Tag: United States

• Wednesday, June 19th 2019 - 08:37 UTC

  Trump announces resumption of trade talks with China ahead of G20 summit in Japan

  

  United States President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he had spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping and that the two leaders’ teams would restart trade talks after a long lull in order to prepare for a meeting at the Group of 20 summit later this month.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 09:49 UTC

  Trump prepared to remove 12 million illegal immigrants as of next week

  

  United States President Donald Trump said on Monday that US authorities would begin next week removing millions of immigrants who are in the United States illegally. There are an estimated 12 million immigrants who are in the United States illegally, mainly from Mexico and Central America.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  Despite some shootings, two million took to the streets cheering NBA champions Toronto Raptors

  

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and some two million other fans cheered the NBA champion Toronto Raptors on Monday in a victory celebration that united the nation, but the party was marred by a shooting that seriously wounded two people.

• Tuesday, June 18th 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  Trump to launch reelection bid on Tuesday in Orlando, Florida

  

  As President Donald Trump prepares to formally launch his re-election bid on Tuesday, his allies are trying to tamp down headlines that depict his campaign as trailing top Democrats, beset by withering leaks and unable to keep internal tensions from spilling into public view.

• Monday, June 17th 2019 - 09:12 UTC

  Netanyahu opens settlement in Golan Heights named after Donald Trump

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday inaugurated a new settlement in the Golan Heights, named after the country's “great friend” US President Donald Trump. Netanyahu unveiled a “Trump Heights” sign, featuring an Israeli and a US flag, to mark the site of the new settlement.

• Sunday, June 16th 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  New York State eliminates religious exemptions from vaccination for school children

  

  Lawmakers in New York have voted to eliminate religious exemptions for school vaccines for children, as the state grapples with a measles outbreak. The law passed on Thursday night and led to chaotic scenes in the statehouse as anti-vaccination supporters clashed with lawmakers.

• Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 08:30 UTC

  US/Mexico migration deal made public: “safe third country” principle

  

  Mexico published the document on Friday that US President Donald Trump fleetingly showed the press this week as evidence he had extracted tough new concessions on migration from the neighboring country.

• Saturday, June 15th 2019 - 08:02 UTC

  Iran dismisses as “baseless” US accusations of twin attacks on two tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

  

  Iran dismissed as “baseless” on Friday US accusations it executed twin attacks that left two tankers ablaze in the Gulf of Oman, raising fears of conflict in the strategically vital waterway.

• Friday, June 14th 2019 - 08:47 UTC

  Another fierce loyalist of Trump steps down: White House spokeswoman Sanders

  

  White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, a fierce loyalist of President Donald Trump who channelled his combativeness toward the news media, will leave her job at month’s end for a possible political future in her home state of Arkansas, Trump said on Thursday.

• Thursday, June 13th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Driver's mistake overturns truck and helps escape some 133 million bees

  

  A driver error led to a truck overturning and its cargo of an estimated 133 million bees escaping in the US state of Montana, local media reported.