Updated on 01/11/2022 05:23 pm A judge of U.S declined to dismiss the antitrust lawsuit of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Facebook, saying the FTC had a plausible case that should be allowed to continue. Facebook, which is now owned by Meta Platforms, had asked Judge James Boasberg in federal court in Washington, DC, […]
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US questions whether Russia takes Ukraine diplomacy seriously
The White House questioned that Russia is taking diplomatic channels seriously in its conversations with U.S and its allies to resolve the crisis related to Ukraine, a day after holding an extensive bilateral dialogue with Moscow. “It is too early to know if the Russians are serious about the path to diplomatic or not, if […]
New battlefront for the Democrats in the US: an electoral reform
Democrats are determined to change the Senate rules to push through ambitious reforms to the electoral system, arguing that the impact of the lies of Donald Trump on the 2020 vote requires extraordinary measures. In fiery speeches and interviews, the president Joe Biden and Democratic legislative leaders affirm that, one year after the January 6 […]
US surgeons successfully transplant a pig heart into a person
A team of American surgeons successfully transplanted the heart from a genetically modified pig to a human; a world first, the University Maryland Medical School reported. The operation was carried out on Friday and demonstrated for the first time that an animal’s heart can continue to beat in a human being without immediate rejection, it […]
US hospitals keep staff infected with COVID-19 working
Updated on 01/10/2022 06:28 pm Hospitals around U.S are increasingly making the extraordinary decision to allow nurses and other workers infected with COVID-19 stay at work if they have mild or no symptoms. The move is a reaction to the severe understaffing in hospitals and the staggering number of cases that the omicron variant of […]
Fed’s Powell pledges that inflation does not take hold in the US.
Updated on 01/10/2022 06:16 pm The president of the Federal Reserve (Fed), Jerome Powell, he vowed to “prevent further inflation from taking hold” in remarks prepared for a congressional hearing on Tuesday, where the high pace of price increases is likely to be a central theme. Powell did not explicitly mention the central bank’s plans […]
Russia assures the US that it does not intend to “attack” Ukraine
Russia assured the United States, during the first round of security negotiations in Geneva (Switzerland), that it has no intention of attacking Ukraine, while considering that it would be a “big mistake” if the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO ) refuses to grant security guarantees to Moscow. “We have no plans, no intention to attack […]
US and EU announce new sanctions against Nicaraguan officials of the Daniel Ortega regime
Updated on 01/10/2022 12:52 pm The United States and the European Union (EU) announced, in a coordinated action, new sanctions against high-ranking officials of the Nicaraguan government, linked to the irregular elections in November, a few hours before Daniel Ortega is inaugurated as president for the fourth consecutive time. The US Treasury Department said in […]
Key Topics in Russian-US Talks
Russian officials are meeting this week with representatives of the United States and its NATO allies to negotiate Moscow’s demands that the West provide security guarantees and address Western concerns about the recent movement of Russian troops near Ukraine. Russian and US negotiators are scheduled to begin a round of talks in Geneva on Monday […]
US Remote Job Opportunities Will Increase This Year
Updated on 09/01/2022 04:35 am The shift to remote work for high-paying jobs will accelerate this year, according to a new report, challenging authorities who are desperate to bring workers back and jumpstart their economies. More than a quarter of all professional positions in North America, largely concentrated in the United States, will be remote […]