Former U.S. President George H.W. Bush has been hospitalized in Houston, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU television reported on Wednesday, citing his office chief of staff. Bush, 92, was in stable condition and “doing fine,” Jean Becker told the television station. Bush is expected to go home in a couple of days, Becker told KHOU. Reuters was not immediately able to reach the family spokesman Jim McGrath or […]
By Tom Westbrook | SYDNEY SYDNEY The Australian government said on Wednesday it was not ruling out a future underwater search for a missing Malaysia Airlines passenger jet as families of those on board criticised the decision to suspend the hunt after three fruitless years. The location of Flight MH370 has become one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries since the plane, a Boeing 777, disappeared in […]
Qualcomm, the world’s leading mobile chipmaker, has now been dragged to court by U.S. antitrust officials for alleged anti-competitive practices. Particularly, the Federal Trade Commission accused it of violating the FTC Act in the manner it licenses its technology to crush rivals, stifling innovation in the process. In the complaint filed before a federal district court, FTC stated that Qualcomm is using its stable of patented technology […]
Wednesday 02:20 GMT Overview Currency movements once again dominated trading in Asia as markets reacted to UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit blueprint and unexpected criticism of the dollar’s strength from US president-elect Donald Trump. Hot topic The dollar index, which measures the US currency against a basket of peers, was up 0.1 per cent at 100.470. It fell 0.8 per cent on Tuesday after comments from […]
Submitted by David Battistella A Violent Inauguration? A Call For Peace On Inauguration Day Now that all attempts to delegitimize President Elect Trump to this point including failed recounts, the constant drum beating about popular vote victory, intimidation, bullying and desperate pleas to the Electoral college and the attempt at cold War 2.0 have failed, will inauguration day be the last stand? Now even millionaire Catholic socialist […]
BANGKOK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Thai transgender activist Nada Chaiyajit completed her undergraduate studies in August, and two months later, school officials told her 12 classmates – all men – that their graduation certificates were ready. But her college, the University of Phayao in northern Thailand, would not issue her documents because she submitted a photo in which she looks like a woman, even though her identity […]
NEW YORK Three disabled dogs are joining America’s annual Puppy Bowl this year, bringing a special kind of ruffness to the celebration intended as an antidote to the nation’s Super Bowl football extravaganza. A hearing- and sight-impaired Australian shepherd, a deaf English pointer and a terrier born with three legs are among the more than 80 puppies from 34 U.S. shelters and rescue groups that were brought […]
SACRAMENTO San Francisco Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams on Tuesday called for gradual U.S. interest-rate hikes over the next few years to keep the economy from overheating and ultimately falling into recession. With the unemployment rate at 4.7 percent, the U.S. economy has reached full employment, Williams said, adding that inflation is on track to reach the Fed’s 2-percent goal over the next couple of years. […]
The US has sued Qualcomm over the way it licenses its technology for mobile phones, hitting at the business that generates most of the US chip company’s profits. The case follows an investigation begun in 2014, but which was accelerated in recent weeks as the Federal Trade Commission moved towards filing a high-profile antitrust case just days before a new administration takes control in Washington. Qualcomm’s shares […]
TEHRAN — Even if President-elect Donald J. Trump would want to, there is no chance of renegotiating the 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran, the country’s president, Hassan Rouhani, said on Tuesday. “Mr. Trump says things like that he is not happy with the nuclear deal, or he calls it the worst agreement,” Mr. Rouhani said. “These are more like slogans. I consider it unlikely that anything will […]
|Arabian Post Staff| A session of the Middle East Policy Council held last week in Washington on the theme. “U.S. Commitments in the Middle East: Advice to the Trump Administration” offered viewpoints from veterans of the Obama administration and observers of the incoming Trump one on how President-elect Trump’s worldview might intersect with some of the region’s most pressing foreign policy challenges. The four-person panel had expertise […]
WASHINGTON President Barack Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners and pardoned 64 individuals on Tuesday, the White House said. With his term in office set to end on Friday, Obama has now commuted the sentences of 1,385 people and granted a total of 212 pardons. (Reporting by Ayesha Rascoe and Roberta Rampton; editing by Diane Craft) ‘); $(‘.second-article-divide’).append($(‘.slider.slider-module’)); $(‘.third-article-divide’).append(”); var median = (relatedItemsTotal / 2); var […]
Donald Trump has threatened to overturn two decades of US economic policy by questioning the strong value of the dollar, raising fears that his presidency could set off a new round of currency wars between the world’s major economies. On Monday the president-elect appeared to break from the longstanding “strong dollar” policy of successive administrations, declaring that the currency was too high and that this was preventing […]
By Lanre Ola | MAIDUGURI, Nigeria MAIDUGURI, Nigeria Nigeria’s air force killed 50 people and injured 120 in an air strike on a refugee camp in the northeast on Tuesday, Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said. The military said the strike had targeted Boko Haram. MSF said the strike occurred in Rann in Borno state, the epicentre of the jihadist group’s seven-year-old bid to create an Islamic caliphate. […]
Speaking of Kushner, I was told he refused to meet with a senior French diplomat after a demand from Trump Tower that the Paris conference be canceled was ignored. Get used to my-way-or-the-highway diplomacy with team Trump. U.N. resolution 2334 infuriated Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, who called it “shameful.” He seemed surprised that ignoring Obama’s veto of an earlier settlements resolution in 2011 would have […]
Theresa May’s first big speech on Brexit since she became prime minister removed some of the political uncertainty that has dogged the pound. However, the messiness of the politics of Britain’s exit from the EU still tops the lost of reasons why sterling will remain under pressure. A list of the pound’s pros and cons quickly shows why it is languishing at levels last seen in the […]
In PwC’s 20th annual survey of CEOs worldwide, 38% (2016:35%) are very confident about their company’s growth prospects in the next 12 months while 29% (2016:27%) believe global economic growth will pick up in 2017 In PwC’s 20th annual survey of CEOs worldwide, 38% (2016:35%) are very confident about their company’s growth prospects in the next 12 months while 29% (2016:27%) believe global economic growth will pick […]
The company rolling out Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) has warned of possible civil works disruptions after announcing that it will begin extending fibre and cable broadband into major cities this year. Much of the disruption will occur as NBN needs to gain access to pits and existing infrastructure within high-density cities. “As the NBN network rolls out into cities, we will be met with new problems […]
Though people have tried to predict where it will strike, no one can ever really know what acts of terror the militant group ISIS will come up with next. In making itself known on social media, ISIS has shown that it knows how to hit the 21st century society where it hurts. Its newest act of modernizing technology for its own purposes comes in the form of commercial […]
By Henning Gloystein | SINGAPORE SINGAPORE Oil dipped on Tuesday on lingering concerns over global fuel oversupply due to rising U.S. output and doubts that OPEC and other producers would adhere to commitments to cut output in an effort to balance markets and prop up prices. Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $55.55 per barrel at 0643 GMT, down 31 cents from […]
Photo Celebrations erupted in the courtroom when the verdict was announced. Credit Mohamed El-Shahed/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images CAIRO — An Egyptian court on Monday upheld a ruling that said the government cannot transfer control of two key Red Sea islands to its main financial backer, Saudi Arabia, deepening a rift between the two Middle Eastern countries. The alliance between Egypt and Saudi Arabia, two of the […]
By Noah Barkin | DAVOS, Switzerland DAVOS, Switzerland Chinese President Xi Jinping will defend globalisation in the face of mounting public hostility in the West on Tuesday in a speech at the World Economic Forum that will underline Beijing’s growing global role. Xi’s appearance, a first for a Chinese leader at the annual meeting of political leaders, CEOs and bankers in Davos, comes as the part the […]
Tuesday 02.00 GMT Overview Stocks were putting in a mixed performance in Asia, while currencies fluctuated as markets braced for the impact of a speech by UK Prime Minister Theresa May laying out her administration’s Brexit blueprint. Hot topic The Japanese yen rallied as some traders initially sought havens, strengthening as much as 0.3 per cent before swinging back to be 0.1 per cent weaker at ¥114.26 […]
ATLANTA The daughter of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King marked the holiday that honors her father on Monday by siding with African-American congressman and activist John Lewis over President-elect Donald Trump in an imbroglio that erupted over the weekend. Lewis, 76, a contemporary of King’s who endured beatings and jail time in the fight for racial equality in the 1960s, said in a televised interview […]
