News about United States

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
New York hosts ancient Korea debut in West Drawn to bling? A fan of gold jewelry? Keen on Buddha? If so, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art offers the newest ticket to fend off the winter chill.
30 October 2013 12:56
Yermek Tursunov's Shal long-listed for Oscar Shal (Old Man) by Kazakhstan director Yermek Tursunov has been included into the long-list of the American Academy Award in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
30 October 2013 00:20
Zhauzhurek Myn Bala to hit American screens Kazakhstan's historical drama Zhauzhurek Myn Bala (1000 Brave Boys) directed by Akan Satayev will be released on Video on Demand in North America.
29 October 2013 19:25
NASA to probe why Mars lost its atmosphere NASA said Monday it is on track to launch its Maven probe to Mars next month to find out why the Red Planet lost much of its atmosphere.
29 October 2013 18:10
Toxic US corporate culture unchanged: TARP watchdog Five years after the US financial crisis forced the massive government TARP bailout, the US corporate culture remains toxic and breeding crime.
29 October 2013 17:41
'Bad Grandpa' tops N. American box office Wacky Jackass comedy "Bad Grandpa" elbowed space flick "Gravity" out of the top spot at the North American box office.
29 October 2013 17:29
Obama, Netanyahu discuss Iran US President Barack Obama spoke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran, a day after the Israeli leader warned Tehran could convert uranium into weapons-grade material within weeks.
29 October 2013 15:56
Apple profit tops forecasts, 33.8 million iPhones sold Apple on Monday reported a quarterly profit of $7.5 billion on the back of soaring iPhone sales.
29 October 2013 15:09
Rio sells Australian coal mine stake for $1.02 bn Resources giant Rio Tinto announced the US$1.02 billion sale of its stake in Australia's Clermont thermal coal mine Monday as it seeks to shore up its ailing bottom line.
29 October 2013 10:00
Hobbit fans to get sneak peek at Smaug event Hobbit fans will get a sneak peek at the second film of the trilogy -- "The Desolation of Smaug" -- after director Peter Jackson announced a global live presentation next month.
28 October 2013 16:21
US denies Obama knew of Merkel spying The imbroglio over the tapping of Angela Merkel's phone deepened Sunday, after a US denial that President Barack Obama was informed years ago of electronic surveillance of the German chancellor.
28 October 2013 13:07
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