United States

• Wednesday, May 24th 2017 - 14:47 UTC

  Trump selling his beachfront estate in St Martin Island, US$ 28 million

  

  United States President Donald Trump is selling off his multi-million-dollar 11-bedroom beachfront estate in the French Caribbean island of St Martin. Le Château des Palmiers, located on Plum Bay Beach, Terres Bassesis on the south-western tip of the island, has been listed by Sotheby's International Realty, which does not reveal any asking price on its website. It says the price is available upon request.

• Wednesday, May 24th 2017 - 07:22 UTC

  US households debt at new record high and manageable, but students loans remain “stubbornly high”

  

  The United States debt level reached a record high this year, surpassing the peak touched just as the worst of the recession was taking hold in 2008, and marking a milestone for households that now lean less on mortgages and more on auto and student loans

• Monday, May 22nd 2017 - 08:51 UTC

  TPP 11 committed to go ahead despite the Trump administration dropping out

  

  Asia-Pacific trade ministers agreed to try to revive a massive free trade pact, even though the United States reaffirmed its decision to pull out, as fears grow of a new global era of protectionism. The 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) covered 40% of the global economy before US President Donald Trump abruptly abandoned it in January, to meet a campaign pledge to save American jobs which he says have been sucked up overseas.

• Friday, May 19th 2017 - 09:13 UTC

  Trump sets off renegotiation of Nafta in a divided Congress

  

  The Donald Trump administration took the first step toward renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement, plunging into a battle that pits some Republicans and industry supporters of the pact against Democrats and some of the president's most ardent backers.

• Thursday, May 18th 2017 - 21:37 UTC

  Ex FBI special counsel to oversee inquiry into alleged Russia/Trump's campaign links

  

  A former FBI boss has been named special counsel to oversee an inquiry into Russia's alleged meddling in the election and any Trump campaign ties. In naming Robert Mueller, the deputy attorney general said it was in the public interest to have an outsider. The appointment has been widely praised by politicians from both sides.

• Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 16:50 UTC

  Mexico and US journalists demand justice following the killing of Valdez Cardenas

  

  Journalists in the U.S. and Mexico are reeling from the death of Mexican reporter Javier Valdez Cardenas, who was shot dead on Monday in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, where he lived and worked. Valdez Cárdenas was an internationally recognized journalist who specialized in reporting on drug-trafficking and organized crime in Mexico.

• Wednesday, May 17th 2017 - 16:06 UTC

  Trump in deep water: Congress demands FBI turns over documents of Comey with the president

  

  United States House of Representatives Oversight Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz is demanding the FBI hand over all documents detailing communications between President Donald Trump and fired agency Director James Comey within the next week.

• Tuesday, May 16th 2017 - 08:05 UTC

  Majority of US citizens want an “independent investigation” into Trump-Russia links, shows Reuters/Ipsos poll

  

  A majority of US citizens including a growing number of Republicans, want to see an “independent investigation” sort out any connections between Russia and President Donald Trump during the 2016 election campaign, according to a Reuters/Ipsos opinion poll released on Monday.

• Friday, May 12th 2017 - 13:58 UTC

  Large caches of weapons in Venezuela, “a real threat” as repression increases

  

  Venezuela has large caches of weapons that are at risk of falling into the wrong hands, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency told a Senate panel Thursday, adding, “It's a real threat.” CIA Director Mike Pompeo shared that assessment at a Senate intelligence committee hearing.

• Wednesday, May 10th 2017 - 05:56 UTC

  Democrats outraged by Trump's sacking of FBI chief in the midst of the Russia investigation

  

  US Democrats said on Tuesday that President Donald Trump´s firing of FBI director James Comey may be an effort to undermine the investigation of possible collusion between his team and Russia, demanding an independent investigation.