Turning the pages in Hillary Clinton’s new book, it is clear that this is a woman not about to rest on her laurels, and it seems she has her sights firmly set on the US presidency, reports Betty Browne.

US president Barack Obama will make his first comments on the economy and the financial crisis today as the White House makes the issue its top post-election priority.

US president Barack Obama told world leaders yesterday that attacks on US citizens in Libya “were attacks on America,” and called on them to join in confronting the root causes of the rage across the Muslim world.