United States

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 14:03 UTC

  Ambassador Stanley holds talks with Argentine Cabinet Chief Manzur

  

  Following Argentine President Alberto Fernández's remarks to his Russian colleague Vladimir Putin in Moscow, according to which the South American country needed to be freer from the United States and the International Monetary Fund, Washington's envoy to Buenos Aires held a meeting Friday with Cabinet Chief Juan Manzur.

• Saturday, February 5th 2022 - 09:42 UTC

  WTI crude surges above US$ 92 on Texas freezing weather

  

  By Tsvetana Paraskova for Oilprice.com – WTI Crude, the U.S. oil benchmark, jumped to over US$ 92 per barrel early on Friday—its highest level since 2014, amid the Russia-Ukraine crisis and a deep freeze in Texas that disrupted some Permian oil production.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 23:00 UTC

  Argentina's dependency on US needs to stop, President Fernández tells Putin

  

  President Alberto Fernández Thursday told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow that “Argentina has to stop having such a great dependency on the IMF and the United States.”

• Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 14:13 UTC

  Biden announces ISIS leader dead following US attack

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday confirmed Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi had been killed following in a two-hour battle at a house in Syria's rebel-held province of Idlib.

• Thursday, February 3rd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

  US Army instructed to discharge unvaccinated soldiers

  

  The Army of the United States Wednesday announced it would start discharging soldiers who are not vaccinated against COVID-19. As of January 26, 96% of the military were fully vaccinated, while 3,350 had refused to take any injection.

• Tuesday, February 1st 2022 - 21:43 UTC

  Pfizer ready to deliver vaccine for kids under 5 before February's end, if okayed

  

  Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has announced it planned to submit a COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of 5 to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the United for emergency authorization. If approved, it would be the first such drug available in the United States for that age group.

• Monday, January 31st 2022 - 21:50 UTC

  UN Security Council adjourns meeting but Russia only backed by China

  

  US President Joseph Biden Monday dubbed the meeting held by the United Nations Security Council to discuss the Ukraine crisis, although no specific decision has been reached.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 19:53 UTC

  WaPo tells Americans not to fret over local inflation: Argentina is worse off

  

  An article published by The Washington Post highlights Argentina's inflationary tradition and suggests US citizens should take a look at the South American country's “way of economic life” after prices locally rose around 7% in one year.

• Thursday, January 27th 2022 - 09:18 UTC

  Number of COVID-19 cases goes up in the Americas, PAHO says

  

  The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) said Wednesday that a 32% increase in COVID-19 cases had been reported in the Americas during the past week, which represented around 8 million new infections.

• Tuesday, January 25th 2022 - 09:19 UTC

  New US Ambassador presents his credentials to Argentine President

  

  Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday received the credentials from the new Ambassador of the United States to Buenos Aires.