International

Strike about 50,000 workers in General Motors in the United States

2019-09-16

 About 50,000 workers from US automaker General Motors Corp. (GM.N: Quote, Profile, Research) took part in Monday´s biggest strike in more than a decade over a pay dispute. More than 46,00...

Will Trump strike Iran this time?

2019-09-16

Will Donald Trump this time take a military option against Iran? In June, he retreated in the last minute, but after Saudi facilities were bombed on Saturday, Trump now has to make one of the most im...

Davutoglu resigns from AKP

2019-09-13

Former Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu resigned on Friday from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, following a call from his party to sack him in t...

Trump comments on Israel´s report of planting spy devices

2019-09-13

US President Donald Trump commented on a report that strongly suggests Israel is behind planting small cellular surveillance devices found near the White House and elsewhere in Washington. Trump said...

US exports to China fell 7% last year due to trade tensions

2019-09-13

The value of US goods exports to China in 2018 reached 118 billion US dollars, down 7 percent from a year earlier, according to a report released Thursday by the US-China Business Council. "Citi...

Italian minister: Rome is ready to resume its role as a committed member of the European Union

2019-09-13

Italy is ready to resume its role as a committed member of the European Union under the leadership of the country´s new government, Finance Minister Roberto Gualtieri said. Gualtieri´s re...

Russia vows to respond to new US sanctions

2019-09-11

 Russian officials on Wednesday condemned new US sanctions targeting Russian law enforcement officials, saying they would be followed by retaliatory measures. "We consider the new sanctions...

Washington agrees to sell Poland 32 F-35 stealth fighters

2019-09-11

 Washington said on Wednesday it had agreed to sell Poland 32 F-35 stealth fighter jets worth $ 6.5 billion in a deal that could stoke tension with Moscow. . In a statement, the US State Departm...

Johnson ignores controversy over his decision to suspend the work of the British parliament

2019-09-11

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson ignored the controversy over his decision to suspend parliament while he was on a talk show to answer questions from the public via Twitter and Facebook. Johnson...

Canadian Prime Minister dissolves parliament and elections on 21 October

2019-09-11

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday ordered the dissolution of parliament, the state-run CBC television reported. The date of the parliamentary elections, as expected, is set on Octob...