USA 'I hope I've made you proud,' Michelle Obama gives final speech as FLOTUS Two weeks to the day before the next president is to be inaugurated, Michelle Obama delivered her final remarks as First Lady of the United States. 06/01/2017
USA Trump slams 'Russian hacking' allegations as 'political witch hunt' US President-elect Donald Trump has dismissed a controversy over alleged Russian hacking during the 2016 US election campaign as a “political witch hunt,” the New York Times reported on Friday (Januar 06/01/2017
Business Series Japan backs Toyota over Trump Mexico tax threat Japan defends Toyota over Donald Trump's threat to heavily tax vehicles imported into the US that it is planning to build at a new plant in Mexico. 06/01/2017
USA Trump 'picks Coats' as new US intelligence chief Former US Senator Dan Coats is Donald Trump’s choice as his Director of National Intelligence according to officials on the president-elect’s transition team. 06/01/2017
USA Saving Obamacare: the US president pleads for his legacy Republicans have launched their long-desired bid to scrap the system in what Vice President-elect Mike Pence has called "the first order of business" of Donald Trump's administration. 04/01/2017
Business Series Peso slumps as Ford cancels Mexico plant Mexico's peso hit a new record low after Ford said it won't build a huge car-making plant in the country following criticism by president-elect Trump. 04/01/2017
Economy China stresses US mutual interests amid trade war fears China signals it wants to avoid a trade war after US President-elect Donald Trump names tough-talking Robert Lighthizer as his chief trade negotiator. 04/01/2017
USA First Congress session overshadowed by ethics outcry and Trump Tweet It was a Tweet from Trump that stirred things up, with the Republicans told they had more urgent priorities to deal with than weaken an ethics watchdog 04/01/2017
USA Ford scraps Mexico plant following Trump criticism Ford Motor Company has scrapped a planned Mexican car factory and is instead extending its operations in Michigan by creating 700 jobs. 03/01/2017
USA Mexicans in US fear ban on money transfers back home As the countdown begins to the Trump presidency in the US, anxiety is building in neighbouring Mexico 03/01/2017
USA US Congress: Republicans drop plans to weaken ethics committee Republicans in the US House of Representatives have backed down over plans to weaken a nonpartisan ethics watchdog on the grounds it had grown too intrusive. 03/01/2017
USA The broke billionaire: "Giving while living" Former frugal billionaire turned philanthropist signs over last of his fortune 03/01/2017
North Korea Trump takes to Twitter to talk tough on North Korea The North Korean leader said on Sunday that his nation was close to testing an intercontinental ballistic missile 03/01/2017
Russia Expelled Russian diplomats arrive back in Moscow A plane carrying 35 Russian diplomats and their families, who have been expelled by order of President Barack Obama, has arrived back in Moscow. 02/01/2017
USA UN's new chief Antonio Guterres in appeal to 'put peace first' The UN's new secretary general has officially taken office with a New Year appeal for global unity. 01/01/2017
World Trump towers over the globe; many fear the shadow Out with the old politics in with the new 31/12/2016
USA Putin 'very smart', says Trump, as Russia fails to retaliate to US 'hacking' expulsions Donald Trump calls Russia's Vladimir Putin 'very smart' for not taking an 'eye-for-an-eye' approach to the US expulsion of Russian diplomats. 31/12/2016
World News False alarm bomb alert sparks panic at Trump Tower There were scenes of panic in Trump Tower on Tuesday as workers and tourists alike fled from the Manhattan skyscraper amid a security alert. 28/12/2016
USA Trump calls UN "sad" club after vote on Israeli settlements On Twitter, US President-Elect Donald Trump mocked the UN as "sad," labeling it "just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time." 27/12/2016