Brazil foreign minister reports long talk with Clinton, acknowledges differences Brazilian diplomats denied Thursday that there is a crisis in relations with the ...
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Brazil Thursday for a one-day meeting on climate change and Amazon forest conservation, hailed new US and Chinese ...
Days before he is expected to order more troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama paid tribute to the US military Thursday, lamenting families with an empty seat at their Thanksgiving table. Thousands of miles (kilometers) from home, American troops deployed in Iraq ...
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba began its biggest military maneuvers in five years on Thursday, saying they were needed to prepare for a possible invasion by the United States. Despite a thaw in U.S.-Cuba relations and assurances last week by President Barack Obama ...
Turkey fryer catches fire, burning Ohio house as owner prepares Thanksgiving meal Authorities in Ohio say a turkey fryer caused a house to catch fire as the homeowner was preparing a Thanksgiving meal. Columbus firefighters say no one was injured in the ...
Wright's double-double helps No. 15 Virginia beat Indiana 84-79 Monica Wright had 22 points and 11 rebounds to help No. 15 Virginia beat Indiana 84-79 on Thursday at the Junkanoo Jam. Whitny Edwards added 17 points and China Crosby had 12 points ...
Sierra Nevada waterfall and meadows among scenic California land acquired by Forest Service More than 1,200 acres of scenic meadow land and a spectacular waterfall in California have been bought by the U.S. Forest Service. The property in the Sierra Nevada mountains ...
Pakistan has paid out the equivalent of nearly 120,000 dollars over the arrest of a lieutenant of the country's Taliban warlord ahead of a major Muslim festival, the military said Thursday. It is the first time Pakistan has announced the payment of ...
China's pledge on greenhouse gases means it would shoulder more than a quarter of the CO2 emissions cuts needed to avoid dangerous global warming, a top economist said Thursday. "China alone would be responsible for more than 25 percent of the reductions ...
The United States, one of the few countries likely to recognize post-coup elections in Honduras, will watch the upcoming polls with "great interest," the US State Department said Thursday. Sunday's elections come amid a deep political crisis set off by the June ...
The United States and Poland have agreed terms for stationing US troops in Poland so that the deployment of US Patriot missiles can start next year, an official said Thursday. "Talks on an agreement allowing the military presence of the United States ...
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will attend international climate talks next month, his office said Thursday, as 3,000 scientists pressed Ottawa to seek a deal on deeper CO2 emissions cuts. A spokesman for Harper told AFP he will travel to Copenhagen for ...
