Chinese President Xi Jinping

Davos, January 19 (RHC)-- The world needs China and the United States to have a stable and cooperative relationship, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. ... More


U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

Geneva, January 19 (RHC)-- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres say he is determined to reform the world body and to see a diplomatic “surge” to overcome obstacles in peace talks.... More


Washington, January 19 (RHC)-- Today marks U.S. President Barack Obama’s last full day in office.... More


Washington, January 19 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Congressional Budget Office says 18 million people could lose their health insurance if the U.S. Congress repeals major provisions of the Affordable Care Act -- also known as "Obamacare." ... More


Summer Zervos

New York, January 19 (RHC)-- A former contestant on Donald Trump’s reality television show "The Apprentice" has sued Trump for defamation.... More


New York, January 19 (RHC)-- In New York City, over 100 people set up a protest encampment outside the headquarters of financial giant Goldman Sachs, which they are calling "Government Sachs." ... More


New York, January 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S., Donald Trump’s inaugural committee said it has raised more than $100 million from private donors and corporations, nearly doubling the previous record set by President Barack Obama. ... More


South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley

Washington, January 19 (RHC)-- U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's choice for U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has questioned whether Washington's funding for the world body "does more harm than good." ... More


Washington, January 18 (RHC)-- The United States government has announced the release of Oscar Lopez Rivera, who has been imprisoned for more than 35 years for his struggle to free Puerto Rico from U.S. colonial rule.... More


Washington, January 18 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has commuted the sentence of Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning as part of more than 200 presidential commutations issued Tuesday. ... More


Gao, January 18 (RHC)-- A car bomb explosion has killed dozens of people and injured many others in a military camp in northern Mali. ... More


Rome, January 18 (RHC)-- The death toll from the January 14 capsizing of a refugee ship in the Mediterranean stands at four, with some 180 missing, presumed dead, survivors have said. ... More


Damascus, January 18 (RHC)-- The United States is increasing airdrops of weapons, ammunition and other equipment to foreign-backed militant forces in the northeastern Syrian city of Raqqah, according to a report.... More


UN Commissioner Rupert Colville

Manama, January 18 (RHC)-- The United Nations has expressed distress at the execution of three Shia Muslim activists in Bahrain over their alleged role in killing policemen during a pro-democracy demonstration.... More


Athens, January 18 (RHC)-- Several members of a far-right Greek party headed by a prominent MP have raided a primary school in Athens to prevent the staff from admitting refugee children in classrooms.... More


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