United States

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 23:59 UTC

  Obama’s Speech Focuses on Economy

  

  The US president has been focusing on jobs and the economy as he addressed the public in his annual State of the Union speech.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 23:51 UTC

  President Obama Announces Trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador For March

  

  United States President Barack Obama has announced that he will pay his first visit to Brazil and other South American countries in March.

• Wednesday, January 26th 2011 - 18:25 UTC

  United States House Prices Drop for the Fifth Consecutive Month

  

  United States family home prices, fell for a fifth straight month in November and could reach new lows soon, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday.

• Friday, January 21st 2011 - 18:39 UTC

  Obama to Base Re-election Campaign in Hometown Chicago

  

  US President Barack Obama has decided to run his re-election campaign from his native Chicago, in the hope of recreating the 2008 winning formula.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 22:29 UTC

  United States Welcomes China’s Success

  

  President Obama welcomed Chinese President Hu Jintao to the White House on Wednesday and praised China’s success.

• Wednesday, January 19th 2011 - 22:06 UTC

  UN Secretary-General Guest of Honour at 11th Anniversary Gala of the Sejong Soloists “Dream Team” at Carnegie Hall

  

  Sejong Soloists, the brilliant 14-piece conductor less string ensemble, often referred to as the sensational “dream team,” once again razzled and dazzled an internationally distinguished audience at their 11th Annual Gala in New York.

• Monday, January 17th 2011 - 12:16 UTC

  Washington makes access to Cuba easier

  

  New guidelines announced Friday by Obama administration making travel and remittance to Cuba easier for US citizens.

• Thursday, January 6th 2011 - 18:48 UTC

  WikiLeaks Falklands - US concerned about Chavez while UK worried about trade and environmentalists

  

  The American Government kept a close eye on the dispute between Argentina and Britain over the Falkland Islands in 2010. Hitherto secret US State Department communications published by Wikileaks reveal that Secretary of State Hilary Clinton wrote to the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires in early 2010, requesting analysis of the situation, which it was felt had been exacerbated by the British approval to search for oil in the seas off the islands, and by a revitalised and bitter diplomatic offensive by the government of President Cristina Fernndez de Kirchner.

• Sunday, January 2nd 2011 - 21:18 UTC

  US immigration target for 2011: 404.000 deportations, includes screening jails

  

  A record number of immigrants were deported from the United States in 2010 boosted in part by the expansion of the Secure Communities program of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which identifies imprisoned undocumented foreigners.

• Thursday, December 30th 2010 - 05:42 UTC

  US withdraws Venezuela envoy's visa

  

  Decision to revoke visa for Venezuela's ambassador to Washington follows rejection of US choice for Caracas.