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U.S. to impose sanctions on Iran. | Photo: Reuters FILE

US to Impose New Sanctions on Iran, 'Will Unite Iranian Nation'

The United States will impose new sanctions against Iran next week, and, according to the Trump administration these would be the toughest ones ever placed on Iran.

November 3, 2018
Published in World News

Information packs are distributed by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services following a citizenship ceremony. | Photo: Reuters

UNITED STATES | Trump to Push Executive Order Ending Birthright Citizenship

WASHINGTON DC, October 30, 2018 - United States President Donald Trump says he intends to sign an executive order to end the right to citizenship to children born in the United States to non-citizens and immigrants in the country illegally.

October 30, 2018
Published in World News

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro warned against U.S. deceit in the region. | Photo: EFE

Venezuela Rebukes Pompeo on Chinese Investment in Caribbean, Latin America

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro condemned Friday the comments made by United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who urged Latin America and Caribbean country's to be wary of Chinese investments in the region.

October 23, 2018
Published in Latin America

Mamie Till Mobley and her son, Emmett Till, whose lynching in 1955 became a catalyst for the civil rights movement. | Photo: Mamie Till Mobley Family

US Reopens 1955 Case on Black Teen Emmett Till's Murder

The U.S. government has reopened an investigation into the 1955 killing of Black teenager Emmett Till in Mississippi, saying it had discovered new information in the case, which helped spark the nation's civil rights movement.

July 12, 2018
Published in Justice

Tourists pass by a hotel under construction at the Paseo del Prado boulevard in Havana, Cuba, May 9, 2018. Picture taken on May 9, 2018. | Photo: Reuters

Joint Cuban, US Probe absolves Cuba of Sonic Attacks

HAVANA, Cuba, July 11, 2018 - The Cuban ministry of foreign affairs has issued a statement calling on the U.S. government to stop the "political manipulation" of the alleged health issues.

July 11, 2018
Published in Politics

This Is No ‘New Cold War’; It’s Far Worse Than That

NOVEMBER 5, 2016 - Here is the reason why we are currently even closer to a civilization-ending nuclear war than was the case during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962: During the Cold War, the two sides agreed that any war between the capitalist side and the communist side would escalate to nuclear war between the US and the USSR and constitute Mutually Assured Destruction (M.A.D.).

November 5, 2016
Published in World News

Minister of State Joseph Harmon says the agreement will allow financial institutions in Guyana to identify and disclose details regarding the holders of United States dollars accounts locally.

Guyana to sign FACTA Agreement with United States

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Aug 12, CMC – Guyana says it will sign an inter-government model A-1 FACTA agreement with the United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that will allow for the provision of details on holders of US dollars’ accounts locally.

August 12, 2016
Published in Business & Economy

Embattled former FIFA vice president, Austin Jack Warner

US appeals High Court ruling in favour of Warner

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jul 5, CMC – The United States government has filed an appeal against a High Court ruling that Washington be excluded from being part of the judicial review claim brought by former FIFA vice president Jack Warner challenging his extradition to that country on fraud related charges.

July 5, 2016
Published in Justice

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