The US Federal Reserve. [Photo/Agencies]
The United States has been accusing Russia of interference in the US presidential elections in 2016, hacker attacks against the United States, among others. Russia has repeatedly denied such allegations.
The US' unilateralism has been visible at the recent G7 meeting in Canada and has become a factor of uncertainty for the global efforts to restore global trade order and fight protectionism.
The UN report, which looked at practices that harm women and girls and undermine equality, featured a group of South Korean female activists who fought to curb a deep-rooted preference for son in the 1980s.
The US central bank on Wednesday raised the benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points and signaled two more rate hikes in 2018, citing a "strengthened" economic outlook in recent months.
The US also reported 227,828 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, the second-worst day on record. The number of infections in a week set a record of almost 1.5 million, 145 new cases per minute.
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The US Trade Representative’s Office on Tuesday formally notified Congress of plans to open trade talks early next year with the European Union, Japan and Britain.
The US Commerce Department said Tuesday that retail sales in February declined a seasonally adjusted 0.5 percent. Economists had expected sales at stores, restaurants and e-commerce websites to increase 0.1 percent.
The US ambassador in Geneva, Andrew Bremberg-in a statement ahead of the debate-acknowledged "shortcomings" in the US including racial discrimination and insisted the government was "transparent" about dealing with it.
The US president also voiced dissatisfaction about outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May and her handling of Brexit. "I have been very critical about the way the UK and Prime Minister Theresa May handled Brexit. What a mess she and her representatives have created. I told her how it should be done, but she decided to go another way," he tweeted.