United States

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 07:53 UTC

  Trump lifts restrictions on deployment of landmines, the “non persistent” models

  

  President Donald Trump on Friday lifted US restrictions on the deployment of landmines, saying a new generation of high-tech explosives would improve security for US forces. In the latest reversal of a policy of his predecessor Barack Obama, Trump gave the green light to so-called “non-persistent” landmines that can be switched off remotely rather than staying in the ground forever.

• Friday, January 31st 2020 - 08:52 UTC

  Coronavirus: US warns its citizens not to travel to China, listed at same level as Afghanistan and Iraq

  

  The U.S. government warned Americans not to travel to China as the death toll from a new coronavirus reached 213 on Friday and the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency.

• Thursday, January 30th 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Trump could be acquitted on Friday of the impeachment trial

  

  Democratic push to force Republicans to accept witnesses at Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the US Senate appeared to be flagging on Wednesday, raising the possibility the President could be acquitted as early as Friday.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:58 UTC

  IMF and Argentina say they held very productive talks in a New York meeting

  

  IMF officials and Argentina's economy minister met in New York on Tuesday for what they called “productive” and “positive” talks as the South American nation looks for help from its main creditor to alleviate a challenging debt situation.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Johnson defies US and grants Huawei a limited role in UK's mobile network

  

  Prime Minister Boris Johnson granted Huawei a limited role in Britain's 5G mobile network on Tuesday, frustrating a global attempt by the United States to exclude the Chinese telecoms giant from the West's next-generation communications.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  Major quake in the Caribbean, northwest of Jamaica

  

  A major 7.7 magnitude quake struck on Tuesday in the Caribbean northwest of Jamaica, the US Geological Survey reported, raising the risk of tsunami waves in the region.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 08:10 UTC

  Solid growth of US economy this year, but with increasing federal budgets

  

  The U.S. economy will grow at a “solid” rate of 2.2% this year, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office forecast on Tuesday, but with federal budget deficits hitting US$1.015 trillion.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2020 - 07:44 UTC

  Guyana rapidly becoming an oil major: 16th discovery in four years of exploration

  

  ExxonMobil today announced its 16 discovery in the Stabroek Block, located off the Guyanese coastline. The Texas-based company announced that it encountered 29 meters of high-quality oil-bearing sandstone at the Uaru well.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:20 UTC

  Prince Andrew wanted for questioning by US prosecutor and the FBI

  

  The scandal surrounding Prince Andrew's friendship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein has deepened after a leading US prosecutor said requests to interview the senior royal - including from the FBI - had been ignored.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2020 - 08:16 UTC

  Argentina's economy minister scheduled to meet IMF officials

  

  Argentine Economy Minister Martin Guzman will meet with International Monetary Fund officials in New York on Tuesday, an IMF spokesman said on Monday, as the government continues talks with its biggest creditor ahead of a massive debt restructuring.