Although his remarks at the recent APEC CEO conference in Hawaii earlier this month were mostly serious, US President Barack Obama opened with a joke. "This is my birthplace, I know that was contested for a while," he said. "I can show you the hospital if you'd like."
Posted 11.25.2011
Tatyana Limanova, one of Russia's most popular and respected newscasters, has been fired from her job at REN TV, after a video of her appearing to giv...
Eric Farnsworth | Posted 01.23.2012
If carried out effectively, the proclamation of the Asian moment could well become President Obama's most significant and lasting foreign policy legacy.
Richard Attias | Posted 01.21.2012
In a wide-ranging speech President Hu Jintao surveyed the global landscape, touching on the environment, the world's economy, and the internal problems that China faces.
David Millar | Posted 01.18.2012
If we were to give up Taiwan, in the way Paul Kane suggests, we might gain the whole world but forfeit our soul.
Walden Bello | Posted 01.17.2012
The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation has just concluded its annual summit in Honolulu, once President Obama's home turf. It will probably be most rem...
Joshua S. Goldstein | Posted 01.16.2012
Strategically, the United States has nothing to gain from clumsy moves to "contain" China. It has everything to gain from a cooperative partnership with the rising power and economic success that is China today.
Posted 11.15.2011
Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney criticized president Barack Obama on Tuesday over his recent comment that the United States is "lazy" when...
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.16.2011
Hillary Clinton may play around with bright prints and wild hair styles, but for the most part the Secretary of State keeps things pretty conservative...
Tina Gerhardt | Posted 01.12.2012
Honolulu, Hawai'i - The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit kicked off on Tuesday, November 8 and runs through Sunday, November 13, 2011. ...
Curtis Ellis | Posted 01.14.2012
If Obama actually believes China will be buying stuff from America, he didn't hear what Hu Jintao himself told the CEOs of Google, Johnson & Johnson, Eli Lily and Co. and Dow Chemical Asia Pacific.
Posted 11.14.2011
By Doug Palmer HONOLULU (Reuters) - Asia Pacific leaders, including the United States and China, committed on Sunday to slash tariffs on enviro...
Richard Attias | Posted 01.14.2012
"In this connected world, we are all in the same boat. If part of the boat has a hole in it you cannot say afloat." The words of the chief executive of Hong Kong SAR, Donald Tsang, spoken at the APEC CEO Summit, could be said to embody the preoccupations of APEC as a whole.
Tina Gerhardt | Posted 01.14.2012
As international attention focuses on the economic situation of the EU -- the rollercoaster political-economic ride of events unfolding in Greece and ...
AP | JAYMES SONG | Posted 01.13.2012
HONOLULU — Chinese President Hu Jintao in pastels and plumerias? Russian President Dmitry Medvedev sporting pineapples and palm trees? It didn't...
Posted 11.13.2011
HONOLULU (Reuters / November 13) - Canada will try to sell more of its energy products to Asia after Washington delayed a decision on whether to a...
Posted 11.13.2011
Speaking to a group of CEOs this weekend President Barack Obama said the U.S. has "been a little bit lazy" about performing in the global marketplace....
Chai Ling | Posted 01.12.2012
What will Hu Jianto and President Obama discuss during his visit? The dire case of Chen Guangcheng, whose life hangs in the balance, the millions of lives China's One-Child Policy is "preventing" -- or simply business?
Richard Attias | Posted 01.12.2012
When women are empowered, a nation's stability improves and democratic participation goes up. It's proven that when women have access to jobs and opportunities the positive ripple effects spread.
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 01.12.2012
HONOLULU — Searching for help, President Barack Obama lobbied the skeptical leaders of Russia and China on Saturday for support in keeping Iran ...
Richard Attias | Posted 01.11.2012
As the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation gets ready for its CEO summit this weekend, all eyes will be on the leaders of those countries that are not just weathering the global downturn but booming.
Richard Attias | Posted 01.08.2012
The great thing about the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation is that it creates an opportunity for world leaders to have a dialog with private businesses.
Eric Farnsworth | Posted 08.20.2011
The administration's announcement that Colombia has met the commitments necessary to enact the trade agreement signed in 2006 could potentially pave the way for much-needed job creation here in the United States.
AP | ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 05.25.2011
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Ministers of Pacific Rim economies whose resilience helped power the still-fragile global recovery met Wednesday to seek ways ...
The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011
The choice to host this year's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Japan has reportedly resulted in the loss of a tradition simultaneou...
Richard Attias | Posted 01.25.2012