A US President Bids His Wife Farewell

American Presidents, present and past, were there. As were First Ladies from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden. Vice President Kamala Harris was there too. Emory University's Glenn Memorial Church in......

The American Chinese Leaders Adored

Henry Kissinger, who opened America's doors to China in the early 1970s, died on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at his home in Connecticut at the age of 100. Dr Kissinger, then US president Richard M......

Trump Has Been Reined In For The Moment

But Trump is about to announce his candidacy for president in 2024.And it is not clear if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the present hero of disenchanted Republicans, or Biden, who says he might......

The Importance Of Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi's gritty refusal to backtrack on her plans to visit Taiwan is part of who she is. IMAGE: Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu welcomes US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi at......

Marc Rich, 'King of Oil', dies at 78

Billionaire Marc Rich, who invented oil trading and was pardoned by President Bill Clinton over tax evasion, racketeering and busting sanctions with Iran, died on Wednesday in Switzerland aged......

Dubai opens world's tallest building to public

Burj Dubai, the world's tallest tower that stands at 828 metres high, was inaugurated on Monday by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammad, who sprang a surprise by renaming the skyscraper 'Burj Khalifa',......

Al Gore's amazing $100 million makeover!

Al Gore is a funny guy. And, for his $175,000 speaking fee, he tells this story: after leaving the White House and heading back to Tennessee sans motorcade -- "in a rented Ford Taurus," he sniffs......

NRI entrepreneur flays NYT over 'smear campaign'

Vinod 'Vin' Gupta, 60, the multi-millionaire chairman and CEO of infoUSA and focus of a major article in the New York Times in the Washington Post on May 26 regarding a lawsuit that brandshis using......