2011-07-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

The White House says it remains confident that congressional leaders can come together and work out a way to raise the U.S. debt ceiling before an August 2 deadline. A top aide to President Obama spok

2011-07-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Thursday on a Republican plan to trim government spending and raise the federal borrowing limit. The vote comes days before a deadline to avert a

2011-07-29 所属栏目:欧美文化

Two decades ago, India opened up its tightly regulated economy, unleashing a wave of reforms that transformed the country and put it in the league of the world's fastest growing economies. But many c

2011-07-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

Daunting hurdles remain for two legislative plans to cut U.S. government spending, raise the federal borrowing limit and avert a national debt crisis experts warn that could stall America’s fragile e

2011-07-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. President Barack Obama and Congress are engaged in an intense rush to settle on a plan to raise the country’s borrowing limit beyond the current total of more than $14 trillion. It is an effort

2011-07-28 所属栏目:欧美文化

Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg says his government will set up an independent commission to investigate the shooting and bomb attack that killed at least 76 people last week.Mr. Stoltenberg

2011-07-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

White House Chief of Staff William Daley says he is confident the United States will not default on its debt.Daley told CNBC television Tuesday that there are a lot of debt reduction plans on the tabl

2011-07-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

Norwegian police have begun releasing the names of those killed in last week's bombing and massacre, as the country struggles to cope with the tragedy.Police Tuesday named the first four of the 76 vi

2011-07-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

Efforts to slash national debts are at the heart of fierce debates in United States and protests in other nations. In some cases, these government debts are bigger than the entire economic output of

2011-07-27 所属栏目:欧美文化

The new head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, warns of very serious consequences for the global economy if the United States defaults on its debt. She issued the warning Tuesday

2011-07-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama used a nationally televised address on Monday night to increase pressure on the U.S. Congress for a solution to the nation's debt limit and deficit crisis. With an August 2 de

2011-07-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

As many as 150,000 Norwegians marched through Oslo Monday to pay tribute to the 76 people killed by an ultranationalist in gun and bomb attacks Friday.Many participants in Monday's rally held white a

2011-07-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner on Monday announced a new Republican, two-stage, short-term plan to increase the nation's debt ceiling. On the Senate side, Democratic Majority Lea

2011-07-26 所属栏目:欧美文化

As U.S. lawmakers and President Barack Obama haggle over plans to cut Washington's massive debt, the International Monetary Fund says the United States must take urgent and effective action on the is

2011-07-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

Norway's prime minister has led a memorial service in Oslo for 93 people killed Friday by a Norwegian man who had posted anti-liberal and anti-Muslim rants on the Internet.Prime Minister Jens Stolten

2011-07-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

The suspect charged in Norway for a twin attack that killed at least 93 people and wounded a further 86 has told police he acted alone. But Norwegian counter-terrorism police say they carried out a ra

2011-07-25 所属栏目:欧美文化

The White House and congressional leaders are continuing efforts to reach an agreement that will prevent the United States from defaulting on its debt next month. On Sunday, House of Representatives

2011-07-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

Leaders from around the world - from the United States to Pakistan - are expressing outrage and offering support to Norway following the deadly attacks that shocked that nation.U.S. President Barack O

2011-07-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders met Saturday at the White House, to revive stalled negotiations on averting a U.S. debt crisis. The brief meeting followed Friday’s breakdown of talk

2011-07-24 所属栏目:欧美文化

President Barack Obama and Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives are trading accusations after negotiations for a substantial deficit reduction and debt ceiling package broke down, at least

2011-07-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

The normally peaceful Nordic nation of Norway was rocked Friday by twin attacks that left a number of people dead.A mid-afternoon bombing that targeted the country's government headquarters in Oslo,

2011-07-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

A British lawmaker has asked police to investigate evidence James Murdoch gave to British parliamentarians earlier this week. On Tuesday the son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch answered questions about

2011-07-23 所属栏目:欧美文化

The Democratic Party-controlled U.S. Senate has blocked a plan passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives to cut the country's budget and raise its debt ceiling. The vote Friday put

2011-07-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

European leaders have adopted another package of measures aimed at preventing Greece from defaulting on its huge public debt and stabilizing the common European currency.The European Union and the Int

2011-07-22 所属栏目:欧美文化

Top U.S. officials have repeatedly said the consequences of a possible default are so severe there is no alternative to raising the debt ceiling. But with less than two weeks to go until the August 2