America Is What It Is

Everyone remembers U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University on June 4, 2009, in which he proclaimed his solidarity with the suffering of the Palestinian people living under Israeli occupation. In it, he promised…

China, Russia drive growth in billionaires

Rising steel and oil prices in Russia, more honest disclosure in Brazil and booming economies in China and India have fueled a spike in billionaires in the so-called BRIC countries. Moscow is now home to…

Weapons Are Big Business

By Radio Havana Cuba: The news is really impressive by itself: a 12 year-old boy in a rural community in the United States shot and killed his parents and assaulted his two brothers, but even…

When the United States Defends Al-Jazeera

By Amira Soltane (‘Expression, Algeria): Contrary to appearances, Al-Jazeera is the best-protected network on the planet, because it has succeeded in collecting and aggregating news coming from the West toward the East. What a funny world…

Obama names Locke as ambassador to China

U.S. President Barack Obama has chosen Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as the next ambassador to China. Locke would be the first Chinese-American to serve as Washington’s envoy to Beijing. If approved by the Senate, he…

S Korea, U.S. conduct live-fire exercise

South Korean and U.S. soldiers on Monday displayed their readiness against any possible threats in a live-fire exercise which involved the Stryker Interim Armored Vehicles. Four Stryker vehicles and some 40 soldiers took part in…