Sunday evening President Obama announced that Congressional leaders from both parties had reached an agreement aimed at ending the US debt deadlock. He said that it wasn’t the deal he would have preferred but he nevertheless threw his support behind the plan. Read the rest of this entry »

While many are riveted in the financial problems in both sides the Atlantic,and without disputing that the results can be serious for the most disadvantaged in both the United States and the European Union, it is not the time to forget what must be the worst problem our planet is under at the moment and the grave consequences it has created: the worst draught in East Africa for 60 years and the famine which has caused. Read the rest of this entry »

While in the United States the high-speed rail does not appear to have a good future, as it has been one of the programs cut from the budget, Europe is going the opposite way. Read the rest of this entry »

Two days ago we published an article about the letter written by the a large number of top lawyers complaining about the treatment of the detained soldier Bradley Manning. Today as an update we have to report that the United States government has blocked a United Nations investigator from meeting him. Read the rest of this entry »

Following another night of allied air strikes against Gaddafi’s forces, the rebels seem to have retaken the town of Ajdabiya and in their enthusiasm they are ready to begin a march towards Tripoli. Read the rest of this entry »

In reality, it would seem that the world does not really know how to face North Korea. Or even to understand its motives for its provocations. With the believe that the North Koreans have nuclear weapons and they continue to work on uranium enrichment, nobody wants to bring the country down Read the rest of this entry »

The results of the American mid-term elections are not only going to affect the United States but also the relations they will have with the European Union. Many pundits predict they will become strained and policies close to the EU’s heart, such as climate change legislation could suffer. Read the rest of this entry »