Sources: BBC
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, celebrates his 100th birthday, becoming the first centenarian former U.S. president. 2024-10-1
The United States and South Korea participate in the first precision guided bombing drill in 7 years over the Korean Peninsula, as tensions rise after North Korea sends trash-filled balloons into South Korea. 2024-06-5
China convicts and sentences American citizen John Shing-Wan Leung to life in prison for espionage. 2023-05-15
British-born American Oliver Hart and Finnish Bengt Holmström win the Nobel Prize in Economics for their work on the science of contracts. 2016-10-10
The American state of California prepares for its worst storm in five years with schools closed in the San Francisco Bay Area. 2014-12-11
North Korea threatens to attack American military bases in Japan in response to the use of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea. 2013-03-21
The James Bond film "Skyfall" opens in China with censored scenes, prompting criticism from fans. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-332072-chinese-film-fans-decry-censors-cuts-in-skyfall ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2013-01-22
Citing nuclear sanctions, the United States of America deny visas to 20 out of 160 Iranian officials, of which two are ministers, impeaching diplomats' attendance at next week's United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. 2012-09-23
Moody's warns the United States that it faces a downgrade in its credit rating before 2014 if the government fails to act on managing its debt. 2012-09-11
Nations including the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, the People's Republic of China, Russia, Italy and Greece evacuate their citizens from Libya. 2011-02-23