The Senate passed the bill Thursday with the help of two key votes from opposition Republicans. It now heads to the U.S. House of Representatives, which is expected to pass the bill and send it to the president to become law. President Obama says U.S...
Workers at a district council（议会） in eastern England must now clock off（打卡） and back on if they take a cigarette break. Staff at Breckland Council in the eastern English county of Norfolk will no longer be paid for time spent smoking...
Same-sex couples can now legally marry in the Washington, D.C.. The U.S. capital's new law allowing homosexual couples to marry took effect Wednesday after much controversy. Outside Washington's Superior Court House, members of the media congregated...
By Jason Strother Seoul 05 November 2009 Some South Koreans think their nation has an image problem. While it ranks as one of the world's top economies, international surveys show that South Korea's brand value - how others perceive the country - is...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 08 October 2009 U.N. Security Council (file photo) The U.N. Security Council has extended the mandate of the NATO-led military forces in Afghanistan for another year. The 15-member council also urged the protection...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 03 October 2009 The UN Human Rights Council has deferred a vote on recommendations from a controversial fact-finding mission on Gaza until its next session in March. The deferment is seen as a victory for the Obama administrat...
The United Nations Security Council has welcomed the signing of an agreement between Sudan's government and the country's main rebel group to pursue a negotiated settlement to the Darfur conflict. But the agreement, signed on Tuesday in Qatar, is no...
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution paving the way for establishing a U.N. peacekeeping force in Somalia, but delayed any decision for six months so it can assess the situation in the country. U.N. Security Council Resolut...
A delegation from the U.N. Security Council has just returned from Afghanistan, where they say there has been some progress on several fronts, giving them a sense of cautious optimism for the future. Italian Ambassador Giulio Terzi, head of the U.N....
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously adopted a resolution allowing member states to continue fighting pirates off the coast of Somalia for another year. The resolution also offers support for a European Union anti-piracy mission that launches n...
