Politics

China Implores Taiwan to Maintain Pro-Beijing Policy Following Nationalists Defeat

Dan Weisman   | Dec 02, 2014 10:00 PM EST

The resounding defeat last weekend of Taiwan's ruling pro-Beijing Nationalist Party in local elections caused a top Chinese official to call for continuing cross-Strait negotiations. read more

Occupy Hong Kong Leaders Implore Protestors to Leave

Michael A. Katz   | Dec 02, 2014 09:43 AM EST

Occupy Central Hong Kong founders Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming have called for protestors to back off, and have agreed to turn themselves in to the police. read more

Occupy Hong Kong Leaders Implore Protestors to Leave

Michael A. Katz   | Dec 02, 2014 09:43 AM EST

Occupy Central Hong Kong founders Benny Tai, Chan Kin-man and Chu Yiu-ming have called for protestors to back off, and have agreed to turn themselves in to the police. read more

GOP AIde Resigns After Scolding, Insulting Obama Girls on Facebook

Carlene Vision   | Dec 02, 2014 07:41 AM EST

Elizabeth Lauten, Congressional Communications Director for Rep. Stephen Fincher, left her post following the derogatory remarks she wrote on her Facebook account addressed to first children, Malia and Sasha Obama. read more

HK Court Orders Injunction After Violent Pro-Democracy Clashes

Christl Leong   | Dec 02, 2014 03:41 AM EST

A Hong Kong court has granted an injunction on Monday that could allow authorities to clear out pro-democracy protests from the main demonstration site after violent clashes between two sides broke out. read more

Beijing Denies Mainland Visa To UK Lawmakers

Desiree Sison   | Dec 02, 2014 03:06 AM EST

China has denied visa to a British delegation of lawmakers accusing them of interfering with the ongoing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong read more

Beijing Denies Mainland Visa To UK Lawmakers

Desiree Sison   | Dec 02, 2014 03:06 AM EST

China has denied visa to a British delegation of lawmakers accusing them of interfering with the ongoing pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong read more

Washington D.C. Marijuana Retail Stores Could Open as Early as 2016

Cory Doyle   | Dec 01, 2014 05:27 PM EST

Council Bill 20-466 aims to regulate and tax marijuana similar to alcohol and implement state marijuana laws similar to Colorado. read more

Tabare Vasquez Victory as Uruguay President Means No Repeal of Marijuana Law

Vittorio Hernandez   | Dec 01, 2014 06:15 AM EST

The 74-year-old cancer specialist, Tabare Vasquez, is back as president of the South American nation of Uruguay. With counting of the votes almost 100 percent complete on Sunday, Vasquez got 53 percent of the ballots, while his opponent, Luis Alberto Lacalle Pou, got 41 percent. read more

Presidential Race 2016: Will Outgoing Gov. Deval Patrick Run Or Not?

Kat De Guzman   | Dec 01, 2014 01:32 AM EST

Outgoing Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has announced on Sunday that he will not be competing with other candidates who will be running for president in the elections this coming 2016. read more

Obama Fans Demand Firing Of GOP Staff Elizabeth Lauren For Bullying Malia & Sasha

Vittorio Hernandez   | Nov 30, 2014 10:21 PM EST

Elizabeth Lauten's apology to Malia and Sasha Obama, done as a Facebook newsfeed, is not enough for many Americans who disagree with her online criticism of the presidential daughters. Fans of the two teens, in fact, are seeking her resignation as communications director of Republican Rep. Stephen Fincher. read more

Republican Staff Calls Obama Daughters 'Classless' for Behavior at White House Turkey Pardon Ceremony

Vittorio Hernandez   | Nov 30, 2014 07:20 AM EST

A political storm brewed over the Thanksgiving holiday after a Republican staff criticized the behavior of Malia and Sasha at the traditional Turkey Pardoning Ceremony at the White House. Elizabeth Lauten, communications director of Rep. Stephen Lee, described the teen presidential daughters as disrespectful and classless. read more

Scotland Yard Investigating Alleged Murder of Boy by Tory MP

Dan Weisman   | Nov 28, 2014 10:11 PM EST

Scotland Yard investigators this week reportedly were looking into allegations that a sitting Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) strangled a 12-year-old boy to death during a 1980s sex party. read more

'Vice Department Director' Title Awarded To Kim Jong Un's Younger Sister

Kat De Guzman   | Nov 27, 2014 01:56 AM EST

North Korea revealed on Thursday that the title "Vice Department Director" has been officially given to leader Kim Jong Un's younger sister Kim Yo-Jong. read more

Immigration Reform: Obama To Grant Businesses Incentives For Employing Illegal Immigrants

Kat De Guzman   | Nov 27, 2014 01:34 AM EST

Businesses hiring illegal immigrants over native-born workers will get incentives as part of U.S. President Barack Obama's proposed solution to country's the growing illegal immigration issue. read more

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