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Barack Obama may be forced to delay signing up to a new international agreement on climate change in Copenhagen at the end of the year because of the scale of opposition in the US Congress, it emerged today.Senior figures in the Obama administration have been warning Labour counterparts that the president may need at least another six months to win domestic support for any proposal.Such a delay could derail the securing of a tough global agreement in time for countries and markets to adopt it before the Kyoto treaty runs out in 2012.American officials would prefer to have the approval of Congress for any international agreement and fear that if the US signed up without it there would be a serious domestic backlash.Stephen Byers, co-chairman of the International Climate Change Taskforce, said: 'The Copenhagen climate change talks in December will come at a difficult moment. The timing couldn't really be worse for the Obama administration. It is vital that this is recognised by the inter

Thousands of Filipinos fought for the United States military against Japan during the Second World War. But, after the war, these veterans began another long battle to gain recognition as American war...

RALEIGH, N.C. -- John Hope Franklin, a towering scholar and pioneer of African-American studies who wrote the seminal text on the black experience in the U.S. and worked on the landmark Supreme Court case that outlawed public school segregation, died Wednesday. He was 94.

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Older African American women exposed to high levels of family violence feel physically and mentally worse than their peers who have experienced less violence in their lives...

The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids applaud Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey's call for the Food and Drug Administration to exert its authority and immediately remove e-cigarettes from the market.

The Battle of Khe Sanh was fought during the first four months of 1968. Besieged during the Tet Offensive, the Marine base at Khe Sanh held out against heavy attacks by the North Vietnamese with the support of American air power. In April, Operation Pegasus was launched which ultimately relieved the garrison.

United Hebrew Geriatric Center (UHGC) President/CEO Rita C. Mabli was recently honored at the New York Chapter of the American College of health care Administrator's (ACHCA) 40th Annual Conventio...

During the Middle Passage, African slaves endured grueling conditions as they traveled to an unknown fate in the Americas. They slept below the deck on un-sanded plank floors without fresh...

Does the neighborhood where you live play a role in whether you become a smoker? According to a new study, certain neighborhood traits might in fact have some influence. The study in the May issue of the American Journal of public health looked at factors that affect smoking habits among Asian-Americans living in California. The researchers report that tobacco use is becoming a growing public health problem in the Asian community.

(American Society for Horticultural Science) Pine bark and peatmoss are commonly used in horticultural crop production but supplies of these inputs are being reduced due to pressures for using pine bark as fuel and growing environmental concerns over the mining of peat bogs in Canada and Europe. Researchers looking for viable alternatives, evaluated how well annual bedding plants performed in the landscape when grown using ground pine tree materials or ground pine bark.