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  • Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 12:16 UTC

    Japanese tech firm meets Trump and pledges to invest US$ 50bn in the US

    Son made the announcement after meeting president-elect Donald Trump in New York. Trump shared the news about the Softbank investment on social media

    Shares of Japanese technology firm Softbank have soared to their highest level in more than one year in Tokyo trade, jumping 5% at the open. That is on news Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said he will invest US$50bn in US businesses. But details are lacking on where the money will go and how it will benefit American businesses.

  • Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 10:13 UTC

    Cancel order!, blasts Trump on hearing cost of Boeing's revamped Air Force One

    “Boeing is building a brand new 747 Air Force One for future presidents, but costs are out of control, more than US$ 4b. Cancel order!” Trump said on Twitter.

    President-elect Donald Trump urged the government on Tuesday to cancel an order with Boeing Co for a revamped Air Force One, one of the most prominent symbols of the U.S. presidency, saying costs were out of control. It was the latest example of Trump using his podium, often via Twitter messages, to rattle companies and foreign countries as he seeks to shake up business as usual in Washington.

  • Tuesday, December 6th 2016 - 08:16 UTC

    On the 75th anniversary, Japan's Abe will honor Pearl Harbour war dead but not apologize

    PM Abe will pay his respects to those who died in Japan's surprise 1941 attack at the US naval base in Hawaii, which triggered World War II in the Pacific

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will honor war dead but won't apologize when he becomes the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor this month, a top government spokesman said on Tuesday.The move follows Barack Obama's historic May trip to Hiroshima, the first by a sitting US president, where he spoke of victims' suffering but offered no apology for dropping the world's first nuclear bomb.

  • Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 07:32 UTC

    US unemployment falls to nine-year low in November, 4.6%, but earnings slowdown

    The Federal Reserve will hold its next two-day policy meeting on 13-14 December when it is expected to raise rates

    United States unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low in November, adding to expectations that US interest rates will rise later this month. Figures from the Labor Department showed the US economy created 178,000 jobs in November, while the jobless rate fell to 4.6% from 4.9% in October.

  • Thursday, December 1st 2016 - 13:17 UTC

    Falklands' dispute: “I can't see Trump reaching out to Argentina”

    Ian Shields OBE, is a leading academic and international relations lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and former RAF Group Captain

    Argentina will never be able to reassert its sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands under the watchful eye of Donald Trump who will back Britain, according to Ian Shields OBE, a leading academic and international relations lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and former RAF Group Captain

  • Thursday, December 1st 2016 - 12:17 UTC

    PM May and Trump talk about UK/US relationship and the role of NATO

    “They discussed NATO, agreeing on the importance of the Alliance, the need for more NATO members to meet the target of spending 2% of GDP”.

    Minister Theresa May spoke on Tuesday with President-elect Donald Trump about building close UK-US relationships and about the role of NATO. A Downing Street spokesperson said ”the Prime Minister called the US President-elect this afternoon as part of establishing a regular dialogue between both of them.

  • Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:38 UTC

    MI certifies Trump's win, Stein sticks to recount plans in WI, PA but nothing will change

    Jill Stein was surprisingly successful raising funds to question Donald Trump's victory. George Soros suspected of being the mysterious philantropist

    Electoral officials for the state of Michigan certified Monday that Donald Trump won by 10,704 votes out of nearly 4.8 million to claim all of its 16 electoral votes. Green Party nominnee Jill Stein said she would continue with her petitions for vote recounts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, although it would have taken a reversal in all three states for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to reach the presidency.

  • Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:32 UTC

    First case of zika confirmed in Texas

    The aedes mosquito is known to carry the zika virus

    Texas health officials have announced Monday their first case of Zika virus, making it the second US state to report such an occurrence after Florida. The victim is a woman who is not pregnant and has not traveled anywhere a Zika affected area in recent times, it was announced.

  • Sunday, November 27th 2016 - 11:52 UTC

    Losing US presidential candidates cry electronic vote foul, seek manual recount

    Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein's move for manual vote recount is very unlikely to reverse Trump's victory

    Former Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein has launched a campaign to recount the votes in three key states where Donald Trump seized victory. For the Republicans, it is just an “expensive political stuntt” since the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton would need to reverse results in all three of those states to reach a different outcome.

  • Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 12:05 UTC

    Shame on the USS Navy state of the art missile destroyer breaks down in Panama canal and has to be towed

    USS Zumwalt is 180 meters long warship and has an angular shape to minimize its radar signature. It cost more than US$4.4 billion

    The most expensive destroyer ever built for the United States Navy has suffered an engineering problem in the Panama Canal and had to be towed to port. U.S. The 3rd Fleet spokesman Commander Ryan Perry says a vice admiral has directed the USS Zumwalt to remain at ex-Naval Station Rodman in Panama to address the issues. The ship was built at Bath Iron Works in Maine.