Washington, Sep 17 (EFE).- President Donald Trump on Monday ordered tariffs of 10 percent on $200 billion worth of imports from China starting on Sept. 24. In a statement released by the White House, the president added that these tariffs will be increased to 25 percent starting on Jan. 1. Trump went on to threaten …
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Washington DC, Sep 17 (EFE).- The winds, floods and rains generated by hurricane Florence has claimed at least 31 lives in North Carolina and South Carolina, local media reported on Monday, citing official sources. Of the 31 fatalities, six died in South Carolina and the other 25 in North Carolina. Several people died of drowning, …
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Washington DC, Sep 17 (EFE).- The aerospace manufacturer SpaceX announced Monday that the company’s first private passenger to the Moon will be Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa. “The first private passenger to fly around the Moon aboard BFR is fashion innovator and globally recognized art curator Yusaku Maezawa,” SpaceX said on the Twitter account. Maezawa, 42, …
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Washington, 17 sep (EFE).- El presidente, Donald Trump, defendió hoy los beneficios que han deparado a los latinos sus medidas económicas y evitó cualquier referencia a la inmigración o a su política hacia Latinoamérica durante la segunda recepción de su mandato con motivo del mes de la Herencia Hispana. Cuatro días después de cuestionar en …
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Washington, Sep 17 (EFE).- President Donald Trump said Monday that he wants to listen to all parties regarding the accusation of sexual assault leveled against Brett Kavanaugh, his nominee for the empty Supreme Court seat. “We want to go through a full process…and hear everybody out,” Trump told reporters. Trump also said that he was …
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Florence, South Carolina, Sep 17 (EFE).- The death toll left in the path of what began as Hurricane Florence along the southeastern coast of the United States increased to 18 with the death of a baby after a tree fell on the infant’s home, media reports said Monday. The 3-month-old baby could not recover from …
Washington, Sep 15 (EFE).– The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched Saturday its ICESat-2 satellite, which will help measure changes in Earth’s ice. The satellite was launched aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 6:02 am local time (1302 GMT). “Flying free! We have spacecraft separation from the @ULALaunch …
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, Sep 15 (EFE).– Three people have died in the state of North Carolina along with another in South Carolina due to Tropical Storm Florence moving through the region, which raises the number of known fatalities to nine, authorities reported Saturday. The police department of Fayetteville, North Carolina, said on Twitter that a …
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Washington, Sep 14 (EFE).- Paul Manafort, former chairman of US President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign, pleaded guilty Friday to two conspiracy charges and agreed to cooperate with the investigation into possible Russian meddling in the election. Manafort, convicted last month on tax and bank fraud charges, agreed to cooperate with authorities and pleaded guilty to …
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San Diego (CA), 14 sep (EFE).- Padres con orden de deportación y algunos ya repatriados tendrán opción de solicitar de nuevo asilo tras el visto bueno dado hoy por un juez federal a un acuerdo entre el Gobierno de Donald Trump y los demandantes en el caso de reunificación de 2.654 menores separados en la …
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