International

U.S. senator says GM CEO should step down
07/12/2008 05:00
General Motors Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner talks about cost cutting restructuring during a news conference at GM Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan July 15, 2008. U.S. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd said on...
New round of Korean Peninsular nuclear talks start in Beijing
07/12/2008 05:00
Envoys from the six nations involved in the Korean Peninsular nuclear talks gathered here Monday afternoon for a fresh round of negotiation on removing nuclear weapons from the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). A reporter works in the...
Obama warns U.S. economy may get worse
06/12/2008 05:00
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama warned on Friday that the worst was yet to come for the U.S. economy after the unemployment rate rose to 6.7 percent in November, the highest level in 15 years. A homeless man cadges on a street of Manhattan, New...
Study: Nearly 5% of Americans suffers from persistent
05/12/2008 05:00
U.S. researchers have found that approximately 4.7 percent of the nation’s population suffers from persistent depression or anxiety disorders, with a minority of those afflicted receiving adequate medication or counseling, according to a study available here on...
China, U.S. end high-profile economic dialogue with "important consensus"
05/12/2008 05:00
China and the United States concluded a high-profile economic dialogue on Friday morning, with “important consensus” reached on the financial turmoil and critical issues of the two economies. Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (front R) shakes hands...
Investor against selling Yahoo piecemeal
05/12/2008 05:00
A man drives a Mini Cooper with a Yahoo! logo in front of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, Feb. 1, 2008. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has voiced opposition to attempts by AOL veteran Jonathan Miller or anyone else acquiring Yahoo Inc....
O.J. Simpson sentenced to lengthy prison term
05/12/2008 05:00
O.J. Simpson, a former football star acquitted of murder by a jury 14 years ago, was sentenced on Friday to at least nine years in prison for the kidnapping and robbery last year of two sports memorabilia dealers in Las Vegas. O.J. Simpson listens...