The US Department of Defence said Thursday it planned to work with allied governments to develop a common strategy for defending against cyber attacks.
Only one day remained for US President Barack Obama and congressional leaders to break a stalemate over how to cut the governments budget deficit, as analysts in China, the largest US creditor, expressed worries.
US President Barack Obama on Saturday insisted that the annual federal budget he plans to unveil Monday would contain major spending cuts that tackle the countrys skyrocketing deficit.
Even the Washington Post describes it like something out of Orwell’s 1984. The FCC has approved a presidential alert system. Obama may soon appear on your television or call your cell phone to warn you about the next specious al-Qaeda underwear bombing event.
The US economy is showing signs of a "self-sustaining recovery", but is not growing fast enough to reduce high jobless levels, Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has said. Mr Bernanke told the Senate Budget Committee it could take four to five years for the job market to normalise.
Canada and the United States are beginning a five-week joint Arctic survey, part of which will take place in a section of the energy-rich Beaufort Sea that is claimed by both countries.
South American foreign ministers have failed to heal a rift between Colombia and Venezuela, officials said Thursday. The meeting of the 12-member Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) brought representatives of the two neighbours together for the first time since Venezuelas President Hugo Chavez cut relations last week with Bogota.
Obamas climate negotiators enjoyed rousing welcomes when they arrived on the scene -- especially from the European Union, Kyotos most enthusiastic champion.
Venezuela broke off diplomatic ties with Colombia Thursday in a worsening row over public accusations from Bogota that it was providing a safe haven to leftist guerrillas.
The departing United Nations chief auditor issued a strong condemnation of Secretary General Ban Ki-moons personal leadership, in a confidential memo obtained by the Washington Post.
The White House began deliberating a spy swap with Moscow nearly a month ago, well ahead of the arrests of 10 Russians in the United States less than two weeks ago, a White House official said Friday.