• At the G-20, leaders discover 'how difficult' consensus has become

    At the G-20, leaders discover 'how difficult' consensus has become

    Nov 30, 2018 11:40 PM EDT

    A few miles from the summit venue, protesters remained peaceful as they criticized capitalism, and complained about Argentina's struggling economy. President Trump described the signing of the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement as a boon to the U.S. economy, but Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...

  • S&P 500 again dips into 'correction' territory

    S&P 500 again dips into 'correction' territory

    Nov 23, 2018 07:53 PM EDT

    ... systems to United Technologies Corp. Investors will be watching next week when Presidents Xi Jinping and Trump meet at the Group of 20 summit in Argentina for signs that the two leaders can find common ground to begin unwinding the spiraling trade dispute. The trade dispute between the U.S ...

  • V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85

    V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85

    Aug 12, 2018 02:24 PM EDT

    ... that confirmed some of Theroux's claims. The biography, published in 2008, devoted chapters to how Naipaul met and callously treated his mistress, an Anglo-Argentine woman who was married and about a decade younger than he was. It recalled Naipaul's confession to The New Yorker that he bought ...

  • Facing threat of tariffs, China buyers cancel orders for U.S. soybeans

    Facing threat of tariffs, China buyers cancel orders for U.S. soybeans

    May 08, 2018 08:48 PM EDT

    ... a blow to American farmers if it continues. At the same time, farmers in China are being encouraged to plant more soy, apparently to help make up for any shortfall from the United States. Beijing has included soybeans on a list of $50 billion of U.S. exports on which ...

  • Trump to 'pause' looming metal tariffs for some countries

    Trump to 'pause' looming metal tariffs for some countries

    Mar 22, 2018 05:19 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON — The European Union, Australia, Argentina, Brazil and South Korea are among the nations that will get an initial exemption from looming steel and aluminum tariffs from the Trump administration, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said Thursday. President Donald Trump is planning to impose tariffs of 25 percent on ...

  • Women will march again with aim to become a political force

    Women will march again with aim to become a political force

    Jan 19, 2018 10:59 PM EDT

    ... into something concrete or fulfilling?" Along with hundreds of gatherings Saturday and Sunday across the U.S. and in places such as Beijing, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Nairobi, Kenya, a rally Sunday in Las Vegas will launch an effort to register 1 million voters and target swing states in the ...

  • Suspect in New York truck attack pleads not guilty to murder and terrorism charges

    Suspect in New York truck attack pleads not guilty to murder and terrorism charges

    Nov 29, 2017 02:54 AM EDT

    ... did in the case of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. The hearing in the historic Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse occurred less than half a mile from the Oct. 31 truck attack. Saipov wore a blue jail uniform, listened to the proceedings through an Uzbek translator, and said only one ...

  • 5 important stories you may have missed

    5 important stories you may have missed

    Nov 27, 2017 10:04 PM EDT

    ... 2016, the FBI reported it had processed a record 27.5 million background checks. 3. We still don't know what happened to a missing Argentinian submarine An Argentinian has been missing since Nov. 15, and officials have offered few clues about what happened and why. On Monday, an Argentine ...

  • News Wrap: Journalist Charlie Rose taken off the air after report of sexual misconduct

    News Wrap: Journalist Charlie Rose taken off the air after report of sexual misconduct

    Nov 20, 2017 11:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, The Washington Post reported that eight women have come forward accusing veteran PBS journalist Charlie Rose of sexual misconduct -- one of several new allegations against high-profile figures. Also, Nebraska regulators gave the green light for the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline across their state.

  • All the sexual assault or harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, recapped

    All the sexual assault or harassment allegations against Harvey Weinstein, recapped

    Oct 18, 2017 09:23 PM EDT

    The allegations of sexual harassment and abuse against film producer Harvey Weinstein intensified this week, as more women came forward and gave on-the-record accounts of the Hollywood mogul making unwanted advances and forcing physical contact. Days after The New York Times published a bombshell report that outlined three decades of sexual harassment allegations against Weinstein...