United States

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Automation, rust belts, and the angry and unhappy US electorate

  

  Barack Obama said of the U.S. mid-term elections that “the character of our country is on the ballot,” and the outcome proved him right. The United States is a psychological basket case, more deeply and angrily divided than at any time since the Vietnam War.

• Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 12:57 UTC

  Ocean Infinity will charge for finding the submarine

  

  The US ship operator company that found the remains of ARA San Juan, Ocean Infinity on Thursday will receive USD 7,500,000, as indicated in the contract signed with the Argentine State.

• Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  Trump's White House will impose “decorum” rules for reporters at press briefings

  

  Donald Trump has threatened to walk out of future press briefings if reporters do not act with “decorum”. The US president was speaking after a Washington DC court ordered the White House to return CNN reporter Jim Acosta's press pass after it was revoked by the US Secret Service.

• Saturday, November 17th 2018 - 06:19 UTC

  It's official: ARA San Juan has been found 800 meters deep; next challenge: can she be lifted?

  

  The Argentine Navy confirmed early Saturday morning that the missing ARA San Juan submarine which disappeared in the South Atlantic on 15 November a year ago, with a crew of 44, has been found. The discovery was also announced by the Argentine Defense ministry and the United States company, Ocean Infinity, leading the search for the vessel, and it happens exactly one year and one day after all contact was lost with the vessel sailing from Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego to its base in Mar del Plata.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 22:41 UTC

  Pompeo talks with Faurie about Trump's trip to Argentina

  

  US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Thursday discussed President Donald Trump's upcoming trip to Buenos Aires for the G-20 Summit at the end of the month and other bilateral issues over the telephone with his Argentine counterpart Jorge Faurie, a spokesperson for the State Department confirmed Friday.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 12:11 UTC

  Number of missing in California wildfires rockets past 600

  

  The number of people listed as missing in one of California's deadliest wildfire has skyrocketed past 600, authorities said on Thursday as the remains of seven additional victims were found by rescuers.

• Friday, November 16th 2018 - 08:21 UTC

  Record turnout in the United States 2018 mid-term elections: The Trump factor?

  

  Donald Trump has one indisputable achievement during the first two years of his presidency, it's that he has succeeded in increasing the political engagement of a large share of the United States public.

• Thursday, November 15th 2018 - 09:01 UTC

  Argentina becomes a major importer of US soybeans

  

  The world of soybean shipping has turned upside down thanks to the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. Argentina, the No. 3 global soy grower, is making major purchases of U.S. supplies. A weekly measure of US shipments to Argentina just rose to the highest in at least 35 years, U.S. government data showed Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  California fire fighters manage containment lines; official death toll is 48 and dozens remain missing

  

  Crews battling a deadly wildfire in northern California have managed to hold their containment lines, the state fire service says. They have contained 30% of the fire, stretching over 125,000 acres (50,500 ha), but do not expect to contain it fully until the end of the month.

• Wednesday, November 14th 2018 - 08:38 UTC

  Trump nominates retired Army general as ambassador to Saudi Arabia

  

  United States president Donald Trump on Tuesday nominated a retired Army general to be the country’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia, as Washington faces pressure to respond to the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul.