President Barack Obama, his voice rising with emotion, urged Americans to pile pressure on a reluctant Congress on Monday to approve new gun control legislation that is at risk of falling victim to Washington gridlock. "We need a vote," he shouted. Obama took his gun control argument to the University of Hartford, an hour's drive
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JetBlue Airways Corp Chief Executive Dave Barger said on Tuesday that his airline will receive the first U.S.-assembled Airbus jet, which will roll off the assembly line in 2016. Barger spoke at a groundbreaking for a $600 million factory of EADS' Airbus unit in Mobile, Alabama. The plant is expected to create 1,000 jobs, and
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North Korea warned foreigners in South Korea on Tuesday to quit the country because they were at risk in the event of conflict, the latest threat of war from Pyongyang. Soaring tensions on the peninsula have been fuelled by North Korean anger over the imposition of U.N. sanctions after its last nuclear arms test in
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The company that runs a Japanese nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami two years ago said on Tuesday it was losing faith in temporary storage pits for radioactive water – but it doesn't have anywhere else to put it. Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said it had found a suspected new leak at one
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Commerce, Industry and Tourism Minister Yiorgos Lakkotrypis visits Israel on Monday with a view to promote investments which aim at enhancing the economy of Cyprus and prepare the visit President Nicos Anastasiades will pay to the neighbouring country in May. In statements to the press after a meeting under President Anastasiades, with the participation of
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The government will do everything possible, with everyone’s cooperation, to avoid any problem with the payment of salaries and pensions at the end of the month, Government Spokesman Christos Stylianides said on Monday. The problem with the state funds "is something this government inherited," Stylianides pointed out, noting that currently ruling Democratic Rally, while still
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At present the conditions prevailing are not suitable for undertaking specific initiatives on the Cyprus issue, Government Spokesman Christos Stylianides has said. Commenting on statements regarding the Cyprus problem, Stylianides said that the Cyprus issue has been and remains a top priority for the government. He stressed that the Greek Cypriot side is ready to
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Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady", was a towering figure in British 20th century politics, a grocer's daughter with a steely resolve who was loved and loathed in equal measure as she crushed the unions and privatised vast swathes of industry. She died on Monday, aged 87, after suffering a stroke. During her life in politics
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Minister of Communications and Works Tasos Mitsopoulos said on Monday that it was possible that Cyprus Airways would suspend its operations since the company was recording such great losses and the state could not support it financially or cover it legally. In statements in Paphos, Mitsopoulos noted that the Republic of Cyprus was legally exposed
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Margaret Thatcher, the "Iron Lady" who dominated British politics for two decades, died on Monday following a stroke, a spokesman for her family said. She was 87. Britain's only woman prime minister, the tough, outspoken Thatcher led the Conservatives to three election victories, governing from 1979 to 1990, the longest continuous period in office by
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