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A protracted trade war between the world's two largest economies would damage global economic growth

As tariff hike looms, China asks US to meet it halfway

China appealed to the United States today to meet it halfway to salvage a deal that could end their trade war.

Anna Sorokin invented a new identity upon her arrival in the US in 2016

Fake heiress convicted of fraud in New York

A German-Russian woman who passed herself off as an heiress has been convicted of multiple charges in New York, for stealing over $200,000 and attempting to make off with millions more.

World • 26 Apr 19

Joe Biden ran for US President in 1988 and in 2008

Biden his time: Joe finally announces presidential bid

Brian O'Donovan says Joe Biden will be hoping it is third time lucky as he once again enters the race for the US Presidency.

World • 25 Apr 19

John William King photographed during his trial

White supremacist executed for 1998 Texas murder

A 44-year-old white supremacist has been executed in Texas for killing a black man by dragging him behind a truck.

World • 25 Apr 19

Former Columbine principal Frank DeAngelis

20 years on, Columbine has become a beacon of hope

Each morning for the last two decades, Frank DeAngelis has recited aloud the names of the 13 people killed at Columbine High School, where he served as principal during the 1999 massacre that marked a modern era of mass school shootings.

News Lens • 17 Apr 19

Kirstjen Nielsen's exit marks the end of a difficult relationship with Donald Trump

US Homeland Security chief Nielsen stands aside

US Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, who oversaw President Donald Trump's bitterly contested immigration policies during her tumultuous 16-month tenure, has resigned amid a surge in the number of migrants at the border with Mexico.

World • 08 Apr 19

Donald Trump said he would hold a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping if there were a deal

Trump hopeful of trade deal with China within weeks

US President Donald Trump has a trade deal between the United States and China could be announced within four weeks.

Business • 05 Apr 19

People queue for water in Caracas after a power outage affected supply of several services

US diplomats ordered to leave Venezuela

Venezuela has ordered US diplomats to leave within 72 hours after President Nicolas Maduro accused his counterpart Donald Trump of cyber "sabotage" that plunged the country into its worst blackout on record.

World • 13 Mar 19

President Trump said he would be 'very disappointed' if he saw North Korean testing

Trump would be 'disappointed' by North Korean testing

US President Donald Trump has said he would be disappointed if North Korea were to resume weapons testing.

World • 09 Mar 19

Meng Wanzhou was changing planes in Vancouver in December when she was detained

Canada launches US extradition of top Huawei executive

Canada has begun the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the United States - the latest move in a case that has roiled relations between the North American neighbours and China.

World • 02 Mar 19

Tit-for-tat tariffs between the world's two largest economic powers have disrupted international trade

US and Chinese negotiators haggle over trade agreement

Top US and Chinese trade negotiators haggled over the details of a set of agreements aimed at ending their trade war last night, just one week before a United States-imposed deadline for a deal expires and triggers higher US tariffs.

Business • 22 Feb 19

A section of reinforced US-Mexico border fence seen from Tijuana in Mexico

How would emergency powers help build US border wall?

US President Donald Trump is set to declare a "national emergency" to help fund hundreds of kilometres of wall on the southern border, but what does an emergency act do?

World • 15 Feb 19

Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018

US not covering up Khashoggi murder, Pompeo says

The United States is not covering up the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the US Secretary of State has said.

World • 11 Feb 19

Mr Malpass has criticised the World Bank for its continued lending to China

Trump nominates top US diplomat to lead World Bank

US President Donald Trump has said that the World Bank Group should be led by US Treasury official David Malpass.

World • 06 Feb 19

What exactly is the polar vortex?

Many parts of the northern United States are experiencing record cold temperatures this week, attributed to the polar vortex, but what exactly is the phenomenon?

Weather • 31 Jan 19

Facebook has pledged to respond to concerns about manipulation and abuse, and to take data protection more seriously

Facebook hits record profit despite privacy challenges

Facebook has said its quarterly profit climbed to an all-time record $6.9bn as it boosted its global user base despite a series of data protection scandals that have dented the leading social network's image.

World • 31 Jan 19

Roger Stone faces seven criminal counts as part of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation

Roger Stone enters not guilty plea in Mueller probe

US President Donald Trump's long-time political ally Roger Stone has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to obstruct a congressional investigation into allegations that Russia meddled in the 2016 US presidential election.

US • 29 Jan 19

Wind chill could bring temperatures as low as -50F around Chicago this evening

US midwest set for record low temperatures of -60F

Two-thirds of the continental United States will be a frozen ice box today as the so-called polar vortex of frigid arctic air spins across the US midwest, clips the Great Lakes, the Ohio Valley and pushes on into New England.

World • 29 Jan 19

Increasing number of families are trying to enter the US

US to begin forcing asylum seekers to stay in Mexico

The US government is to return the first group of migrants seeking asylum in the United States to the Mexican border city of Tijuana, marking the start of a major policy shift by the Trump administration.

US • 25 Jan 19

800,000 federal workers are facing missing a second pay cheque due to the shutdown

US Senate fails to agree govt shutdown breakthrough

Two competing measures aimed at ending the partial US government shutdown have been defeated in the US Senate.

News • 24 Jan 19

The Manhattan development has become known as 'The Billionaire's Bunker'

US record of $238m paid for Manhattan apartment

A deal has been signed for the most expensive home ever purchased in the United States.

News • 25 Jan 19

The shooting happened at the SunTrust Bank in Sebring close to Orlando

Five dead in Florida bank shooting - suspect arrested

Five people have been killed in a gun attack in Florida.

News • 23 Jan 19

The suspect, who was providing care for the woman at the Arizona facility, was fired after his arrest (Pic: Google Maps)

Nurse charged over assault of woman in vegetative state

A male nurse has been arrested in the US state of Arizona for the sexual assault of a woman who gave birth while in a long-term vegetative state.

World • 23 Jan 19

The two leaders met for the first time in June last year

Trump and Kim to hold second summit in February

The White House has said US President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un around the end of February.

US • 18 Jan 19

Parent company, Rusal, agreed to reduce the ownership stake of Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska

Vote for sanctions on Limerick firm's Russian owner

The US House of Representatives has voted overwhelmingly in favour of retaining sanctions on the Russian parent company of Aughinish Alumina in Co Limerick.

US • 17 Jan 19