Germany’s president, Angela
Merkel, visited Beijing, where she and China’s president, Xi
Jinping, pledged to increase strategic cooperation between the two
countries. The
White House, meanwhile, says it hopes the U.S. and Germany can
maintain a friendly relationship despite growing outrage over U.S.
spying in Germany.- The losing presidential candidate in Afghanistan is
disputing the results and may form a parallel government in Kabul.
A bomb killed at least 16 people outside of the capital, including
4 NATO troops, as Secretary of State John Kerry warned against any
attempt to take power by “extra legal means.” - Israel has launched an aerial offensive in Gaza
after militants in the Palestinian territory fired at least 80
rockets into Israel yesterday. - The real Internal Revenue
Service scandal is that it hasn’t been funded enough, because
of Republicans, according to The New York Times, a
“newspaper of record.” - Mississippi State Sen.
Charlie McDaniel, who unsuccessfully challenged six-term
incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran in the Republican primary held last
month, is alleging voter fraud. Mississippi has a voter ID law but
McDaniel’s lawyer says the real voter fraud happens in absentee
ballots. - A math professor used the
Amazon Kindle “Popular Highlights” feature to measure which
bestseller is likely the least read. Thomas Pynchon’s Capital
in the 21st Century came in first.
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