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I offer my views in political reporter Ben Calhoun’s WBEZ-FM story today about whom Gov. Rod Blagojevich might appoint to the U.S. Senate if our current junior senator, Barack Obama, wins the White House in November. Read more
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How sorry do you feel for estate agents? The public tend to regard them in the same bracket as politicans and, er, journalists but I think the majority of them do a good job. Well a report shows that their home sales are at their lowest in 30 years. But would you want to cut [...]
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At least five people have been killed after a huge earthquake, with a magnitude of 7.2, ripped across the mountains and rice fields of northern Japan. Video cameras in the closest largest city, Sendai, shook for about 30 seconds. Kitty Logan reports. Read more
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Paul O’Grady, Russell T. Davies and EastEnders actress June Brown have been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. Brown, who plays Dot Cotton, was made an MBE. She told the BBC that it was “lovely” news. O’Grady, also given an MBE, said: “I thought it was a wind-up. I’m the last person, I’d have [...]
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The leaders of Mexico and Spain on Thursday called for the easing of international sanctions against Cuba, highlighting the recent reforms by the island’s communist government. Read more
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June 15, 2008 — RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia’s oil minister today will address reports that the world’s largest oil-producing country is set to raise production by about 500,000 barrels per day, his adviser said. Read more
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Senate Republicans are making the case in this campaign that they may be the last firewall separating Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi from imposing a new liberal era. Read more
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This week, George W. Bush made it known that he regretted having used the kind of aggressive, tough-cowboy-sounding lingo (“bring them on,” “dead or alive”) in his “war on terror” that helped him earn a reputation as a warmonger. (See yesterday’s “World Views.”) Read more
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WASHINGTON — One of the key questions emerging since Sen. Barack Obama secured the Democratic nomination is whether he will be able to woo Hispanic voters, a significant segment of the electorate in several battleground states. Sen. Hillary Clinton frequently beat Obama 2-to-1 among Latinos during the primary. Read more
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BRUSSELS — A mere two years ago, the British author and thinker Mark Leonard published a book titled “Why Europe Will Run the 21st Century.” Today, one wonders to what degree Europe will even participate in the 21st century. It’s not just the deadly blow struck by Ireland’s rejection Thursday of the Lisbon Treaty reorganizing [...]
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OSAKA, Japan, June 14 — Finance ministers from the Group of Eight industrialized nations urged oil producers Saturday to boost output to help stabilize record-high oil and food prices, calling the situation a serious threat to global economic growth. Read more
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WOLONG NATURE RESERVE, China — The man traces the panda’s paw with his finger as she laps milky formula from a metal bowl. He strokes her head and tries to wipe her snout when she finishes, but she bats his hand away and curls into a forward roll, hiding her face. Then she turns to [...]
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MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Nov. 5 — Daniel Ortega, the former Marxist revolutionary who last came to power at the head of a guerrilla force in 1979, remained locked in a close race to regain the presidency tonight as election officials predicted it would take them until early Monday to finish tallying the results. Read more
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The Washington Post’s Juan Forero interviewed Venezuelan Attorney General Isaias Rodriguez. Excerpts: Read more
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TORONTO, June 30 — Bell Canada agreed Saturday to be bought by a private partnership led by the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan in a deal valued at $48.5 billion that would be the largest leveraged buyout ever. Read more
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Zimbabwean police detained opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai for eight hours Wednesday and charged him with violating public order for campaigning ahead of the country’s June 27 presidential runoff election, party officials said. Read more
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BAGHDAD, June 14 — The movement of anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said Saturday that it would not take part in provincial elections this year, one day after it formed a new paramilitary group to fight U.S. troops. Read more
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DUBLIN, June 13 — Irish voters resoundingly rejected a treaty designed to modernize the European Union, the second time in three years that European voters have shot down a complex proposal to create more authority and world influence at the bloc’s Brussels headquarters. Read more
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TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran again ruled out suspending sensitive nuclear work on Saturday, despite an offer by six world powers of trade and other benefits to try to coax it into stopping activities the West fears are aimed at making bombs. Read more
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PARIS (Reuters) – President George W. Bush heads for Britain on Sunday on the final stop of a European farewell tour, having won support on the continent for a ratcheting up of pressure on Iran over its nuclear program. Read more