Jul 23 Diplomatic Stress Between Colombia and Venezuela Grows By Larisa Epatko In the weeks before Colombia gets a new president, tensions between current President Alvaro Uribe and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez reached a breaking point this week when Chavez cut diplomatic ties with its neighbor over renewed accusations he is coddling Colombian… Continue reading
Jul 23 Friday: Work on Oil Well Stops; North Korea Threatens 'Physical Response' With Tropical Storm Bonnie expected to enter the Gulf of Mexico over the weekend, crews have stopped their efforts to plug BP's broken oil well and clean up the waters, halting work on the two relief wells and evacuating… Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch News Wrap: China Dealing With Large Oil Spill In other news today, crews in northeastern China used shovels, buckets and even their bare hands to clean up oil after a pipeline exploded in the Yellow Sea last week. Continue watching
Jul 22 World Court Rules on Kosovo's Independence Eleven years ago, the United States and its NATO allies were bombing the Balkan nation of Serbia in a campaign to protect ethnic Albanians in the province of Kosovo. On Thursday, the International Court of Justice ruled that Kosovo's declaration… Continue reading
Jul 22 Oil Well Will Remain Capped During Possible Storm Federal authorities have decided that it will be safe to leave a sealing cap on the Gulf oil well even if all ships have to leave the area during a possible tropical storm this weekend, Coast Guard Adm. Thad… Continue reading
Jul 22 UNAIDS: AIDS Funding Faltering at Critical Moment By Talea Miller VIENNA, Austria | Global AIDS leaders continue to call for sustaining and increasing HIV/AIDS funding in the face of the global economic crisis at the International AIDS Conference this week. "For the first time we are seeing funding going down,"… Continue reading
Jul 21 U.S. Officials Visit South Korea in Show of Support By Larisa Epatko Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates toured the heavily guarded Demilitarized Zone splitting the Korean Peninsula on Wednesday during a visit to South Korea aimed at showing U.S. support. Continue reading
Jul 21 Drug Use Accelerating HIV Epidemic in Eastern Europe By Talea Miller VIENNA, Austria | Europe now has the fastest growing HIV epidemic in the world, due in large part to intravenous drug use, the World Health Organization told the International AIDS Conference in Vienna Wednesday. The epidemic is disproportionately affecting Eastern… Continue reading
Jul 20 Lockerbie Bomber's Release Dominates Cameron Visit With Obama By Sarah Sullivan British leader David Cameron, who made his first visit as prime minister to Washington this week, used his time at the White House to discuss Afghanistan, the economy and prospects for Middle East peace. But at a news conference with… Continue reading
Jul 20 'Dispatch: Afghanistan' Tracks Counterinsurgency Campaign By Larisa Epatko Our partners at GlobalPost have a team of reporters on the ground in Afghanistan this summer, covering Afghan and U.S. military activities during this crucial point in the war. Continue reading