Chinese Troops to Observe U.S.-led Military Exercises
Mainland China sent 17 troops to join Cobra Gold 2014 — an annual Thai-U.S. co-sponsored joint and multinational military exercise that runs from January 10 through February 22 this...
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FCC to Investigate How Broadcasters Select News Stories
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will soon launch an initiative — the Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs (CIN) — “in order to assess whether government action is needed to...
Belgian Parliament Passes Law Permitting Euthanasia for Children
Belgium’s Chamber of Representatives voted on February 13 to pass a bill allowing children under 18 to request euthanasia with parental consent. The vote was 86 in favor, 44...
Karl Rove Groups’ Attacks on Tea Party Backfire
Donations to political strategist Karl Rove’s Crossroads groups decreased by 98 percent last year, declining to a combined total of $6.1 million, down from $325 million in 2012. This, despite...
IRS Demands Businesses Show “Bonafide Reasons” for Layoffs
The IRS will require employers who terminate employees to show that they did so for “bona fide business reasons” in order to be eligible for delaying the ObamaCare health...
Mainland China and the ROC on Taiwan Hold Talks
Wang Yu-chi, the head of The Republic of China’s (Taiwan’s) Mainland Affairs Council, and Zhang Zhijun, head of mainland communist China’s Taiwan Affairs Office, met on February 11 in...
Iran Says “Number of” Warships to Sail Near U.S.
Iran’s semi-official news agency, Fars, quoted a statement from Iranian Naval spokesman Admiral Afshin Rezayee Haddad on February 8 announcing that Iran is sending “a number of” warships to...
Evacuation of Homs Raises Hopes for Syrian Peace Talks
The first groups of civilians were evacuated on February 7 from rebel-held sections of Homs, a war-ravaged city in western Syria that has been a major battleground between government...
Pakistan’s Government Negotiates With Taliban
Negotiations between the Pakistani government and representatives of the Pakistan Taliban (TTP) began on January 6 in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. The talks are aimed at resolving the ongoing insurgency...
“Alone Yet Not Alone” Song Snubbed by Academy
“Alone Yet Not Alone,” the title song from the film of the same name, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song on January 15. The song...
Guttmacher Says Abortions in U.S. Have Declined Since 1973
The Guttmacher Institute, formerly part of Planned Parenthood, issued a news release on February 3 showing that the abortion rate in the United States has dropped to its lowest...
Pro-Life Groups Urge Boycott of Girl Scout Cookies
National and local pro-life organizations have joined in calling for a boycott of the Girls Scouts’ annual cookie drive over the Girl Scouts USA’s support for Planned Parenthood, the...
U.S. Says Russia Violated INF Treaty With Test
Starting last May, Rose Gottemoeller, the State Department’s acting under secretary for arms control and international security, began criticizing Russia’s testing of its new ground-launched cruise missile as a violation...
Arizona GOP Censures McCain, Gets Him “Fired Up”
The Arizona State Republican Party approved a resolution on Saturday, January 25 that censured Senator John McCain for compiling a voting record that is insufficiently conservative for Arizonans. ...
Texas Woman Taken Off Life Support; Unborn Baby Also Dies
Marlise Muñoz — a pregnant woman who had been described as “brain dead” — died soon after being removed from life support machines at a Fort Worth hospital on...