Kerry underscored that Chinese leaders must put added pressure on their ally North Korea in an effort to end its nuclear weapons program. After meeting with President Xi Jinping in Beijings's Great Hall of the People, Kerry also met with China's senior leaders, including Foreign Minister Wang Yi.
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole Jr. ordered on Wednesday that Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should stand trial on November 3, "rejecting defense lawyers' arguments that they need nearly a year long that to shift through thousands of pieces of evidence and interview witnesses around the globe as they prepare for the complex death penalty case," The Boston Globe reported.
New York Mayor Bill de Blasio defended his decision not to cancel classes for the city's 1.1 million public school students on Thursday despite great opposition and anger by parents and teachers. City Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina also received flak for her comments about the weather By late Thursday, the city is expected to receive nearly a foot of snow.
On January 27, Moscow City Court removed five jurors from the jury presiding over the trial of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Seven years after her murder, the case is not even close to a conclusion, as it has gone through major fits and starts. The jury change is the second in the Politkovskaya murder case. On November 14, the court had disbanded the previous jury after three more jurors had withdrawn for various reasons, "leaving the panel with less than 12 people required by law,"
