Pending sales of previously owned U.S. homes rebounded unexpectedly in July and new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, helping quell fears the economy could face a double-dip recession. The data released on Thursday, including sturdy sales from U.S. retailers last month, followed a report on Wednesday showing a surprising gain in manufacturing and [...]
Shoomp shoomp shoomp. Hear that? That’s the sound of helicopter parents hovering over their children, worrying every second of the day that terrorists could strike Johnny’s school or a stranger will snatch Jane from the bus stop. Scary stuff. But it turns out most parents are worrying about all the wrong things. “These worries that [...]
Additional National Guard troops assigned to the Mexican border under President Barack Obama’s border security initiative have started reporting to their posts, officials said Monday. More than 30 National Guard members have begun their deployment as part of the administration’s border protection plan, according to Special Agent Mario Escalante with U.S. Customs and Border Protection. [...]
The House of Representatives celebrates its 65th anniversary today, however empty seats were evident during the plenary session commemorating the event. The session was led by the House speaker, the Democratic Party’s Marzuki Alie, and was attended by only around 300 out of 560 legislators. During the session, Marzuki said that the House was committed [...]
In an animated protest on Friday, the Islamic Defenders Front threatened to take the law into its own hands if Playboy Indonesia editor in chief Erwin Arnada failed to begin serving his two-year prison term on Monday. The hard-line group, better known as the FPI, called on its members to arrest Erwin on sight and [...]
There is a rich, largely forgotten history attached to the term “Belanda Depok,” or “bule Depok.” Literally translated, Belanda is the Netherlands, Depok is a city in West Java and bule is slang for white foreigner. But the term is confusing. The Belanda Depok are not Dutch people who live in Depok, but rather they [...]
When Arizona legislators introduced SB 1070 earlier this year, their intention was to crack down on illegal immigrants in the state. The law requires police to check the immigration status of anyone in custody. Since the controversial law took effect, many of the toughest measures have been temporarily blocked by a federal judge. One of [...]
Jakarta. The leader of a fringe group that has managed to put a serious dent in relations between Malaysia and Indonesia after hurling human feces at the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta and smearing excrement on the nation’s flag during a protest over a maritime border dispute are pledging to repeat their actions today. Mustar Bonaventura, [...]
A key figure in Japan’s ruling party dubbed Americans “simple-minded” in a speech to fellow lawmakers Wednesday. It was not clear what prompted the remarks by Democratic Party heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa at a political seminar, in which he otherwise paid tribute to Americans’ commitment to democracy, saying it was something Japan should learn from. “I [...]
BEIJING (AFP) – Thousands of vehicles were bogged down Monday in a more than 100-kilometre (62-mile) traffic jam leading to Beijing that has lasted nine days and highlights China’s growing road congestion woes. The Beijing-Tibet expressway slowed to a crawl on August 14 due to a spike in traffic by cargo-bearing heavy trucks heading to [...]
