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Friday, January 27th 2017 - 11:12 UTC
UK and US must drop failed military interventions “to remake the world in our image”

Prime Minister Theresa May has told US Republicans the UK and America cannot return to “failed” military interventions “to remake the world in our own image”. Suggesting a UK foreign policy shift, she said those days were over but added that the US and UK should not “stand idly by when the threat is real”. However the two countries must “renew the special relationship for this new age” and “lead together, again”.
Friday, January 27th 2017 - 10:17 UTC
“The media is the opposition party”, claims Trump's chief strategist

Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's chief White House strategist, went on a tirade against the media during an interview with The New York Times. Bannon, who spearheaded the far-right website Breitbart News until he took over as Trump's campaign CEO in August, lambasted the press and said it had been “humiliated” by the results of the 2016 election.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 19:49 UTC
Mexican wall and migration dispute escalates: Peña Nieto cancels White House visit

Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has cancelled next week's trip to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump. His decision comes a day after the new US president unveiled his plan to build a wall along the Mexico-US border and insisted the US would recoup the costs for the barrier from Mexico, which has strongly objected.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 09:01 UTC
Argentina cautious about Trump’s administration impact on bilateral trade

Argentina's trade relationship with the United States will not suffer an immediate negative impact with Donald Trump as president, but it remains to be seen how his measures will shape the world economy, according to the Argentine ambassador in Washington, Martín Lousteau.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 07:27 UTC
Mexicans furious with Trump; president Peña Nieto considering dropping White House visit

When Donald J Trump called some Mexican immigrants rapists, threatened to deport millions of them and promised to build a wall to keep others out, Mexican officials counseled caution, saying it was merely bluster from an unlikely candidate who, if elected, would never follow through. However with only five days in office president Trump is making Mexicans furious.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 07:27 UTC
Mexicans furious with Trump; president Peña Nieto considering dropping White House visit

When Donald J Trump called some Mexican immigrants rapists, threatened to deport millions of them and promised to build a wall to keep others out, Mexican officials counseled caution, saying it was merely bluster from an unlikely candidate who, if elected, would never follow through. However with only five days in office president Trump is making Mexicans furious.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 07:08 UTC
UK and US must “lead together”, says Theresa May before meeting with Trump

Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain and the United States should “lead together” in the world, as she travels to meet President Donald Trump in Washington. May is due to meet Trump at the White House on Friday, the president's first face-to-face meeting with a world leader.
Tuesday, January 24th 2017 - 18:40 UTC
Trump keeps his promise: dumps TPP and pledges to lower corporate taxes to 20% from 35%

President Donald Trump has fulfilled a campaign pledge by signing an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The 12-nation trade deal was a linchpin of former President Barack Obama's Asia policy.
Monday, January 23rd 2017 - 19:53 UTC
Trump has a new species of moth named after him: Neopalpa donaldtrumpi

What has a scaly-looking head of gold? Well, Donald Trump, of course... but also a moth. The Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, a new species of tiny moth, has been named after the president-elect due to the striking physical resemblance between the moth's yellow and white scales and Trump's hair.
Sunday, January 22nd 2017 - 08:06 UTC
For the Falklands in 1982 the only opinion that mattered was that of PM Thatcher

For the Falkland Islanders the only opinion that mattered was that of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and believing that Islanders would give up their homes and way of life for money, shows how little people understood the Falklands.