Tag: United States

• Saturday, November 19th 2016 - 11:57 UTC

  Trump avoids 'presidential' embarrassment with out of court US$ 25m settlement

  

  United States President elect Donald Trump has reversed course and agreed on Friday to pay US$25 million to settle a series of lawsuits stemming from his defunct for-profit education venture, Trump University, finally putting to rest fraud allegations by former students, which have dogged him for years and hampered his presidential campaign.

• Friday, November 18th 2016 - 09:22 UTC

  Trump's presidency short lived? Two experts who anticipated his victory make the prediction

  

  Donald Trump caught the world by surprise when he emerged victorious at the United States elections, but his stay at the White House could be short-lived, according to university professor who has correctly predicted presidential poll outcomes for the last 30 years. A similar prediction has been made by journalist and filmmaker Michael Moore who also forecasted Trump's victory with weeks' anticipation.

• Friday, November 18th 2016 - 09:15 UTC

  Yellen intends to remain her four-year term; anticipates rate increase “relatively soon”

  

  The United States Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen told Congress on Thursday that she is not stepping down. Her statement follows on strong attacks during the campaign from president elect Donald Trump who claimed the Fed was favoring president Barack Obama and candidate Hillary Clinton with its low interest rate policy.

• Friday, November 18th 2016 - 08:27 UTC

  Trump-nomics: Speculation iPhones could soon be manufactured in the US

  

  iPhones might soon be made in the U.S., a result of Donald Trump’s win on Election Day, according to Nikkei Asian Review report. Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn Technology Group, a main Apple assembler, has allegedly been looking into the possibility of making iPhones in the United States, sources revealed to Nikkei.

• Thursday, November 17th 2016 - 09:54 UTC

  Soros believed to be behind counter-revolutions where the other party wins elections

  

  Anti-Trump protests so strong and well coordinated make spontaneity unlikely to the reasoning observer who makes out that ”someone is stirring the pot because America has never traditionally had a problem with accepting the outcome of an election,” as one analyst put it.

• Wednesday, November 16th 2016 - 09:06 UTC

  Trump receives Japan's Abe in New York expecting to reassure Asian allies

  

  Donald Trump is expected to use his first meeting with a foreign leader as U.S. president-elect this week to try to reassure Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and other Asian allies rattled by his campaign rhetoric, advisers to Trump said. Abe, a political blue blood and veteran lawmaker, and Trump, a brash outsider with no diplomatic or government experience, have differences on policy issues such as free trade.

• Tuesday, November 15th 2016 - 09:02 UTC

  Trump promises Argentina, a great country, “the closest relation in history”

  

  “Argentina is a great country” and Argentina and the US will have “the closest relation in history”, according to the official version from the administration of president Mauricio Macri who on Monday was on the phone with president elect Donald Trump to congratulate him on his presidential victory.

• Monday, November 14th 2016 - 08:54 UTC

  Lousteau to leave Washington before Trump's inauguration

  

  The move is seen as a token of exchange following the Argentine government's open decision to support Hillary Clinton. Martín Losteau, who was also economy minister under Cristina Fernandez, ran for Mayor of Buenos Aires last year and lost to the Macrist candidate Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, wants to race again in 2019.

• Monday, November 14th 2016 - 07:31 UTC

  Argentina looks forward to a good relation with president Trump, who is no longer “candidate Trump”

  

  Argentina has an excellent relation with the Obama administration and this will be the case with a government led by Trump, pointed out Argentina's cabinet secretary Marcos Peña adding that the first signals from the elected president are positive since he is moderating his electoral campaign speech.

• Saturday, November 12th 2016 - 21:19 UTC

  US Secretary of State Kerry approaches climate change in Antarctica

  

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry traveled to Antarctica Friday, in preparation for an international climate-change conference to be held in Marrakesh next week, at a time the world foresees different environmental policies under Trump.