News about United States

Only six Americans enrolled on 'Obamacare' first day Just six people managed enrol in Obamacare on day one of the health plan's troubled rollout, documents released by Republican lawmakers showed, in a new embarrassment for the White House.
03 November 2013 00:44
Bloomberg, the billionaire mayor who transformed New York Billionaire Michael Bloomberg will go down as one of New York's most transformative mayors but he has divided an electorate set to elect his polar opposite.
02 November 2013 16:33
One dead as gunman opens fire at LA airport A gunman opened fire with an assault rifle at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) Friday, killing a security agent and wounding seven people.
02 November 2013 16:02
Snowden wants to help German probe, testify in US Intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is ready to assist a German probe into US spying on Chancellor Angela Merkel but also wants to talk directly to the US Congress, a German lawmaker who met the fugitive said Friday.
02 November 2013 14:55
Breakthrough in hunt for HIV vaccine US scientists seeking to unravel the mysteries of HIV have made an important breakthrough after capturing the clearest image yet of a protein which allows the deadly virus to attack human immune cells, new research showed Tuesday.
02 November 2013 14:05
Harrison Ford back to star wars with new sci-fi film More than 30 years after "Star Wars," Harrison Ford has returned to inter-stellar space battles in big-budget sci-fi spectacular "Ender's Game."
02 November 2013 13:30
Boxing: Golovkin to receive $400,000 for bout against American boxer Kazakhstan's champion boxer Gennady Golovkin will receive $400 thousand for his bout against American boxer Curtis Stevens.
02 November 2013 00:06
Google unveils new smartphone in Nexus line Google on Thursday unveiled its Nexus 5 smartphone, putting its premium brand on a device intended to champion the latest version of its Android operating system.
01 November 2013 14:05
Russia protests after rock star placed on US black list Russia dismissed as unacceptable a US decision to blacklist a rock star who counts President Vladimir Putin among his fans, for allegedly working for a transnational criminal group.
01 November 2013 13:28
In some cases, US spying 'has reached too far': Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry said for the first time Thursday that in some cases, US spying has gone too far, amid a row with Europe over the matter.
01 November 2013 11:49
Chris Brown enters rehab for anger management Tempestuous US singer Chris Brown has checked into a California rehab facility two days after being charged over an altercation in Washington.
01 November 2013 10:21
US renews vow to help Iraq combat terror attacks The US vowed to help Iraq combat terror groups as mounting attacks claimed more lives ahead of talks between Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Barack Obama.
01 November 2013 10:00
Boxing: Golovkin vs. Stevens bout referee and judges unveiled Names of the referee and judges of the bout between Kazakhstan boxing star Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin and American Curtis Stevens have been unveiled.
31 October 2013 21:13
US gives no spying guarantee to UN: spokesman The US government has guaranteed the UN that it is not intercepting its secret communications, a spokesman said Wednesday while not being drawn on reports of past spying.
31 October 2013 18:00
Putin topples Obama in Forbes power ranking Having outfoxed him on Syria, Russian President Vladimir Putin has now pipped Barack Obama to the title of the world's most powerful leader as ranked by Forbes on Wednesday.
31 October 2013 15:35
Michael Jackson 'still loves me," says freed doctor Michael Jackson's former doctor Conrad Murray said Wednesday that the late pop icon still loves him, and would be appalled by fans who attack him over the star's 2009 death.
31 October 2013 14:36
Bed down to reinvent cinema in New York If box office takings have stagnated in recent years, one US cinema is wooing back film lovers with big, fat, leather recliners... reminiscent of well, beds.
31 October 2013 10:43
China's Lenovo unveils 'game-changing' tablet in LA Chinese computer maker Lenovo presented a new tablet device including a bracket-cum-handle allowing it to tilt and stand, which it billed as a "game-changing" innovation.
31 October 2013 10:22
Israel frees 26 Palestinian prisoners Israel freed another 26 veteran Palestinian prisoners on Wednesday, alongside US-brokered peace talks.
30 October 2013 16:22
US spy chiefs hit back in Europe row US espionage chiefs turned the tables on European allies in the transatlantic spat over intercepted phone records, saying in many cases it was European agencies -- not the NSA -- that gathered and shared them with America.
30 October 2013 13:30
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