First woman on FBI’s most-wanted list
NEW YORK: In an era of greater equality for women, it is natural to celebrate a new first. But the FBI’s announcement that it had placed a woman on its list of most-wanted terrorists for the first time was probably

White House on cyber threat from China, Russia
WASHINGTON: The Obama administration has singled out China and Russia as “aggressive” players in the world of cyber-espionage and warned that they will continue to try and steal US industrial and technological secrets

Republican modernisers desert Romney
NEW YORK: A succession of top Republicans have begun distancing themselves from Mitt Romney after the former presidential hopeful made a series of blunt comments about minority groups as he sought to explain

Lily-white Republicans
TIMOTHY Johnson was angry. The black Republican, and a co-founder of the black Republican group The Frederick Douglass Foundation, believes his party is ignoring black Americans.

Armstrong’s death brings out dismay at Nasa’s diminished ambitions
TAMPA (United States): The death of Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has prompted a bout of soul-searching about America's national destiny as well as mourning for an icon of the 20th century.