Philippines mulls pullout of Syria peacekeepers The Philippine foreign secretary says he is recommending to President Benigno Aquino III to pull out all Filipino U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights following the abduction of four by Syrian rebels. More
8 die in clothing factory fire in Bangladesh as Rana Plaza toll passes 900 Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, police and an industry association official said on Thursday, as the death toll from the collapse of another factory building two weeks ago climbed above 900. More
Porn and movies, not tech secrets, found on Chinese spy suspect's NASA laptop The Chinese national taken into custody on an airplane waiting to take off for home had pornography and illegally downloaded movies on his NASA computer, not government secrets, reports say. He is now set to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of violating NASA computer rules. More
The multimillion-dollar fight over WA’s cap-and-invest program Bolstered by an almost $5 million war chest, supporters of Washington’s cap-and-invest program have begun their efforts to keep the state’s carbon pricing system, which is facing a November recall ref ... 05/3/2024 - 11:16 am | View Link
A debt ceiling crisis could cripple Corporate America, but so far business isn't in the fight WASHINGTON — For decades ... the contours of a potential deal. Neither group supports the clean debt ceiling increase the Biden administration is demanding. A White House official says the ... 05/3/2024 - 4:03 am | View Link
Boeing taps debt market to raise $10 billion, sources say Boeing on Monday tapped debt markets to raise $10 billion, after the U.S. planemaker burned $3.93 billion in free cash during the first quarter as production of its best-selling jet declined, sources ... 04/29/2024 - 8:52 am | View Link
Philippines denies deal with China over disputed South China Sea shoal Chinese Coast Guard vessels fire water cannons towards a Philippine resupply vessel Unaizah May 4 on its way to a resupply mission at Second Thomas Shoal in the South China Sea, Mar 5, 2024 ... 04/27/2024 - 4:40 am | View Link
China’s global lending lures countries into a debt trap Earlier this month, the head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, USAID, told lawmakers that Washington is stepping up efforts to help developing countries struggling with debt and ... 04/23/2024 - 4:31 am | View Link
Why did SD Governor Kristi Noem decide to publish her story about killing her allegedly 'untrainable' dog? Her state's Senate Minority Leader offers three theories: Inoculation from others telling it; lifting her national profile - and distraction from her governing record.
Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters.
In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure granting a limited right to abortion—far more than the 35,000 required.