Orlando, a city in Florida of over a quarter million inhabitants, was theatre to a shooting that killed 50 people in the early hours of Sunday the 12th of June. The attack took place in a gay nightclub, Pulse, and was perpetrated by 29-year-old Omar Mateen, who was shot and killed by Orlando police. At the
A report has sounded the alarm about the dangers of global warming for the citizens of the United States. The report, The impacts of climate change on human health in the United States, was released by the country’s government in 2016. Climate change is causing a surge in mental and respiratory illnesses, allergies, deaths from
Sunao Tsuboi, 91, is a Japanese man who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on the 6th of August 1945. For this reason, it’s quite impressive to hear Tsuboi’s optimistic words – reported by Japanese news website NHK – on US President Barack Obama’s visit to the Japanese city. This is part of his Asian tour
Obama on his future The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which started in 1920, is held annually at the White House and brings together distinguished personalities and the United States’ most important journalists. On this occasion, the incumbent President of the United States is “asked” to give a speech laden with quotes and irony. On the
Barack Obama è sbarcato all’Avana 88 anni dopo l’ultimo viaggio di un presidente americano a Cuba. Ecco come tutto ha avuto inizio.
Il presidente degli Stati Uniti ha deciso di non concedere le concessioni per trivellare lungo la costa dell’Oceano Atlantico.
It seems a new love between Canada and the United States, between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and President Barack Obama, has bloomed. This is thanks to their common interest in fighting global warming. On 10 March, Trudeau and his wife carried out an ice-breaking visit at the White House. It was the first official visit
More than fifty years ago, the first march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, was organised on 7 March 1965, representing a landmark event in the civil rights movement in the United States. A group of 600 people set out from Selma for a non-violent march aimed at asking the right to vote to all African
He’s the most extreme of all candidates to the US presidential primaries. For his attitude as well as for what he says. Billionaire Donald Trump goes strong attacking on many fronts.
The Supreme Court of the United States voted for halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan, aimed to significantly reduce CO2 emissions from US power plants.
