Trump administration labels China a currency manipulator

By CNN,

The Trump administration on Monday designated China a "currency manipulator," after the country's central bank allowed its currency to weaken amid the...

US-China trade conflict

Asylum seekers anxiously cross into U.S. as new policy kicks in

By Reuters,

Fear over new U.S. curbs on almost all asylum seekers spread this week among migrants at its southern border, but some on waiting lists in Mexican cit...

asylum , Donald Trump , Mexico , migrants , U.S.-Mexico border

Joe Biden apologizes for touting past work with segregationist senators

By Wambui Kihara,

Seeking to put to rest a weeks-old controversy that has dogged his campaign for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, Joe Biden apologized on S...

Cory Booker , Democratic party , Joe Biden

Facebook will ban ads that tell people in U.S. not to vote

By Reuters,

Facebook Inc will ban ads that discourage people from voting ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, according to its second annual Civil Rights...

facebook , US Elections

Trump on Democratic debate: ‘BORING’

By Reuters,

President Donald Trump dismissed the first Democratic debate as “BORING” on Wednesday night and declared himself above the fray even as his campai...

Trump imposes new U.S. sanctions on Iran, including supreme leader

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump targeted Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian officials with new U.S. sanctions on Monda...

Iran , President Donald Trump , Prince Mohammed bin Salman , sanctions

U.S retaliated against Iranian spy group’s cyberstrike

By CNN,

US Cyber Command launched a retaliatory cyberstrike last week against an Iranian spy group, according to a US official and a former US intelligence of...

Cyberstrike , Iran , President Donald Trump , U.S Cyber Command

Ecuador approves same-sex marriage as LGBT+ groups hail landmark week

By Reuters,

Ecuador’s decision to allow same-sex marriage has topped a landmark week for LGBT+ rights after Botswana decriminalized gay sex and Bhutan took the ...

Ecuador , gay marriage , LGBT , same sex , transgender

White House seeks delay on Huawei ban for contractors

By Reuters,

The White House Office of Management and Budget has asked the U.S. Congress for more time to phase in a ban on federal contracts with companies that d...

china , Donald Trump , Huawei , USA , White House

Mexico holds off Trump’s fire, but seen vulnerable to new pressure

By Reuters,

Mexico avoided the most extreme immigration concession sought by U.S. President Donald Trump in the deal reached to fend off threatened tariffs, but i...

Donald Trump , Marcel Ebrard , Mexico , Pascal Lamy , United States , Vicente Fox

CNN Poll: Rising share expect Trump to win in 2020

By CNN,

A majority of Americans say they think Donald Trump is going to win a second term, according to a CNN Poll conducted by SSRS, even as the President's ...

American politics , Barack Obama , Donald Trump , Immigration , North Korea

New U.S. visa requirements now include social media details

By VOA,

The United States is now requiring nearly all visa seekers to provide personal details about their social media activities. In addition, those requ...

E-passport , US visa application

Huawei calls on Washington to ‘halt illegal action’ against the company.

By CNN,

Huawei is pressing on with its lawsuit against the United States, challenging the constitutionality of a US law banning federal agencies from buying i...

Huawei

Trump vows rapid, high tariffs on Mexico unless illegal immigration ends

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump, responding to a surge of illegal immigrants across the southern border, vowed on Thursday to impose a tariff on all goods...

Central America and Mexico migrants , Crackdown on illegal immigrants , Donald Trump , U.S-Mexico border wall , US

China,United States face off in Djibouti as world powers fight for influence in Africa

By CNN,

A dirt track at Djibouti's Doraleh Port leads to a series of unassuming single-story buildings that, earlier this year, hosted the world's two superpo...

china , Djibouti , Red Sea , US

What little kids need to know about ‘SEX’

By CNN,

Approximately 8 out of 10 parents self-identify as enlightened. These are the moms and dads who broach thorny topics like race, poverty and sexism wit...

children , education , kids , sex , sexuality , STDs , U.S

Trump Announces Sweeping Immigration Plan

By VOA,

A proposed "fair, modern and legal" overhaul of the American immigration system, which lawmakers from both major U.S. parties contend has little chanc...

congress , democrats , Immigration , Trump

Facebook removes 265 ‘fake accounts’ linked to Israel

By Reuters,

Facebook said on Thursday it had removed 265 Facebook and Instagram accounts, pages, groups and events linked to Israel due to what it called “inaut...

facebook , instagram

Huawei banned from U.S markets

By Reuters,

The U.S. Commerce Department said on Wednesday it is adding Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and 70 affiliates to its so called “Entity List”. The mo...

Huawei

Trump says Beijing ‘broke’ trade talk deals, pledges to keep tariffs on Chinese goods

By Reuters,

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China “broke the deal” it had reached in trade talks with the United States, and vowed not to b...