United States

Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 09:39 UTC
US West Coast bees threatened by the predatory Asian giant “murder hornet”

Hundreds of Asian giant hornets – an invasive, predatory insect dubbed the “murder hornet” – have turned up in Washington state near the Canadian border, where they pose a threat to humans and the beekeeping industry, state agriculture officials said.
Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 09:35 UTC
Five year old caught by troopers driving a SUV in a Utah highway

As the driver of the SUV swerved on the freeway at 51kmh when a trooper for the Utah Highway Patrol pulled him over. The trooper could not see the head above the seat's headrest and thought the driver might have been impaired.
Wednesday, May 6th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
US largest pork abattoir resumes limited production

Tyson Foods Inc will resume limited production at its largest U.S. pork plant this week, the company said late on Tuesday. Tyson Fresh Meats, the beef and pork subsidiary of Tyson Foods, had indefinitely suspended operations at the Waterloo, Iowa plant on April 22 to contain the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 06:58 UTC
US prepared to borrow a record US$ 3 trillion in second quarter; national debt soared above 100% of GDP

United States has said it wants to borrow a record US$ 3 trillion in the second quarter, as coronavirus-related rescue packages blow up the budget. The sum is more than five times the previous quarterly record, set at the height of the 2008 financial crisis.
Tuesday, May 5th 2020 - 06:55 UTC
China official media calls “Evil Pompeo” a lying clown

China's state broadcaster CCTV on Monday attacked US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's “insane and evasive remarks” over the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, further fuelling Sino-US tensions.
Monday, May 4th 2020 - 07:45 UTC
Trump announces coronavirus vaccine for end of the year; urges reopening of schools by September

President Donald Trump on Sunday said the United States would have a coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year.
Monday, May 4th 2020 - 07:41 UTC
Buffett sold its entire stakes at the four largest US airlines: “the world has changed”

Berkshire Hathaway sold its entire stakes in the four largest US airlines in April, chairman Warren Buffett said on Saturday at the company's annual meeting, saying “the world has changed” for the aviation industry.
Monday, May 4th 2020 - 07:07 UTC
US insists on blaming Beijing: “enormous evidence” coronavirus originated in a lab in China, claims Pompeo

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday said “enormous evidence” showed the new coronavirus originated in a lab in China, further fueling tensions with Beijing over its handling of the outbreak.
Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 07:21 UTC
Trump thinking on ways of making China accountable for the coronavirus: raising tariffs an option

US President Donald Trump said on Friday raising tariffs on China is “certainly an option” as he considers ways to retaliate for the spread of the COVID-19 out of Wuhan, China.
Saturday, May 2nd 2020 - 06:37 UTC
Trump supports right wind armed protestors who stormed Michigan Capitol building

President Trump threw his support behind armed right-wing protesters who entered the Michigan Capitol shouting and blocked the office of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, claiming that they are “very good people, but they are angry.”