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Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 09:01 UTC
Argentina cautious about Trump’s administration impact on bilateral trade

Argentina's trade relationship with the United States will not suffer an immediate negative impact with Donald Trump as president, but it remains to be seen how his measures will shape the world economy, according to the Argentine ambassador in Washington, Martín Lousteau.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 07:27 UTC
Mexicans furious with Trump; president Peña Nieto considering dropping White House visit

When Donald J Trump called some Mexican immigrants rapists, threatened to deport millions of them and promised to build a wall to keep others out, Mexican officials counseled caution, saying it was merely bluster from an unlikely candidate who, if elected, would never follow through. However with only five days in office president Trump is making Mexicans furious.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 07:27 UTC
Mexicans furious with Trump; president Peña Nieto considering dropping White House visit

When Donald J Trump called some Mexican immigrants rapists, threatened to deport millions of them and promised to build a wall to keep others out, Mexican officials counseled caution, saying it was merely bluster from an unlikely candidate who, if elected, would never follow through. However with only five days in office president Trump is making Mexicans furious.
Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 07:08 UTC
UK and US must “lead together”, says Theresa May before meeting with Trump

Prime Minister Theresa May says Britain and the United States should “lead together” in the world, as she travels to meet President Donald Trump in Washington. May is due to meet Trump at the White House on Friday, the president's first face-to-face meeting with a world leader.
Tuesday, January 24th 2017 - 18:40 UTC
Trump keeps his promise: dumps TPP and pledges to lower corporate taxes to 20% from 35%

President Donald Trump has fulfilled a campaign pledge by signing an executive order to withdraw from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The 12-nation trade deal was a linchpin of former President Barack Obama's Asia policy.
Monday, January 23rd 2017 - 19:53 UTC
Trump has a new species of moth named after him: Neopalpa donaldtrumpi

What has a scaly-looking head of gold? Well, Donald Trump, of course... but also a moth. The Neopalpa donaldtrumpi, a new species of tiny moth, has been named after the president-elect due to the striking physical resemblance between the moth's yellow and white scales and Trump's hair.
Sunday, January 22nd 2017 - 08:06 UTC
For the Falklands in 1982 the only opinion that mattered was that of PM Thatcher

For the Falkland Islanders the only opinion that mattered was that of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and believing that Islanders would give up their homes and way of life for money, shows how little people understood the Falklands.
Sunday, January 22nd 2017 - 08:02 UTC
Trump expects Theresa May on Friday at the White House; first meeting with a foreign leader

Prime Minister Theresa May will meet US President Donald Trump in Washington DC on Friday, the White House has said. Mrs May will be the first foreign leader to meet the new president after his inauguration.
Saturday, January 21st 2017 - 07:57 UTC
Mexican top officials will meet Trump administration to discuss bilateral relations next week

Mexican officials will hold meetings on January 25 and 26 with U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump's top aides in Washington, to discuss bilateral relations such as security, trade and migration, the government said in Mexico City.
Saturday, January 21st 2017 - 00:13 UTC
Clashes, traffic blockades and smashed windows by anti Trump protestors

Black-clad activists smashed store windows and blocked traffic in Washington during US President Donald Trump's inauguration on Friday, and fought with police in riot gear who responded with tear gas and stun grenades. About 500 people, some wearing masks, marched through the city's downtown, using hammers to claw up chunks of pavement to smash the windows of a Bank of America branch and a McDonald's outlet, all symbols of the American capitalist system.