United States

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 - 08:18 UTC

  Trump's 2015 “Super” health report was dictated by the president, claims doctor

  

  Donald Trump's former doctor has said he did not write a 2015 letter declaring the then-Republican presidential candidate's “astonishingly excellent” health, US media report. “[Trump] dictated that whole letter,” Harold Bornstein told CNN on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, May 2nd 2018 - 08:13 UTC

  UK-US launch Antarctica research program to predict sea-level rise

  

  A new UK-U.S. Antarctic research program to improve the prediction of future sea-level rise was launched on Monday at British Antarctic Survey (BAS), Cambridge. The £20 million 5-year research collaboration, funded jointly by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), brings together over 100 polar scientists from leading UK and U.S. research organizations.

• Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 10:29 UTC

  European signatories reaffirm support for Iran deal, despite Trump saying Teheran is lying

  

  The UK has backed a “vitally important” nuclear deal with Iran, despite accusations from the US and Israel that Iranians are pursuing atomic weapons. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu claims thousands of “secret nuclear files” proved Iran covertly sought nuclear weapons - an accusation Iran rejects.

• Tuesday, May 1st 2018 - 07:00 UTC

  Tariffs dispute: Trump extends deadline for a month to EU, Canada and Mexico

  

  President Donald Trump will delay imposing steel and aluminum tariffs on the European Union, Mexico and Canada until June 1 as he finalizes deals with them, the White House said in a statement. The administration has reached agreements-in-principle with Argentina, Australia and Brazil, according to the statement, which the White House released late Monday night.

• Saturday, April 28th 2018 - 11:10 UTC

  US oil company wins arbitration and Venezuela's PDVSA must pay US$ 2.04bn

  

  An international arbitration court has ordered Venezuela’s oil company PDVSA to pay ConocoPhillips US$ 2.04 billion for early dissolution of two joint ventures for producing oil in the OPEC-member country, the U.S. firm said.

• Friday, April 27th 2018 - 12:30 UTC

  Pompeo swears as Secretary of State and flies to meet leaders of “invaluable”

  

  Twelve hours after being sworn in U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo went straight to NATO headquarters in Brussels in what European allies saw as strong support for an institution that U.S. President Donald Trump once called obsolete.

• Thursday, April 26th 2018 - 08:53 UTC

  Macron enchants US Congress while questioning some of Trump's policies

  

  French President Emmanuel Macron has used his speech to the joint houses of the US Congress to denounce nationalism and isolationism as threats to global prosperity. The speech was widely interpreted as a thinly veiled attack on President Donald Trump's America First agenda.

• Thursday, April 26th 2018 - 08:46 UTC

  Trade skirmish: China halts purchases of US soybeans, gives priority to Brazil

  

  China’s purchases of U.S. soybeans have come to a grinding halt, trade and industry sources say, as fears of further action by Beijing to curb imports of U.S. crops following last week’s anti-dumping move on sorghum rattles the agriculture industry.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 09:18 UTC

  Trump/Macron summit: much personal chemistry but not so in the Iran issue

  

  President Trump vowed Tuesday to look for common ground with his French counterpart in dealing with Iran but made no commitment to stick with the nuclear agreement he described as “insane” and “ridiculous.” Receiving French President Emmanuel Macron for a state visit at the White House, Trump repeated his criticism of the agreement to freeze Iran's nuclear program, saying it doesn't address Tehran's missile program or its attempts to foment unrest in the region.

• Wednesday, April 25th 2018 - 09:14 UTC

  The yield for 10-year US Treasury bonds breaks 3% yield rattling markets

  

  The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield has broken through the “psychologically important” level of 3%, leaving analysts contemplating what it could mean the future of asset markets and, more importantly, the global economy. The yield on the benchmark bond — which helps to set prices for debt instruments all over the world — inched past 3% on Tuesday, a level that many market players deem dangerous for investments and the economy.