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  • Monday, January 30th 2017 - 10:34 UTC

    Chaos and mass protests in US airports; Trump stands by immigration ban

    Thousands gathered at airports around the country to protest on Saturday, including lawyers who offered their services for free to those affected.

    The Trump administration is standing firm over its ban on immigration from seven countries despite court rulings and mass protests against it. In a statement, President Trump said visas would once again be issued once “the most secure policies” were in place, and denied it was a Muslim ban. The move has been widely condemned.

  • Monday, January 30th 2017 - 10:00 UTC

    Iraq furious with the Trump ban: Bagdad recalls that they are in the front line combating the IS

    The order stirred angry reactions in Iraq, where more than 5,000 U.S. troops are deployed to help Iraqi and regional Kurdish forces in the war against IS insurgents.

    Iraq will lobby against new travel limits to the United States by Iraqis, arguing both countries need to uphold their fight against Islamic State (IS), Iraqi parliamentarians said on Sunday. The Iraqi government has so far declined comment on an executive order signed by new U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday that suspends the entry of travelers from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for at least 90 days.

  • Sunday, January 29th 2017 - 09:26 UTC

    US Judge issues a stay temporarily halting Trump's deportation executive order

    US District Judge Ann Donnelly ruling prevented the removal from US of people with approved refugee applications, valid visas, and others authorized to enter US

    A US judge has issued a stay temporarily halting the deportation of visa holders or refugees under an executive order from President Trump. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a legal case early on Saturday in response to the order. The judge's stay prevents those “caught up” in the aftermath from being deported, the ACLU said.

  • Saturday, January 28th 2017 - 11:53 UTC

    US economy expands at an annual 1.6%; “Trumpconomics” promises 4% growth

    President Trump has promised to lift GDP growth to 4%, through tax cuts and infrastructure spending. The last time that happened was in 2000

    The US economy grew at an annual pace of 1.9% in the fourth quarter of last year, according to official figures. That was slower than the 2.2% growth rate economists had been expecting and below third quarter growth of 3.5%, which means annual GDP rose by 1.6%, the slowest since 2011 and down on 2015 when the world's largest economy expanded by 2.6%.

  • Saturday, January 28th 2017 - 09:21 UTC

    Trump and Peña Nieto agree to disagree on the wall but will not discuss it publicly

    In a joint statement the two presidents acknowledged “clear and very public differences” on who will pay for the border wall.

    President Donald Trump and Mexico's president, Enrique Peña Nieto, had a “productive and constructive” call on Friday morning, according to a joint statement released by the White House today. The two presidents discussed America's trade deficit with Mexico, “the importance of the friendship between the two nations,” and the need to work together to stop drug trafficking and illegal guns and arms sales, the statement said.

  • Friday, January 27th 2017 - 11:23 UTC

    White House considering a 20% tax on all imports to United States

    Spicer convened reporters to say that the tax was just one option under consideration to pay for the wall.

    With the conflict with Mexico escalating the White House on Thursday appeared to endorse a 20% tax on all imports to the United States, only to insist a few hours later that it was not endorsing the plan.

  • Friday, January 27th 2017 - 11:12 UTC

    UK and US must drop failed military interventions “to remake the world in our image”

    Mrs. May said: ”It is in our interests, Britain and America, to stand strong together to defend our values, our interests and the very ideas in which we believe.(Pic AP)

    Prime Minister Theresa May has told US Republicans the UK and America cannot return to “failed” military interventions “to remake the world in our own image”. Suggesting a UK foreign policy shift, she said those days were over but added that the US and UK should not “stand idly by when the threat is real”. However the two countries must “renew the special relationship for this new age” and “lead together, again”.

  • Friday, January 27th 2017 - 10:17 UTC

    “The media is the opposition party”, claims Trump's chief strategist

    “They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States,” Bannon told The Times.

    Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump's chief White House strategist, went on a tirade against the media during an interview with The New York Times. Bannon, who spearheaded the far-right website Breitbart News until he took over as Trump's campaign CEO in August, lambasted the press and said it had been “humiliated” by the results of the 2016 election.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 19:49 UTC

    Mexican wall and migration dispute escalates: Peña Nieto cancels White House visit

    Peña Nieto announced that he had called off the 31 January trip after president Trump suggested he should do just that.

    Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has cancelled next week's trip to Washington to meet US President Donald Trump. His decision comes a day after the new US president unveiled his plan to build a wall along the Mexico-US border and insisted the US would recoup the costs for the barrier from Mexico, which has strongly objected.

  • Thursday, January 26th 2017 - 09:01 UTC

    Argentina cautious about Trump’s administration impact on bilateral trade

    Agroindustry minister Buryaile was confident that there would be no problems with lemons and meats to the US, approved by the Obama administration.

    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.