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Senate passes major transport bill
WASHINGTON — The US Senate on Wednesday passed a $109-billion highway bill that serves as a roadmap for boosting safety and improving infrastructure and freight transport on America’s roads. The sweeping legislation passed 74-22 with broad bipartisan support following weeks of wrangling in the Senate, and now heads to the…
In U.S., sickness from imported foods on the rise
WASHINGTON — People in the United States are getting sick more often from imported foods in recent years, and seafoods and spices from Asia are the most common culprits, US health authorities said Wednesday. After reviewing cases of reported outbreaks from 2005 to 2010, the Centers for Disease Control and…
Obama warns Iran window of diplomacy ‘shrinking’
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama on Wednesday warned Iran that the window for diplomacy to solve a nuclear showdown was “shrinking,” stiffening his rhetoric ahead of looming new talks on the issue. Obama sent a public message to Iran as preparations went ahead for a new round of dialogue…
Anti-smoking efforts save 800,000 U.S. lives: study
WASHINGTON — Higher taxes on cigarettes, limits on selling to kids and campaigns to educate people on the dangers of smoking have saved nearly 800,000 lives, according to a US study released Wednesday. The research is based on scientific models that counted how many people smoked up until 1970 and…
Canada to allow foreign ownership for small telecoms
OTTAWA — Canada will lift foreign ownership restrictions on small local telecommunications firms, Industry Minister Christian Paradis announced Wednesday. The current limit of direct foreign investment in broadcasting and telecommunications carriers is 46.7 percent. Paradis told a press conference the restriction would be lifted for telecom companies that hold less…
Secret Assad emails lift lid on life of leader’s inner circle
By Robert Booth Messages show Bashar al-Assad took advice from Iran • Leader made light of promised reforms• Wife spent thousands on jewellery and furniture Bashar al-Assad took advice from Iran on how to handle the uprising against his rule, according to a cache of what appear to be several…
Autistic London teen wins damages over police restraint
An autistic teenager with epilepsy won damages on Wednesday from the Metropolitan Police after he was forced into handcuffs and leg restraints during a school trip in what the High Court ruled was an “assault”. Police used “wholly inappropriate” restraint in their “over-hasty and ill-informed” response after the young man…
Suspected suicide bomb attack at Afghan air force base during Panetta visit
A member of NATO-led forces was injured in an “incident” as US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived at a military base in Afghanistan Wednesday, the military said. “At no point was the secretary or anyone on the aircraft in any danger from this incident,” the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF)…
Congolese warlord guilty in war crimes court for conscripting children into his rebel army
The International Criminal Court on Wednesday convicted Congolese militia chief Thomas Lubanga of war crimes for conscripting children into his rebel army, the tribunal’s first ever verdict. Lubanga, 51, was found guilty in The Hague of abducting children as young as 11 and forcing them to fight and commit atrocities…
Egyptians design ‘faster, cheaper’ hepatitis C test
The American University in Cairo said Wednesday that a team of its researchers has designed a faster and cheaper test for all types of hepatitis C, which it says affects about 10 million Egyptians. The development “reduces the two-step testing process carried out over a number of days to a…
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