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By Bridget Johnson, your guide to Journalism
The soon-to-be-former Russian president, Vladimir Putin, took the next step toward keeping the reins of power by accepting leadership of the United Russia party today. With his hand-picked successor Dmitry Medvedev set to be sworn in as president in less than a month, this puts Putin in line for […]
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Mary Schmich, John Williams and I discuss the comparative virtues of walking and running; the prospective virtues of recall of elected politicians in Illinois and the Cling Thing. Click here to listen (.mp3)
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Can an I Love China icon on a website really offset the PR damage done by the Olympic torch relay? Plenty of people seem to think it might help judging by the number of Chinese bloggers and websites downloading the image. Its all part of the Chinese web community’s efforts to hit back against […]
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Pope Benedict XVI has met President Bush at the White House as part of his trip to America. Tens of thousands of people lined the pontiff’s route to catch a glimpse of him in Washington. Sky’s US correspondent Michelle Clifford reports.
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Leona Lewis has become the first ever British female artist to debut at number one on the US album chart.
Her Spirit album, already a chart-topper in the UK, Australia and Germany, sold 205,000 copies in the US last week to top the Billboard 200 chart.
Simon Cowell described Lewis’s achievement as “incredible”, saying: “This is the […]
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French former film star Brigitte Bardot went on trial on Tuesday for insulting Muslims, the fifth time she has faced the charge of “inciting racial hatred” over her controversial remarks about Islam and its followers.
Prosecutors asked that the Paris court hand the 73-year-old former sex symbol a two-month suspended prison sentence and fine her 15,000 […]
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Former President Jimmy Carter warmly embraced a Hamas leader, praised Yasser Arafat and accused Israel of holding up the peace negotiations as his controversial Mideast tour reached the West Bank yesterday.
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The other day, we told you about how hip it had become in California to try to become a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Denver. More than 23,000 volunteers, candidates, and their supporters took time out from a gorgeous Sunday afternoon to participate. That’s twice as many as ever before and about double […]
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In Australia’s parliamentary system of government, the prime minister is the head of government, and the governor-general is the head of state. Designated by the prime minister, the governor-general is appointed by the British monarch and is the personal representative in Australia, a former British colony, of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Standing by a blown up bridge with Blackhawk helicopters buzzing overhead, the American soldier casts his fishing line into the lake surrounding a former palace of Saddam Hussein just outside Baghdad and waits for something to bite. Warrant Officer Leslie “Scott” Henry is part of a unique group of fishermen and women that meets every […]
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This is Lindsay Hawker, a 22-year old English conversation teacher from Coventry, whose body was found buried in a bathtub of earth in an aprtment in Chiba prefecture on Monday.
This is Tatsuya Ichihashi, who ran away from the apartment when the police called and who is sought by police in connection with her death.
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WASHINGTON — It seemed a good idea, bringing in the most prominent leftist leader in the Americas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, to talk to the oldest leftist guerrilla organization in Colombia. Chavez could have a moment in the sun and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe could begin to surmount the last big hurdle to Colombia’s peace […]
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PARIS, April 15 — France, the country that defined haute couture, on Tuesday launched Europe’s most aggressive assault yet on the promotion of ultra-thinness by the fashion industry, advertisers and Web sites.
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JALOZAI, Pakistan, April 15 — About the only thing Aziz ur-Rehman remembers about his life in Afghanistan is his month-long walk through the mountains to Pakistan after the 1979 Soviet invasion.
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Vilma Espin de Castro, 77, a daughter of privilege who became one of the most powerful women in Communist Cuba — as the de facto first lady for her brother-in-law, Fidel Castro, and as a champion of women’s rights — died June 18 in Havana. Her husband, Defense Minister Raul Castro, is acting president of […]
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President Bush said yesterday that a trade agreement with Colombia is “dead” unless House Democrats agree to hold a vote on the pact, effectively admitting defeat on a White House priority.
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 22 — President Bush announced Monday in Washington that he will ask Congress to approve a $500 million package to help Mexico fight drug cartels, the largest international anti-drug effort by the United States in nearly a decade.
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JOHANNESBURG, April 15 — Zimbabwe’s military has taken day-to-day control of key elements of the national government, limiting the authority of President Robert Mugabe as he struggles to maintain power after 28 years, according to senior government sources, Western diplomats and analysts.
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The government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, which has provided little financial assistance to the more than 2 million Iraqis who have fled the country’s sectarian violence, has also failed to support millions more internally displaced persons who are instead being aided by militias, according to a report by Refugees International due for release […]
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BAGHDAD, April 15 — Dozens of Iraqis were killed Tuesday in attacks that included a massive car bombing in Diyala province, where security had improved significantly in recent months.
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