U.S. Treasury bills are selling briskly around the world despite a record budget deficit and financial crisis in the United States. As of July, foreigners owned $3.428 trillion in Treasuries, $804 billion more than in June 2008. The July 2009 total is about 46.7 percent of U.S. publicly held debt. More...
A close partnership in education is a major priority for both the United States and Indonesian governments, according to Karl Stoltz, director of public diplomacy for the State Department’s Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, who spoke with Indonesians in a September 2 webchat. More...
Another phase of an ongoing U.S.-Canadian collaboration to find out more about North America’s extended continental shelf draws to a close as two ships, the Canadian Coast Guard’s Louis S. St-Laurent and the U.S. Coast Guard’s Healy, complete their voyages of discovery. More...
Pandemic H1N1 continues its sweep through nations in the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere as national health officials and vaccine manufacturers in several countries work to begin producing the first doses of vaccine to protect people against the novel flu. More...
Iran can abandon its nuclear weapons development program and join the international community, or it can face increased international isolation, a State Department official said September 14. The Iranian chief nuclear negotiator agreed to talks beginning October 1. More...
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