United States

Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 18:40 UTC
Trump ignores his cabinet and insists the citizenship question will be included in the census

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was moving ahead with adding a contentious citizenship question to the 2020 US census in a dramatic reversal after his own administration including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross announced a day earlier that the plan had been dropped.
Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 17:54 UTC
Wall Street fresh records on expectations of a FED interest rate cut

Optimistic investors drove Wall Street to fresh record highs amid strong expectations of an impending US interest rate cut. The Dow Jones index lifted by 179 points, 0.7 per cent, to 26,966. The broader S&P 500 posted its third consecutive record high, up 0.8 per cent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose 0.75 per cent.
Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 16:54 UTC
Brazil anticipates more trade accords following on the Mercosur/EU deal

Brazil’s Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo said on Wednesday that he expects two new trade deals to be signed between the trade bloc Mercosur and other regions in the second half of 2019, hailing a new era of openness in Brazil.
Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 10:11 UTC
Trump's Fourth of July parade with tanks and fighter planes turns controversial

United States military armored vehicles stood near Washington's majestic Lincoln Memorial on Wednesday as President Donald Trump pushed ahead with an elaborate Fourth of July production with him at the centre, as critics accused him of hijacking a non-partisan celebration of America's Independence Day.
Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 08:11 UTC
Facebook says service has been fully restored: “problem during routine maintenance operation”

Facebook said on Wednesday an issue with uploading or sending media files on its apps and platforms has been resolved.
Thursday, July 4th 2019 - 07:18 UTC
Trump says immigrants unhappy with detention centers, “should not come”

President Donald Trump, facing renewed criticism from Democrats and activists over his handling of a migrant crisis on the US-Mexico border, said in a Twitter post on Wednesday that immigrants unhappy with conditions at detention centers should be told: “not to come.”
Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 14:20 UTC
Lee Iacocca, creator of the Mustang and who saved Chrysler from bankruptcy dies at 94

Lee Iacocca, the car industry legend who created the iconic Ford Mustang and saved Chrysler from bankruptcy, has died at the age of 94. He died at his home in Los Angeles from complications from Parkinson's disease, a family spokeswoman told US media.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 09:38 UTC
Mexican deportation of foreigners increased 33% in June; “great job”, says Trump

Mexico deported 33% more foreigners month-on-month in June, officials announced on Thursday, after the country agreed to take “unprecedented” steps to reduce migration in order to avoid US President Donald Trump's threatened tariffs.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 09:05 UTC
Glyphosate case: US Judge lowers damage award against Bayer

A U.S. judge on Tuesday said he would reduce a US$80 million damage award against Bayer AG to US$50 million or less in the case of a man who blamed his cancer on glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup. U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco said the jury's US$75 million punitive damages award to plaintiff Edwin Hardeman in March could not stand.
Wednesday, July 3rd 2019 - 08:29 UTC
White House confirms: no citizenship question in the U.S. 2020 census

In a stinging defeat for President Donald Trump, his administration has ended its effort to add a citizenship question to the 2020 US census, saying that it will begin printing forms that do not include the contentious query.