attack took place in
Rebel forces led by General Khalifa Hafter attacked the Libyan parliament building in the capital city of Tripoli on May 18th, according to a Reuters interview of the general’s spokesman. Residents confirmed heavy gunfire from anti-aircraft weapons and rocket-propelled grenades near
When asked on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus said “Hillary Clinton’s age and health are valid campaign issues” should she opt to run for the presidency in 2016. The question picked up on comments by Karl
The World Cup kicks off in Brazil on June 12 and the government hoped the world’s most popular tournament would propel Natal, a city on the Atlantic coast, to become a tourist destination. The government promised $1.3 billion in new
BEIJING (Reuters) – More than 3,000 Chinese nationals have been evacuated from Vietnam, state news agency Xinhua said on Sunday, following deadly rioting that stemmed from an outpouring of rage over Chinese oil drilling in a disputed area of the
The California economy got another punch in the nose as aerospace contractor Pratt & Whitneyannounced last week that their AeroPower facility in San Diego will relocate all remaining operations to existing facilities to Florida, Georgia, Texas and Canada. Last year, the company
A wide range of heads of state and global leaders from the United States, Europe, and Africa agreed to a “global and regional action plan” to eradicate the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram in a summit Saturday. The group met
On Saturday, the Crimean Tatars canceled a rally to commemorate the 70th anniversary of their deportations to Central Asia by Stalin after Crimean Prime Minister Sergei Aksyonov banned all gatherings in the peninsula until June 6 due to violence in
Gillian Duffy, whose encounter with former Prime Minister Gordon Brown led to him making one of the worst campaign gaffes in recent British political history, has criticised Labour Party leader Ed Miliband as too “privileged”, and said the party needs
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the official resignation of its undersecretary for health in what the administration hopes is seen as a sacrifice due to the growing VA hospital scandal. But the man nominated to fill that officer’s position
As millions more vehicles are being recalled by General Motors due to safety concerns, news is emerging that the auto maker demanded employees investigating the problems to stop using words such as “safety,” “chaotic,” and “problem” in their reports to bosses.
A month after being elected to his first term as President of the United States, Barack Obama said no one is “more qualified” to lead the VA than retired Army General Eric Shinseki. At that time CNN described Shinseki as
On Friday, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin suggested that recent revelations that 40 U.S. veterans died while they were placed on secret waiting lists at a VA hospital in Arizona is a preview of what will occur Obamacare. Palin reminded
Egyptian general and presidential frontrunner Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the man largely responsible for dethroning the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, asked the United States for help in fighting his country’s battle against Islamist extremism. “We are fighting a war against terrorism,”
G.H. Palmer Associates, an L.A.-based real estate developer, will erect a sky bridge between two of its downtown residential properties in an effort to keep the area’s homeless people from interacting with the building’s more affluent residents, reports the Los
A group of 59 Cuban exiles detained by the Mexican government for alleged immigration violations are claiming Mexico has violated their human rights and are threatening to hunger strike if they are not allowed to seek political asylum in the
After years of Boko Haram terrorizing Africa, the Obama administration has finally come around to recognizing the militant Islamist terrorist group as a serious threat. As almost 300 Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped in April remain missing, the State Department acknowledged Thursday
A Nigerian military source looking at the forces arrayed to find the girls abducted by Boko Haram says the hastag effort being run by Michelle Obama “doesn’t fit with the reality of the situation.” Michelle Obama and Angelina Jolie are
The Department of Transportation announced Friday that it has reached an agreement with General Motors, and the company will pay a $35 million penalty for delaying a recall of vehicles with faulty ignition switches. But $35 million is only a
The United Nations found numerous human rights violations in east Ukraine and Crimea. The violations include illegal takeovers of government and public buildings, armed men running around towns with no penalties, and kidnappings of elected officials, journalists, and residents. From
Ankara, May 16 (QNA) – An advisor to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has apologized after a photograph emerged online on Thursday which appeared to show him kicking a protester, claimed to be a relative of a victim in
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rebels detonated 60 tonnes of explosives packed underneath a large Syrian army base, blowing a hillside hundreds of meters (yards) into the air, an insurgent in the operation who provided footage of the attack said on Thursday.
SOMA Turkey (Reuters) – Loudspeakers broadcast the names of the dead as rows of graves were filled in this close-knit Turkish mining town on Thursday, while thousands protested in major cities as grief turned to anger following the country’s deadliest
