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Hurricane Gustav has swelled into a dangerous Category 4 storm as it sweeps towards Cuba, placing the southern United States under even greater threat. The Louisiana National Guard prepares for emergency [...]
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The latest news snippets and gossip from the house… Sara said she intends to eat an entire pizza tonight. She was speaking with the other housemates in the living room this afternoon when she began fantasising about the treat. Rex said it was unlikely that she would eat the whole thing, however Sara revealed she [...]
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Iraq has signed its first major oil deal with a foreign company since the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime, a spokesman for the Iraqi Oil Ministry said Saturday. Read more
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MOSCOW – Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin yesterday accused an unnamed “someone in the United States” of provoking the Georgia conflict to help a presidential candidate. Read more
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Minneapolis — The donkeys have gone home in Denver, the elephants are gathering here in the Twin Cities for the Republican National Convention, and already the Sarah Palin talk is huge. Huge. Read more
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As various European governments and their diplomats try to make sense of the effects of the recent Russia-Georgia war, as far as serious diplomacy is concerned, on this issue, lame duck George W. Bush has gone AWOL again, leaving the matter to the hapless, jet-setting Condoleezza Rice. Bush’s faithful head of the U.S. Department of [...]
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WASHINGTON — For months, Barack Obama’s disconnect with Latin America has left many officials and observers in the region wondering what a Democratic administration would mean for future relations. Now the search for an answer continues with Obama’s choice of running mate. Read more
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Russia’s new in-your-face “diplomacy” rivals that of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on their most hubristic days. Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev don’t care if you are with them or against them on their invasion of Georgia. They just want you to get out of their way. Read more
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TEHRAN, Aug. 29 — Iran is using 4,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium and plans to install an additional 3,000 of the devices, Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Reza Sheikh Attar said Thursday in an interview on Iranian state television. Read more
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TACHIA, Taiwan — Antony Lo is one happy biker. He is 60 but looks younger, with a body buffed by commuting 130 miles a week on his bike. He is also president of Taiwan-based Giant, the world’s largest bicycle company, where sales are soaring, helped along by global anxiety over oil prices. With undisguised glee, [...]
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NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 29 — With Hurricane Gustav bearing down on this still-recovering region, officials on Friday took the first steps in extensive evacuation plans, hoping the lessons learned three years ago during Hurricane Katrina will avert the chaos that followed. Read more
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KISUMU, Kenya, Aug. 29 — The few people awake before sunrise here Friday all seemed to be at the Camel’s Joint Hotel, a low-ceilinged 24-hour cafe with neon lights, an open-pit grill and two posters of Sen. Barack Obama smiling down on rows of white Formica tables. Read more
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The top Marine Corps general said yesterday that the U.S. military will hand over security responsibilities to Iraqi forces next week in Iraq’s western province of Anbar, paving the way to reduce the 25,000-strong Marine contingent there and free up more Marines to go to Afghanistan. Read more
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ASHDOD, Israel — Yael converted to Judaism in 1992, and for the next 15 years she lived in Israel, celebrating the major holidays and teaching her children about the Jewish faith. Read more
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TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia said on Friday it was cutting diplomatic ties with Russia over the Kremlin’s recognition of two Georgian rebel regions as independent states. Read more
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DAYTON, Ohio (Reuters) – Republican John McCain made a surprise choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate on Friday, adding a political unknown to the presidential ticket who could help him appeal to women voters. Read more
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US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has picked Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, as his surprise running mate. Read more
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Georgia’s diplomats in Russia will leave Moscow on Saturday, the Foreign Ministry said. Georgia’s leadership followed through on a call from lawmakers who voted late Thursday to break off ties with Russia. Read more
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In August 2000, a fresh-faced junior senator from Illinois turned up at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles to watch Al Gore officially accept the nomination to run for president against George W Bush. Read more
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Paul McCartney has criticised Gordon Ramsay, calling the TV chef “stupid”. Read more