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United States

  • Wednesday, March 21st 2018 - 06:49 UTC

    Trump congratulates Putin and announces coming summit; Republicans furious

    During the call, Trump emphasized denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, discussed the state of U.S.-Russia relations and resolved to continue dialogue

    President Donald Trump congratulated Russian President Vladimir Putin on his re-election during a phone call on Tuesday and the two leaders agreed to hold talks soon. “We will probably get together in the not-too-distant future, so we can discuss arms, we can discuss arms race.” Trump told reporters before an oval office meeting with Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

  • Monday, March 19th 2018 - 08:45 UTC

    Brazil's giant meat packer JBS sells feed-lot assets in several US states

    Pinnacle Asset Management, a private New York-based asset management firm that focuses on global commodities markets, bought the operations for US$200 m.

    It took about eight months, but Brazil's giant meat packing industry JBS is finally free of its Five Rivers Cattle Feeding operations. The Greeley-based company in Colorado had planned since last June to sell its massive cattle feeding operations, which span six states including Colorado. The deal became final and closed on Friday.

  • Friday, March 16th 2018 - 10:28 UTC

    Western leaders abhor nerve-agent attack and point to Russia: “no plausible alternative explanation”

    In Washington, US President Donald Trump said “it certainly looks like the Russians were behind it”.

    The leaders of France, Germany, the US and UK say there is “no plausible alternative explanation” to Russia having been behind the nerve agent attack in the UK. They condemned the “first offensive use of a nerve agent in Europe since the Second World War”, calling it an assault on UK sovereignty.

  • Thursday, March 15th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

    US tariffs controversy: Temer urges a “friendly” solution before filing a complaint at WTO

    Temer urged Brazilian steel producers and their U.S. clients to work together in lobbying the U.S. government and Congress to modify the tariffs

    President Michel Temer said on Wednesday that Brazil will respond with caution to planned U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum to avoid hurting ties with its second-largest trade partner. But if talks fail, the president emphasized, Brazil will not hesitate to take a complaint to the World Trade Organization.

  • Wednesday, March 14th 2018 - 09:32 UTC

    CIA first woman chief an expert in “enhanced interrogation”

    Ms Haspel leadership positions include deputy director of the National Clandestine Service, and chief of staff for the director of the National Clandestine Service.

    Gina Haspel, 61, the newly nominated first-ever female director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), is a career intelligence officer with more than 30 years' experience. Controversially, she ran a prison in Thailand where suspected al-Qaeda members were tortured by water-boarding in 2002.

  • Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 15:28 UTC

    Tillerson fired, Trump names CIA chief Pompeo new Secretary of State

    Trump said CIA Director Mike Pompeo will replace the former Exxon Mobil chief executive and Deputy CIA Director Gina Haspel to run the spy agency

    Rex Tillerson was fired as secretary of State on Tuesday, ending a tumultuous tenure as America's top diplomat that was marked by a series of public disagreements with his boss — President Donald Trump.

  • Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 09:31 UTC

    Argentine envoy in Washington to negotiate exemption of higher metal tariffs

    “Clearly the percentage of Argentine exports of steel and aluminum to US is very small. We are not a threat to national safety”, explained Miguel Braun

    Argentina's Commerce Secretary Miguel Braun travelled to Washington to negotiate an exemption to the higher tariffs recently placed on steel and aluminum imports by the Donald Trump administration.

  • Tuesday, March 13th 2018 - 07:12 UTC

    White House confirms Trump will visit Peru and Colombia in April

    Trump will travel to Peru to attend the Summit of the Americas in Lima on April 13-14, a gathering of leaders from across the Western Hemisphere

    United States president Donald Trump will make his Latin America debut next month, visiting Peru and Colombia after harsh rhetoric towards Hispanic migrants and neighbors to the south. Trump will travel to Peru to attend the Summit of the Americas in Lima on April 13-14, a gathering of leaders from across the Western Hemisphere, and from there he will visit Colombia.

  • Friday, March 9th 2018 - 17:44 UTC

    An opening — nothing more — with North Korea (*)

    The North Korea leader with his generals during a missile test

    After meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean officials have reported that North Korea is willing to hold talks with the United States about its nuclear weapons program. If true — and there is much to be confirmed — the offer should be pursued. Caution must be the watchword of any discussions, however. Talks are welcome, but their goal must be the rollback and eventual elimination of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. Negotiations can never legitimate Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions or accept its status as a nuclear-weapon possessing state.

  • Friday, March 9th 2018 - 17:31 UTC

    China, Russia and Japan applaud the announced Trump-Kim Jong Un meeting

    The unprecedented meeting between the top leaders of the US and North Korea, to take place by May, marks the pinnacle of an abrupt thaw in ties

    China, Japan and Russia have cheered an impending meeting between United States President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a “significant first step” towards the de-nuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.