Latest North America News
RSS-
Obama viewed as winner of 2nd presidential debate
U.S. President Barack Obama was viewed by more Americans who watched the second presidential debate of this election cycle as the winner of his second face-off with Republican challenger Mitt Romney, according to a latest Gallup poll released on Friday. The poll found that more Americans believed Obama did a better job than Romney, by 51 percent to 38 percent. The rating showed a sharp reversal ...
-
Obama daughters school evacuated
Michelle Obama with daughters (Photo/Agencies) The D.C. private school attended by the daughters of President Barack Obama says it briefly evacuated after it received a phone call that it considered suspicious. Sidwell Friends School, the Washington school attended by Sasha and Malia Obama, was evacuated after what the school described as "a suspicious phone call." D.C. police ...
-
Obama nominates Rodriguez to head U.S. Africa Command
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated General David M. Rodriguez as the next commander of U.S. Africa Command, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced on Thursday. Panetta said Rodriguez, currently commander of U.S. Army Forces Command at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has served in "a variety of key leadership roles on the battle field." ...
More North America News
RSS-
Mexico to exhume parents of killed drug cartel boss
Sina English Mexican authorities are set to exhume remains of the parents of drug cartel "Zetas" leader Heriberto Lazcano, killed in a shootout with police, for the purpose of DNA testing. The authorities were forced to resort to this since after his death Lazcano's body was stolen by unknown perpetrators. This leaves law enforcement bodies still unable to confirm that the ...
-
China welcomes Canadian courts rule on Chinese fugitive
China on Friday welcomed the Canadian Federal Court's decision to uphold the deportation of Lai Changxing, one of China's most wanted fugitives.Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu made the remark in a statement posted on the ministry's website.Ma said Lai is the prime suspect in a smuggling case in the city of Xiamen and has been sought by law enforcement for several ...
-
Air Canada plane returns safely to Sydney after smoke in cabin
An Air Canada plane landed safely after being forced to return to Sydney Airport because of smoke in the cabin, the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said on Thursday.The plane landed in Sydney shortly after 12.10 p.m. (local time) on Thursday, an ATSB spokesman said.It had left Sydney Airport at about 10.30 a.m. (local time) for Vancouver and Toronto."Air Canada reported smoke in ...
-
U.S. not concerned about Chinas influence in L.America White House official
CARTAGENA, Colombia, April 14 (Xinhua) -- The United States is not concerned about China's growing influence in Latin America, a senior White House official said here Saturday."We're not concerned at all," Ben Rhodes, deputy national security advisor for strategic communications, said at a press briefing on the sidelines of the sixth Summit of the Americas."In fact, if ...
-
Mexico Guatemala collaborate to strengthen border security
Mexican President Felipe Calderon (L) and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom arrive at a joint press conference at the official residence Los Pinos, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July 27, 2011. (Xinhua/David de la ...
-
George Soros says Obama must go
Last Tuesday, November 16 , Soros told financiers of the Democratic party that Obama must go. The liberal "Huffington Post" quoted Soros as ...
-
Three sentenced for trafficking prostitutes from Mexico
SACRAMENTO - Three men were sentenced Friday on criminal charges for trafficking women from Mexico to be used as prostitutes in five Northern California cities, including ...
-
Hillary Clinton plays bailout card for Barack Obama
With her increasingly severe looks and drawn face, Hillary Clinton is fading fast from public eye. Few people think she will have it in her to run for the White House in 2016 when she will be 69, an age at which even Ronald Reagan's stamina for the job was questioned. Clinton's best chance was in 2012, when Barack Obama beat her to the nomination. Still, working on Abraham ...
-
Playing politics on death of ambassador offensive Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday in the presidential debate accused his Republican rival Mitt Romney of playing politics on the Benghazi consulate attacks and death of the U.S. ambassador, saying such conduct is ...
-
Hurricane Paul weakens off northwest Mexico
Hurricane Paul weakened on its way toward northwest Mexico, but still posed a risk to seafaring vessels, weather services said Tuesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Paul, currently a category 2 storm, was about 210 km from coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur with the decreasing wind speed of 175 km per hour (kph) and moving north-northeast at 32 kph. ...
-
Obama takes on Romney over taxes and jobs
U.S. President Barack Obama came out fighting on Tuesday in his second debate against Mitt Romney, branding the Republican challenger a tool of the rich and the oil industry. "Governor Romney says he has a five-point plan. He doesn't have a five-point plan. He has a one-point plan, and that is to make sure that folks at the top play by a different set of rules," Obama said. ...
-
2nd Obama-Romney US presidential debate starts
President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney shooks hands on Tuesday at the start of their second televised national debate ahead of the November 6 ...
-
Obama says he is ultimately responsible for Benghazi consulate attack
U.S. President Barack Obama said in the second presidential debate on Tuesday that he is "ultimately responsible" for what happened in the attacks on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya last month. "I'm the president and I'm always responsible," Obama said in the high-stake debate with his Republican rival Mitt Romney. The aggressive Obama also assailed ...
-
Favorite souvenirs of Obama
U.S. President Barack Obama Aloha Bobblehead Dolls are displayed for sale in the Waikiki Beach area of Honolulu, Hawaii, December 27, 2009. REUTERS/Larry ...
-
Romney widens lead over Obama in swing states poll
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney leads President Barack Obama by four percentage points among likely voters in top swing states, thanks to a surge in support by women voters, finds a latest poll on Tuesday. As the two candidates heading into the second debate Tuesday night in New York, the USA Today/Gallup Poll shows that Romney is leading Obama 50 percent to 46 percent in 12 ...
-
Michelle Obamas motorcade escorts injured in crash
Two law enforcement officers in Michelle Obama's motorcade were injured on Monday when their motorcycles hit each other as they were escorting the first lady in Delaware, Ohio. Both were taken to the hospital for treatment but were not seriously hurt, according to the Delaware County Sheriff's Office. The officers were part of a motorcade en route to the airport from Delaware, where ...
-
Obama faces challenges in second debate with Romney
Losing ground to Republican Mitt Romney on a host of issues, President Barack Obama faces a serious challenge to put his re-election bid back on track when the two men face off on Tuesday in their second debate. Obama's passive performance in their first debate two weeks ago and Romney's subsequent surge have raised expectations for a more fiery encounter at New York's Hofstra ...
-
Obama Romney focus on 2nd debate preparations
WASHINGTON, Oct. 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney were immersed in intense debate preparations on Sunday for the upcoming second presidential debate as their campaigns entered into the home stretch. Obama hunkered down with his campaign advisers in Virginia while Romney went back from campaign events to his Boston home. Stakes have been raised ...
-
Shot fired at Obama campaign office in Denver
Denver police say someone has fired a shot through the window of President Barack Obama's Denver campaign office. Police spokeswoman Raquel Lopez says people were inside the office when the shooting happened Friday afternoon, but no one was injured. A large panel of glass was left shattered at the office on West Ninth Avenue near Acoma Street. Lopez says investigators are looking at ...
-
Canadian naval officer pleads guilty of espionage
A former Canadian Navy intelligence officer who pleaded guilty of espionage on Wednesday was selling secrets to the Russians for about $3,000 a month. Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle showed no emotion as he acknowledged to a Nova Scotia provincial court judge that he understood the consequences of entering guilty pleas to three charges and was voluntarily giving up his right to a trial. Federal ...
-
Biden defends Obamas Iran policy in debate
WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden defended the way that President Barack Obama was handling the Iranian nuclear stalemate on Thursday. In the vice-presidential debate in Danville, Kentucky, Biden argued that Mitt Romney was offering an Iran policy which was not so different from that of Obama. He also stressed that if deemed necessary, the U.S. military was ready to ...
-
GOP demands probe of Obama campaign donations
The U.S. Republican National Committee (RNC) Chairman Reince Priebus sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday demanding an investigation into online campaign contributions to president Obama's reelection campaign. "[T]he President's campaign committee does not use the industry standard practices to guard against receiving fraudulent or excessive contributions via ...
North America Feature
-
North America's unknown potential disaster
North America is facing a potential ecological disaster that most people are not even aware of, according to scientists who have been studying the little brown bat (or myotis bat), the most common species of bat in the United States and the wider North American continent.
This is because the bat is under attack by a killer fungus that grows on the bats’ wings during hibernation and causes them to lose body fat and wake early from their sleep, which causes them to eventually die. The fungal infection is said by researchers to be capable of killing off the bat within the next 16 years when their current population, which numbers up to several million, may fall to just 0.01% of present levels. Read more
News from around our Network
