- 02:41 15/01/2013
US President Barack Obama’s nomination of veteran Washington lawmakers John Kerry and Chuck Hagel for his next national security team portend a pragmatic approach to US-Russia relations in his second term but few prospects for breakthroughs.
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- 23:04 14/01/2013
US President Barack Obama on Monday said Congress must increase the nation’s $16.4 trillion debt limit quickly, warning that if it does not, the consequences would be “disastrous.”2
- 22:42 14/01/2013
It seems like a scene from the sci-fi thriller Minority Report, but police in three US cities are already using or testing new technology for predicting crimes before they happen – and taking preemptive, concrete steps to prevent them, US media reported.1
- 21:54 14/01/2013
The US military has sharply increased spending on erectile dysfunction drugs as growing numbers of soldiers returning from combat face sexual problems resulting from war-related psychological illnesses, US media reported Monday.
- 20:54 14/01/2013
It’s enough to render a grown man speechless, bring a tear to his eye and set his heart racing like never before as he stares, mouth agape, like a small child in a glorious candy shop.
- 13:49 12/01/2013
I cannot claim to understand the intricate domestic debate in the United States about “Obama-care.” One has to be American to figure out what the whole fuss is about on both sides. But that’s for Americans to judge.1
- 01:56 12/01/2013
The message that came from an adoption facilitator in Russia Friday morning was, in a word, life-altering for one American couple in the tumultuous, final stages of adopting a young girl from a Russian orphanage.
- 01:01 12/01/2013
International Syria envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said after talks with Russian and US diplomats on Friday that a political solution to the Syrian conflict is unlikely to emerge in the near future.
- 20:55 11/01/2013
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced Friday it was ordering a comprehensive review of the electrical systems in Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner jets, after several reports of small fires and electrical problems including two new incidents reported Friday.
- 06:28 11/01/2013
Last year the Unites States provided humanitarian aid worth $210 million to Syrians, who suffered from the ongoing bloody conflict between the ruling authorities and the rebels, the US Department of State said in a statement.1
- 02:44 11/01/2013
When US President Barack Obama publically announced on Thursday that White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew was his pick to be the next US treasury secretary, it of course drew plenty of media attention, but not all of it for the reasons one might expect.
- 02:42 11/01/2013
US President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be the next US Treasury Secretary, tapping a former Citigroup executive likely to be grilled in confirmation hearings over his time on Wall Street as the US economy careened toward disaster.
- 01:45 11/01/2013
The upcoming second inauguration of US President Barack Obama, scheduled for Jan. 21, has created a frenzied grab-fest of luxury hotel rooms and exclusive tickets that is driving prices far beyond their face value.
- 00:57 11/01/2013
An incredible video of 1,000 or more dolphins stampeding past a California tour boat like a herd of wild horses has gone viral, racking up nearly one million views just four days after it was first posted on the web.
- 20:43 10/01/2013
Americans under the age of 50 are less healthy and die sooner than their peers in other developed countries due in part to disease and the prevalence of car accidents, gun violence and drug overdoses, according to a new study by a panel of US experts released Thursday.
- 07:49 10/01/2013
A court in Texas sentenced to almost three years in prison a retired UK businessman who admitted trying to sell weapon parts to Iran, BBC said on Thursday.
- 05:45 10/01/2013
The US will continue its cooperation with Russia despite differences on a number of issues, such as the Russian adoption ban, US Department of State Spokesperson Victoria Nuland said on Wednesday.2
- 00:24 10/01/2013
One of America’s most prominent churches, the Washington National Cathedral, which holds funerals and celebrations for US presidents and prominent leaders, announced on Wednesday that same-sex weddings will be performed within the Episcopal institution.
- 17:34 09/01/2013
Opponents of a law banning US nationals from adopting Russian children were granted permission on Wednesday to hold a protest march in central Moscow on January 13, officials and rally organizers said.4
