United States

• 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.

• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:32 UTC

  First case of zika confirmed in Texas

  

  Texas health officials have announced Monday their first case of Zika virus, making it the second US state to report such an occurrence after Florida. The victim is a woman who is not pregnant and has not traveled anywhere a Zika affected area in recent times, it was announced.

• Sunday, November 27th 2016 - 11:52 UTC

  Losing US presidential candidates cry electronic vote foul, seek manual recount

  

  Former Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein has launched a campaign to recount the votes in three key states where Donald Trump seized victory. For the Republicans, it is just an “expensive political stuntt” since the Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton would need to reverse results in all three of those states to reach a different outcome.

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 12:05 UTC

  Shame on the USS Navy state of the art missile destroyer breaks down in Panama canal and has to be towed

  

  The most expensive destroyer ever built for the United States Navy has suffered an engineering problem in the Panama Canal and had to be towed to port. U.S. The 3rd Fleet spokesman Commander Ryan Perry says a vice admiral has directed the USS Zumwalt to remain at ex-Naval Station Rodman in Panama to address the issues. The ship was built at Bath Iron Works in Maine.

• Saturday, November 26th 2016 - 11:46 UTC

  Trump names experienced heavyweights in national security and White House counsel

  

  President-elect Donald Trump named KT McFarland as deputy national security adviser and Donald McGahn as his White House counsel. McFarland served in three separate Republican administrations, most notably as a spokeswoman for Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger under Ronald Reagan.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 20:19 UTC

  Mexican cement manufacturer after deal building up Trump's wall

  

  Mexican cement manufacturer Cementos Chihuahua expressed its interest in becoming a supplier for the construction of the border wall between Mexico and the US which has been announced by US President-elect Donald Trump during his campaign.

• Thursday, November 24th 2016 - 16:40 UTC

  Trump calls for unity in Thanksgiving message and includes two women in the cabinet

  

  In his first Thanksgiving Message as US President-elect, Donald Trump has called for unity following a “long and bruising political campaign”. He also announced the selection of the first two women in her cabinet, education and UN ambassador.