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  • Monday, November 20th 2017 - 07:43 UTC

    US Navy sending deep-sea rescue equipment to assist in search for ARA San Juan

    The San Diego based Undersea Rescue Command (URC) departed with a Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC) and four aircraft

    The United States Navy has sent rescue equipment and crew to assist in the search for a missing Argentine Navy submarine and its 44 crew members. The San Diego based Undersea Rescue Command (URC) departed from Miramar Saturday with a Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC) and four aircraft, en route to the Southern Atlantic, where the submarine A.R.A. San Juan lost contact with the Argentine Navy on Wednesday.

  • Saturday, November 18th 2017 - 08:11 UTC

    Trump tax cuts bill passes the House, but the Senate is another story

    President Trump has served as cheerleader-in-chief for the measure, calling the bill a “big, beautiful Christmas present” for families.

    House Republicans have passed a controversial overhaul of the US tax code that slashes corporate rates. The vote came after US President Donald Trump made a rare visit to Congress to rally lawmakers around the tax overhaul plan. The Senate is working to build support for its own version of the bill, but one Republican has said he is a 'no'.

  • Wednesday, November 15th 2017 - 11:45 UTC

    US cements position as the world's largest oil and gas producer

    The IEA said the US is becoming the “undisputed global oil and gas leader”. It expects the US to account for 80% of the increase in global oil supply to 2025

    International energy markets are set for “major upheaval” as the US cements its status as the world's largest oil and gas producer, while China overtakes it as the biggest oil consumer. The predictions come from the International Energy Agency's annual energy forecast.

  • Wednesday, November 15th 2017 - 08:57 UTC

    Trump syndrome: US Congress examines president's authority to launch a nuclear attack

    Trump vowed to unleash “fire and fury like the world has never seen” on North Korea if it continued to expand its atomic weapons program.

    For the first time in over 40 years, Congress has examined a US president's authority to launch a nuclear attack. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing was titled Authority to Order the Use of Nuclear Weapons and some senators expressed concern that the president might irresponsibly order a nuclear strike; others said he must have the authority to act without meddling from lawyers.

  • Saturday, November 11th 2017 - 09:07 UTC

    Fed member anticipates rates likely to rise next month and three times in 2018

    Williams said that central bankers globally faced new problems and the new normal “for interest rates is likely to be much lower in the future than in the past”

    United States interest rates are likely to rise again next month and a further three times next year, one of the Federal Reserve's rate-setters has said. John Williams, who sits on the lliams, advanced a rate rise in December “makes sense, at least based on the information I have today”.

  • Friday, November 10th 2017 - 17:59 UTC

    Trump doesn't blame China for its trade surpluses: “they work for the benefit of their citizens”

    Trump spoke alongside China's president Xi Jinping on Thursday, as the US leader continued his tour through Asia.

    President Donald Trump has said he does not blame China for the “unfair” trade relationship between the countries, despite long railing against the economic imbalance. Speaking in Beijing, he gave China “credit” for working to benefit its citizens by taking advantage of the US.

  • Friday, November 10th 2017 - 01:37 UTC

    American Airlines purchases ten more E 175 from Embraer Brazil

    Combined with the airline’s two previous orders for the E175, this new contract results in a total of 76 E175s for American Airlines.

    Brazil's Embraer and American Airlines Inc. signed a firm order for ten E175 jets. American Airlines is exercising its purchase rights from its original contract with Embraer signed in 2013. This new order is in addition to the one placed in April for four aircraft; is valued at US$ 457 million, based on current list prices, and will be included in Embraer’s fourth-quarter backlog. Deliveries begin in 2018 and continue through mid-2019.

  • Friday, November 10th 2017 - 00:46 UTC

    Disney lifts ban on Los Angeles Times after backlash from US media

    LA Times went public about their ban in a “note to readers”, saying it could only review's Disney's Christmas movies after they had been released publically

    Walt Disney company has ended its ban of the Los Angeles Times newspaper after fierce backlash from US media. Last week it emerged Disney had stopped inviting the newspaper to press screenings because they disagreed with an article it published in September, which triggered public criticism from high-profile organizations and individuals.

  • Friday, November 10th 2017 - 00:18 UTC

    US unemployment falls to its lowest in 17 years during October

    The jobless rate fell to 4.1%, down a tenth of a point from September, the lowest the U.S. economy has seen since December 2000.

    The U.S. unemployment fell to its lowest level in nearly 17 years in October, according to data released this week, which President Donald Trump said was proof his policies are bearing fruit. Job creation resumed climbing, albeit at a slower rate than expected, after two late-summer hurricanes hit the US economy, according to the Labor Department’s key monthly employment report.

  • Thursday, November 9th 2017 - 11:20 UTC

    A solution can be found to the North Korea and trade issues, Trump tells Xi

    Speaking alongside Xi in the Chinese capital, Trump said it was disappointing that his predecessors had let the bilateral trade balance get out of kilter. (Pic Reuters)

    United States president Donald Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday that he believes, like Xi, that a solution can be found to the North Korean nuclear issue, a day after warning Pyongyang of the grave danger of developing nuclear weapons.