Tag: United States

Saturday, January 14th 2017 - 09:11 UTC
Warning to Trump: Beijing prepared to a large scale war over the South China islands

Global Times, the official English language spokesperson of the Chinese Communistry party has sent a very strong reply to the incoming Trump administration referred to the disputed South China islands occupied by Beijing.
Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 09:31 UTC
Trump's first press conference: the showman added little and beat the media

Defiant and unyielding, President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday adamantly denied reports that Russia had obtained compromising personal and financial information about him, calling it a “tremendous blot” on the record of the intelligence community if it had released such material.
Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 05:54 UTC
Secretary of State nominee closer to US Senate thinking than to Trump's

Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state signaled he is prepared to diverge from the US president-elect on numerous key issues, notably nuclear non-proliferation, climate change and Russia, which he branded a “danger.”
Wednesday, January 11th 2017 - 08:38 UTC
Obama in his final presidential speech calls to fight for democracy and to forge a new social compact

Change only happens when “ordinary people get involved, get engaged and come together to demand it”, said Barack Obama in his final address to the country and the world as president. “I am asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change – but in yours” Obama outlined in a speech that was both a tearful goodbye and a call to arms.
Tuesday, January 10th 2017 - 09:31 UTC
Trump's son in law in White House “key leadership role”; the property developer is described as “a tremendous asset”

President-elect Donald Trump has named his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as one of his senior White House advisers. The 35-year-old played a key role in the presidential campaign and his new White House job will cover both domestic and foreign policy. Mr. Kushner, who is married to Ivanka Trump, is a property developer with a wide range of business interests.
Tuesday, January 10th 2017 - 09:20 UTC
UK trade-hopeful following talks with top Republican congress leaders

Britain will be in the “front seat” to negotiate a new trade deal with the incoming Trump administration, a top Republican in the US Senate has said. A US-UK trade deal would be a priority, Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Bob Corker said after meeting Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
Monday, January 9th 2017 - 10:29 UTC
Boris Johnson in New York holds “positive but frank” talks with Trump's son in law

UK foreign secretary has held “positive but frank” talks with some of Donald Trump's key advisers during a visit to New York, officials have said. Boris Johnson met Mr Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kuchner, and Steve Bannon, the US president-elect's strategist.
Saturday, January 7th 2017 - 08:42 UTC
Obama's legacy, a robust jobs market with wage growth accelerating

US businesses added 156,000 jobs in December in the last release of key economic data before Donald Trump is sworn in as US president. The number of jobs created fell from an upwardly revised 204,000 in November and came in below market expectations of 175,000 new roles. The jobless rate edged up last month to 4.7% from 4.6%.
Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 09:47 UTC
Trump nominates Wall Street lawyer to head Securities and Exchange Commission

President-elect Donald Trump said on Wednesday he plans to nominate Wall Street lawyer Jay Clayton to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, which regulates financial markets in the U.S. Clayton currently works as a partner with the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell where he specializes in public and private mergers and has worked on several high-profile initial public offerings.
Thursday, January 5th 2017 - 08:42 UTC
Assange rescues Trump: “A 14-year old kid could have hacked”, into the Clinton campaign emails

The founder of whistle blowing website WikiLeaks has said that even a teenager would have had the technical skills needed to break into the personal email inbox of John Podesta, a close aide to Hillary Clinton who was recently targeted by hackers with suspected links to Russia.