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Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:57 UTC
Trump hails the launching of the United States/Mexico/Canada trade agreement

After 14 months of talks between the United States and its closest allies, President Donald Trump celebrated the United States Mexico Canada Agreement, or USMCA, a new trade agreement that is poised to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.
Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:43 UTC
Nobel Medicine Prize for harnessing immune system to fight cancer

James Allison from the United States and Japanese Tasuku Honjo won the 2018 Nobel Prize for Medicine for discoveries leading to new approaches in harnessing the immune system to fight cancer, the award-giving body said on Monday.
Tuesday, October 2nd 2018 - 08:20 UTC
Hackers warn voting machines in the US pose security “serious risks”

Voting machines pose “serious risks” to US security, hackers are warning. A report outlines major flaws in voting hardware, weeks before US mid-term elections. One ballot machine, used in 23 US states, carries a cybersecurity flaw that was reported over a decade ago, the hackers claim.
Monday, October 1st 2018 - 08:42 UTC
US and Canada reach a NAFTA framework pudate; “we have a trilateral deal”, sayd Mexican sources

The US dollar slipped against the Canadian dollar on Monday as the United States and Canada reached a framework deal to update the North American Free Trade Agreement. The deal reached involves offering more dairy access to U.S. farmers as well as Canada agreeing to a side-letter arrangement effectively capping automobile exports to the United States.
Friday, September 28th 2018 - 08:34 UTC
Controversial Almagro’s “complete support” for the Referral to ICC of Venezuela Investigation

The controversial Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, expressed his complete support for the decision of the presidents of Argentina, Mauricio Macri; of Chile, Sebastián Piñera; of Colombia, Iván Duque; of Paraguay, Mario Abdo Benítez; of Peru, Martín Vizcarra; and of the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, to refer to the International Criminal Court (ICC) the investigation into the existence of crimes against humanity in Venezuela.
Friday, September 28th 2018 - 08:17 UTC
Petrobras gradually moving out of lawsuits stemming from major corruption scheme

Petrobras, Brazil's state oil company, has agreed to pay more than US$ 853m to the United States and Brazil, ending a long-running corruption investigation. The probe stemmed from a bribery scheme at the firm, which involved millions in payments that were concealed from investors and regulators.
Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 09:08 UTC
Trump rebuffs Trudeau claiming “Canada has treated the US very badly”

US President Donald Trump confirmed on Wednesday that he had refused to meet Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, accusing Canada of treating the United States “very badly.”
Thursday, September 27th 2018 - 08:24 UTC
Iran tells Trump he is responsible for oil price increase: stop interfering in the Middle East

President Donald Trump should stop interfering in the Middle East if he wants the price of oil to stop rising, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 21:13 UTC
Fed raises interest rate and announces a third increase this year

The United States Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday, after a two-day policy meeting, that it would raise interest rates for the third time this year. The decision, which had been widely expected, raised the federal funds rate by 25 basis points, to a range of 2% to 2.25%.
Wednesday, September 26th 2018 - 09:11 UTC
Conciliatory message from Beijing to the Trump administration as bitter trade war increases

China and the United States can compete but should not view each other with a Cold War mentality and should avoid falling into a zero-sum game trap, the Chinese government's top diplomat said, amid deteriorating ties between the superpowers.