United States

• Wednesday, August 21st 2013 - 18:26 UTC

  Al-Jazeera despite ‘aggressive hostility’ launches TV news-channel in United States

  

  Al Jazeera is launching a new TV news channel in the United States. The network will be available in almost 48 million US households, offering 14 hours of news each day. Al Jazeera replaces Current TV, the cable television network founded by former US Vice President Al Gore, which the Qatar-owned broadcaster acquired in January 2013 for around 500m dollars.

• Tuesday, August 20th 2013 - 01:07 UTC

  UK espionage next in the list of revelations, anticipates Greenwald

  

  Journalist Glenn Greenwald, who broke news on former security contractor Edward Snowden’s allegations of U.S. surveillance programs, said he will publish revelations on U.K. intelligence after his partner was detained in London.

• Monday, August 19th 2013 - 13:12 UTC

  Uruguay calls on Mercosur to sign a free trade agreement with United States

  

  Uruguayan Vice-President Danilo Astori said Mercosur must decisively address the signing of a free trade agreement with the United States, but also admits that “opportunities must be built”.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 20:01 UTC

  US files anti-trust case to block merger of American with US Airways

  

  The US justice department has filed an anti-trust case to block the merger of American Airlines and US Airways. The 11bn dollars deal which would form the world's largest airline was backed by a federal judge in March and has been approved by the European Union.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 19:53 UTC

  US imposes anti-subsidy duties on shrimp from Malaysia, China, Ecuador, India and Vietnam

  

  Imports of shrimp from Malaysia will be subject to anti-subsidy duties as high as 54.5%, the U.S. Commerce Department said, while lower penalties were set for similar goods from China, Ecuador, India and Vietnam.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 02:53 UTC

  US intelligence in 1988 considered links of Latam guerrilla groups and drug lords a short term issue

  

  US military believed that the links between the Colombian guerrilla groups and the drug lords at the end of the eighties was a matter of concern but a short term issue, according to declassified minutes of a meeting of US and Brazilian military officers, published by O Estado de Sao Paulo.

• Wednesday, August 14th 2013 - 02:49 UTC

  Brazil tells Ferry failure to address electronic spying could cast ‘shadow of mistrust’

  

  Brazil warned US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday that failure to resolve the row over Washington's electronic spying could sow a shadow of mistrust between the countries.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:22 UTC

  Kerry calls Colombia a ‘success story’ and promised strong support for peace talks

  

  Secretary of State John Kerry promised strong US backing for peace talks aimed at ending Colombia's half century of conflict, calling the country a success story in a world where many states have failed or are failing.

• Tuesday, August 13th 2013 - 02:19 UTC

  Timerman meets US Congress members complains about ‘anti-Argentina campaign’

  

  Foreign Minister Hector Timerman strongly criticised an alleged “anti-Argentina campaign” carried out in US Congress by members of hedge funds in litigation with Buenos Aires. Timerman made his case while meeting in his office with visiting members of the US congress.

• Monday, August 12th 2013 - 18:15 UTC

  Assange says Americans have a debt of gratitude with leaker Snowden

  

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says Americans owe US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden a debt of gratitude because his leaks prompted President Barack Obama to promise an overhaul of secret surveillance.