United States

• Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 09:38 UTC

  OPEC+ puts pressure on western countries with strict output cut

  

  The price of gas at pumps for drivers worldwide might soon go up once again after OPEC+ countries at a meeting in Vienna agreed on to deepest production cut since the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 19:57 UTC

  Trump sues CNN for damages after derogatory remarks

  

  Former US President Donald Trump is seeking US$ 475 million in damages from CNN after the network referred to him as “Putin's lackey,” a “racist” and “Hitler,” among other epithets.

• Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 09:10 UTC

  US: Easier access increases number of calls for assistance against suicide

  

  Suicide assistance lines in the United States are going through an unprecedented 45% increase in activity in the last few months since the three-digit line made things easier por people in distress, it was reported.

• Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 18:35 UTC

  Blinken takes adventurous trip into left-leaning Latin America

  

  US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting Monday a most unusual Latin American tour through which President Joseph Biden's administration seeks to follow up on the goals agreed upon during the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles in June.

• Monday, October 3rd 2022 - 10:14 UTC

  Ian one of the deadliest hurricanes ever in the US

  

  At least 770,000 people remained without electricity in the US State of Florida this past weekend following the passage of Hurricane Ian, which has left over 80 casualties nationwide, it was reported.

• Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 10:13 UTC

  Pfizer files for clearance to use booster dose on children aged 5 to 11

  

  US pharmaceutical company Pfizer has filed a request before the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week for an emergency clearance to vaccinate children aged 5 to 11 with a 10-microgram booster dose against the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.

• Thursday, September 29th 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  Ian makes devastating landfall in US State of Florida

  

  Hurricane Ian made landfall as a Class 4 storm in the US State of Florida. It is deemed extremely dangerous, with winds of up to 240 kilometers per hour.

• Monday, September 26th 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  Mexico/US border migrants' record arrests; mostly from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua

  

  New figures from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP), indicate that 2.15 million migrants were detained at the US/Mexico border over the past year, a 24% increase, but with a drastic change in the origin of the new migrants, since the fastest growing number are from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

• Friday, September 23rd 2022 - 09:33 UTC

  Abdo tells Biden US is a strategic partner of Paraguay

  

  Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benítez and his US colleague Joseph Biden Thursday agreed on the importance of “democratic values” during their meeting in New York.

• Thursday, September 22nd 2022 - 10:12 UTC

  With Fed help and warmonger Putin, Super Dollar is stronger than the Euro

  

  The European Union common currency, the Euro sank to a two-decade low of US$0.9810 on Thursday. It came after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the partial mobilization of reservists in an escalation of the war in Ukraine and after the Federal Reserve implemented a 75 basis points increase to the interest rate.