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  • Friday, April 8th 2022 - 22:41 UTC

    Trump and Macri have lunch in Florida

    Macri and Trump were never this close while they were both presidents of their countries

    Former Presidents Mauricio Macri of Argentina and Donald Trump of the United States had lunch Thursday at the latter's Mar-a-Lago residence in the State of Florida.

  • Friday, April 8th 2022 - 22:37 UTC

    Congress confirms Biden's pick for SCOTUS

    Jackson was among the three judges who ruled against former President Donald Trump in his bid to withhold documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot

    President Joseph Biden recorded a domestic political victory Thursday when the Senate gave the green light and Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed as a new Justice into the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), thus becoming the first woman of African American roots to reach that position.

  • Tuesday, April 5th 2022 - 09:15 UTC

    United States launches Cybersecurity Division (CDP)

    Jennifer Bachus will head the CDP pending the appointment of a Senate-approved chief

    The U.S. State Department Monday announced its newly-created Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP) was operational. The new agency has been devised to enhance the country's ability to work together with other nations on cybersecurity matters.

  • Saturday, April 2nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Argentina focused on ties with US

    “We worked to continue strengthening the development of economic cooperation opportunities between our nations,” Minister Guzmán said

    Argentina's Economy Minister Martín Guzmán met Friday with US Ambassador Marc Stanley at the Treasury Palace in Buenos Aires to discuss the bilateral agenda regarding cooperation between the two countries.

  • Friday, April 1st 2022 - 09:00 UTC

    US to admit “X” option on passports of gender-neutral citizens

    The Department of Homeland Security said Thursday it would introduce “more efficient, less invasive screening procedures” for trans travelers

    The United States Government of President Joe Biden has agreed to issue passports marked with an “X” in the gender box to adjust to the bearer's self-perception, it was announced Thursday during celebrations of the Transgender Day of Visibility.

  • Monday, March 28th 2022 - 09:35 UTC

    “Unwise comments from President Biden”, MP Tobias Ellwood

    The White House has been forced to clarify President Joe Biden’s apparent call for regime change in Russia during a speech in Warsaw on Saturday.

    The White House has been forced to clarify President Joe Biden’s apparent call for regime change in Russia during a speech in Warsaw on Saturday. The White House has been forced to clarify President Joe Biden’s apparent call for regime change in Russia during a speech in Warsaw on Saturday.

  • Friday, March 25th 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    NATO to respond if Russia uses chemical weapons, Biden warns

    The US President said Russia should be expelled from the G-20 (of which Argentina and Brazil are a part) and Ukraine be invited instead

    US President Joseph Biden Thursday said that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) would take direct action if Russia resorted to chemical weapons in Ukraine.

  • Thursday, March 24th 2022 - 09:16 UTC

    Madeleine Albright dead at age 84 after battling cancer

    Albright's family had kept her Jewish background a secret for many years

    Former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the first woman ever to hold that office, has died Wednesday after losing her battle to cancer, at age 84.

  • Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 22:23 UTC

    South Beach under curfew to curb Spring Break havoc

    Miami does not want violent Spring Break celebrating students but they keep coming, Gelber complained

    Authorities in Miami have decreed a curfew for the South Beach area following several shootings, one of them on Ocean Drive, which have sparked chaos during the Spring Break celebrations, it was reported.

  • Tuesday, March 22nd 2022 - 09:55 UTC

    Biden not going to Ukraine but Boris Johnson might

    PM Johnson is said to have developed a personal bond with Zelensky

    US President Joseph Biden will not be traveling to Ukraine during his trip to Europe this week to meet with NATO and EU allies. But British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has reportedly expressed his interest in a journey to Kyiv to bring a solid sign of support to Volodimir Zelensky.