Article | May 22, 2012 - 11:32am
The 23 May EU leaders summit in Brussels might not be able to come up with ground breaking decisions balancing fiscal discipline with growth nor is expected to decide on the issuance of Eurobonds or the recapitalisation of banks.
The 23 May EU leaders summit in Brussels might not be able to come up with ground breaking decisions balancing fiscal discipline with growth nor is expected to decide on the issuance of Eurobonds or the recapitalisation of banks.
Blog entry | May 21, 2012 - 10:38am
PARIS – When François Hollande, fresh from his election as France’s next president, was asked by a journalist which language he would use when he meets US President Barack Obama for the first time, his answer was revealing. “I speak English more fluently than the former president,” the Socialist leader insisted, referring to the outgoing Nicolas Sarkozy. “But a French president must speak French!”
PARIS – When François Hollande, fresh from his election as France’s next president, was asked by a journalist which language he would use when he meets US President Barack Obama for the first time, his answer was revealing. “I speak English more fluently than the former president,” the Socialist leader insisted, referring to the outgoing Nicolas Sarkozy. “But a French president must speak French!”
Article | May 18, 2012 - 12:25pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin decided not to attend the Group of Eight (G8) summit hosted by US President Barack Obama to be held at the Camp David US presidential retreat in Maryland on 18-19 May.
Russian President Vladimir Putin decided not to attend the Group of Eight (G8) summit hosted by US President Barack Obama to be held at the Camp David US presidential retreat in Maryland on 18-19 May. Putin told Obama when the latter called to congratulate him on his inauguration that he will be too busy finalising Cabinet appointments, adding that Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev would replace him.
Blog entry | May 18, 2012 - 10:10am
NEW DELHI – On her recent trip to China, Bangladesh, and India, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was eager to trumpet America’s “New Silk Road” strategy, which she unveiled last September. But the Silk Road was a trade route, whereas knife-edge diplomacy dominated Clinton’s Asian tour.
NEW DELHI – On her recent trip to China, Bangladesh, and India, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was eager to trumpet America’s “New Silk Road” strategy, which she unveiled last September. But the Silk Road was a trade route, whereas knife-edge diplomacy dominated Clinton’s Asian tour.
Blog entry | May 16, 2012 - 10:05am
CAMBRIDGE – While the presidential primary elections in the United States are not over, Mitt Romney is now almost certain to be the party’s nominee to face Democratic President Barack Obama in November.
CAMBRIDGE – While the presidential primary elections in the United States are not over, Mitt Romney is now almost certain to be the party’s nominee to face Democratic President Barack Obama in November.
Article | May 15, 2012 - 9:42pm
Last week U.S. President Barack Obama announced his personal support for same-sex marriage.This week in an interview during a talk show,defended his view on same-sex marriage,but he did not committed to change the Defense of Marriage Act , which defines marriage as the legal union between individuals of different sex.
Article | May 14, 2012 - 11:37am
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who started a new Kremlin term last week, will travel to Belarus for his first foreign trip, Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, who started a new Kremlin term last week, will travel to Belarus for his first foreign trip, Russia’s Kommersant newspaper reported.
Article | May 11, 2012 - 12:18am
U.S. President Barack Obama in an interview to ABC News, stated that he now supports gay marriage,becoming the first U.S. president to endorse this kind of civil rights for gays.
“I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married,” Obama said.
According to a Gallup Poll released earlier this week, Americans are split on the issue, with 50% supporting gay marriage and 48% against it,
Article | May 11, 2012 - 11:41am
The US President Barack Obama has recently confirmed that his administration stands behind the right of same-sex couples to be allowed to get married and enjoy the same rights as heterosexual couples.
Naturally, in an electoral year, it sparked various polemics in a society which is deeply divided on the issue. Of course, one side is clearly right, the other one clearly wrong, and vice-versa.
Article | May 8, 2012 - 2:17pm
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has endorsed the party's inevitable nominee, Mitt Romney, for the 2012 GOP nomination. On 7 May, Santorum wrote in an open letter that he had reached his decision after a face-to-face meeting with Romney last week in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Article | May 5, 2012 - 2:04am
The White House announced in a statement on 4 May that President Barack Obama has invited African Leaders to join the G8 Summit at Camp David on 19 May for a discussion during a session on accelerating progress towards food security in Africa.
Article | May 2, 2012 - 10:00pm
US President Barack Obama, in the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, made a surprise visit to Afghanistan to sign a new partnership pact set to govern Afghan-US relations after 2014.
Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai signed a strategic partnership agreemen that sets out a long-term US role in Afghanistan, including aid and advisers.
Article | April 30, 2012 - 10:31am
Among the many keynote speeches held at TNW 2012 last week, there was also one given by Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, the leading community marketplace for accomodation. Gebbia stressed that the road to Airbnb's success was a rocky one, but one that paid off.
Among the many keynote speeches held at TNW 2012 last week, there was also one given by Joe Gebbia, co-founder of Airbnb, the leading community marketplace for accomodation. Gebbia stressed that the road to Airbnb's success was a rocky one, but one that paid off.
Article | April 30, 2012 - 10:06pm
At a fundraising event in Virginia for President Obama’s re-election campaign , Bill Clinton appeared side-by-side with Obama while addressing about 500 president's supporters outside the Virginia home of his friend and Democratic advisor Terry McAuliffe.
Article | April 30, 2012 - 10:02pm
President Barack Obama on 30 April welcomed Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda of Japan to the White House for a bilateral meeting.
The meeting between the two leaders focused on a wide range of bilateral, regional and global issues, including the US-Japan Security Alliance, economic and trade issues and deepening bilateral cooperation.
Article | April 24, 2012 - 10:50pm
The US has placed new sanctions against Iran and Syria for using technologies to monitor and target citizens in order to exercise violence against them.
President Barack Obama announced the new sanctions against those whom he described as "digital guns for hire", in a speech delivered at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
Article | April 19, 2012 - 12:15am
According to a new CBS News/New York Times poll released on 18 April, Mitt Romney has closed the gap with President Barack Obama.
The poll was conducted between last Friday and Tuesday, a few days after Rick Santorum suspended his campaign,making Romney the presumptive nominee to take on the president in the fall.
Article | April 17, 2012 - 11:06am
Arguably, the most influential person in the world – the President of the US. Barack Obama – should be the most influential Twitterati. And he probably is.
In the US, results of the results of a Klout and Burson-Masteller consultancy study of online power showed a broader base of influencial social media users.
Article | April 11, 2012 - 2:02pm
The Republican race for presidential candidate is now officially-unofficially over and the winner is...well the only person who actually ran – former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. Romney has been a presumptive nominee from the very beginning and the only delay to his inevitable candidacy came in varying forms of socially conservative candidates, eventually solidifying in the figure of the former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum.
Article | April 6, 2012 - 12:46am
President Barack Obama signed legislation earlier this week on important ethics and anti-corruption issues.The act Obama signed into law, provides that members of Congress and their staffers, just like private citizens, are subject to anti-fraud statutes prohibiting the use of insider knowledge for financial gain.
President Barack Obama signed legislation earlier this week on important ethics and anti-corruption issues.The act Obama signed into law, provides that members of Congress and their staffers, just like private citizens, are subject to anti-fraud statutes prohibiting the use of insider knowledge for financial gain.
Blog entry | April 6, 2012 - 3:47pm
BERLIN – The negotiations between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany, over Iran’s nuclear program are entering a new, and probably decisive, stage.
BERLIN – The negotiations between Iran and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany, over Iran’s nuclear program are entering a new, and probably decisive, stage. The negotiations have been going on for almost a decade, with long interruptions, and whether a breakthrough will come this time is anyone’s guess. But the situation has never been as serious as it is today, and peace hangs in the balance.
Blog entry | April 4, 2012 - 4:00pm
NEW YORK – US President Barack Obama’s nomination of Jim Yong Kim for the presidency of the World Bank has been well received – and rightly so, especially given some of the other names that were bandied about.
Blog entry | April 3, 2012 - 11:26am
NEWPORT BEACH – The international community risks settling for second best on two key issues to be discussed this month at global meetings in Washington, DC: the lingering (if currently somewhat dormant) European debt crisis, and the selection of the World Bank’s next president.
NEWPORT BEACH – The international community risks settling for second best on two key issues to be discussed this month at global meetings in Washington, DC: the lingering (if currently somewhat dormant) European debt crisis, and the selection of the World Bank’s next president. It is not too late to change course, but doing so will require the United States and governments in Europe to resist harmful habits, and emerging countries to follow up effectively on recent initiatives.
Blog entry | April 2, 2012 - 12:01pm
More than 10 years ago, a film titled 'Peacemaker' starring Hollywood stars George Clooney and Nicole Kidman made a moderate hit.
More than 10 years ago, a film titled 'The Peacemaker' starring Hollywood stars George Clooney and Nicole Kidman made a moderate hit. The movie, which dealt with the efforts to prevent a terrorist group from making an attack with a stolen nuclear bomb upon UN Headquarters in New York, was a stark reminder of the risk of nuclear terrorist attacks. Fortunately, the terrorist group's attempt was finally thwarted.
Blog entry | April 1, 2012 - 1:03pm
NEW YORK – Last week, I submitted an affidavit to support an important lawsuit brought by reporter Chris Hedges and others, including Daniel Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky, against US President Barack Obama and his defense secretary, Leon Panetta.
NEW YORK – Last week, I submitted an affidavit to support an important lawsuit brought by reporter Chris Hedges and others, including Daniel Ellsberg and Noam Chomsky, against US President Barack Obama and his defense secretary, Leon Panetta.
