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  • Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 21:31 UTC

    Sunak, Biden agree on common stance regarding Ukraine crisis

    There is no fracture among Democrats, Jayapal insisted

    US President Joseph Biden and UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak Wednesday agreed to support Ukraine against Russia's invasion and to stand up to China's expansionist policies.

  • Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 08:46 UTC

    Argentine President meets with group of US Senators

    Senator Menendez was also to hold talks with other local leaders

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Tuesday welcomed US Ambassador Marc Stanley and a delegation of visiting lawmakers to discuss the importance of bilateral ties and the strengthening of democratic institutions and human rights in the region.

  • Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 08:39 UTC

    US requests confiscation of Emtrasur's 747

    A District of Columbia Court Tuesday filed a request before Argentine authorities to confiscate the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft grounded at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport, it was reported.

  • Saturday, October 22nd 2022 - 10:14 UTC

    US: Bannon sentenced to 4 months in jail

    Bannon was pivotal to Trump's victory through the segmentation of speeches on social media

    Former US President Donald Trump's advisor Steve Bannon has been sentenced to four months in jail after Judge Carl Nichols acquiesced to the US Attorney's Office's request which also included a monetary fine the magistrate lowered from US$ 200,000 to US$ 6,500.

  • Saturday, October 22nd 2022 - 10:11 UTC

    WaPo: Trump took home secret documents on Iran and China

    Trump could be charged with violating the Espionage Act

    Highly classified intelligence documents on Iran and China were retrieved from the raid on former US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in August in Palm Beach, Florida, the Washington Post reported Friday.

  • Thursday, October 20th 2022 - 08:01 UTC

    “BlackRock’s role in a net-zero carbon

    Asked by a UK parliament committee, if BlackRock supports a net-zero scenario in which “no new investment is needed in coal, oil, and gas,” the asset manager responded: “No”

    The world's largest assets manager BlackRock (with US$10 trillion in assets under management as of January 2022), will not stop investing in oil, natural gas, or coal, told a UK parliamentary committee in written responses to an inquiry on the role of the financial sector in the UK’s net-zero transition.  

  • Saturday, October 15th 2022 - 14:18 UTC

    Uruguay seeks to become attractive to global meeting organizers

    The Uruguayan space hosted more than 40 individual meetings and four presentations at the Las Vegas event

    Uruguay's Tourism Minister Tabaré Viera headed the South American country's delegation at IMEX America 2022, a convention held in Las Vegas to promote the industry of global meetings, ceremonies, and incentive travel and arguably the largest event on the subject.

  • Friday, October 14th 2022 - 10:24 UTC

    Biden administration extends COVID-19 emergency

    Biden had announced the pandemic was over without consulting with scientific experts

    President Joseph Biden's administration Thursday announced an extension for 90 more days of the COVID-19 pandemic emergency declaration. The measure has been in practice since January 2020.

  • Friday, October 7th 2022 - 10:20 UTC

    Blinken discusses bilateral issues with Boric in Santiago

    Boric said he had had a “very good conversation” with the top diplomat from President Joseph Biden's administration

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Wednesday at the Palacio de la Moneda, in Santiago, to discuss further investments in the South American country, it was reported.

  • Thursday, October 6th 2022 - 21:57 UTC

    United States to pardon all those convicted of marijuana possession

    The order will affect only those convicted at the federal level, of which there are currently no one in prison simply for possession

    U.S. President Joseph Biden will pardon all those federally convicted of marijuana possession through an executive order, the White House announced Thursday. “Sending people to prison simply for possessing marijuana has affected too many lives and has meant that there are people incarcerated for conduct that is legal in many states,” Biden said in a video to announce the decision.