United States

Monday, September 21st 2020 - 08:18 UTC
US election campaign turns into a Senate battle to fill a Supreme Court vacancy

White House hopeful Joe Biden on Sunday branded Donald Trump's moves to fill a Supreme Court vacancy less than two months before the US presidential election an “abuse of power,” as some of the president's own party also objected.
Saturday, September 19th 2020 - 09:39 UTC
US Supreme Court stalwart liberal has died, giving Trump a chance to expand the conservative majority

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a stalwart liberal on the U.S. Supreme Court since 1993, died on Friday at age 87, the court said, giving President Donald Trump a chance to expand its conservative majority with a third appointment at a time of deep divisions in America with a presidential election looming.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 09:36 UTC
The attraction of oil: first ever US Secretary of State visit to Suriname and Guyana

Mike Pompeo on Thursday became the first US secretary of state to visit Guyana and Suriname as the discovery of oil fuels a sudden new interest in the small South American nations.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:56 UTC
Biden warns UK must honor Northern Ireland Good Friday 1998 peace agreement

US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden warned the United Kingdom that it must honour Northern Ireland’s 1998 peace agreement as it withdraws from the European Union or there would be no separate U.S. trade deal.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:42 UTC
Racial and ethnic minorities suffer the most adult obesity in the US

Adult obesity is rising in the United States, with a greater impact on racial and ethnic minorities, a US Centres for Disease Control (CDC) report showed, at a time when the health condition is seen causing heightened risk for severe COVID-19.
Friday, September 18th 2020 - 08:03 UTC
Michigan state sprayed to contain outbreak of Eastern Equine Encephalitis

After months of trying to contain the coronavirus pandemic, officials in Michigan intensified their fight on Thursday against a different and potentially deadlier disease: Eastern equine encephalitis, a brain infection transmitted by mosquitoes.
Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 09:09 UTC
Biden leads Trump by 9 points; the president's “law and order” message falls short

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leads Republican President Donald Trump nationally among likely U.S. voters by 9 percentage points, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that showed Trump’s “law and order” message falling short with its target audience of suburban voters.
Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 08:57 UTC
US curbs steel imports from Brazil and Mexico, boosting protection for US steelmakers

President Donald Trump’s administration took new steps to curb steel imports from Brazil and Mexico, boosting protections for battered U.S. steelmakers and jobs in the election battleground states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Michigan.
Thursday, September 17th 2020 - 08:48 UTC
Brazilian Army receives thirty armored tanks donated by United States

The Brazilian Army has received a shipment of thirty armored tanks donated by the United States. The special operation was organized by Portos do Paraná together with representatives of the 5th Regional Military Command and Marcon Logística Portuária. The vehicles came from Galveston, Texas, to be used in training, combat, and defense.
Wednesday, September 16th 2020 - 07:50 UTC
US tariffs on Chinese goods breach trade rules, says WTO; Trump suggests he will abandon the organization

The World Trade Organization found on Tuesday that the United States breached global trading rules by imposing multibillion-dollar tariffs in President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, a ruling that drew anger from Washington.