United States

Tuesday, December 4th 2018 - 08:25 UTC
A seven year old boy reviewing toys has generated US$ 22 million in YouTube

A seven-year-old boy who reviews toys has been revealed as YouTube's highest-earning star, raking in US$ 22m. The estimate by Forbes magazine found that Ryan of Ryan Toys Review pipped Jake Paul by US$ 500,000 for the 12 months to June. Videos are posted most days and one promoting a blue giant mystery egg-bearing Ryan's face has had more than a million views since Sunday.
Monday, December 3rd 2018 - 08:29 UTC
France fines P&O Azura US$ 110.000 for using fuel with a high content of sulfur

A court in Marseille fined an American master mariner US$ 110,000 for using fuel with a sulfur content measuring 0.18 percentage points above a disputed limit. It is the first ruling of its kind in France, and it is contrary to the French government's previous stance on sulfur content rules for cruise ships.
Sunday, December 2nd 2018 - 08:34 UTC
Trump and Xi in Buenos Aires agree a 90 day truce to continue US/China trade talks

US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to halt new trade tariffs for 90 days to allow for talks, the US says. The two men met in Buenos Aires after the G20 summit for their first talks since a trade war erupted this year.
Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 22:44 UTC
Mexico, US, Canada sign Buenos Aires treaty to replace NAFTA

The presidents of the United States and of Mexico and Canada's Prime Minister signed Friday in Buenos Aires the new North American trade agreement, known as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which is to replace the NAFTA one.
Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 10:34 UTC
George Bush, the graceful victor of Gorbachev and the Soviet empire has died

George Herbert Walker Bush, the World War II veteran who was elected the 41st president of the United States and fathered the nation's 43rd, died late Friday at the age of 94, his family announced in a statement. The Republican spent decades serving in government before ascending to the nation's highest office, having served as United Nations ambassador, CIA chief and vice president under Ronald Reagan, a towering political figure still venerated by the GOP.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 06:19 UTC
Air Force One touches down - Trump is in BA for G-20 Summit

The famous Air Force One, a veritable Flying White House, landed in Ezeiza at 10.10 pm amid tight security measures right on time for US President Donald Trump to rest and get ready for Friday's breakfast meeting with his Argentine colleague Mauricio Macri.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 17:53 UTC
No talks with Putin at G-20 over Crimea tensions, says Trump enroute to Argentina

US President Donald Trump Thursday shocked the world as he announced he would not be meeting one-on-one with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin during the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires due to the escalating military crisis in Crimea.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:30 UTC
World leaders fly to Buenos Aires for G20, but little consensus for a final declaration

United States President Donald Trump jets into Argentina on Thursday for a G20 summit, keen to do battle with China on trade and sharpening his rhetoric against Russia over Ukraine. The weekend summit is confronted with increasingly dire warnings, by the International Monetary Fund among others, of the potential harm faced by the world economy from Trump's trade wars.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:23 UTC
Trump favors imposing tariffs to protect US auto industry; EU ready to react with retaliation tariffs

President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated he favours imposing import tariffs to protect the US auto industry, which was rocked by this week's announcement of job cuts at General Motors. In two tweets, the president said that extending tariffs already in place for foreign-built small trucks to the car sector would help domestic manufacturers.
Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 09:17 UTC
Ex Chavez aide sentenced in US for money laundering and receiving US$ 1 billion in bribes

A court in the United States has sentenced the former head of Venezuela's treasury, Alejandro Andrade, to 10 years in prison for money laundering. Andrade, 54, had pleaded guilty to taking US$ 1bn in bribes in exchange for offering access to preferential foreign currency exchange rates.