Tag: United States

• Wednesday, September 30th 2015 - 06:38 UTC

  Plenty of Cristina's friends referred to the Malvinas claim at the UN

  

  Although president Cristina Fernandez, to the surprise of many, did not mention a word about Argentina's claim over the Falkland Islands, particularly since this was her last address to the UN General Assembly, Minister Hector Timerman said that nobody could doubt the president's commitment to the Malvinas question, and there were plenty of mentions to the issue from allied countries.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 07:37 UTC

  Boehner calls hard-line conservatives 'false prophets' and pledges funds for Planned Parenthood

  

  Blasting hard-line conservatives as “false prophets,” US House Speaker John Boehner on Sunday said Congress will avoid a government shutdown this week and he will push through as much unfinished legislation as possible before leaving at the end of October.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 06:54 UTC

  A repeat of the Corbyn surprise in United States?

  

  By Gwynne Dyer - Jeremy “Jez” Corbyn and Bernie Sanders are very much alike - and so are their ambitions. Corbyn wants to lead Britain's Labour Party into the next election and become prime minister; Sanders wants to win the Democratic Party nomination and become the next President of the United States. And then each man plans to turn his country sharply to the left.

• Tuesday, September 29th 2015 - 05:46 UTC

  Obama willing to work with Iran and Russia to end Syrian conflict, but not with President al-Assad

  

  The United States is willing to work with Iran and Russia to try to end the Syrian conflict, US President Barack Obama on Monday but insisted there could not be a return to the status quo under Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

• Saturday, September 26th 2015 - 08:08 UTC

  US and China pledge not to conduct or sponsor 'knowingly' cyber-theft

  

  United States President Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed that neither country's government will conduct or “knowingly” support cyber theft of intellectual property or commercial trade secrets, an issue that has been a source of tensions.

• Friday, September 25th 2015 - 05:33 UTC

  Obama and Xi share a private dinner before the official visit on Friday

  

  United States President Obama hosted Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for a private dinner Thursday as they and their aides prepared for meetings designed to deal with cyber security and a new agreement to cooperate on combating climate change.

• Thursday, September 24th 2015 - 07:03 UTC

  Xi arrives in the US hoping for investments and pledging cooperation

  

  Seeking to warm bilateral ties and project a sunny climate for U.S. business, Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed on Wednesday to cut restrictions on foreign investment, while his chief Internet regulator appeared to lay the groundwork for a basic agreement later this week on cyber warfare.

• Thursday, September 24th 2015 - 06:50 UTC

  Pope addresses several controversial issues in his first day in Washington

  

  Pope Francis on his first full day in the United States addressed several controversial issues when delivering two big speeches that referred to climate change, religious liberty, immigration, and abortion.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 07:58 UTC

  Volkswagen admits 11 million cars worldwide equipped with “cheating software”

  

  The scandal that has undermined Germany's Volkswagen in the United States spread to its core market of Europe on Tuesday, after the company admitted that eleven million of its diesel cars worldwide were equipped with software that was used to cheat on emissions tests in the US.

• Wednesday, September 23rd 2015 - 07:31 UTC

  Obama and Biden greet Francis as he begins six-day visit; he will address US congress

  

  Pope Francis on Tuesday afternoon touched down at Joint Base Andrews to begin a historic six-day, three-city visit that will have political, diplomatic and spiritual ramifications. Breaking from the usual protocol for a state visit, President Obama and Vice President Biden chose to greet the papal plane before Francis departed in a hatchback Fiat to begin his tightly scheduled, carefully choreographed and highly anticipated visit.