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  • Friday, January 26th 2024 - 10:10 UTC

    Ecuador gives US useless Russian weapons despite Moscow's warning

    Ecuador has all the legal right to receive the US and other countries' cooperation in security matters, Sommerfeld insisted

    Ecuador's Foreign Minister Gabriela Sommerfeld admitted that his country sold useless Russian-built weaponry to the United States in exchange for operational arms to wage the South American country's war against drug trafficking gangs. The measure was adopted despite Moscow's advice against it, it was explained.

  • Monday, January 22nd 2024 - 10:06 UTC

    DeSantis drops White House bid, Trump virtually assured of Republican candidacy

    Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts,” DeSantis said

    Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced Sunday he was dropping his bid to the White House, which would virtually guarantee former President Donald Trump to win the Republican primaries. DeSantis also announced he would be supporting the former head of state's return to power. However, Trump still needs to beat his former Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley to secure his nomination.

  • Wednesday, January 17th 2024 - 10:05 UTC

    U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot is Miss America 2024

    Madison Marsh was Miss Colorado before graduating from the Air Force Academy.

    Active duty US Air Force 2nd Lieutenant Madison Marsh, who pilots F-16 fighter jets, was crowned Miss America 2024 this week in an unprecedented result for the storied beauty pageant, which has been held since 1920 and features one representative from each state.

  • Monday, January 15th 2024 - 09:40 UTC

    Largest cruise vessel in the world preparing in Miami for Caribbean trips

    The 365-meter-long Icon of the Seas has a gross tonnage of 248,655 tons. It can accommodate up to 7,600 passengers and 2,350 crew members.

    The “Icon of the Seas”, the world’s largest and most advanced cruise ship to date, has arrived in Miami, ahead of its official debut on January 27. Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku delivered the ship to US-based cruise company Royal Caribbean International in November last year.

  • Saturday, January 13th 2024 - 10:51 UTC

    Ecuador accepts military help from Argentina and the US

    It “is not the moment to say no out of ego or vanity,” Noboa insisted

    Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa Friday said his government would be accepting the military cooperation offered by Argentina and the United States among other countries because the situation did not allow for egos to stand in the way.

  • Monday, January 8th 2024 - 11:29 UTC

    US Congress reaches deal to avert gov't shutdown

    Johnson called it “the most favorable budget agreement in years”

    Lawmakers from both major parties have reached a deal to avoid a US government shutdown in 2024, Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson announced Sunday in Washington DC.

  • Saturday, January 6th 2024 - 10:50 UTC

    US farmers and beef lobbies want to stop the import of fresh meat from Paraguay

    Senators Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, and Jon Tester, D-Montana, announced they would file a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the decision

    A wide ranging alliance of US government officials, cattle farmers and beef organizations gathered to strongly oppose the purchase and import of fresh beef from Paraguay, but a final ruling from the US Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service decided in favor of the Mercosur country member. The decision became effective last December 14 and opens the doors to the Paraguayan produce.

  • Friday, January 5th 2024 - 10:20 UTC

    Another school shooting in US leaves two students dead, including the perpetrator

    Dylan Butler was believed to be acting alone

    A 17-year-old gunman killed one person and wounded five others before taking his own life in yet another school shooting spree in the United States, this time in Iowa. The perpetrator was a student at the Perry High School in the town of Perry in Dallas County, it was also reported. The shooting occurred on the first day of classes following winter break. Iowa has a long history of school shootings, dating back to 1984.

  • Tuesday, December 26th 2023 - 08:47 UTC

    US expands its EEZ by 385,000sq km off Alaska despite not been party of UNCLOS

    The majority is off the coast of Alaska, and follows after Russia expanded its own demands for territorial recognition in Arctic waters.

    With the stroke of a pen the US administration of president Joe Biden added nearly 250 million acres to its maritime claims, the largest administrative expansion since the establishment of the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in 1983.

  • Thursday, December 21st 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Alleged Maduro frontman benefits from prisoner swap with US

    “I am proud to serve the people of Venezuela and to serve this Government,” Saab said once in Caracas

    Colombian businessman Alex Saab, who is said to be a frontman for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, was released from jail Wednesday by the United States in exchange for several Americans detained by Caracas together with other political prisoners.