Barack Obama

...course, attend," Harper said in the House of Commons. "I would just note that President Obama has not confirmed his attendance at the leaders' meeting in Copenhagen," Harper added. Leaders from Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia and...

In this article: Stephen Harper, Climate change, Jim Prentice, Copenhagen, Canada, U.S., Ontario, Dalton McGuinty, and White House

Australia dropped in travel rankings A revitalised United States due to the election of President Barack Obama has dropped Australia from top spot on a survey of international travellers. Australia topped the FutureBrand country brand index...

In this article: Australia, United States, Respondent, Weber Shandwick, Baz Luhrmann, and Queensland

...of a region-wide Asia-Pacific free trade zone known as the FTAAP. Meanwhile, Mr Key this morning joined 12 other Apec leaders, including Mr Obama and China's President Hu Jintao, at a breakfast meeting called by Australia and Mexico to...

In this article: John Key, Apec, United States, New Zealand, Singapore, Climate change, The Dominion Post, Lars Lokke Rasmussen, and Australia

...would be there "for the long haul". The White House said Rudd and Obama would also discuss climate change in the run-up to a United Nations climate summit that opens in Copenhagen on December 7. The United States has about 68,000 troops...

In this article: Kevin Rudd, White House, Afghanistan, United States, Australia, Climate change, Osama bin Laden, Taliban, and NATO

Obama to meet with Australian prime minister Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will visit the White House Monday as President Obama begins a week during which he will announce his war strategy in Afghanistan and appeal to allies such as...

In this article: Kevin Rudd, Afghanistan, Stanley A. McChrystal, NATO, White House, Australia, U.S., Climate change, and U.S. Military Academy

...agency reported. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images President Barack Obama tours the Great Wall in Badaling, outside Beijing, on Wednesday, the final day of his visit to China. Still, China has emerged from the global economic crisis...

In this article: China, Beijing, U.S., James Mann, White House, School of Advanced International Studies, Wen Jiabao, Hu Jintao, and Democracy

...baseline). Obama also announced he would attend Copenhagen, although at the outset of the conference rather than the decision-making end when the other world leaders, including Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, will be there. The 27 nations...

In this article: Copenhagen, Carbon dioxide, Kevin Rudd, US, Kyoto Protocol, Bill Clinton, Manmohan Singh, and Washington