In a recent statement, representatives and family of the former anti-apartheid leader and South African president Nelson Mandela said that his condition is improving after being admitted to the hospital Wednesday around midnight. This is the second trip the former president has taken to the hospital in quite a short time, spending some 18 days […]
The newly elected Pope Francis has chosen to stay in a simple Vatican apartment and not to move into the luxurious and vast papal suit said a Vatican press representative this Tuesday. The Argentinian Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio as he was known before becoming Pope, has chosen to occupy the Domus Santa Marthae, a hotel style […]
North Korean artillery and missile units were placed on alert, making them ready to strike against South Korea and the United States, including Guam and Hawaii. The Supreme Command of the Korean People’s Army made the order after the warning from South Korea that the survival of the north will be ensured if it calls […]
The Nasdaq plan of paying trading companies $62 million for losses they incurred during the failed public offering of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) was approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The combined losses of four major trading companies reached $500 million. Technical issues in at the Nasdaq resulted to the losses to Citadel, Citigroup (NYSE:C), UBS […]
United States President Barack Obama can call his visit, the first foreign one since he was reelected, a success. Maybe not a complete success, but he definitely touched a lot of the most important issues. The downside to his Middle East visit was the Palestinian raised issues. Palestinians view President Obama’s visit as a failure, while some […]
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish prime minister received a call from the prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, who apologized for the death of Turkish citizens in 2010. Following the apology, Turkey resumed diplomatic relations with Israel. President Barack Obama brokered the end of a diplomatic freeze between Israel and Turkey that lasted for three […]
Syrian President Bashar Assad has vowed to rid the country of Muslim extremists and terrorists after a suicide bombing in a Damascus mosque, killed nearly 50 people and wounded countless others. The explosion also caused the death of Sheik Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti, a Sunni cleric and one of president’s Assad most important supporters. The […]
A formal investigation will be conducted on Nicolas Sarkozy, the former president of France, in connection to the reported illegal party funding that involved the richest woman in France. However, lawyers of the former president indicated that they will file an appeal on the decision to start an investigation over accusations that he profited from […]
North Korea gave notice of a strong military counteraction if the B-52 bombers of the US will fly over the Korean peninsula again. According to Major Richelle Dowdell, the spokeswoman for the 7th Air Force, the latest training flight was successfully carried out by the US Pacific Air Forces Command. The defense capability of the […]
New house permits and groundbreakings rose in February to pre-recession levels not seen since 2008, in what is a clear sign that the United States housing market is beginning to recover, and is also gathering quite some steam. This Tuesday a statement from the Commerce Department showed that starts at building sites were up by […]
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