News about United States

Kerry in Kabul on key mission to calm election turmoil US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Afghanistan on a key mission to try to quell tensions over disputed presidential polls which have triggered fears of violence and ethnic unrest.
11 July 2014
©Reuters/Ina Fassbender Germany kicks out top US intelligence officer in spy row Germany expelled the CIA station chief in Berlin over alleged spying by the United States which has refused to break its silence over the escalating row between the Western allies.
11 July 2014
Jose Rodrigo Arechiga-Gamboa. Photo courtesy of mediaanarchist.wordpress.com Suspected Mexican drug cartel leader extradited to US An alleged leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel arrived in San Diego after being extradited to the United States from the Netherlands.
11 July 2014
Holocaust hero Wallenberg gets US Congressional medal Sweden's Holocaust hero Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews before mysteriously dying in a Soviet prison, was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal at the US Capitol.
10 July 2014
©Reuters/Andrew Kelly Texas gunman kills at least six, including children: police A lone gunman killed at least six people, most of them children, during a domestic dispute in Texas that triggered a tense ongoing standoff with armed police.
10 July 2014
©Reuters/Yuya Shino Chinese court rules against Apple in patent case US technology giant Apple has lost a lawsuit against a Chinese state regulator over patent rights to voice recognition software such as the iPhone's "Siri", a Beijing court said.
09 July 2014
©Reuters/Jason Reed Vials of smallpox discovered in US govt storage room Federal investigators are probing how vials of smallpox made their way into a storage room at a Food and Drug Administration lab near the US capital, health authorities said.
09 July 2014
'Transformers 4' dominates N. America box office "Transformers: Age of Extinction" extended its North American box office dominance into a second straight week, industry figures showed Monday, earning $37.1 million over the Independence Day weekend.
08 July 2014
©Reuters/Jason Redmond New York is 23rd US state to allow medical marijuana Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday signed a bill making New York the 23rd US state to legalize marijuana for medical use, in a growing momentum.
08 July 2014
©Reuters/Jason Lee Nine dead in weekend surge of shootings in Chicago At least nine people were murdered in Chicago over the Independence Day weekend in an explosion of gun violence branded "simply unacceptable" by its mayor.
08 July 2014
GM to invest $740 mn in new Argentina factory General Motors will invest $740 million in Argentina through 2016 on its first South American factory turning out aluminum motors, Buenos Aires announced.
08 July 2014
Obama, Hollande call on Putin to pressure Ukraine rebels on talks France and the United States on Monday urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to pressure pro-Moscow rebels in eastern Ukraine to agree a dialogue on reaching a ceasefire with Kiev.
08 July 2014
Senior US diplomat 'unwelcome' by Bahrain Bahrain has told a senior US diplomat, who has met with representatives of the country's opposition, that he was "unwelcome" in the kingdom and should "leave immediately."
08 July 2014
Indian nurses walk after they were released by Iraqi Islamist militantsIndian nurses walk after they were released by Iraqi Islamist militants. ©Reuters/Stringer Trapped Indian nurses on way home from Iraq A group of 46 Indian nurses who were trapped in an area of Iraq seized by Islamic militants were set to be welcomed home by anxious relatives Saturday after being freed from the rebel-held city of Mosul.
05 July 2014
Richard Mellon Scaife. Photo courtesy of article.wn.com Billionaire conservative donor Richard Mellon Scaife dies, 82 Richard Mellon Scaife, a generous donor to US conservative causes and heir to a sizeable banking fortune, died according to The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, a newspaper that he owned. He was 82.
05 July 2014
Photo courtesy of dw.de Anger over reports German double-agent spied for US German authorities have arrested a suspected double-agent accused of spying for the US on a parliamentary panel investigating NSA surveillance, media reports said.
05 July 2014
©Reuters/Sam Hodgson In California, US town fears migrant invasion Days after things nearly turned ugly here, several residents kept up their protest against a surge of undocumented migrants near the border with Mexico.
05 July 2014
US eaters weigh in for New York dog chowing contest American world-record holders and pretenders to the crown of hot-dog chomper of the year weighed in for the hugely popular annual July 4 Coney Island competition set to draw thousands.
04 July 2014
Shi'ite Muslims take part in a candlelight protest against the ongoing conflict in Iraq. ©Reuters/Anindito Mukherjee India nurses in Iraq conflict 'to be freed' A group of 46 Indian nurses trapped in Iraq are to be freed, one of them told AFP Friday, in a rare piece of positive news in a crisis threatening "Syria-like chaos".
04 July 2014
©Reuters/U.S. Air Force photo US grounds entire F-35 fleet for engine probe The United States military is grounding its entire fleet of F-35 fighter jets as it completes additional engine inspections following a fire aboard an aircraft in Florida last week.
04 July 2014

Exchange Rates

 512.07  course up  595.42  course up  6.58  course down

 

Weather

location-current
Алматы

 

Редакция Advertising
Социальные сети