United States

• Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 08:01 UTC

  “BlackRock’s role in a net-zero carbon

  

  The world's largest assets manager BlackRock (with US$10 trillion in assets under management as of January 2022), will not stop investing in oil, natural gas, or coal, told a UK parliamentary committee in written responses to an inquiry on the role of the financial sector in the UK’s net-zero transition.  

• Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 14:18 UTC

  Uruguay seeks to become attractive to global meeting organizers

  

  Uruguay's Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera headed the South American country's delegation at IMEX America 2022, a convention held in Las Vegas to promote the industry of global meetings, ceremonies, and incentive travel and arguably the largest event on the subject.

• Friday, October 14th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

  Biden administration extends COVID-19 emergency

  

  President Joseph Biden's administration Thursday announced an extension for 90 more days of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency declaration. The measure has been in practice since January 2020.

• Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

  Blinken discusses bilateral issues with Boric in Santiago

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Wednesday at the Palacio de la Moneda, in Santiago, to discuss further investments in the South American country, it was reported.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 21:57 UTC

  United States to pardon all those convicted of marijuana possession

  

  U.S. President Joseph Biden will pardon all those federally convicted of marijuana possession through an executive order, the White House announced Thursday. “Sending people to prison simply for possessing marijuana has affected too many lives and has meant that there are people incarcerated for conduct that is legal in many states,” Biden said in a video to announce the decision.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Tension escalates as North Korea fires two more short-range missiles

  

  Just two days after launching an intermediate-range missile that triggered alarms in Japan, North Korea fired two more short-range ballistic missiles into the Pacific Ocean Thursday.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:49 UTC

  “Click chemistry” developers awarded Nobel Prize

  

  Caroline R. Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless of the United States have been awarded the 2022 Chemistry Nobel Prize together with Denmark's Morten Meldal for making difficult things easy, it was announced.

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  OPEC+ puts pressure on western countries with strict output cut

  

  The price of gas at pumps for drivers worldwide might soon go up once again after OPEC+ countries at a meeting in Vienna agreed on to deepest production cut since the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 19:57 UTC

  Trump sues CNN for damages after derogatory remarks

  

  Former US President Donald Trump is seeking US$ 475 million in damages from CNN after the network referred to him as “Putin's lackey,” a “racist” and “Hitler,” among other epithets.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  US: Easier access increases number of calls for assistance against suicide

  

  Suicide assistance lines in the United States are going through an unprecedented 45% increase in activity in the last few months since the three-digit line made things easier por people in distress, it was reported.