The latest U.S. documents released by the WikiLeaks organization include a number of eye-raising revelations including charges that the U.S. has stepped up efforts to spy on United Nations officials and other diplomats from other countries. They also shed light on North Korea’s continued role as a world arms dealer, including smuggling missiles capable of [...]
Cubanarama Blogtalkradio Show: Iliana Rose is nothing short of a fantastic musician. As an accomplished piano player, percussionist, clarinetist and vocalist, she performs with her band and sits in with some of the finest session players in Los Angeles and Miami. As a percussionist her timing is phenomenal and impeccable. She never misses a beat. [...]
WASHINGTON — A cache of a quarter-million confidential American diplomatic cables, most of them from the past three years, provides an unprecedented look at back-room bargaining by embassies around the world, brutally candid views of foreign leaders and frank assessments of nuclear and terrorist threats. Some of the cables, made available to The [...]
By Daniel Allott – The Washington Times It has been more than four years since Raul Castro assumed the duties of the presidency of Cuba and more than 2 1/2 years since he officially took over for his older brother, Fidel. In that time, words like “pragmatic,” “practical” and “reformer” have often been attached to [...]
She hung up on the next president, Barack Obama. Twice. She thought it was a prank. In an expert stroke of political spin, she immediately sent out a press release explaining the apparent snub as a mix-up. Meet Florida U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, the first Cuban-American to serve in Congress and the next in line [...]
ZITACUARO, Mexico – This small patch of mountain fir forest is a model of sorts for the global effort to save trees and fight climate change. The problem is that saving trees has not saved the forest’s most famous visitors: Monarch butterflies. Millions of Monarch butterflies migrate here from the United States and Canada every [...]
The four-day exercises starting on Sunday come in the wake of North Korea’s artillery bombardment of a South Korean island, and will include a US aircraft carrier in a bid to deter the North. “The Chinese government was informed of our intent to conduct this naval exercise in the areas west of the Korean Peninsula,” [...]
NEW YORK — After two Christmas seasons of pushing socks, pajamas and other basics as gifts, retailers are betting that Americans are ready to give a little more this year. The flashy sweater is replacing the basic winter coat, jewelry is starting to sparkle again, and the gift card for gasoline is being trumped by [...]
In periods of good economic times, we may barely notice how much money goes towards our personal expenses on a month-to-month basis. However, in uncertain economic times—like right now—everyone should be trying to slash their expenses as much as possible. We all share many of the same major personal expenses: mortgage or rent payments, auto [...]
Be careful? Big Sis is Watching You: From the Jon and Eric Blog: My friend Jimmy successfully navigated a TSA security checkpoint in a speedo at the Salt Lake City International Airport on Tuesday, November 23, 2010 with the words, ‘SCREW BIG SIS’ written on his back. The goal was to carry out an act [...]
One of the thornier problems facing the international community is to monitor the spread of nuclear technology and prevent it spreading to rogue regimes. This task falls to the International Atomic Energy Authority based in Vienna and it is by no means easy. Which is why the IAEA is exploring various new technologies for monitoring [...]
This is really scary now! It has unexpectedly developed into reality! No need to categorize it as an ongoing fifty-year-old trend anymore. These statements have surpassed and has bypassed all irrational obstacles of doubt that ever existed about him. It is official! Fidel Castro has taken the ultimate and final step to prove, without a [...]
When the Obama administration rolled out its initial investment to create a high-speed rail system across the U.S. in January, the program was hailed as a pivotal piece of the most significant upgrade of the nation’s transportation system since the interstate highway network. But the program — along with the jobs it could create, environmentalists’ [...]
Monday’s raids come as federal prosecutors prepare to unveil a series of new insider trading cases as soon as this year against hedge fund traders, consultants and Wall Street bankers. Two of the raided funds are Diamondback Capital Management LLC and Level Global Investors LP, each based in Connecticut and run by former managers of [...]
The holidays really get going this week with Thanksgiving, and travel is certainly one of the most stressful parts of this time of year. But there are small ways to make things simpler and time pass faster. Here are a list of five tech travel accessories that you shouldn’t leave home without. 1. RCA Dual [...]
Researcher Jean-Paul Meijnen has ‘trained’ bacteria to convert all the main sugars in vegetable, fruit and garden waste efficiently into high-quality environmentally friendly products such as bioplastics. There is considerable interest in bioplastics nowadays. The technical problems associated with turning potato peel into sunglasses, or cane sugar into car bumpers, have already been solved. The [...]
Over 20 years after Great Plains, one of the more oddly wonderful books of the last few decades, Ian Frazier takes us to another territory worthy of his expansive curiosity: the vast eastern stretches of Russia known as Siberia. Through the stories of Russian friends, Frazier was drawn there in the early ’90s, and he [...]
I was listening to a very popular not-so-Conservative radio broadcast host Doug McInthre on super Conservative News Talk Radio 77 WABC here in New York City, where the term “Government Money” came into question. Mr McIntyre brought up the point and which asks the question “What is Government Money?” He correctly answered this question he [...]
China this week sentenced online activist Cheng Jiangping to one year in a labor camp for retweeting a message urging an attack on the Japanese pavilion at the recently concluded Shanghai Expo, according to Amnesty International UK. News of the sentence comes as tension within China over the country’s relationship with Japan grows. The two [...]
DETROIT, Mich. – General Motors Company announced today the pricing of a public offering of common and mandatory convertible junior preferred stock. The total offering size will be $20.1 billion or $23.1 billion if the underwriters’ over-allotment options are fully exercised. “As we prepare to enter the equity markets, all of us at GM are [...]