United States

• Thursday, January 11th 2018 - 10:11 UTC

  US, via Paraguay, largest source of guns entering Brazil

  

  The United States is the largest source of guns entering Brazil that end up in the hands of armed bandits and drug traffickers, according to a Brazilian Federal Police report. Roughly 1,500 guns originated in the United States out of a study of more than 10,000 arms seized by police since 2014, mostly in Rio de Janeiro, the December 2017 report said, although the guns often traveled through a third country before arriving in Brazil.

• Thursday, January 11th 2018 - 09:48 UTC

  Canada accuses US of breaking international trade rules; files complaint with WTO

  

  Canada has filed an expansive complaint with the World Trade Organization accusing the US of breaking international trade rules. The complaint challenges the ways that the US investigates products for subsidies and below-cost sales. As expected the US called the claims “unfounded”.

• Thursday, January 11th 2018 - 07:02 UTC

  Timerman barred from flying to US; Argentine government will appeal decision on humanitarian reasons

  

  The United States barred former Argentine Minister of Foreign Relations Hector Timerman from entering the country because of several pending court cases. The Argentine government said it would appeal the decision, and request a new visa, since Mr. Timerman, who was under house arrest, was allowed by Federal Judge Sergio Torres to travel overseas for medical reasons.

• Wednesday, January 10th 2018 - 10:23 UTC

  Seatrade Cruise Global returns to the renovated Miami Beach Convention Center

  

  Seatrade Cruise Global, the leading annual global business-to-business event in the cruise industry, will return to the newly renovated Miami Beach Convention Center 8-11 April 2019 after a three year stint at the Greater Fort Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center.

• Saturday, January 6th 2018 - 10:01 UTC

  Northeast US and Canada frigid with wind chills reaching negative C 50 degrees

  

  The aftermath of a frigid “bomb cyclone” and polar vortex left much of the northeastern US and Canada frigid on Friday night. Wind chills in one part of the state of New Hampshire were forecast to hit negative 50 degrees Celsius, according to forecasters. New York Times reporters who were sent to Mount Washington in that state said the wind “steals your breath and freezes your eyelashes.”

• Saturday, January 6th 2018 - 09:54 UTC

  “Fire and Fury” becomes an instant bestseller despite Trump's threats

  

  President Donald Trump legal threat aimed at “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House”” appears to have the effect of making the book an early 2018 hot-selling title. On its first day of release, bookstores in major cities like Washington D.C., New York, and Los Angeles reported selling out of the initial order, and other shops in places like Oxford, Miss., and Shaker Heights, Ohio, also said that buyers quickly snatched up copies of their first batch.

• Thursday, January 4th 2018 - 09:41 UTC

  Trump rings to congratulate president elect Piñera and invites him to the White House

  

  United States President Donald J. Trump spoke on Wednesday with President-elect Sebastian Piñera of Chile to congratulate him on his victory in the Chilean presidential runoff election. President Trump emphasized his desire to work closely with Mr. Piñera on issues of mutual interest.

• Thursday, January 4th 2018 - 06:08 UTC

  Bannon “has lost him mind” lashes out Trump about his former election strategist

  

  United States president Donald Trump responded personally to his former chief strategist Steve Bannon’s comments about his family members Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. The statement was released to reporters by press secretary Sarah Sanders prior to the White House Wednesday press briefing.

• Sunday, December 31st 2017 - 10:12 UTC

  Legendary Jumbo phased out from US passenger service

  

  Delta Air Lines was the last company to retire the Boeing 747 to replace it with smaller and more fuel efficient aircraft

• Friday, December 29th 2017 - 06:55 UTC

  US withdraws support for the search of the ARA San Juan submarine

  

  The United States Southern Command announced the U.S. was withdrawing support for the mission to find the Argentine submarine that went missing last month with 44 aboard in the South Atlantic.