Tag: United States

• Saturday, August 10th 2019 - 06:48 UTC

  US eliminates cancer warning labels from the controversial glyphosate weed killer

  

  US Environmental Protection Agency has said it will no longer approve warning labels that claim the controversial herbicide glyphosate causes cancer, calling the statement “false and misleading.”

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 08:34 UTC

  FedEx and Amazon break up small package ground deliveries contract

  

  FedEx Corp confirmed on Wednesday it would terminate its contract with Amazon.com Inc for small-package ground deliveries, as the online retailer focuses on building out its own delivery network.

• Friday, August 9th 2019 - 08:27 UTC

  Soybean sales in Brazil booming helped by a weaker currency and port premiums

  

  The price of Brazilian soybeans in local currency reached the highest level in almost two months, driven by a spike in port premiums for soybeans and a weaker currency, both caused by the trade dispute between China and the United States.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 22:22 UTC

  UN rights chief bemoans unilateral sanctions on Venezuela, fearing ‘far-reaching implications’

  

  A new set of unilateral sanctions imposed by the United States on Venezuela this week prompted the concern of the United Nations’ top rights official on Thursday, who said in a statement that she feared they would have a “potentially severe impact” on the human rights of the South American nation’s “long-suffering” people.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 09:22 UTC

  Trump consoled victims in Ohio and Texas but also faced protestors demanding gun control

  

  President Donald Trump consoled victims of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas on Wednesday but faced protesters demanding gun control and denouncing what they say is his extremist rhetoric on race and immigration.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 09:51 UTC

  Trump will appeal to “every appropriate tool” to end the Maduro regime

  

  The White House said on Tuesday it would use “every appropriate tool” to end the presidency of Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro after President Donald Trump ordered a freeze on the country's US-based assets.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 09:33 UTC

  Trump vows to protect US farmers against China and promises further aid

  

  US President Donald Trump on Tuesday vowed to protect US farmers against China by signaling to provide further aid if needed, a day after Chinese firms stopped agricultural purchases and Beijing threatened more tariffs on US farm products.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  El Paso residents tell Trump he is not welcome and to stay away

  

  Residents in majority-Hispanic El Paso told US President Donald Trump on Tuesday to stay away amid fury over his anti-immigration rhetoric as he struggles to unite the country in the wake of mass shootings that killed 32 people.

• Wednesday, August 7th 2019 - 08:50 UTC

  United States need an independent Federal Reserve

  

  The following article was published 6 August, in the Wall Street Journal, signed by ex-Fed chiefs Paul Volcker, Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke and Janet Yellen. Basically, it states that the US economy functions best when the central bank is free of short-term political pressures.

• Tuesday, August 6th 2019 - 10:20 UTC

  Trump blocks all assets of the Venezuelan government in US

  

  Yesterday, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order “Blocking Property of the Government of Venezuela.”