11:08pm

Chiefs call for US energy policy shake-up

Uncertainty hitting areas from wind power to oil, claims roundtable

10:22pm

Obama presses Congress over cuts

Governors urged to broker agreement

8:48pm

Kerry wins opposition presence at Syria talks

Opposition decides to attend US-backed conference

7:12pm

Medicaid expansion splits US conservatives

Rightwingers accuse governors of Obamacare sellout

From MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA 4:57pm

Sanctions offer in Iran nuclear talks

World powers seek Tehran steps to scale back on programme

From GLOBAL ECONOMY 3:02pm

Bernanke plays down easing concerns

Senate testimony suggests Fed will not cut QE3 short

Jurek Martin from COMMENT 9:05pm

Virginia’s old guard keeps on the road

Those who cross the Potomac in search of sense might be in for a shock

From COMMENT 7:58pm

Science must be spared Washington’s axe

Cutting R&D capability would be irresponsible, say Rafael Reif and Craig Barrett

Ingram Pinn Gideon Rachman from COMMENT 7:01pm

West complacent over why nations fail

Politics is too often captive to procedures and principles

From ASIA-PACIFIC 5:40pm

Afghan officials accuse US troops of abuses

Karzai wants special forces expelled from Wardak province

Feb 25, 2013

Obama presses for late rethink on cuts

Pressure on Republicans over sequestration

Feb 24, 2013

US cuts poised to hit long-term unemployed

Benefit payments cut nearly 10% if spending curbs are applied

Feb 24, 2013

Middle East set to dominate Kerry tour

US secretary of state to visit nine countries

From ASIA-PACIFIC Feb 24, 2013

Abe seeks to win US confidence

New prime minister vows to revive Japan’s economy

Feb 24, 2013

Silicon Valley in immigration reform call

Entrepreneurs and venture capitalists fear lack of development talent

From ASIA-PACIFIC Feb 22, 2013

Abe lays out vision of Japan power in Asia

‘Japan is back’ declaration could raise hackles in China

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

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