United States

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:55 UTC

  Argentine corruption funds emerge in New York and Miami properties

  

  Following the arrests of four people, authorities in Argentina have uncovered how a former president may have used bribe money to buy U.S. properties, including luxury condos in New York City and South Florida.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 08:50 UTC

  Pompeo defends sanctions on Iran, “the toughest ever”, but eight countries will enjoy waivers

  

  United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday defended the White House’s move last week to reimpose sanctions against Iran amid criticism from some conservatives that the action does not go far enough to cripple the country’s economy.

• Monday, November 5th 2018 - 05:44 UTC

  Buenos Aires G20 summit: US requests Uruguay authorization to station troops and aircraft

  

  Uruguay's government asked Congress to allow United States troops and equipment to stay in country during the upcoming G20 meeting in neighboring Argentina, due to be attended by the US, Chinese, Russian and European leaders.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:24 UTC

  US economy adds 250.000 jobs, and wages rise at their fastest pace in nine years

  

  Wages in the United States grew at their fastest pace for nine years last month, the latest official figures show. The US Labor Department said wages grew at an annual rate of 3.1% in October, accelerating from a rate of 2.8% the month before. The economy also added 250,000 jobs last month, beating expectations, while the jobless rate remained at 3.7%.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:19 UTC

  US “toughest” sanctions on Iran effective next Monday; “psychological warfare” claims Teheran

  

  The Trump administration is to reinstate all US sanctions on Iran removed under the 2015 nuclear deal. The White House said it was “the toughest sanctions regime ever imposed on Iran” and targeted Iran's energy, shipping and banking sectors.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:17 UTC

  Twitter deletes automated accounts discouraging people from voting in US midterm elections

  

  Twitter has deleted an estimated 10,000 automated accounts that were posting messages discouraging people from taking part in next week's US mid-term elections.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 08:01 UTC

  Booming US economy sees September trade deficit reach it highest in seven months

  

  A hungry American economy powered by a strong U.S. dollar saw record imports in September, driving the U.S. trade deficit to its highest level in seven months, the government reported on Friday.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 07:47 UTC

  Argentina, Japan and EU supporting US drive for greater transparency at WTO

  

  Argentina, Costa Rica, Japan and the European Union are supporting a U.S. drive to enforce greater transparency and discipline at the World Trade Organization, an updated proposal published by the WTO showed on Friday.

• Saturday, November 3rd 2018 - 06:30 UTC

  Havana reacts to new Trump sanctions: “they will not break the will of Cubans”

  

  Cuba on Friday said new sanctions planned by the United States were a futile attempt to change its policies and would only further isolate Washington internationally.

• Friday, November 2nd 2018 - 09:05 UTC

  More US sanctions on the “troika of tyranny” and its three dictator “stooges”

  

  United States imposed new sanctions Thursday on Venezuela and Cuba and promised additional penalties against Nicaragua as the Trump administration laid out a hard-line policy toward countries the White House branded a “troika of tyranny.”