United States

Thursday, December 15th 2022 - 11:47 UTC
Fed raises interest rates by 50 points to 4,5%, but US inflation at 7,11% is still far from the 2% target

In a unanimous decision the United States Federal Reserve FOMC raised interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday, as it continues to battle a stubborn inflation, but the increase was lower than the three-quarter point which it had implemented seven times since last March, from zero to 4,5%.
Wednesday, December 14th 2022 - 09:57 UTC
Biden signs into law bill granting same-sex, interracial marriage rights

US President Joseph Biden Tuesday signed into law the bill protecting same-sex and interracial marriage after it was approved by Congress last week.
Monday, December 12th 2022 - 19:25 UTC
Lybian suspect handed over to US to stand trial for 1988 bombing

The arrest of a Lybian secret service operative suspected of having assembled and triggered the bomb that killed 270 people aboard PanAm's Flight 103 as it went off when the aircraft was overflying the Scottish town of Lockerbie on Dec. 21, 1988, has been confirmed Sunday.
Sunday, December 11th 2022 - 07:50 UTC
US: Az Senator going independent means goodbye to Dems' 51-49 edge

Just when US President Joseph Biden had clinched a 51-49 Upper House advantage, Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema Friday announced she was leaving the Democratic Party and going “independent.”
Saturday, December 10th 2022 - 09:27 UTC
First work stoppage for the New York Times in forty years

More than 1,000 employees at The New York Times, one of the leading US dailies, began a 24-hour walkout on Thursday. In what is the first work stoppage in over 40 years at the newspaper, The NewsGuild labor union cited the organization's “failure to bargain in good faith,” after setting a deadline for a contract for midnight December 8.
Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 17:15 UTC
New Mexico set to overtake Mexico's crude oil production this month

The state of New Mexico is expected to overtake Mexico’s crude oil production in the current month, according to commodity analysts projected report at Standard Chartered.
Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 10:13 UTC
US and UK announce partnership to boost energy security and bring down prices

With the purpose of bringing down global energy prices and boost energy security, United States and the United Kingdom have agreed on a new energy partnership.
Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 08:48 UTC
US: Dems snatch Senate majority with Warnock's win in Georgia

Raphael Warnock, a senior pastor of Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached, has been reelected onto the US Senate on behalf of the state of Georgia in a close runoff Tuesday against Republican Herschel Walker, which resulted in the Democratic Party securing a slight Upper House majority. With 99% of the votes counted, Warnock led Walker by 50.8% to 49.2%, it was announced Wednesday.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 10:03 UTC
Argentina signs deal with US regarding undeclared taxpayers' assets

Argentina's Superminister of Economy, Industry, and Agriculture Sergio Massa Monday signed an agreement with US Ambassador Marc Stanley for the automatic exchange between the two countries of information about undeclared assets owned by local taxpayers.
Tuesday, December 6th 2022 - 08:17 UTC
US gasoline prices at the pump could fall under US$ 3 per gallon by Christmas

United States gasoline prices have declined on average 16 cents to US$ 3,403 a gallon, while gas prices have declined 43 cents over the past 30 days, and are US$ 1.01 cents higher than a year ago.