United States

• Friday, July 29th 2016 - 13:25 UTC

  Uruguay will not fund Turkey ticket for vanished ex Guantanamo inmate who surfaced in Venezuela

  

  The Uruguayan government announced on Thursday it will not fund the return trip or to Turkey or any third country, of former Guantanamo prisoner, Jihad Ahmad Dhiab who went missing for over a month and this week turned up at the Uruguayan consulate in Caracas, Venezuela.

• Thursday, July 28th 2016 - 13:04 UTC

  Fed sees current conditions remaining unchanged, at least until December

  

  The United States Federal Reserve on Thursday left key interest rates untouched but acknowledged improved economic performance, suggesting a rate increase may be on the horizon in 2016.

• Wednesday, July 27th 2016 - 09:43 UTC

  Hillary makes history and becomes first woman candidate for president of the US

  

  Hillary Clinton triumphantly captured the Democratic nomination for president of the United States on Tuesday night, the first woman ever to lead a major political party into the general election.

• Tuesday, July 26th 2016 - 17:42 UTC

  Nephews of Venezuela's First Lady confess to trying to smuggle 800 kilos of cocaine to the US

  

  Two nephews of Venezuela’s powerful first lady Cilia Flores, confessed to trying to smuggle 800 kilograms of cocaine into the US, according to prosecutors in the politically-charged case. The court filings by prosecutors shed new light on the case that has sounded alarm bells about high-level corruption and drug trafficking by Venezuela’s political elite at a time of increasing economic and political turmoil in the country.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2016 - 06:58 UTC

  G20 trade ministers Shanghai meeting question China's industries overcapacity

  

  In the face of a “worrying” rise in protectionism, trade ministers from the world’s major economies have agreed to cut trade costs, increase policy coordination and enhance financing, China’s Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng announced at the closing of the Group of 20, G20, meeting in Shanghai.

• Wednesday, July 13th 2016 - 06:30 UTC

  HSBC 2012 money laundering was so great that if charged it could have led to 'a global financial disaster'

  

  United States officials refused to prosecute HSBC for money laundering in 2012 because of concerns within the Department of Justice that it would cause a “global financial disaster”, a report says. A US Congressional report revealed UK officials, including Chancellor George Osborne, added to pressure by warning the US it could lead to market turmoil.

• Monday, July 11th 2016 - 07:21 UTC

  US employment rebounds strongly during June

  

  US economy created 287,000 jobs in June, rebounding strongly from disappointing growth in May. The figure was much stronger than forecast, and the dollar and yields on US government bonds rose in the belief a US rate rise was now more likely.

• Monday, July 11th 2016 - 07:16 UTC

  Lord Prescott admits Iraq war was “illegal” and a “catastrophic decision”

  

  John Prescott, who was deputy prime minister when Britain went to war with Iraq in 2003, says the invasion by UK and US forces was “illegal”. Writing in the Sunday Mirror, he said he would live with the “catastrophic decision” for the rest of his life.

• Monday, July 11th 2016 - 06:12 UTC

  Disenchantment with Trump and Hillary makes room for an alternative candidate, shows Reuters/Ipsos poll

  

  A public opinion poll from Ipsos, contracted and publishes by Reuters shows that United States citizens demand for an alternative to the two main presidential candidates has surged since the last election, underscoring the unpopularity of Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton.

• Saturday, July 9th 2016 - 09:29 UTC

  Ex Guantanamo Diyab could be in Brazil, but he “is not infringing the law or on the run”

  

  Jihad Ahmad Diyab, the ex Guantanamo Syrian inmate which was liberated and given refuge in Uruguay, and apparently recently crossed the border to neighboring Brazil “has not infringed any law” and is “not on the run”, according to Christian Mirza who acts as a link between the Uruguayan government and the ex Guantanamo prisoners accepted by Uruguay at the end of 2014.