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Authors: Jeanette TorresALEXEI NIKOLSKY/AFP/GettyImages(MOSCOW) -- In an attempt to beat back rumors about the cause of President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he is divorcing his wife of nearly 30 years, Putin’s spokesman on Friday denied…
Friday, 07 June 2013 09:16

Trade War with China Brewing in Italy

Written by Jeanette Torres
Authors: Jeanette TorresMedioimages/Photodisc(ROME) -- Following the European Union's decision this week to impose heavy duties on Chinese-produced solar panels in a move to protect European producers, China is moving to retaliate.The country has launched an…
Authors: Jeanette TorresPORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL/AFP/Getty Images(NAYPYITAW, Myanmar) -- Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, who spent almost 20 years under house arrest for speaking out in support of democracy in Myanmar, has some big political dreams.Aung San…
Authors: Jeanette TorresiStockphoto/Thinkstock(SEOUL, South Korea) -- Seoul didn't hesitate for a moment when Pyongyang unexpectedly held out an olive branch Thursday.This remarkable turn of events after months of growing tensions has surprised many.  Now, South…
Authors: Jeanette TorresJOSEPH EID/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Syrian military continued its rejuvenated offensive on Thursday by taking back a United Nations monitored crossing near Israeli-held territory that had briefly fallen into rebel hands.The operation…
Thursday, 06 June 2013 16:07

Russia's Vladimir Putin Announces Divorce

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Authors: jcSasha Mordovets/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Thursday that he and his wife are divorced.The news may not have been a total surprise, but the announcement was. Rumors had been swirling about…
Authors: jcPaul Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty Images(LONDON) -- Britain’s Prince Philip has been admitted to the hospital for exploratory abdominal surgery.According to a statement issued by Buckingham Palace on Thursday, Philip, the husband of Queen…
Authors: jcMedioimages/Photodisc/Thinkstoc(NEW YORK) -- There are a lot of places where people are more accepting of homosexuality than the United States. And Spain is the clear frontrunner; nearly nine out of 10 people there think…
Thursday, 06 June 2013 14:06

China's First Lady Bringing Glamour to US Summit

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Authors: jcFotogenia/LatinContent/Getty Images(BEIJING) -- A man holding an umbrella for a woman would not cause a stir in a Western country, but it became a sensation when China's leader Xi Jinping held an umbrella over…
Thursday, 06 June 2013 12:32

Chess Grand Master Is Latest Russian to Flee

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Authors: jcFoto24/Gallo Images/Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov has fled his country because he says he fears political persecution if he stays. "I kept traveling back and forth until late February, where it…
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