WASHINGTON, June 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Monday confirmed President Barack Obama's choice of Peter Neffenger to be the next head of the Transportation Security Administration, the agency charged with securing U.S. airports.
MEXICO CITY, June 22 (Reuters) - Mexico's state-run oil company, Pemex, confirmed on Monday there was an accident on an oil platform at one of its major operations in the southern Gulf of Mexico, but added any impact on output remained unclear.
OTTAWA, June 22 (Reuters) - If Canada's Liberal Party wins the October general election it will create a special cabinet committee to oversee damaged relations with the United States, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau said on Monday.
ACCRA, June 22 (Reuters) - Ghanaian demonstrators clashed with security forces in Accra on Monday, burning tires and throwing stones to protest the demolition of hundreds of houses to make way for better flood control, witnesses said.
OTTAWA, June 22 (Reuters) - Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Monday that it is cooperating with a new federal safety investigation, following allegations raised in a media report that it parked a train carrying dangerous goods on a mountain slope in the western Canadian province of British Columbia, without applying adequate brakes.
World nuclear generation tracked by Platts in 2014 rose 1% compared to 2013, the first annual gain since 2011's Fukushima accident curbed global nuclear output sharply.
Misha Gerhard & Lewis LLC is International Strategic Consulting Firm with an extensive presence in the most rapidly developing regions of the world.