United States (US)

United States (US)

FILE PHOTO: Gold rings are seen on display at a goldsmith shop in Kuala Lumpur April 21, 2011. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad

US attracts record amount of gold from Switzerland as pandemic upends market

Swiss shipments to China and India, usually the two largest buyers, remained near rock bottom

US President Donald Trump. Photo: Reuters/Tom Brenner

Trump says US will not lock down again amid rising coronavirus cases

FILE PHOTO: Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani meets with Syrian parliament speaker Hammouda Sabbagh in Damascus, Syria February 16, 2020. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki

Iran rejects US sanctions on Syria, vows to boost trade with ally

Photo: Reuters

US mortgage rates hit record low, purchase applications at 11-year high

FILE PHOTO: Delegates attend the resuming of a United Nations Human Rights Council session before an urgent debate on allegations of "systemic racism, police brutality and violence against peaceful protests" in the United States following the death of George Floyd druing the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, June 15, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS

US 'not above scrutiny', urges other states to be open on racism

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is seen in the financial district of lower Manhattan during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in New York City, US, April 26, 2020/ Reuters

US stocks surge on stimulus hopes

FILE PHOTO: People walk along the shore as beaches reopen after closures aimed at preventing the spread of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, US, April 21, 2020. REUTERS/Rachel Jessen

Covid-19 cases surging in Alabama, South Carolina and Oklahoma

The United Nations logo is seen at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 23, 2019. Reuters/Lucas Jackson

UN rights experts condemn Israel's annexation plan and US support

FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan speaks during an interview in his office at the bank's headquarters in Dallas, Texas, US January 9, 2020. REUTERS/ Ann Saphir/File Photo

US economy will start to rebound in second half of 2020, Fed's Kaplan says

Former US marine Paul Whelan. Picture: Reuters

Russia jails ex-US marine Paul Whelan for 16 years over espionage

A nurse wearing personal protective equipment watches an ambulance driving away outside of Elmhurst Hospital during the ongoing outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the Queens borough of New York, US, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Record spikes in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations sweep parts of US

A general view shows the State Historical Museum and the Kremlin wall as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues in Moscow, Russia May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Putin says Russia's handling of coronavirus is superior to US

FILE PHOTO: Flags of US and China are displayed at American International Chamber of Commerce (AICC)'s booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee

Anti-China group urges Trump administration to block Chinese companies from US markets