Sources: NPR
The United States vetoes a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have condemned violence against civilians while urging humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza. Twelve countries vote in favour of the resolution, while Russia and the United Kingdom abstain. 2023-10-18
The United States formally rejoins the Paris Agreement, 107 days after it left the climate accord. 2021-02-19
Brazil surpasses 10 million cases of COVID-19, being the second country to do so after the United States. 2021-02-18
The President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan Guaidó tells the BBC he is considering formally requesting the United States to launch a military intervention to topple President Nicolás Maduro. Guaidó led a failed uprising against Maduro last month. 2019-05-5
The governments of the United States and South Korea begin their Foal Eagle and Key Resolve military drills. 2018-04-1
The Swedish Academy announces that American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has agreed to accept his Nobel Prize in Literature this weekend at a private location in Stockholm. 2017-03-29
Per Wästberg, a member of the Swedish Academy, says that songwriter and artist Bob Dylan has not yet indicated whether he intends to accept the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature. 2016-10-21
The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) files an administrative complaint challenging office-supplies giant Staples' proposed $6.3 billion acquisition of top rival Office Depot. The FTC said the deal would significantly reduce national competition in the market for office supplies sold to large business customers. The companies plan to contest the FTC decision. 2015-12-7
A United States air strike kills an al-Qaeda leader who was thought to have been planning suicide bombings. 2010-08-16
The United States tells Israel that it must remove 23 West Bank outposts, as previously promised. 2010-04-29