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Under fire, Biden blasts ‘repugnant’ China policies
Under fire from angry Republicans, US Vice President Joe Biden’s office said Tuesday that he firmly opposes “repugnant” Chinese population control practices like “forced abortion and sterilization.” “The Obama Administration strongly opposes all aspects of China’s coercive birth limitation policies, including forced abortion and sterilization,” Biden spokeswoman Kendra Barkoff told…
Hurricane Irene threatens islands, US East Coast
Hurricane Irene bore down on the southeastern Bahamas Tuesday as the category one storm churned on a track that could see it slam the US mainland later in the week. Forecasters who downgraded Irene, now packing winds of 90 miles (150 kilometers) per hour, said it could still become a…
Moody’s cuts Japan debt rating
Major ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service downgraded Japan’s sovereign debt rating by one notch Wednesday, putting fresh pressure on the country’s political leaders to repair its finances. Moody’s said it was cutting Japan’s government bond rating to Aa3 from Aa2, citing the “large budget deficits and the build-up in Japanese…
Chavez proclaims solidarity with Gaddafi
CARACAS — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez declared Tuesday that he will continue to recognize only Moamer Kadhafi as the legitimate leader of Libya, despite signs the regime is likely in its last throes. In Libya, Chavez said, there is “only one government, the one led by Moamer Kadhafi,” the Venezuelan…
No sign of Gaddafi as rebels overrun Tripoli headquarters
TRIPOLI — Rebels overran Moamer Kadhafi’s compound in Tripoli Tuesday, raising their flag and ripping the head off his statue, but said they had found no sign of the strongman or his sons. The streets of Tripoli erupted into celebratory gunfire when news spread that the insurgents had breached the…
Greenpeace finds toxic chemicals in top brand name clothes
Traces of toxic chemicals harmful to the environment and to human health have been detected in products made by 14 top clothing manufacturers, Greenpeace said Tuesday. Samples of clothing from top brands including Adidas, Uniqlo, Calvin Klein, H&M, Abercrombie & Fitch, Lacoste, Converse and Ralph Lauren were found to be…
British PM’s top aide was on News Corp. payroll while working for government
Former News of the World editor Andy Coulson, at the centre of phone hacking claims, was still being paid by the tabloid’s owners while employed as the Conservative Party’s media chief, the BBC said. Coulson received several hundred thousand pounds in severance pay after he began work in July 2007…
Chinese oil giant ends ops in Libya, Syria: report
China’s largest oil and gas producer has shut down six major projects in war-torn Libya, Syria and other restive nations because of political instability, state media said Tuesday. The decision came as Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi’s regime appeared close to collapse after rebels took over the capital Tripoli, and as…
US calls for release of Vietnam protesters
The United States on Tuesday called for the release of peaceful protesters detained when Vietnamese security forces broke up a weekend rally against Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea. “We are concerned by the detention of several individuals for what appears to be the peaceful expression of their views,”…
UBS announces 3,500 job losses
Swiss banking giant UBS on Tuesday announced plans to shed 3,500 jobs in order to make savings of some 2 billion Swiss francs (1.8 billion euros, $2.5 billion). UBS aims to make the personnel cuts “through redundancies as well as natural attrition”, the bank said in a statement.…
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