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US to press China over repatriation of NKoreans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will press China over its forcible repatriation of refugees to North Korea, a U.S. human rights envoy said Monday. He likened the North's vast gulag to that operated by the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Robert King is among

Former Google CEO shares vision in tech treatise

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 21st

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEAP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Some illuminating books already have been written about Google's catalytic role in a technological upheaval that is redefining the way people work, play, learn, shop and communicate. Until now, though, there hasn't been a book

Former Google CEO shares vision in tech treatise

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 21st

Iran says it will remain loyal to nuclear treaty

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's foreign ministry says the country is a committed signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and will continue cooperating with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. Five major powers on Friday labeled Iran and North Korea as "serious challenges" to the world's

Iran seeks to export oil to North Korea

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 20th

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's oil ministry says the country is considering exporting oil to North Korea as a way to improve its battered economy. The official IRNA news agency quoted on Saturday Oil Minister Rostam Ghasemi as saying talks are underway between Tehran and Pyongyang on oil exports.

Key facts about the plant explosion in West, Texas

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By MICHAEL GRACZYKAssociated Press A fertilizer plant exploded in the small Central Texas farming community of West, about 20 miles north of Waco, leaving as many as 15 people dead and at least 160 injured. A look at the facts: THE EXPLOSION

House passes pro-business cybersecurity bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By ANNE FLAHERTYAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Pro-business legislation aimed at helping companies fend off sophisticated foreign hackers sailed through the House on Thursday despite a White House veto threat and an outcry from privacy advocates and civil liberties groups that say it leaves

Intelligence chief: Secret report mislabeled

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By KIMBERLY DOZIERAP Intelligence Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The top U.S. intelligence official disclosed Thursday that a congressman inadvertently revealed classified information when he read aloud a passage from a Defense Intelligence Agency report that said North Korea had the knowhow to put a

Kerry disappointed by recent talks with Iran

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State John Kerry called for patience despite widespread frustration with the recent failure of negotiations between six world powers and Iran over its disputed nuclear program and growing fears of Tehran developing a weapon of mass

SKoreans hoping to return to Kaesong factories

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 18th

By YOUKYUNG LEEAP Business Writer SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The South Korean entrepreneurs who invested up to 10 years and millions of dollars in the Kaesong industrial complex, a symbol of economic collaboration between the rival Koreas that is now shuttered by the North, have little more than