Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe who has won reelection as the country's next president will be sworn in Thursday, just days after his rival withdrew a legal bid to challenge his landslide victory of the poll, state media reported late Sunday.
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, one of the world's largest credit rating agencies, revised U.S. outlook on the long-term rating to stable from negative on Monday, based on the strengths of the U.S. economy and monetary system.
Current Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal was granted a new term in office due to foreign and internal pressure as well as the regional situation
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday used his first State of the Union address in his second term to return focus on his "unfinished task" of reigniting the economic growth for middle-class Americans.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday took oath for his second term in a public inauguration ceremony at the Capitol grounds, reaffirming America's founding principles in a call for unity and a vow for more engagement in foreign affairs.
U.S. President Barack Obama was officially sworn in to the second term at a private ceremony in the White House Sunday, beginning his round two to face many old challenges.
Near-term disaster averted, long-term problems remain Negotiations over the so-called “fiscal cliff” went down to the last possible moment before congressional policymakers finally approved legislation that voided sizable tax increases and spending cuts that would almost certainly have tipped the economy into recession.
The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced that it would continue buying longer-term Treasury securities and keep its key short-term rate near zero until the country's unemployment rate drops below 6.5 percent, so as to stimulate economic growth and job creation.
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