Tag: United States

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 07:47 UTC

  Washington imposes more sanctions in Venezuela: eight more top officials including a Chavez brother

  

  Washington imposed sanctions on eight Venezuelan officials on Wednesday for their role in creating an all-powerful legislative body loyal to President Nicolas Maduro, while a mayor-turned-fugitive called for more anti-government protests. The new U.S. sanctions targeted politicians (including a brother of ex leader Hugo Chavez) and security figures but stopped short of actions against Venezuela's vital oil industry.

• Thursday, August 10th 2017 - 07:30 UTC

  US Congress delegation on “support visit” to Gibraltar

  

  Members of the United States Congress are visiting Gibraltar to ‘show support’ for the Rock as they reflected on the close links between Gibraltar and the US. Acting Gibraltar Chief Minister Dr Joseph Garcia welcomed a delegation from the Congress of the United States to Gibraltar on Monday afternoon before taking them through a series of meetings throughout the course of yesterday.

• Sunday, August 6th 2017 - 11:58 UTC

  US unemployment drops to 4.3%, but hourly earnings remain flat

  

  The United States economy added a solid 209,000 jobs in July, exceeding economists’ estimates as the labor market shows few signs of slowing down. The unemployment rate last month fell to 4.3% from 4.4%, the Labor Department reported on Friday.

• Friday, August 4th 2017 - 06:45 UTC

  Transcripts show Trump admonishing Peña Nieto for saying publicly Mexico will not pay for the border wall

  

  United States president Donald Trump urged the Mexican president to stop publicly saying he would not pay for a proposed border wall, according to transcripts. Mr. Trump admonished Enrique Peña Nieto for publicly denouncing the wall during a 27 January phone call, transcripts obtained by the Washington Post show.

• Thursday, August 3rd 2017 - 07:32 UTC

  Russia accuses US of imposing a “full scale trade war”; Trump claims Congress is infringing his powers

  

  United States president Donald Trump grudgingly signed into law new sanctions against Russia on Wednesday, a move Moscow said amounted to a full-scale trade war and an end to hopes for better ties with the Trump administration. Congress overwhelmingly approved the legislation last week, passing a measure that conflict with the Republican president's desire to improve relations with Moscow.

• Tuesday, August 1st 2017 - 06:46 UTC

  “Dictator” Maduro mocks “imperialist” Trump's sanctions

  

  United States has imposed sanctions on Venezuela's president, Nicolas Maduro, over what it called his “illegitimate” election of an assembly to rewrite the constitution. All of Maduro's assets in the United States are frozen and Americans are forbidden from doing any business with him.

• Monday, July 31st 2017 - 08:18 UTC

  Putin reacts to sanctions and expels 755 US diplomats from Moscow

  

  Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a television interview that the U.S. must cut the size of its diplomatic force in his country by more than half, from about 1,210 to 455. Putin said on Sunday that the cut will make the size of the U.S. diplomatic mission in his country equal to that of Russia's diplomatic corps in the U.S.

• Monday, July 31st 2017 - 08:01 UTC

  US economy picking up helped by consumer spending

  

  The United States economy gathered speed in the second quarter of the year, growing at an annualized pace of 2.6%. The pick-up was helped by consumer spending in the quarter expanding at a pace of 2.8%, and businesses stepping up spending on equipment.

• Saturday, July 29th 2017 - 11:25 UTC

  More protests and fighting in Caracas as US orders family members of embassy staff to leave Venezuela

  

  The U.S. government ordered family members of employees at its embassy in Venezuela to leave on Thursday as a political crisis deepened ahead of a controversial vote critics contend will end democracy in the oil-rich country.

• Saturday, July 29th 2017 - 11:13 UTC

  Trump's “political commissar” Scaramucci makes his first “kill”, chief of staff Priebus

  

  President Donald Trump has named General John Kelly, who currently heads the Department of Homeland Security, as his next chief of staff. The announcement, made on Twitter on Friday afternoon, removes Reince Priebus from the role.