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  • Envoy hands over Pyongyang peace missive to Chinese president

    Envoy hands over Pyongyang peace missive to Chinese president

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    BEIJING - A senior North Korean envoy delivered a letter from his leader Kim Jong-un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him that Pyongyang was ready to take "positive action" to re-join stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks. The letter was handed over by envoy, Vice Marshal Choe Ryong-hae. Choe told Xi that North Korea is willing to take positive actions to solve problems ...

  • UK spy agencies defended over drummer soldier murder

    UK spy agencies defended over drummer soldier murder

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...

  • Vehicles, people plunge into river after bridge collapse

    Vehicles, people plunge into river after bridge collapse

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    WASHINGTON - A handful of vehicles and some people plunged into a river after a more than half a century old bridge that links Seattle in the US with Canada collapsed, throwing the movement on the highway into disarray. Authorities said there were no deaths in the bridge collapse on the Skagit River in the US state of Washington. Three people were rescued and taken to hospitals, they ...

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  • Pakistan remains opposed to illegal drone strikes in country after Obama speech

    United States News.Net - Saturday 25th May, 2013

    The Pakistan Government has repeated its view that drone strikes by America in its territory were illegal. The rhetoric from Pakistan came after President Barack Obama laid out new guidelines for the use of he unmanned vehicles. According to the Daily Times, Obama mounted a firm defence of the covert drone war as 'legal' in a major speech on counterterrorism policy on Thursday. He, however, ...

  • Facebook Phones poor U.S. sales feedback delays Europe launch

    United States News.Net - Saturday 25th May, 2013

    Facebook Phone's disappointingly poor customer feedback in the United States has resulted in the delay of its launch in Europe. The HTC handsets, which run Facebook's enhanced Home software, designed to replace the phone's home screen with FB feed and chat options, has flopped with users. EE, a UK mobile operator, confirmed that poor customer feedback is the reason why the phone's Europe ...

  • Spanish art gets privileged space in New York museum

    United States News.Net - Saturday 25th May, 2013

    New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has reopened its European paintings galleries after a two-year renovation, giving a privileged space to Spanish masters Velazquez, El Greco and Goya. Prior to the overhaul, the Met's large collection of works by Velazquez, Goya, Ribera, Murillo and El Greco had been distributed in different galleries organized either by artistic movement or ...

  • Indians rules the roost in National Geographic Bee

    United States News.Net - Saturday 25th May, 2013

    A 12-year-old Indian American from Plainville, Massachusetts, has emerged as the winner of this year's National Geographic Bee. Sathwik Karnik won the 25th annual geography bee on Wednesday -correctly answering the question, "Because Earth bulges at the equator, the point that is farthest from Earth's center is the summit of a peak in Ecuador. Name this peak," as Chimborazo, People magazine ...

  • Carrie Underwood donates $1 mn to Red Cross

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    Singer Carrie Underwood has donated $1 million to fund the American Red Cross' hurricane relief efforts in her hometown Oklahoma. "I have watched the devastation in my home state of Oklahoma over the past several days with great sadness," femalefirst.co.uk quoted te 30-year-old as saying. "With the help of my fans, who attended my concerts over the past year, we can offer the Red Cross a ...

  • UN human rights expert welcomes shift in President Obamas counter-terrorism policy

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    24 May 2013 150 An independent United Nations human rights expert has welcomed what he said was a ground-breaking speech by President Barack Obama in which the United States leader laid out principles governing the use of counter-terrorism measures such as targeted killings. Mr. Obama said yesterday that, as part of a realignment of US counter-terrorism policy, he would curtail the use of ...

  • Lady Gaga ready for live gig in August

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    Pop star Lady Gaga, who underwent a hip operation earlier this year, is likely to perform on stage at a Beyonce Knowles' show in New York in August. Gaga is said to be planning her live return at the said show. If the news turns out to be true, it will be her first major gig following an operation on her hip in February. The grapevine is abuzz after a reported email sent by concert listings ...

  • Kerry in Ethiopia for Security Talks

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Ethiopia for security talks with regional officials and to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the African Union. Kerry's visit is expected to include talks on African and Western efforts to fight Islamist extremists in Mali and northern Nigeria. During recent talks with Nigeria's foreign minister, Kerry reaffirmed U.S. support for Nigeria's fight ...

  • Expert US Foreign Policy in Retreat

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    A former senior advisor to the late Richard Holbrooke, who served as U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, says when it comes to foreign policy, the U.S. is in "retreat." Vali Nasr, who is now dean of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), said the Obama administration has concluded that the best way forward for the United States is to do ...

  • Obama Urges Military to Stamp Out Sexual Assaults

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    U.S. President Barack Obama says sexual assaults in the U.S. military undermine trust in the armed forces. The president used a commencement speech at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland Friday to tackle recent reports of widespread sexual violence in the military. "Those who commit sexual assault are not only committing a crime, they threaten the trust and discipline that ...

  • Lincolns life-saving note put up for 15000 dollars

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    Former American president Abraham Lincoln's scribbled note ordering a disabled 14-year-old boy to be released from the Army in response to the boy's father's plea, has been put on sale at 15000 dollars as part of a rare collection of Lincoln's children-related documents. Lincoln's order on a telegram from Col. Thomas W. Harris about his son, Perry said 'Let this boy be discharged', Fox News ...

  • Will a Sandhurst suffice for keeping peace in Afghanistan

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

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  • US hoping to further strategic ties with India during Kerry visit Official

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    Visiting U.S. Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman on Friday said Washington is looking forward to furthering its ties with India during next month's Strategic Dialogue. Addressing a news conference in the national capital, Ambassador Sherman said that she had good and very productive meetings with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, National Security Advisor ...

  • HSBC could face criminal prosecution as deal on money laundering charges stalls

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    HSBC's controversial 1.9 billion-dollar settlement deal with American authorities over money laundering charges, has been stalled after a row between the Department of Justice and the judge overseeing the case. The deal - known as a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) - would have exempted HSBC from prosecution and triggered a storm of criticism, reports the Guardian. Judge John Gleeson is ...

  • US Boy Scouts to accept openly gay members

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    The Boy Scouts of America has voted to welcome openly gay scouts from January 1. Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA's National Council who voted, 61 percent supported the proposal drafted by the governing Executive Committee. According to Fox News, the result was welcomed by many liberal members of the Scouting community and by gay-rights activists. The vote followed what the BSA ...

  • Model of Suns magnetic field created

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    Researchers at the Universities of Leeds and Chicago have reported that they have uncovered an important mechanism behind the generation of astrophysical magnetic fields such as that of the Sun. Scientists have known since the 18th century that the Sun regularly oscillates between periods of high and low solar activity in an 11-year cycle, but have been unable to fully explain how this cycle is ...

  • 12-year-old US girl hangs herself following relentless cyber bullying

    United States News.Net - Friday 24th May, 2013

    A 12-year-old girl in the United States hanged herself after being relentlessly cyber bullied by her middle-school classmates. Gabrielle Molina was found hanging by a belt from a ceiling fan at about 2:15 p.m. at her home in Queens, New York, cops said. According to the New York Post, the girl left a heartbreaking note that recounted the torture she faced at the hands of bullies. She also ...

  • Video Time Lapse Peru Bolivia

    CBS News - Saturday 25th May, 2013

    Check out the mysterious sliding stones of Racetrack Playa, some insane star trails, and pink aurora in this time lapse video of Death Valley. Video courtesy ...

  • Angel Flight Crashes in NY 2 Killed 1 Missing

    ABC News - Saturday 25th May, 2013

    The crash of a volunteer Angel Flight in upstate New York that killed at least two people is under investigation, and the search for the missing pilot is ongoing, authorities said. Fulton County Sheriff Thomas Lorey said the flight's two passengers were found dead near where the twin-engine plane crashed in a wooded area in Ephratah, about an hour west of Albany. He said the search for ...

  • San Francisco State Basketball Player Accused Of Murder In Georgia

    CBS 5 - Saturday 25th May, 2013

    Decensae White, a basketball player at San Francisco State University, is accused in the 2012 Georgia murder of rapper Lil’ Phat, also known as Melvin Vernell III. (Fulton County Sheriff’s ...

  • White House says debt limit compromise possible

    People's Daily - Saturday 25th May, 2013

    With less than one week towards a possible calamitous U.S. debt default deadline, the White House said on Wednesday that a debt limit compromise is essential and possible, adding fresh pressure to the stalemated debt ceiling negotiation process. In response to some analysts' studies that the nation could postpone for about a week after its borrowing authority expires on Tuesday due to new ...

  • LAPD feds probe alleged gun sales by officers

    San Diego Union-Tribune - Saturday 25th May, 2013

    The probes stem from a whistle-blower lawsuit by a lieutenant who attempted to account for the LAPD Metropolitan Division's weapons in May ...

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