Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Creating a team that's 'diverse in many ways' President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Senate majority leader Tom Daschle to overhaul the US healthcare system, media reports said.
Daschle has not only indicated he wants the job secretary of health and human services, but also negotiated that he will also serve as […]
United Nations, Nov 20 (IANS) President-elect Barack Obama Wednesday telephoned UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon and discussed issues of cooperation between the world body and the United States.
This was the first telephonic conversation between the two leaders after Obama won the presidential election Nov 4.
'They discussed how to address current crises, as well as regional […]
New York, Nov 20 (IANS) Subroto Bhattacharya is the new territorial head of the Zee TV's operations in North and South America, the Zee Group has announced.
Currently the territorial head of Zee TV Europe, Bhattacharya replaces Venkat Subramanian as head of Zee TV Americas. Under this position, he would be leading Zee TV's operations in […]
Washington, Nov 20 (DPA) President-elect Barack Obama has unveiled new members of future White House staff and key policy directors as US media speculated Wednesday on his potential cabinet picks for health, justice and the top job in US diplomacy.
The names released so far include many familiar faces from the administration of former president Bill […]
Washington, Nov 20 (DPA) Republican John McCain picked up the final prize of the US presidential election Wednesday, winning the hotly contested battleground of Missouri by a narrow margin.
More than two weeks after the vote, results showed him beating president-elect Barack Obama there by fewer than 4,000 votes.
The Missouri secretary of state's office showed 1,445,812 […]
Quito, Nov 20 (IANS) At least five people have been killed and 30 injured in an explosion on board a Nicaraguan-flagged vessel in the port of Manta in western Ecuador, EFE news agency reported Thursday, quoating officials
Juan Carlos Medranda, the head of radio operations for the Manta firefighters, said that the blast occurred when […]
New York, Nov 20 (DPA) US stocks slid more than 5 percent Wednesday, taking the Dow Jones Industrial Average below the 8,000 mark for the first time in five years, amid gloomy financial news and fear for US automakers.
The economic fears were fed by the release of minutes from the last Federal Reserve board meeting […]
New York, Nov 20 (DPA) The UN Security Council was considering the deployment of an additional 3,000 military and police personnel to the Democratic Republic of Congo, diplomats said Wednesday.
The extra troops were to man a separation zone between the warring parties in eastern Congo, where fighting has disrupted entire areas and displaced tens of […]
San Francisco, Nov 20 (DPA) Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Wednesday ruled out a new takeover bid for troubled web portal Yahoo, but stressed that the software giant was still interested in partnering with Yahoo on search-related products.
Ballmer's comments to a meeting of Microsoft's shareholders were the first from the company since the announcement Monday that […]
Washington, Nov 20 (DPA) Federal Reserve board members believe the US economy will contract between now and mid-2009, and suggested more interest rate cuts could be necessary, according to the minutes of the central bank's October meeting that were released Wednesday.
The minutes made no mention of a recession, though two straight contracting quarters is typically […]
