United States

• Monday, January 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  What the world wants of Barak Obama

  When Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, the wish list that has been building abroad may have grown longer than he or anyone else can deliver.

• Sunday, January 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  US President-elect Obama: 'Anything is possible in America'

  

  US President-elect Barack Obama has told a huge crowd of supporters at a pre-inauguration rally in Washington that “anything is possible in America”.

• Friday, January 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  New York plane crash: 'Miracle on the Hudson'

  

  A US Airways aircraft has crashed into the Hudson River in New York after a flock of birds apparently disabled both its engines. More than 150 passengers and crew members were rescued before the plane sank into freezing waters.

• Friday, January 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Citigroup to split and more fresh aid for Bank of America

  

  The struggling US banking giant Citigroup has announced plans to split the firm in two, as it reported a quarterly loss of 8.29 billion US dollars. It said it would realign into two new firms, Citicorp and Citi Holdings.

• Wednesday, January 14th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Obama promises a “new chapter” in relations with Latam

  

  Barack Obama, who takes over as US President on January 20 promised a “new chapter” in relations with Latinamerica and stronger US-Mexico links, following a meeting on Monday with President Felipe Calderón in Washington. It was Obama's first meeting with a foreign leader since his November election.

• Sunday, January 11th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Mini-sub seeks clues to sea levels below Antarctic ice shelves

  An autonomous British yellow robot submarine has just set out on a mission which will see it plunge deep beneath Antarctic ice shelves to seek clues to world ocean level rises. The seven meter yellow sub will probe the underside of ice at the end of the Pine Island glacier, which is moving faster than any other in Antarctica.

• Friday, January 9th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Obama and Mexico's Calderón to meet in Washington

  President-elect Barack Obama will meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Monday in Washington. Obama transition officials said the visit was in keeping with the tradition of U.S. presidents meeting with their Mexican counterpart soon after winning election.

• Thursday, January 8th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Obama urges “drastic action” from Congress on stimulus plan

  US President-elect Barack Obama has called for “drastic action” to prevent the US economic situation worsening. In his first major policy speech since being elected, Mr Obama urged Congress to act quickly to pass his 800 billion US dollars stimulus plan.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  Bush's Presidential medals for Uribe, Blair and Howard

  United Status outgoing president George W. Bush will be presenting the Presidential Medal of Freedom to his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe and to the former prime ministers of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair and John Howard from Australia.

• Wednesday, January 7th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

  On his last days Bush turns advocate of maritime monuments

  A vast swathe of the Pacific, including an area near New Zealand territory, has been declared part of a United States national maritime monument. President George Bush, in the dying days of his administration, made the startling declaration by saying in the White House “we're fixing to do some fabulous policy”.