3:09am

Obama presses for late rethink on cuts

Barack Obama delivers remarks to the National Governor's Association in the State Dining Room of the White House on February 24 2013. The nation's governors are congregating in Washington for their annual National Governor's Association annual meeting ©Getty

Pressure on Republicans over sequestration

9:05pm

US cuts poised to hit long-term unemployed

Benefit payments cut nearly 10% if spending curbs are applied

6:47pm

Middle East set to dominate Kerry tour

US secretary of state to visit nine countries

5:57pm

Silicon Valley in immigration reform call

Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists fear lack of development talent

Aimal Faizi, Afghanistan presidential spokesman, speaks during a press conference in Kabul on February 24 2013 ©AP From ASIA-PACIFIC 4:11am

US troops told to leave Afghan province

Special forces linked with murder and torture allegations

From ASIA-PACIFIC 6:38pm

Abe seeks to win US confidence

New prime minister vows to revive Japan’s economy

From ASIA-PACIFIC Feb 22, 2013

Abe lays out vision of Japan power in Asia

‘Japan is back’ declaration could raise hackles in China

Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty ©Bloomberg Feb 22, 2013

CIA shifts Hollywood gaze to its best side

Recent movies and TV shows recast once sinister secret agents as heroes

From ASIA-PACIFIC Feb 22, 2013

Abe seeks to boost security links with US

New Japanese prime minister meets Obama in Washington

Christopher Caldwell from COMMENT Feb 22, 2013

Partisan bias is only natural

The issue is not the rights or wrongs of a policy so much as its author

Feb 21, 2013

US businesses sanguine about sequestration

Industry lobbying less aggressively to avert budget cuts

Feb 21, 2013

US eyes student loan refinancings

Growing debt load saps consumption

From GLOBAL ECONOMY Feb 21, 2013

Fed minutes raise queries over easing

Bernanke has chance to clarify message in testimony to Congress

The A-List from COMMENT Feb 21, 2013

The deal to avoid a US fiscal crunch

The looming sequestration must be avoided at all costs, says Roger Altman

From COMMENT Feb 21, 2013

EU-US free trade deal could be costly

The wrong signal is being sent at the wrong time, writes Marcel Fratzscher

Gary Silverman Gary Silverman from COMMENT Feb 21, 2013

A false economy that is hard to stomach

Extra germs are on the menu at restaurants too tight to provide health cover

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA Feb 21, 2013

Israel grants Golan exploration licence

Approval for US group Genie likely to stir diplomatic tensions

From ASIA-PACIFIC Feb 21, 2013

China and economy to lead Abe US talks

Japan’s PM looks for backing over monetary policy

Feb 20, 2013

China honey smugglers caught in US sting

Illegal imports evaded $180m of anti-dumping duties

Feb 20, 2013

US moves to fight corporate cybercrime

White House outlines measures to combat trade theft

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