BreakingNews: KGO-TV: Lockheed Martin announced late Monday it has sent layoff notices to hundreds of people working in San Jose, California.
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TOKYO (Reuters) – The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il secretly visited ally China around last week as a special envoy of his father and met with Chinese President Hu Jintao, Japan’s Asahi newspaper reported on Tuesday. Read more…
BreakingNews: AP: Judge rejects sale of Coyotes to Canadian billionaire
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinians voiced dismay on Monday over terms Benjamin Netanyahu set for a peace deal but the Israeli leader won guarded approval in Washington and Brussels for at least accepting Palestinian statehood. Read more…
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A federal appeals court on Monday ordered Exxon Mobil Corp to pay $507.5 million in punitive damages stemming from the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, plus 5.9 percent interest running from the 1996 trial judgment, the opinion said. Read more…
LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – European Union member states are ready to help resettle detainees freed from the U.S. detention center at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, the EU said on Monday. Read more…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States has determined that the nuclear test conducted by North Korea last month yielded an explosion of a few kilotons, the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence said on Monday. Read more…
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Without more direct aid to U.S. local governments, Washington may make matters worse for cities facing falling tax revenues and increased spending needs, the nation’s mayors said at their annual meeting this weekend. Read more…
KABUL (Reuters) – A veteran commander of top-secret special operations took charge of the nearly 90,000 U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Monday, promising to shield Afghans from civilian casualties that have cost Western troops support. Read more…
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan braced for militant reprisals on Monday as the army conducted softening-up operations ahead of an assault on the stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, one of al Qaeda’s main allies. Read more…