Official urges nation to diversify Latin America trade links
2011-11-02 07:34:35
China should diversify its trade relationship and partners in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) to reinforce South-South cooperation amid the deepening financial crisis, said a regional economic official.
Working with China 'key' to FDA's future work
2011-11-02 07:34:02
The US FDA aims to have more cooperation with Chinese food and drug manufacturers.
JFK's 'ask not' line traced back to prep school
2011-11-02 07:27:14
John F. Kennedy's most famous turn of phrase was inspired by the headmaster of his New England prep school, according to a new book on America's only president to have won the Pulitzer Prize.
Mexico seizes catapults used to fling pot
2011-11-02 06:58:08
The Mexican army says soldiers have seized two catapults that were being used by drug smugglers to fling packages of marijuana across the border into Arizona.
Obama in 'excellent health'
2011-11-01 22:23:42
President Barack Obama passed his latest physical check-up with flying colors and is now "tobacco free," a medical report showed on Monday.
US stops UNESCO funding over Palestinian vote
2011-11-01 14:04:36
The United States said on Monday it had stopped funding UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership.
Bring back Reagan, Americans say in poll
2011-11-01 06:40:27
If they could somehow bring back a past president, many Americans would sooner have a Republican in office than a Democrat, a survey released on Monday showed.
US cuts off UNESCO funding after Palestinian vote
2011-11-01 01:55:51
The United States said on Monday it had stopped funding UNESCO, the UN cultural agency, following its vote to grant the Palestinians full membership.
Republican Cain accused of sex harassment
2011-10-31 15:24:29
Two women employees complained of sexually suggestive behavior by Republican presidential contender Herman Cain when he headed the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, Politico said on Sunday.
US October snow leaves 3m powerless
2011-10-31 13:14:17
A freak October nor'easter knocked out power to more than 3 million homes and businesses across the Northeast on Sunday in large part because leaves still on the trees caught more snow.
Madoff wife, son say knew nothing of scheme
2011-10-31 11:36:09
The wife and son of financial swindler Bernard Madoff said in their first interview to be broadcast on Sunday that they knew nothing of his estimated $65 billion Ponzi scheme.
Rare Oct snowstorm batters Northeast
2011-10-31 06:33:58
More than 3 million households in the US Northeast lacked power on Sunday as a rare October snowstorm bedeviled transportation and killed at least eight people.