United States

• Sunday, December 11th 2016 - 22:04 UTC

  In 8-0 decision US Supreme Court rules in favor of Samsung in milestone patents' case for the industry

  

  In a unanimous decision on Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out a lower court’s US$399 million judgment against Samsung for violating patents involving Apple’s iPhone. The decision overturns a victory that Apple had won in the Washington, D.C.-based U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.

• Saturday, December 10th 2016 - 10:37 UTC

  Obama orders review of election-campaign cyber-attacks and points to Russia

  

  President Barack Obama has ordered intelligence officials to conduct a broad review of election-season cyber-attacks, including the email hacks that rattled the presidential campaign and raised fresh concerns about Russia’s meddling in U.S. elections, the White House said Friday.

• Thursday, December 8th 2016 - 10:15 UTC

  Time magazine names Trump “Person of the Year”, president of the divided States of America

  

  Time magazine on Wednesday named Donald Trump its Person of the Year, bestowing what the president-elect called an “honor” even as he derided the idea that he’ll lead “the Divided States of America.”

• Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 12:16 UTC

  Japanese tech firm meets Trump and pledges to invest US$ 50bn in the US

  

  Shares of Japanese technology firm Softbank have soared to their highest level in more than one year in Tokyo trade, jumping 5% at the open. That is on news Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said he will invest US$50bn in US businesses. But details are lacking on where the money will go and how it will benefit American businesses.

• Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 10:13 UTC

  Cancel order!, blasts Trump on hearing cost of Boeing's revamped Air Force One

  

  President-elect Donald Trump urged the government on Tuesday to cancel an order with Boeing Co for a revamped Air Force One, one of the most prominent symbols of the U.S. presidency, saying costs were out of control. It was the latest example of Trump using his podium, often via Twitter messages, to rattle companies and foreign countries as he seeks to shake up business as usual in Washington.

• Tuesday, December 6th 2016 - 08:16 UTC

  On the 75th anniversary, Japan's Abe will honor Pearl Harbour war dead but not apologize

  

  Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will honor war dead but won't apologize when he becomes the first Japanese leader to visit Pearl Harbor this month, a top government spokesman said on Tuesday.The move follows Barack Obama's historic May trip to Hiroshima, the first by a sitting US president, where he spoke of victims' suffering but offered no apology for dropping the world's first nuclear bomb.

• Saturday, December 3rd 2016 - 07:32 UTC

  US unemployment falls to nine-year low in November, 4.6%, but earnings slowdown

  

  United States unemployment rate fell to a nine-year low in November, adding to expectations that US interest rates will rise later this month. Figures from the Labor Department showed the US economy created 178,000 jobs in November, while the jobless rate fell to 4.6% from 4.9% in October.

• Thursday, December 1st 2016 - 13:17 UTC

  Falklands' dispute: “I can't see Trump reaching out to Argentina”

  

  Argentina will never be able to reassert its sovereignty claims over the Falkland Islands under the watchful eye of Donald Trump who will back Britain, according to Ian Shields OBE, a leading academic and international relations lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University and former RAF Group Captain

• Thursday, December 1st 2016 - 12:17 UTC

  PM May and Trump talk about UK/US relationship and the role of NATO

  

  Minister Theresa May spoke on Tuesday with President-elect Donald Trump about building close UK-US relationships and about the role of NATO. A Downing Street spokesperson said ”the Prime Minister called the US President-elect this afternoon as part of establishing a regular dialogue between both of them.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:38 UTC

  MI certifies Trump's win, Stein sticks to recount plans in WI, PA but nothing will change

  

  Electoral officials for the state of Michigan certified Monday that Donald Trump won by 10,704 votes out of nearly 4.8 million to claim all of its 16 electoral votes. Green Party nominnee Jill Stein said she would continue with her petitions for vote recounts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, although it would have taken a reversal in all three states for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to reach the presidency.