United States

Monday, November 25th 2019 - 07:39 UTC
Bloomberg confirms he wants to reach the White House, pushing aside extremists and cons

Industrious billionaire, a three-term mayor of New York and a climate change activist, Michael Bloomberg is now eyeing one last prize: the US presidency. The 77-year-old giant of the financial world officially announced that he was joining the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination on Sunday, but he has some catching up to do.
Monday, November 25th 2019 - 06:29 UTC
US, a source of instability and “baselessly smearing China” blasts top Beijing official

The United States is the world's biggest source of instability and its politicians are going around the world baselessly smearing China, the Chinese government's top diplomat said on Saturday in a stinging attack at a G20 meeting in Japan.
Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:38 UTC
President Trump wants an impeachment trial in the US Senate, “the only chamber he can expect fairness”

President Donald Trump wants an impeachment trial to go forward in the US Senate because he would receive due process there and he expects Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden would be among the witnesses, a White House spokesman said on Thursday.
Friday, November 22nd 2019 - 09:11 UTC
US Congress wants to investigate Brazil's meatpacking giant JBS

A top United States Democratic congresswoman on Thursday asked the Agriculture Department (USDA) to investigate and retract tens of millions of dollars in federal contracts with the U.S. subsidiary of a Brazilian meatpacking company facing federal corruption charges.
Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:45 UTC
Mexican government helping its citizens file lawsuits against Walmart over racial shootings

Mexico's government said on Wednesday it has helped 10 Mexican citizens file lawsuits against Walmart over an August shooting at a store in El Paso, Texas, where a suspected white nationalist killed 22 people.
Thursday, November 21st 2019 - 09:21 UTC
Fed dismisses the idea of negative interest rates, despite Trump's insistence, according to released minutes

US central bankers last month dismissed the idea of taking interest rates into negative territory, something President Donald Trump has called for many times, according to meeting minutes released on Wednesday.
Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Trump again threatens China with higher tariffs if no deal is reached

The United States would raise tariffs on Chinese imports if no deal is reached with Beijing to end a trade war, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, threatening an escalation of the spat that has damaged economic growth worldwide.
Wednesday, November 20th 2019 - 08:49 UTC
FBI regrets not having acted more swiftly in the intellectual property dispute with Beijing

The FBI wished it had taken swifter action as Beijing recruited US-based researchers to transfer intellectual property from American laboratories, a senior official at the agency said on Tuesday during Senate testimony.
Tuesday, November 19th 2019 - 05:31 UTC
Walmart had 120 supermarkets burnt and looted in Chile; seeks court order for police protection

Walmart has sought court orders for police protection in protest-wracked Chile after more than 120 of its supermarkets were looted or burned. The Chilean subsidiary of the US-headquartered retailer lodged orders with courts in six Chilean cities, saying the attacks on its stores had put its staff's safety and jobs at risk, “gravely” affected its ability to operate in the country and caused it “enormous economic damage.”
Monday, November 18th 2019 - 09:30 UTC
Trump in very good health, after first medical checkup

Despite all of his political and courts wrangling, US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that he was in very good health, after undergoing what he said was the first phase of an annual medical checkup the previous day.