News about USA

First shipment of US natural gas to EU arrives In a move which could lead to continental price wars and reduce Russian market domination, the first shipment of US natural gas to the European Union arrived.

27 April 2016

American tech giants under EU cosh US technology giants Google, Amazon, Apple, Intel and Microsoft have all come under the often costly scrutiny of European Union.

20 April 2016

Cholesterol drug fails to improve heart health: study Experimental drug that greatly increases levels of "good" cholesterol has no effect on heart health, a comprehensive clinical trial found.

05 April 2016

Iran 'certain' Security Council will not act on missile tests Iran's defence minister is certain the UN Security Council will not take any action over its missile tests despite calls from the Western.

31 March 2016

After Brussels, spies debate security risks of Brexit The Brussels attacks have pushed security to the forefront of Britain's EU referendum campaign this week, as intelligence experts came out of the shadows to press the benefits and disadvantages of membership.

28 March 2016

De Niro yanks anti-vaccine documentary from film fest De Niro offs a documentary by a former British medical researcher about a link between vaccines and autism from Tribeca Film Festival.

28 March 2016

US and Russia to push Syrian political transition US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia's President Vladimir Putin agreed to intensify the drive for a political settlement in Syria but remained divided over Bashar al-Assad's future.

25 March 2016

Number of US drones will nearly triple by 2020 An estimated seven million drones will fly in US skies by 2020, nearly tripling the number in circulation by the end of the year.

25 March 2016

The rise of on-demand viewing divides Hollywood Hollywood's traditional media players are facing an unprecedented challenge to their business model as 'cord-cutters' opt to cancel their expensive cable subscriptions in favor of on-demand streaming services.

25 March 2016

Japan to send plutonium cache to US this weekend Japan will return a huge cache of plutonium -- enough to produce 50 nuclear bombs -- to the United States.

18 March 2016

In US gun control, not all laws are equal Gun deaths in the United States can be slashed by 90 percent through universal application of laws requiring background checks of buyers.

11 March 2016

Obama hits out at Cameron, Sarkozy over Libya intervention British leader David Cameron got "distracted" and French President Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to promote his country during the 2011 military intervention in Libya, US President Barack Obama said.

11 March 2016

US warns of 'catastrophic' Mosul dam collapse The United States urges governments to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions from the collapse of Iraq's Mosul dam.

10 March 2016

Iran tests more missiles in defiance of US warning Iran fired two more long-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday as it continued military tests in defiance of US sanctions and fresh warnings from Washington.

09 March 2016

US regulator unveils low-income broadband subsidy plan US regulators offer broadband subsidies to low-income Americans, saying that Internet access is "a prerequisite for full participation" in modern society.

09 March 2016

Lady Gaga says suffers 'paralyzing fear' from rape Lady Gaga described her Oscar performance with rape survivors as the most difficult of her life, saying that she remains in chronic pain.

05 March 2016

SpaceX satellite launch succeeds, but rocket crash lands SpaceX launched a communications satellite to an orbit but failed to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform.

05 March 2016

World's costliest train station opens in NY at 9/11 site The world's most expensive train station opened Thursday in New York, nearly $2 billion over budget and years behind schedule.

04 March 2016

North Korea sanction loopholes give China room for manoeuvre New United Nations sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea leave plenty of room for China to continue business as usual.

03 March 2016

'Ninth planet' may exist in solar system: US scientists A previously unknown giant planet may have been discovered lurking in the outer reaches of our solar system, US scientists announced.

21 January 2016

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