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International theft of U.S. intellectual property costs $300 billion per year: report
A high-powered commission said Wednesday that intellectual property theft was costing the United States the equivalent of all its exports to Asia and urged a tougher approach to China. The 11-month study led by high-ranking former US officials said that theft of software and other US-developed products was costing the…
Eric Holder officially admits U.S. drone strikes killed four Americans
The United States formally said for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed radical Yemeni-American cleric Anwar al-Awlaki and three other US citizens in anti-terror strikes abroad. The acknowledgement that Washington targeted Awlaki in Yemen in September 2011 and that the three others were not directly targeted, but…
Venezuela’s new government ‘open’ to resuming U.S. diplomatic relations
Venezuela on Sunday made a rare diplomatic overture to the United States, suggesting it could be time for better ties. “We are going to remain open to normalizing relations with the United States,” Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on Televen television Sunday. “The first thing would be to resume diplomatic…
Falling U.S. deficit renews ‘austerity or growth?’ debate
Austerity or growth? Europe’s struggling economies have faced the question without fully answering it in recent years, but the United States is on track to do both. Projections unveiled this week by the Congressional Budget Office indicate the US deficit will shrink more than 40 percent during fiscal 2013, returning…
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin says U.S. must lead the way toward colonizing Mars
Buzz Aldrin, the American astronaut who was the second man to walk on the Moon, said Wednesday that the United States must lead the way toward building a permanent settlement on Mars. Speaking at a conference of space experts in the US capital, the 83-year-old said the United States should…
Surging U.S. oil production pushes reserves to highest levels in 30 years
Surging oil production has put the United States on track toward greater energy independence, pushing US reserves to their highest levels in 30 years. But analysts say bottlenecks in the distribution system are keeping oil from reaching markets. US oil stocks reached 395.3 million barrels last week, a level not…
Carnegie think tank study sees China as a ‘coercive power’ with Japan
China will likely use its growing power to try to force its way with Japan but it is doubtful that Beijing will enter a Cold War-style confrontation with the United States, a study said. The report by the Washington-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace aims to be the most comprehensive…
Living in U.S. raises risk of allergies
Children born outside the United States have a lower risk of asthma, skin and food allergies, and living in the United States for a decade or more may raise the risk of some allergies, said a study Monday. The research in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that…
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi survives assassination bid: state TV
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halqi escaped an assassination bid on Monday, surviving a blast against his convoy in Damascus, in the latest attack on top members of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime. The attack came as Republican lawmakers in the United States stepped up calls for American action after claims Assad’s…
Father of Boston bombing suspects hospitalized over blood pressure
The father of two brothers accused of bombing the Boston Marathon has been hospitalised, preventing his departure for the United States, he said Sunday. Anzor Tsarnaev told Ria Novosti news agency he had left Makhachkala, capital of the Russian republic of Dagestan, for Moscow to catch a flight to the…
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