United States

Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 04:40 UTC
EU money laundering black list blocked following US and Saudi complaints

The United States on Friday welcomed the blocking of a proposal to add a group of countries, including four American territories, to the EU money-laundering blacklist after almost all member states opposed it. The US ambassador to the European Union, Gordon Sondland, hit out at the “dogmatic posturing” of the European Commission, the bloc's executive arm.
Saturday, March 2nd 2019 - 04:24 UTC
US and Russia clash over Venezuela; Moscow pledges wheat and medicines

The United States and Russia clashed on Friday over how to assist ailing Venezuela, with Moscow pledging new relief channelled through President Nicolas Maduro and Washington slapping sanctions over the blocking of US aid it tried to force through the border.
Friday, March 1st 2019 - 13:05 UTC
Maduro moves PDVSA office to Moscow to avoid sanctions

Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez announced at a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that the central office of state oil company PDVSA in Europe, located in Lisbon, will move to Moscow to guarantee the security of the country's assets abroad, which were delivered to the Venezuelan Parliament in other countries.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 09:51 UTC
Trump's ex lawyer ashamed of working for a conman, a cheat and a racist

Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen called the US president a conman, a cheat and a racist in explosive congressional testimony on Wednesday, saying he was ashamed of a decade of working for the real estate billionaire.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 09:34 UTC
Trump and Kim cut short summit with no agreement reached on denuclearization

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly cut short their two-day summit on Thursday after the two leaders failed to reach an agreement to dismantle that country’s nuclear weapons. Although Kim said he was ready in principle to denuclearize, he and Trump ended their meetings without sitting for a planned lunch and without participating in a joint signing ceremony.
Thursday, February 28th 2019 - 09:15 UTC
US trade deficit widens sharply in December: imports increase, exports drop

The US trade deficit widened sharply in December as slowing global demand and a strong dollar weighed on exports, another sign that economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter. Other data from the Commerce Department on Wednesday showed new orders for US-made goods barely rose in December and business spending on equipment was much weaker than previously thought, pointing to a softening in manufacturing activity.
Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 08:54 UTC
North Korea could thrive as Vietnam, “and very quickly, if it would denuclearize,” Trump said

US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet this Wednesday for their second summit, betting their personal relationship can break a stalemate over the North's nuclear weapons and end more than 70 years of hostility.
Wednesday, February 27th 2019 - 08:43 UTC
US Lower House revokes Trump's emergency declaration on the border wall

The US House of Representatives has voted to revoke President Donald Trump's emergency declaration over building a US-Mexico border wall. The bid to overturn the declaration now goes to the Republican-majority Senate, where some conservatives have said they will vote with Democrats.
Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 10:50 UTC
US imposes more sanctions to Maduro's allies; calls on Mexico and Uruguay to recognize Guaidó as president

The United States targeted Venezuela's government with new sanctions on Monday and called on allies to freeze the assets of its state-owned oil company PDVSA after deadly violence blocked aid from reaching the crisis-hit country during the weekend.
Tuesday, February 26th 2019 - 09:50 UTC
Trump and Kim Jong Un to meet for dinner in Hanoi on Wednesday

United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will meet for dinner in Hanoi on Wednesday before their previously announced talks the next day, the White House said on Tuesday.