Tag: United States

• Friday, August 31st 2018 - 08:34 UTC

  India announces its first manned space mission to cost US$1.4bn

  

  India announced it expected to spend less than 100 billion rupees (US$1.43 billion) on its first manned space mission to be launched by 2022, suggesting it is likely to be cheaper than similar projects by the United States and China.

• Thursday, August 30th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  U.S. economy in the second quarter expanded at an annualized 4.2%

  

  The United States economic growth was stronger than initially thought in the second quarter, notching its best performance in nearly four years and putting the economy on track to hit the Trump administration’s goal of 3% annual growth.

• Thursday, August 30th 2018 - 08:23 UTC

  Canada and US expected to reach a new NAFTA deal by Friday deadline

  

  The leaders of the United States and Canada expressed optimism on Wednesday that they could reach new NAFTA deal by a Friday deadline as negotiators prepared to talk through the night, although Canada warned that a number of tricky issues remained.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2018 - 07:57 UTC

  Trump accuses and warns Google, Twitter and Facebook about political bias

  

  United States President Donald Trump has warned Google, Twitter and Facebook they are “treading on troubled territory” amid a row over perceived bias. He said they had to be “very careful”, after earlier accusing Google of rigging the search results for the phrase “Trump news”.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 09:07 UTC

  Women’s economic empowerment discussed at OAS with Ivanka Trump

  

  The Inter-American Council for Integral Development of the Organization of American States (OAS) today organized a meeting that featured Secretary General Luis Almagro, White House Advisor Ivanka Trump and the President and CEO the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), Ray W. Washburne, to discuss “Financial Empowerment of Women for the Sustainable Social and Economic Development of the Americas.”

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  After criticism, White House flag at half-staff on John McCain's death

  

  US President Donald Trump has announced that the White House flag will be returned to half-staff, after critics attacked his response to the death of Republican senator John McCain.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:41 UTC

  Ocean Infinity seabed survey company to begin looking for ARA San Juan next month

  

  United States based seabed survey company Ocean Infinity hopes to begin searching for the missing Argentine submarine ARA San Juan (S-42) in September. The announcement was made by Argentine defense minister Oscar Aguad.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 07:14 UTC

  US has offered to collaborate with the Argentine investigation of “K corruption notebooks”

  

  According to Buenos Aires daily Clarin, United States authorities have offered to collaborate with Argentine President Mauricio Macri’s government in the ongoing “K notebook scandal” by providing confidential information on a number of US bank accounts used to hold alleged Kirchner bribe money.

• Monday, August 27th 2018 - 08:30 UTC

  Obama and Bush will speak at McCain's funeral; Trump not invited

  

  Tributes from former US presidents and across the political spectrum have poured in for Republican Senator John McCain, who has died aged 81. Barack Obama, who beat him to the White House in 2008, said they had shared a “fidelity to something higher”. George W Bush described him as “a patriot of the highest order”.

• Sunday, August 26th 2018 - 18:37 UTC

  Trump's attempt to limit federal government unions rejected by a court order

  

  A U.S. federal judge on Saturday rejected key elements of President Donald Trump’s May executive orders that would make it easier to fire federal employees and reduce their ability to bargain collectively.