A high-ranking North Korean official with long experience as his country’s international nuclear negotiator held talks Wednesday with Chinese officials, Beijing’s foreign ministry announced. North Korean first vice foreign minister Kim Kye-Gwan and Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui co-chaired
By JULIE PACEAP White House CorrespondentBERLINPresident Barack Obama on Wednesday will renew his call to reduce the world’s nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said. Obama will make his case
(AP) G-8 summit turns focus to clampdown on tax-dodgingBy SHAWN POGATCHNIKAssociated PressENNISKILLEN, Northern IrelandLeaders from eight of the world’s wealthiest countries spent the final hours of their summit Tuesday focusing how to make sure that multinational companies can no longer
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com 80,000 Hezbollah-trained Syrian soldiers ready to retake Aleppo Hamas rebukes its former ally, Hezbollah, over Syria Israel toughens law against ‘Price Tag’ attacks 80,000 Hezbollah-trained Syrian soldiers ready to retake Aleppo Kuwaiti protesters burn
In response to Is Any Syria Strategy Really Viable?: Yes. It is in the vital strategic interest of the United States that the Iranian regime be replaced. To the extent that defeat for Bashar al-Assad means that the Iranian regime
(CBC) Prime Minister Stephen Harper says he is drawing a clear line between Russian President Vladimir Putin and the rest of the G8 leaders when it comes to Syria. Harper says it’s clear that it’s really seven countries against one
Though he ran as the anti-war candidate, and took office with an outstretched hand to America’s rivals, the course President Barack Obama has set may lead to a direct war with Iran, whether he likes it or not. That is
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Hezbollah promises to keep fighting for Assad in Syria U.S. plan to send small arms to Syria receives mixed reviews European outrage after Greece shuts down public broadcasting Hezbollah promises to keep fighting for
(AP) MOSCOWRussia’s foreign minister says the evidence put forth by the United States of chemical weapons use in Syria apparently doesn’t meet stringent criteria for reliability. The Obama administration said this week that it will give lethal aid to Syrian rebels
WAM MOSCOW, June 15th, 2013 – Russia will use its presidency of the G20 to push for a radical overhaul of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and changes to its voting system to give developing economies a stronger voice, President
By DEB RIECHMANN and LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe Obama administration hopes its decision to give lethal aid to Syrian rebels will prompt other nations to beef up assistance, now that the U.S. has cited evidence that the Syrian government used
Speaking to the South China Morning Post, Edward Snowden has revealed the NSA has been hacking computers since 2009, including computers in China. “Snowden said that according to unverified documents seen by the Post, the NSA had been hacking computers
The House’s version of the $638 billion Defense authorization bill is eliciting threats of a veto from the White House. The White House’s reasons are greatly derived from the Obama Administrations predilection for gutting defense, pleasing the Russians, and coddling
According to the Russian newspaper Kommersant, the Russians are considering granting political asylum to Edward Snowden, the NSA whistleblower/traitor. Snowden, a government contractor, revealed the existence of a massive National Security Agency surveillance operation last week. Kommersant daily quoted President Vladimir Putin’s
(AP) Russian parliament to vote on anti-gay billMOSCOWA dozen activists have been detained in Moscow as they were protesting a bill that stigmatizes the gay community and penalizes dissemination of information about them. Protesters were detained Tuesday as they attempted
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com After years of hesitation, U.S. discussing arming Syria’s rebels Sunni Arab anger grows over Hezbollah’s support for al-Assad Russia considers putting troops on Israel-Syria border After years of hesitation, U.S. discussing arming Syria’s rebels
Even at the impossibly young age of 32, there was a war-weariness about John McClane. Therefore, the inevitable aging of the smart-mouthed, indestructible, but not invulnerable New York cop who, in the able hands of Bruce Willis, became an instant
Michael Mukasey, former US Attorney General, has written an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal today, defending the government’s nationwide surveillance operation. Mukasey describes concern over the surveillance as “misdirected” and throws in a reference to Orwell’s 1984 for good
(AP) – The United States and China are in “uncharted waters” as they tackle the contentious issue of cybersecurity, President Barack Obama said following the opening round of talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping at a summit in the California
(AFP) – Where are people most unfaithful? Who uses sex toys? On a darker level, where is child rape more prevalent? French geographers have tried to answer these questions and others in a global atlas on sexuality. From legislation and
(AFP) – Russian state television has pulled a show over a joke about President Vladimir Putin’s surprise divorce announcement, one of its presenters said Saturday. In a carefully staged announcement on Thursday, Putin said that he and his wife of
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com U.S. snubs Pakistan with new drone strikes in Waziristan U.N. rejects Russian troops to replace Austrian peacekeepers Greece’s economy continues its collapse, as the IMF blames the EU U.S. snubs Pakistan with new drone
This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is getting a divorce Austria quits U.N. peacekeeping force on Syria-Israel border North Korea goes on a charm offensive Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is getting a divorce Alina Kabaeva relaxes
(AP) Russian president Putin, wife divorceBy JIM HEINTZAssociated PressMOSCOWRussian President Vladimir Putin and his wife Lyudmila said Thursday they are divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage, making the announcement on state television after attending a ballet performance at the
The exodus from Vladimir Putin’s jackbooted Russia is on. On Thursday, Russian chess grandmaster and Putin political opponent Garry Kasparov announced that he had left the country thanks to its political repression. “I kept traveling back and forth until late
