Deal threatens to worsen a relationship already strained by American attacks on Chinese censorship of the internetThe Chinese government has warned that a planned sale of advanced US weaponry to Taiwan threatens to strain a relationship already troubled by disputes about internet censorship.The US military yesterday announced plans for a $6.3bn (£4bn) arms sale [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Employer-provided group health plans must offer the same level of coverage for mental illness and drug abuse treatment as for other ailments, according to federal regulations issued on Friday.
New York’s mayor calls for Obama administration to consider alternative site for trials due to be held near Ground ZeroThe Obama administration is being forced to reassess its decision to put the alleged organiser of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, on trial in central New York after its mayor, withdrew his support and prompted [...]
DETROIT (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp plans to resume sales of eight recalled models including the top-selling Camry as soon as the third week of February, said three sources briefed on plans by the world’s largest automaker.
President Barack Obama is essentially grounding efforts to return astronauts to the moon and instead is sending NASA in new directions with roughly $6 billion more, according to officials familiar with the plans.
A Colorado man charged with sexually abusing nine boys at a school he founded in Haiti plans to plead not guilty to new charges that accuse him of abusing nine more victims.
In his first State of the Union address, President Barack Obama will offer a skeptical public repackaged plans to energize the economy, stem a tide of red ink and strengthen anti-terror defenses.
LILONGWE (Reuters) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation plans to raise its health funding aimed to reduce maternal mortality in Malawi, Melinda Gates said on Tuesday.
A Chicago businessman accused of leading a double life as an international terrorist pleaded not guilty Monday to making plans for an attack on a Danish newspaper and helping arrange the rampage in 2008 that killed 166 people in the Indian city of Mumbai.
For more than a year, the government pulled out the stops to revive home buying by driving down mortgage rates.Now, whether the housing market is ready or not, the government is pulling out. The wind-down of federal support for mortgage rates…