The forthcoming US president, Joe Biden, announced plans for a $1.9 trillion support package on Thursday night on Friday. The package, known as the ‘American rescue plan’, is intended to help the United States to cope with the COVID-19 and the harsh economic conditions in the country. Previously, outgoing President Donald Trump authorized two other support packages. $400 billion from …
Cuba has been put back on the list of countries supporting terrorism by the United States. In the last few days of the Trump government, the US Secretary of state, Mr Pompeo, has imposed sanctions on its communist neighbour. In 2015, under President Obama, Cuba was just removed from the terrorist list, which includes Iran, North Korea and Syria. This …
American Trade Representative Robert Lightizer calls upon US President-elect Joe Biden to maintain import duties on Chinese products. Furthermore, according to Lightizer, Biden must reduce WTO power and make it more difficult for American companies to settle abroad. According to Lightizer, the Trump government, with its harsh approach to China, has made more good than bad. Previous governments, he said, …
For the first time in years, Saturday vehicles crossed the border between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. This was after the Arab states had restored their transport and trade relations following the boycott imposed against Qatar in mid-2017. Qatar had long been in a bitter dispute with the Saudis, Bahrain, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. In June 2017, Arab countries …
The New York NYSE stock exchange owner is going to terminate the quotations of Chinese telecom companies. The stock exchange operator is doing so at the behest of the Trump government, which last month forbade US investments in Chinese companies that according to Washington are controlled or owned by the army in China. Trade in China Mobile, China Telecom and …
More than three weeks before Donald Trump loses his post as president of the United States, Congress seems to vote a veto down from him for the first time. Trump, with his waning authority, has little chance of his veto on the defense budget being maintained this time by the parliament. Trump vetoed the defense post already approved by both …
President Donald Trump has pardoned his former campaign manager Paul Manafort and his good friend Roger Stone. Before, he already forgave the latter’s sentence. He thus disproves the most important convictions resulting from the Russian meddling investigation. Also, Charles Kushner, the father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, was pardoned. This real estate developer was sentenced to two years in 2005 …
The US Secretary of State Pompeo is convinced that Russia is behind a major hacking attack on the government that has been going on for months. In a radio show, he said he had proof, but he couldn’t go into details. “This was a huge operation and I think it’s pretty clear the Russians are behind it,” Pompeo said. “There …
Facebook has reversed a change that prioritized messages from ‘neutral news organizations’ over more ‘radical sources’. The algorithm that compiled the news feed gave more weight to messages from reliable sources in the days after the United States election. As a result, CNN and the New York Times, for example, saw their Facebook traffic increase, whereas for the ‘radical’ Breitbart, …
The government of US president Donald Trump announced on Thursday a financial sanction of $ 200 million for the state of California, due to the state’s abortion legislation. In California, health insurance companies are required to reimburse the cost of abortions, which, according to the conservative president, goes against federal law. The US Department of Health announced on Wednesday that …
