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  • Thursday, February 15th 2018 - 09:08 UTC

    Carnage at Florida school: expelled student opens fire and kills at least 17

    Live footage showed emergency workers who appeared to be treating the wounded on sidewalks.

    Police said a former student opened fire at a Florida high school on Wednesday, killing at least 17 people and sending scores of students fleeing into the streets in the nation's deadliest school shooting since a gunman attacked an elementary school in Newtown, Conn. The shooter, who was equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades, set off a fire alarm to draw students out of their classrooms shortly before the school day ended, officials said.

  • Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 16:28 UTC

    Clean Oil That Only Costs $20

    If there's one big reason for the U.S. energy revolution, it's that new technology has allowed American companies to beat the competition

    The United States is in the midst of an energy revolution.

    Oil production has risen by 5 million barrels per day (bpd) since 2010, an increase of nearly 100 percent. New technology, particularly techniques in shale oil drilling, has opened up vast new opportunities for oil and gas companies.

  • Wednesday, February 14th 2018 - 09:36 UTC

    Five ex PDVSA officials on trial in Houston for US$ 1 billion graft probe

    The indictment was filed in a US federal court in Houston and was made public after Spain on Friday extradited one of the former officials, Cesar Rincon

    U.S. prosecutors announced charges against five former Venezuelan officials accused of soliciting bribes in exchange for helping vendors win favorable treatment from state oil company PDVSA, the latest case to stem from a US$1 billion graft probe.

  • Tuesday, February 13th 2018 - 09:29 UTC

    Ex investment banker appointed new president of US soccer

    Cordeiro's mandate is to restore U.S credibility in football around the globe after the country's national team failed to qualify for the 2018 World Cup in Russia

    The former investment banker at Goldman Sachs became the new president of U.S. Soccer on Feb. 11. He replaces Sunil Gulati after an election in Orlando, Florida that required three rounds of voting to finally crown Cordeiro.

  • Friday, February 9th 2018 - 20:26 UTC

    Fed member forecasts three interest rate hikes this year

    Dallas Fed president Robert Kaplan said that any removal of stimulus would be done gradually and patiently, without pre-commitment to any particular rate path.

    The U.S. Federal Reserve is likely to continue removing policy accommodation gradually and could hike rates three times this year, Dallas Fed President Robert S. Kaplan told a business conference in Frankfurt on Thursday.

  • Friday, February 9th 2018 - 20:23 UTC

    US extends Timerman a new visa who can now fly to New York

    A month ago Timerman arrived at Ezeiza with the purpose of travelling to New York and was informed by American Airlines the State Department decision.

    United States handed this week a new visa to Argentina's ex foreign minister Hector Timerman, after having revoked the document almost a month ago. Current foreign minister Jorge Faurie was instrumental in obtaining the visa, according to Buenos Aires diplomatic sources.

  • Friday, February 9th 2018 - 20:00 UTC

    Five European countries have become a top travel destination for the US

    The U.K. saw the biggest increase in interest among U.S. travelers, rising from tenth to fifth place year over year.

    Europe is once again a top travel destination for Americans. Five European countries, Italy, Ireland, France, Iceland and the United Kingdom, comprised half of the top 10 spots for vacation plans in 2018.

  • Friday, February 9th 2018 - 09:56 UTC

    As Dow Jones plunges 10% points, fears of a bear market and ripples effects on the economy

    Dow and S&P 500 are down more than 10% from their all-time highs, passing the psychological barrier known as “correction” for the first time in two years.

    The United States Dow Jones industrial average nosedived more than 1,000 points on Thursday, registering another eye-popping loss for the closely-followed index, as wild trading and fears of rising interest rates around the world took hold of traders. The Dow as well as the S&P 500, a broader stock index, are now down more than 10% from their all-time highs, passing an important psychological barrier known as a “correction” for the first time in two years.

  • Thursday, February 8th 2018 - 09:26 UTC

    China confirms support for Venezuela and lashes out at “irresponsible” US

    Spokesman Geng Shuang said financial cooperation with Venezuela was set by companies and financial bodies in both nations on commercial, win-win principles.

    China’s support for Venezuela has benefited ordinary people and been broadly welcomed, the foreign ministry said after the U.S. Treasury accused China of aiding Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government with murky oil-for-loan investments.

  • Wednesday, February 7th 2018 - 15:23 UTC

    Powell becomes chairman of the Fed in a turbulent trading day

    President Donald Trump picked Powell after deciding to break with recent tradition by not offering Yellen a second four-year term.

    Jerome Powell was sworn as the 16th chairman of the Federal Reserve on what turned out to be a turbulent day for Wall Street, with the Dow Jones industrial average plunging by more than 1,100 points. Powell, 65, was given the oath of office by Randal Quarles, the Fed's vice chairman for supervision, in a ceremony that took place before stock trading opened on Wall Street.