United States

• Thursday, May 27th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Amazon buys over MGM Studios for 8.45 billion US dollars

  

  Amazon and MGM Wednesday announced a definitive merger agreement had been reached, under which Amazon will acquire MGM Studios for a purchase price of US $ 8.45 billion.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 07:17 UTC

  Biden administration decided to keep Cuba in the “bad boys” list

  

  Cuba complained that the Biden administration has continued the policies of former U.S. President Donald Trump against Havana with a decision to maintain a Trump-era determination that it is not fully cooperating in the fight against terrorism.

• Wednesday, May 26th 2021 - 06:35 UTC

  Most Republicans believe Trump won the election, Reuter/Ipsos opinion poll

  

  A majority of Republicans still believe Donald Trump won the 2020 presidential election and blame his loss to Joe Biden on illegal voting, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll.

• Saturday, May 22nd 2021 - 00:17 UTC

  Alaska lobbies successfully for the return of the cruise industry

  

  The US House of Representatives this week passed a bill to give foreign-flag cruise ships a temporary cabotage waiver, enabling them to operate in Alaska without a foreign stop. The legislation earlier passed in the Senate.

• Friday, May 21st 2021 - 08:51 UTC

  Biden picks for Western Hemisphere career diplomat who favors sanctions against Venezuela

  

  US President Joseph Biden's candidate for the office of Undersecretary of the State Department for the Western Hemisphere, Brian A. Nichols, has said sanctions against the Nicolás Maduro regime must continue.

• Thursday, May 20th 2021 - 05:54 UTC

  US state of Texas criminalizes every abortion after the sixth week of pregnancy

  

  Texas' Republican Governor Greg Abbot Wednesday signed into law a new bill criminalizing terminations of pregnancies of six weeks or more.

• Wednesday, May 19th 2021 - 17:12 UTC

  US lawmaker unveils list of corrupt Central American officials; another list expected in June

  

  Congresswoman Norma J. Torres (CA-35), the sole Central American serving in Congress and Co-Chair of the Central Americans Caucus, today praised a list prepared and released at her request by the U.S. State Department identifying corrupt officials in the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.

• Saturday, May 15th 2021 - 09:04 UTC

  Google buys 30-hectare property in Uruguay's Science Park

  

  Google's subsidiary in Uruguay, Eleanor Applications SRL, Friday purchased 30 hectares in the duty-free Science Park in Canelones, where it will install a data centre, it was announced.

• Friday, May 14th 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  US advises against travel to Israel as violence escalates in conflict

  

  The Government of the United States has advised against travel to Israel after evacuating some 120 Pentagon staff members from the war-torn region, it was announced Thursday.

• Tuesday, May 11th 2021 - 08:32 UTC

  Biden administration extends gender identity support regarding health care treatments

  

  The Administration of US President Joseph Biden has taken steps towards ensuring “gender identity” becomes a protected class within the healthcare system and is safe from all forms of discrimination, it was announced Monday.