United States

• Monday, January 23rd 2012 - 16:36 UTC

  Fire in Florida destroys one of the world’s oldest cypresses: 3.500 years

  

  The cause of an early morning fire in Florida State Seminole County that destroyed one of the world's oldest cypress trees, 3.500 years, remained a mystery, but a state forestry investigator is convinced it was not the work of an arsonist.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 06:02 UTC

  Argentine celebrates US recognition of “de facto UK administration of Malvinas”

  

  Argentina celebrated with ‘enthusiasm’ Washington’s statement that it recognizes the ‘de facto UK administration of the Falklands/Malvinas’ but takes no position regarding sovereignty and calls on both sides to dialogue, said Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:43 UTC

  US to make visa applications easier for Brazil and China nationals

  

  The US Department of State is committed to improving the visa process, decreasing interview wait times in key tourism markets such as Brazil and China and increasing the number of visas issued, reported an official release.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:32 UTC

  Kodak given a year to reshape business out of bankruptcy

  

  Eastman Kodak Co. has a little more than a year to reshape its money-losing businesses and deliver a get-out-of-bankruptcy plan. Girded by a 950 million dollar financing deal with Citigroup Inc., the photography pioneer aims to keep operating normally during bankruptcy while it peddles a trove of digital-imaging patents.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 08:01 UTC

  Bill for the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico could reach 20/25 billion dollars

  

  British Petroleum is likely to agree to pay the US Department of Justice 20 to 25 billion dollars to settle all charges around the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a leading analyst, a prediction that is at least twice what the company has set aside.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 07:52 UTC

  Labour market improving in the US, unemployment at it lowest since April 2008

  

  While the Republicans can’t agree on a presidential candidate and continue to lash their own hopefuls, US president Barack Obama has been receiving additional good news from the jobs market.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 07:27 UTC

  Obama confirms attendance to regional summit; wants closer links with the region

  

  United States Under Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs Maria Otero said that one of the main purposes of President Barack Obama attendance to the coming Summit of the Americas in Colombia is to establish closer links with the region.

• Friday, January 20th 2012 - 00:00 UTC

  Ambassador Argüello presents credentials and gives Obama a ‘one dollar’ gaucho silver knife

  

  Argentina’s Ambassador in United States Jorge Argüello delivered his credential letters to President Barack Obama, who expressed his “joy” for the positive results of his counterpart Cristina Fernández surgery.

• Wednesday, January 18th 2012 - 03:13 UTC

  Argentine defaulted bonds dispute reaches the US Supreme Court

  

  The US Supreme Court has asked President Barack Obama's administration for its views of a ruling that unfroze 105 million dollars of Argentina's central bank deposits in a setback for two US investment funds that sought to seize the money to satisfy their claims from Argentina’s debt default a decade ago.

• Sunday, January 15th 2012 - 09:32 UTC

  Ahmedinejad Visits Latin America, Washington Implores and Seethes

  

  At the best of times, the U.S. government is regarded as somewhat out of touch with what's happening in the American “heartland,” much less the world at large, so much so that the phrase “inside the Beltway” was coined to define the syndrome.