United States

Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 10:34 UTC
George Bush, the graceful victor of Gorbachev and the Soviet empire has died

George Herbert Walker Bush, the World War II veteran who was elected the 41st president of the United States and fathered the nation's 43rd, died late Friday at the age of 94, his family announced in a statement. The Republican spent decades serving in government before ascending to the nation's highest office, having served as United Nations ambassador, CIA chief and vice president under Ronald Reagan, a towering political figure still venerated by the GOP.
Friday, November 30th 2018 - 06:19 UTC
Air Force One touches down - Trump is in BA for G-20 Summit

The famous Air Force One, a veritable Flying White House, landed in Ezeiza at 10.10 pm amid tight security measures right on time for US President Donald Trump to rest and get ready for Friday's breakfast meeting with his Argentine colleague Mauricio Macri.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 17:53 UTC
No talks with Putin at G-20 over Crimea tensions, says Trump enroute to Argentina

US President Donald Trump Thursday shocked the world as he announced he would not be meeting one-on-one with his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin during the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires due to the escalating military crisis in Crimea.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:30 UTC
World leaders fly to Buenos Aires for G20, but little consensus for a final declaration

United States President Donald Trump jets into Argentina on Thursday for a G20 summit, keen to do battle with China on trade and sharpening his rhetoric against Russia over Ukraine. The weekend summit is confronted with increasingly dire warnings, by the International Monetary Fund among others, of the potential harm faced by the world economy from Trump's trade wars.
Thursday, November 29th 2018 - 09:23 UTC
Trump favors imposing tariffs to protect US auto industry; EU ready to react with retaliation tariffs

President Donald Trump on Wednesday indicated he favours imposing import tariffs to protect the US auto industry, which was rocked by this week's announcement of job cuts at General Motors. In two tweets, the president said that extending tariffs already in place for foreign-built small trucks to the car sector would help domestic manufacturers.
Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 09:17 UTC
Ex Chavez aide sentenced in US for money laundering and receiving US$ 1 billion in bribes

A court in the United States has sentenced the former head of Venezuela's treasury, Alejandro Andrade, to 10 years in prison for money laundering. Andrade, 54, had pleaded guilty to taking US$ 1bn in bribes in exchange for offering access to preferential foreign currency exchange rates.
Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 08:46 UTC
US imposes sanctions on the wife of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega

United States president Donald Trump on Tuesday sanctioned the wife of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega and one of his aides under a new executive order allowing Washington to target Nicaraguan officials for a crackdown on anti-government protests.
Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 08:41 UTC
Trump open to a deal with China on certain conditions, says advisor Kudlow

U.S. President Donald Trump is open to reaching a deal on U.S.-China trade irritants over dinner on Saturday with Chinese leader Xi Jinping but is ready to hike tariffs on Chinese imports if there is no breakthrough, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:59 UTC
US and Argentina ready to sign a two-way fresh beef deal

Argentina is on the verge of signing a deal with the United States that would allow two-way trade of fresh beef for the first time in nearly two decades, the country's international trade secretary, Marisa Bircher, said. The agreement, expected to be signed within days, would simultaneously open beef imports to both countries, Bircher told Reuters in an interview.
Tuesday, November 27th 2018 - 08:51 UTC
Trump downplays a trade deal with China ahead of Saturday's meeting with Xi in Buenos Aires

United States president Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will meet on Saturday in Argentina on the sidelines of a Group of 20 summit in Buenos Aires, a U.S. media outlet reported on Monday. The two leaders will meet a day after the United States, Mexico and Canada sign a new trilateral trade agreement, the online edition of Inside U.S. Trade said.