Obama’s Quest for Fast-Track Asia Trade Bill on Ice in US House
Washington. A raging battle over US President Barack Obama’s request for “fast-track” authority central to improving US ties with Asia resumes in the House of Representatives next week when lawmakers...
View ArticleChina-Linked Hackers Get Sensitive US Defense and Intelligence Data: Report
Washington. China-linked hackers appear to have gained access to sensitive background information submitted by US intelligence and military personnel for security clearances that could potentially...
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Guesswork, Inconsistency Nag US Shale Oil Accounting
The ExxonMobil logo is shown in front of the ExxonMobil building in Machelen, Belgium on Oct. 27, 2012. (EPA Photo/Julien Warnand) Houston/New York. Steep downward revisions to oil and gas reserves at...
View ArticleSingapore Says TPP Vital For US to Be Taken Seriously in Asia
Washington. Singapore’s Foreign Minister K. Shanmugam said on Monday it was vital that the United States be able to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement if it wanted to stay engaged...
View ArticleTrade Rebuff Fuels Doubts on Obama Bid to Counter Rising China
Washington. In his State of the Union address in January, President Barack Obama left little doubt that his pursuit of a landmark Asia-Pacific trade pact was aimed at countering Beijing’s rising...
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China Rebuffs Trump Comments on Stealing US Jobs
Real estate investor Donald Trump displays his financial statement during his announcement that he will run for the 2016 presidential election at the Trump Tower in New York on June 16, 2015. (AFP...
View ArticleUS Marine Found Guilty at Retrial in 2006 Murder of Iraqi Civilian
Sand Diego. A US Marine was found guilty on Wednesday of murder in the 2006 slaying of a disabled Iraqi civilian, a killing prosecutors have described as motivated by a desire to send a message to a...
View ArticleWhite Gunman Kills 9 People at African-American Church in US
Charleston, South Carolina. A white gunman killed nine people at a historic African-American church in Charleston, South Carolina, the city’s police chief said on Thursday, describing the attack as a...
View ArticleWhite Man Arrested in Slaying of 9 Blacks at South Carolina Church
Charleston, South Carolina. A young white man suspected of shooting nine black people dead after spending an hour with them in Bible study at a historic African-American church in South Carolina was...
View ArticleObama, After South Carolina Shooting, Says US Gun Violence Too Frequent
Washington/Beverly Hills. US President Barack Obama on Thursday expressed anger over the “senseless” shooting in a black church in South Carolina and said Americans had to confront the fact that...
View ArticleUS Employee Data Breach Tied to Chinese Intelligence: Sources
San Francisco. The Chinese hacking group suspected of stealing sensitive information about millions of current and former US government employees has a different mission and organizational structure...
View ArticlePhilippines Steps Up Drills With US, Japan Forces Near South China Sea
Puerto Princesa City. The Philippines will hold separate naval exercises with US and Japanese forces this week on a Philippine island that is not far from the disputed Spratly archipelago, where...
View ArticleUS Development Agency Grants $5 Million to Indonesia to Help Battle Climate...
Jakarta. The development agency of the United States government has awarded $5 million to the Indonesian Climate Change Trust Fund, or ICCTF, run by the Indonesian government, to help fund climate...
View ArticleChinese Firms Pour Money Into US R&D in Shift to Innovation
Washington. Surging investment by Chinese companies in US research labs is yielding a fast-growing trove of patents, part of a push to mine America for ideas to help China shift from being the world’s...
View ArticleUS Criticizes Myanmar Military Veto After Law Change Fails
Yangon. The United States said on Friday that an effective legislative veto held by Myanmar’s military was undemocratic and reiterated calls for changes to the constitution, a day after lawmakers from...
View ArticleResidents Return to See Homes Destroyed by Washington State Fire
Wenatchee, Washington. Families whose homes were destroyed in a massive grassland wildfire in Washington state were returning to scenes of destruction on Tuesday as firefighters fought to contain the...
View ArticleIn Some US Churches, Guns Are the Answer to a Prayer
Jackson, Michigan. The Sunday service was winding down, but before it ended, Bishop Ira Combs led the congregation of 300 at the Greater Bible Way Temple in prayer. The shootings that killed nine...
View ArticleGlobal Political and Economic Upheaval Threatens US Growth, IMF Warns
Washington. A global slowdown in economic growth, together with political and economic upheaval in places like Greece, the Middle East and Ukraine, could hurt US growth going forward, the International...
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With Feds Slow to Act, States Target E-Cigarette Sales to Minors
Various e-cigarette products for sale are seen at the Henley Vaporium in New York City December 18, 2013. (Reuters Photo/Mike Segar) New York. Frustrated by the slow pace of federal action, state...
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US Admiral Says His South China Sea Surveillance Flight ‘Routine’
Admiral Scott Swift, the commander of the US Pacific Fleet, speaks during an interview at a US army base in Seoul, South Korea. (Reuters/Lim Hun-jung) Seoul. A top US Navy admiral said he joined a...
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