United States

• Friday, December 8th 2017 - 01:10 UTC

  UK disagrees with US: Jerusalem should be the shared capital of the Israeli and Palestinian states

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has said Great Britain disagrees with the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, as the Israeli capital, and underlines that Jerusalem should be the shared capital of the Israeli and Palestinian states. She added that the UK embassy to Israel is based in Tel Aviv and there are no plans to move it.

• Thursday, December 7th 2017 - 07:56 UTC

  Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and calls it a new approach to the Palestinian conflict

  

  In a momentous shift of United States foreign policy in the Middle East, President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday and initiated the process of relocating the U.S. embassy to the city from Tel Aviv.

• Thursday, December 7th 2017 - 07:38 UTC

  Special counsel subpoenas Deutsche Bank on President Trump's finances

  

  Special counsel Robert Mueller has issued a subpoena to Germany’s largest bank, in a possible sign the investigation into Russian election interference may be expanding toward the finances of President Donald Trump or other individuals under scrutiny by the special counsel.

• Wednesday, December 6th 2017 - 13:47 UTC

  Brazil and US scientists discover molecule that has destroyed millions of citrus groves

  

  Researchers have identified the molecule that attracts the insect that transmits citrus greening disease, a development expected to help farmers control a plague that has destroyed trees in growing regions of Brazil and the United States. The scientific breakthrough is the result of six years of research on Diaphorina citri, the vector of citrus greening disease.

• Wednesday, December 6th 2017 - 10:15 UTC

  No elections until “vulgar sanctions” against Venezuela are lifted, warns Maduro

  

  Venezuela said future elections in the country would only take place once U.S. sanctions against top ranking officials and its finances are lifted, in a sign from the government that next year’s presidential vote is at risk.

• Wednesday, December 6th 2017 - 08:21 UTC

  Trump scheduled to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital; Arab allies warn of the consequences

  

  US President Donald Trump will recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and direct the State Department to begin the lengthy process of moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to the city, according to senior Trump administration officials. The announcement, which is expected at 18:00 GMT on Wednesday, comes amid global condemnation of the move.

• Tuesday, December 5th 2017 - 08:06 UTC

  US Supreme Court hands victory to Trump by supporting ban travel on six Muslim countries

  

  The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to President Donald Trump by allowing his latest travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries to go into full effect even as legal challenges continue in lower courts.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 10:32 UTC

  US regulator allows trading in Bitcoin related financial contracts

  

  Bitcoin has taken another step toward the financial mainstream, after a US regulator said it would let two traditional exchanges begin trading in Bitcoin-related financial contracts. CME Group and CBOE Global Markets exchanges will offer investors Bitcoin futures from later this month.

• Monday, December 4th 2017 - 07:33 UTC

  US Congress begins work on major tax reform compromise bill

  

  United States House and Senate lawmakers return to Capitol Hill on Monday to begin working on a major tax cut compromise bill -- just two days after GOP senators narrowly approved their chamber’s plan on a 51-to-49 vote. The House, which has a larger Republican majority, approved its version last month.

• Wednesday, November 29th 2017 - 08:10 UTC

  Fed chief candidate anticipates US economy is ready to end “accommodation”

  

  Jerome “Jay” Powell, President Donald Trump's pick to lead the US central bank, the Federal Reserve, is about to become “the most important economic policymaker in the world”. At least that's how one senator put it at Powell's confirmation hearing in Washington on Tuesday.