More sanctions for Russia
TOKYO (AP):Accusing Russia of failing to live up to its commitments, President Barack Obama warned Moscow yesterday that the United States (US) has another round of economic sanctions "teed up", even as he acknowledged those penalties may do little to...
Abdullah maintains lead in voting results
KABUL (AP):The latest partial results in Afghanistan's presidential election show front-runner Abdullah still leading but far from the majority needed to avoid a runoff.Abdullah Abdullah, a former foreign...
Family members of ferry victims confront officials
JINDO (AP) Angry relatives of some of the more than 130 people still missing from the sinking of the ferry Sewol surrounded the fisheries minister and the coast guard chief yesterday, preventing them from leaving the area where families...
FDA moves to ban e-cigarette sales to minors
WASHINGTON (AP)The United States government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health-warning labels.While the proposal being issued yesterday by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will...
Clinic closed after man dies in hyperbaric chamber
MEXICO CITY (AP):Mexican authorities have temporarily closed a private clinic after a patient was found dead inside a hyperbaric chamber....
Nigerian pleads guilty to drug rap
HOUSTON (AP):A Nigerian who for years fought extradition to Texas has pleaded guilty to recruiting students in his homeland to internally smuggle heroin into the United States...
Journalist arrested
ST GEORGE'S (CMC):Guyanese-born journalist Rawle Nelson has been granted EC$100,000 (One EC dollar = US$0.37 cents) bail by a magistrate court on Wednesday on charges of stealing, forgery and uttering a false document.Magistrate Karen Noel also...
Obama's review of deportation policy irks Republican senators
WASHINGTON (AP)Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and 21 other Republican senators accused President Barack Obama yesterday of displaying "an astonishing disregard for the Constitution, the rule of law and the rights of American citizens" by...