Negotiations are underway in Israel to form a new government after the prime minister resigned. 以色列外长利夫尼开始了组建新政府的任务，目前正在同各政党举行磋商。 Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is holding consul...
Members of Congress are demanding more taxpayer protections and more congressional oversight be included in the $700 billion bailout plan that is being debated to rescue failing U.S. financial institutions. Democrats and some Republicans voiced displ...
A group monitoring corruption levels around the world says illegal practices in poor countries are threatening the fight against poverty. In its just released report, Transparency International says foreign aid must be more focused and more carefully...
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson Tuesday implored members of the Senate Banking Committee to quickly enact legislation that would permit the government to buy up bad housing-related loans that have nega...
America's top military officer, Admiral Michael Mullen, says the transition to a new U.S. administration could be a time of heightened threat for the United States. The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who spoke in Los Angeles Monday, said the...
President Bush has met for the first time with Pakistan's new president, Asif Ali Zardari. The meeting came just days after a terrorist attack on an Islamabad hotel that claimed dozens of lives. 布什总统首次会见巴基斯坦新总统扎尔达里...
As key U.S. financial officials testified before a Senate committee on Tuesday, Bush administration officials were on Capitol Hill trying to allay concerns and press for action on the $700 billion financial bailout plan. Majority Democrats report pro...
North Korea has taken dramatic steps toward fulfilling its threat to resume production of nuclear weapons material. 北韩朝着实现其恢复生产核武器材料的威胁采取了极端的步骤。 The International Atomic Agency, or IAEA, confirm...
As Congress debates President Bush's proposed bail out of the bad loans of financial institutions, central bank chief Ben Bernanke told lawmakers Wednesday that the U.S. economy risked very serious consequences if measures were not taken. 美国国会正...
U.S. President George Bush says he is confident that Congress will agree on a robust plan to bailout America's troubled financial sector. There is strong opposition to the president's $700 billion rescue plan among lawmakers. 美国总统布什表示，...
On Friday, presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are scheduled to hold the first of three debates ahead of November's election. Presidential debates have often played a crucial role in U.S. election campaigns in the past. 美国总统候...
U.S. President George Bush says he is still hopeful that an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement can be reached. Mr. Bush spoke during talks at the White House with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. 美国总统布什说，他对以色列与巴勒斯...
Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama are taking a rare break from the campaign trail to join President Bush and congressional leaders at the White House for a meeting on the U.S. financial crisis. McCain and Obama are scheduled for th...
Markets made moderate gains Thursday on news that congressional leaders had agreed in principle to a bailout plan for troubled firms on Wall Street. But a White House meeting later in the day highlighted work that still needs to be done to reach a fi...
As U.S. lawmakers grappled over a $700 billion dollar bank bailout plan, one of the nation's largest banks - Washington Mutual Incorporated - collapsed under the weight of its enormous bad bets on the U.S. mortgage market. What is seen as the largest...
