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Obama to seek tax increases on wealthy to help middle class
President Barack Obama will call for increasing taxes on the wealthiest Americans then using the revenue to fund new tax credits and other cost-saving measures for the middle class in his first address before a Republican-led Congress.The president’s proposals are likely to be cheered by the Democratic Party’s liberal base, but the...
World Economic Forum warns over international conflicts
Following a year that’s seen the conflict in Ukraine and the rise of the Islamic State, geopolitical issues are considered to be the biggest threat to global stability over the coming decade, according to experts polled by the World Economic Forum. In its 2015 Global Risks Report, published Thursday, the WEF found “interstate conflict...
Toxic leak at International Space Station
A leak of a toxic substance on Wednesday forced astronauts to evacuate the American section of the International Space Station, Russia’s space agency said Wednesday. The “toxic substance was emitted from a cooling system into the station’s atmosphere” in the US segment of the station, the agency said in a statement....
Fourth Ship to Join Search for Missing Malaysia Airlines Jet
Sydney. A fourth search vessel equipped with a sophisticated underwater drone is set to join the search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, the Australian search coordinator said on Wednesday. Months of searches have failed to turn up any trace of the Boeing 777 aircraft, which disappeared on March 8, carrying 239 passengers and crew...
Del Potro wins again in Sydney injury comeback
Juan Martin Del Potro continued his promising return from an 11 months injury layoff by beating top seed Fabio Fognini 4-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Sydney International.The second-round triumph over Fognini further demonstrated the Argentine’s return to top form ahead of next week’s Australian Open.The...
World Bank cuts 2015 forecast for global economy
The World Bank, citing stagnation in Europe and Japan and a slowdown in China, downgraded its forecast for the global economy this year. It also reported that world economic growth came in below expectations in 2014.The bank predicts the world economy will expand 3 percent this year, up from 2.6 percent in 2014. Last June, World Bank economists...
Foreign ministers plan Ukraine peace summit in heat of battle
Foreign ministers from Moscow and Kiev meet their French and German counterparts in Berlin on Monday to arrange a Ukrainian peace summit that the Europeans fear is premature because of festering fighting. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko hopes to stage the leadership meeting in the Kazakh capital Astana on Thursday so that two of his closest...
Worldwide Marches in Solidarity With France
People, led by International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde,center, German Ambassador to the US Peter Wittig, center left, and French Ambassador to the US Gerard Araud, center right, march in Washington on Jan. 11, 2015 in tribute to the 17 victims of last week’s attacks in France. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm) Washington....
Millions rally for unity against terrorism in France
Paying tribute: (From the left) Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, France’s President Francois Hollande, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel, EU President Donald Tusk, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas march during a rally in Paris, France, on Sunday. A rally of...
France hunts suspect, prepares for mass anti-terrorism rally
France vowed to combat terrorism with “a cry for freedom” in a giant rally for unity Sunday after three days of bloodshed that horrified the world. Police searched for a woman linked to the three al-Qaida-inspired attackers, but a Turkish official said she appears to have already slipped into Syria.The rally Sunday is also a huge...
