United States

Tuesday, April 9th 2019 - 05:06 UTC
Trump designates Iran's Guards a terrorist organization; Teheran does the same with US troops in Middle East

United States President Donald Trump has designated Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization. It is the first time the US has labelled another nation's military as a terrorist organization. Iran retaliated by declaring US forces in the Middle East as a terrorist organization, Iran state news reported.
Monday, April 8th 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Message to the Democrats: Trump will “never” disclose his tax returns

One of US President Donald Trump's top aides has said that opposition Democrats will “never” see his tax returns. White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said the call for the records to be released was a “political stunt”.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:52 UTC
Hiring in services increases helping to keep US unemployment at a record low 3.8%

US job creation came back to life in March, with a hiring surge in healthcare, bars and restaurants, while unemployment held steady and worker wages continued to climb, government data showed Friday.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:49 UTC
Trump's carrots stick approach to Mexico and the border illegal crossing dispute

President Donald Trump flew on Friday to visit newly built fencing on the Mexican border, even as he retreated from a threat to shut the frontier over what he says is an out-of-control influx of migrants and drugs.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:46 UTC
US and China “making progress” towards ending the trade war

President Donald Trump on Friday said talks with Beijing were making progress toward ending the trade war between the world's two top economies, but he again stopped short of predicting success.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:43 UTC
Trump again puts pressure on the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates

United States president Donald Trump said on Friday the US Federal Reserve should lower interest rates and take other unconventional measures to ease pressure on an economy that he said they slowed down. “I think they should drop rates,” Trump told reporters. “I think they really slowed us down. There's no inflation.”
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:39 UTC
Beijing poses a threat, says Pompeo after arrest of Chinese woman trying to enter Trump's Florida resort

The arrest of a Chinese woman who allegedly brought malicious software to US President Donald Trump's Florida resort shows that Beijing poses a threat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 09:20 UTC
US blacklists PDVSA tankers and two companies shipping Venezuelan oil to Cuba

US Vice President Mike Pence announced sanctions on Friday on 34 vessels of Venezuela's state oil company and two companies that ship crude to Cuba as Washington pushes to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
Saturday, April 6th 2019 - 08:31 UTC
Boeing to drastically cut production of the 737; no lifting of grounding order expected soon

Boeing said on Friday it plans to cut its monthly 737 aircraft production by nearly 20% in the wake of two deadly crashes, signaling it does not expect aviation authorities to allow the plane back in the air anytime soon.
Friday, April 5th 2019 - 17:45 UTC
US Treasury official David Malpass elected as World Bank’s president

David Malpass has been chosen as the president of the World Bank Group (WBG) on Friday after being unanimously elected by the executive board of the organization with no other candidates.