United States

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 06:46 UTC

  Noravirus hits 'Explorer of the Seas' in the Caribbean; 10-day trip cancelled

  

  The Royal Caribbean cruise 'Explorer of the Seas” has ended the 10-day trip in the Caribbean early after hundreds of passengers and crew members were sickened with a gastrointestinal illness. It is believed the incident is a new case of the noravirus which has been attacking large cruise vessels.

• Wednesday, January 29th 2014 - 06:36 UTC

  Boxing superstar Mayweather bets 10m dollars on Denver Broncos in Super-bowl

  

  Reports from the US gambling haven of Las Vegas suggest that boxing superstar Floyd Mayweather has placed 10 million dollars on a Denver Broncos victory in the upcoming Super-bowl.

• Tuesday, January 28th 2014 - 17:57 UTC

  What can the U.S. learn from Latin America’s declining inequality?

  

  By Heraldo Muñoz (*) - President Obama recently declared that inequality is “the defining challenge of our age.” When inequality is becoming a growing debate in the United States, what lessons can be drawn from Latin America, which — although still highly unequal — is the only region that managed to reduce income inequality in the last decade?

• Monday, January 27th 2014 - 19:26 UTC

  Coca Cola CEO warns youth unemployment is a great risk for social peace

  

  Unemployment among teens and young adults represents a huge global problem, says Muhtar Kent, CEO of Coca-Cola. In the United States, teenage unemployment totaled 20.2 percent in December and if the situation isn't addressed, the results could be devastating, the social peace and fabric of the world is in danger.

• Wednesday, January 22nd 2014 - 11:36 UTC

  Obama will visit Francis March 27; both leaders have pledged to tackle gap between rich and poor

  

  US President Barack Obama plans to visit with Pope Francis at the Vatican in March during a trip to Europe, the White House has announced. Obama is scheduled to meet with the pope on March 27 in a trip that will include stops in the Netherlands, Belgium and other parts of Italy, it said in a statement.

• Saturday, January 18th 2014 - 06:21 UTC

  Obama announces contention policy for NSA monitoring activities

  

  President Barack Obama has announced a ban on US eavesdropping on the leaders of close friends and allies, and rein in the vast collection of Americans' phone data in a series of reforms triggered by Edward Snowden's revelations.

• Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:45 UTC

  US consumer inflation in December, 0.3% and in twelve months 1.5%

  

  US consumer inflation spiked in December, driven higher by rising fuel prices. The consumer price index rose 0.3% on a seasonally adjusted basis, the US Labor Department said.

• Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:29 UTC

  US Congress supports budget peace for the rest of the fiscal year

  

  Washington's battles over government funding ended with a whimper today as the US Senate approved a 1.1 trillion dollars spending bill that quells for nearly nine months the threat of another federal agency shutdown.

• Friday, January 17th 2014 - 07:09 UTC

  US Congress wants action on banks involved in the commodities business

  

  United States lawmakers are pressing the Federal Reserve to act more forcefully, and quickly, to limit banks’ involvement in the commodities business, which has been blamed for inflating prices on everyday items like electricity and canned beverages.

• Wednesday, January 15th 2014 - 07:11 UTC

  New EPA rule requires chemical disclosure for offshore fracking

  

  By. Nick Cunningham of Oilprice.com - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a rule on January 9, 2014 requiring oil and gas companies using hydraulic fracturing off the coast of California to disclose the chemicals they discharge into the ocean. Oil and gas companies have been fracking offshore California for perhaps as long as two decades, but they largely flew under the radar until recently.