Tag: United States

• Saturday, January 12th 2019 - 10:22 UTC

  EU multinationals refuse to collaborate with Brazil justice investigating Petrobras corruption

  

  Commodities trader Trafigura has refused a judge's order to hand over the email archives of two former executives in Brazil who are facing corruption charges over accusations they bribed officials at state-run oil firm Petrobras.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 12:43 UTC

  Trump campaigns for The Wall, steel or concrete, along the Mexican border

  

  President Donald Trump warned of murderers and gangsters spreading across the country during a visit to the US-Mexican border on Thursday to push his demand for a multi-billion dollar wall. Trump used the backdrop of the Rio Grande border river at McAllen, Texas, to ramp up what has already turned into a hugely messy political fight with Democratic opponents, resulting in the shutdown of swaths of the US government.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 12:39 UTC

  World oceans warming up more rapidly, caution US and Chinese scientists

  

  The world's oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said on Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, debunk previous reports that suggested a so-called pause in global warming in recent years.

• Friday, January 11th 2019 - 08:29 UTC

  New York iconic Chrysler Building on sale, but it may not be easy

  

  The owners of the Chrysler Building in New York are planning to sell the skyscraper, according news reports. But this may not be easy, since this symbol of Manhattan was built back in 1930.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  China/US technical trade talks end with “understanding of each others' concern”

  

  Trade talks between China and the United States this week were extensive, and helped establish a foundation for the resolution of each others' concerns, China's commerce ministry said on Thursday, but gave no details on the issues at stake.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Trump walks out of meeting with Democrats failing to lift the government shutdown

  

  President Donald Trump has walked out of a meeting with Democratic leaders as negotiations broke down on the 19th day of a US government shutdown. The Republican president ended talks after Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer stuck by their refusal to fund his planned US-Mexico border wall.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 08:41 UTC

  Differences between Maduro and the military, according to US intelligence sources

  

  Venezuela’s defense minister told socialist President Nicolas Maduro to step down last month, and said he would offer his own resignation if he did not, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing an anonymous U.S. intelligence official.

• Thursday, January 10th 2019 - 08:32 UTC

  Brazil's soybean crop forecast cut 4.5m tons: hot spell in southern states

  

  Brazil’s 2018/19 soybean crop forecast was cut to 116.9 million tons on Wednesday from 121.4 million tons late in November, said consultancy AgRural, blaming extreme heat and a dry spell in southern areas for the smaller projection.

• Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 14:49 UTC

  Brazil's Bovespa closes above 92.000 points for the first time ever

  

  Latin American stocks in the region's main markets closed on Tuesday at new highs on the positive outlook for the ongoing US/China trade talks in Beijing. Brazil's Bovespa index ended trading above 92,000 points for the first time ever after hitting several record highs last week.

• Wednesday, January 9th 2019 - 08:48 UTC

  Brazilian middleman involved in Petrobras corruption arrested in the US

  

  A Brazilian man facing allegations of bribing officials at state-run oil company Petrobras on behalf of Vitol Group, Glencore and other major oil trading firms has been arrested in the United States, authorities said Tuesday.