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  • Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 08:38 UTC

    US budget deficit expected to balloon to US$ 1.5 trillion over the next decade

    The CBO said that the long-term U.S. debt, now more than US$ 21 trillion, could soar to more than US$ 33 trillion by 2028

    With the passage of deep tax cuts late last year, annual United States budget deficits are expected to balloon over the next decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Monday.

  • Tuesday, April 10th 2018 - 08:28 UTC

    Facebook's Zuckerberg again apologizes ahead of congressional hearings

    “It was my mistake, and I’m sorry,” Zuckerberg said in testimony released ahead of Tuesday’s appearance before the Senate Judiciary and Commerce committee

    On the eve of an expected grilling by U.S. lawmakers, Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg once again apologized for inadequately protecting the data of millions of social media platform users and highlighted steps the firm is taking to prevent a repeat.

  • Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 07:16 UTC

    Facebook admits personal information data leaks could have reached 87 million users

    Zuckerberg told reporters that he accepted blame for the data leak, which has angered users, advertisers and lawmakers

    Facebook Inc admitted that the personal information of up to 87 million users, mostly in the United States, may have been improperly shared with political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, up from a previous news media estimate of more than 50 million.

  • Sunday, April 8th 2018 - 07:06 UTC

    Facebook CEO Zuckerberg will testify before US congress April 11

    Zuckerberg's upcoming testimony comes after senior Facebook officials failed to answer questions during a private meeting with congressional staffers

    Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will testify before a congressional committee about the privacy scandal that has rocked the social media company. The House and Energy and Commerce Committee announced on Wednesday Zuckerberg will testify on April 11 about the British consulting firm Cambridge Analytica, which obtained data on tens of millions of Facebook users that could be used to influence voters in U.S. elections.

  • Friday, April 6th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

    Trump will take his confrontation with China to the Summit of the Americas

    Trump is expected to argue that China’s trade policies had “not been productive for the hemisphere and that the United States should remain the partner of choice”

    United States President Donald Trump, engaged in an escalating confrontation with Beijing over trade, will urge Latin American leaders next week to work with the United States – not China – on trade, a senior US official said on Thursday. Trump’s trip to Lima, Peru, for the Summit of the Americas has been prefaced by aggressive moves on trade and immigration.

  • Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 09:15 UTC

    American Airlines launches nonstop flight between Los Angeles and Buenos Aires

    The airline has also announced new nonstop service between Miami and Georgetown, Guyana, Pereira, Colombia, and Cordoba, Argentina

    American Airlines will launch its first-ever nonstop flights between Los Angeles International Airport and Ezeiza International Airport in Buenos Aires, as part of a broader expansion in service to Mexico and South American destinations.

  • Tuesday, April 3rd 2018 - 08:58 UTC

    Anti Iran coalition: Saudi crown prince touring the US moves closer to Israel

    The Crown prince said Palestinians and Israelis have the right to have their own land, but a peace agreement is needed to assure the stability for everyone

    Saudi Arabia’s crown prince said Israelis are entitled to live peacefully on their own land in an interview published on Monday in U.S. magazine The Atlantic, another public sign of ties between Riyadh and Tel Aviv appearing to grow closer. Asked if he believes the Jewish people have a right to a nation-state in at least part of their ancestral homeland, Mohammed bin Salman was quoted as saying:

  • Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 08:45 UTC

    Barclays agrees to pay US$ 2bn to settle lawsuit for “misleading investors”

    Barclays chief executive Jes Staley said the bank was “pleased that we have been able to reach a fair and proportionate settlement”. The bank did not admit liability.

    Barclays has agreed to pay US$2bn to settle a lawsuit brought by the US government over the sale of mortgage-backed securities. The US alleged that the bank had misled investors about the quality of loans backing the securities in the run-up to the financial crisis.

  • Monday, April 2nd 2018 - 08:39 UTC

    Trade war: China slaps higher tariffs on US pork, wine and certain fruits

    Eight products, including pork, will now be subject to additional tariffs of 25%, it said, with the measures effective from April 2.

    China has slapped extra tariffs of up to 25% on 128 U.S. products including frozen pork, as well as on wine and certain fruits and nuts, in response to U.S. duties on imports of aluminum and steel, China’s finance ministry said. The tariffs, to take effect on Monday, were released late on Sunday and matches a list of potential tariffs on up to US$3 billion in U.S. goods published by China on March 23.

  • Sunday, April 1st 2018 - 19:12 UTC

    Trump doesn't care about Latin America, Lula tells Correa

    “It's becoming more and more clear each day that the US doesn't want Latin America to be strong,” Lula claimed.

    Former Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, better or simply known as Lula, said Donald Trump “doesn't care about Latin America in the least and added that ”Bush and Condoleezza Rice pursued a much more democratic policy towards Brazil than Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.” In his view, Obama could give magnificent speeches, but never actually delivered.