United States

• Monday, October 6th 2025 - 21:38 UTC

  Lula asks Trump to end high tariffs on Brazilian products

  

  Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Donald Trump of the United States held a videoconference on Monday for 30 minutes, during which the South American leader requested the removal of the 50% tariffs imposed on Brazilian products, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Monday, October 6th 2025 - 08:23 UTC

  US strikes yet another alleged drug-trafficking boat in Caribbean

  

  US President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth publicly confirmed and defended the recent attacks on vessels in the Caribbean Sea, escalating the administration's “war on drugs” by characterizing the cartels as “narco-terrorists” and the operations as “acts of war.”

• Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 10:51 UTC

  Trump asks Israel to stop shelling Gaza as negotiations yield some light

  

  After the pro-Palestine terrorist organization Hamas was reported to be willing to accept a peace proposal put forth by US President Donald Trump -including the release of all hostages- the Republican leader asked Israel on Friday to cease shelling the Gaza Strip.

• Saturday, October 4th 2025 - 10:22 UTC

  IMF appoints Daniel Katz as new second-in-command

  

  Following the resignation of Economist Gita Gopinath earlier this year, the Washington-based International Monetary Fund's (IMF) Executive Board announced on Friday that it was hiring Daniel Katz as the new First Deputy Managing Director (FDMD), who is to assume his new duties on Monday.

• Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 18:59 UTC

  US hits another vessel near Venezuela, killing 4

  

  US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday that his country's forces carried out a lethal and kinetic attack ordered by President Donald Trump against a “drug trafficking vessel affiliated with designated terrorist organizations” near the coast of Venezuela.

• Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Bessent insists US ready to help Argentina

  

  US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly reiterated his strong support for Argentine President Javier Milei's government, confirming that his agency was prepared “to do whatever it takes” to stabilize the South American country's economy and was working on a currency swap package believed to be around US$20 billion.

• Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 08:57 UTC

  US gov't shuts down again after seven years

  

  The United States' federal government ended up in the first shutdown in seven years after Republicans and Democrats in the Senate failed to agree on a spending bill.

• Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 08:01 UTC

  “Argentina’s finances just got even more surreal”, by The Economist

  

  On September 22nd, 15 minutes before Argentina’s foreign-exchange markets opened, America’s government made an intervention. “Argentina is a systemically important US ally,” Scott Bessent, America’s treasury secretary, wrote on X, a social network. He added that the United States would “do what is needed” and that “all options for stabilization are on the table.”

• Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Milei announces new meeting with Trump at White House

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei will meet on Oct. 14 with his US counterpart, Donald J. Trump, at the White House, just a few days ahead of the midterm elections in the South American country, Casa Rosada confirmed Tuesday. “MEETING AT THE WHITE HOUSE. End,” Milei posted on X.

• Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 08:39 UTC

  Tony Blair eyed for leading role in Trump's Gaza peace plan

  

  Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair resurfaced onto the international political arena after being tapped to play an oversight role in US President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Gaza Strip.