FRANCE 24’s coverage of the political, social and economic issues in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil and across the Americas.https://www.france24.com/en/americas/Fri, 21 Jul 2023 19:32:49 GMTAmericashttps://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230721-us-judge-schedules-trial-date-for-may-2024-in-trump-s-classified-documents-case A federal judge in Florida has scheduled a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents. 8c4b1bf6-27db-11ee-bba3-005056bf762bFri, 21 Jul 2023 15:36:07 GMT© Scott Morgan, ReutersNEWS WIRESAmericashttps://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230721-july-likely-to-be-warmest-month-on-record-says-nasa-scientist July 2023 will probably be the world's hottest month in "hundreds, if not thousands, of years," top NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt said Thursday. 6d394f98-2764-11ee-8e23-005056bf762bFri, 21 Jul 2023 01:20:46 GMT© Ulises Ruiz, AFPNEWS WIRESAmericashttps://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230720-washington-fears-mistreatment-of-us-soldier-held-by-north-korea The United States fears an American soldier held by North Korea may be mistreated by Pyongyang, which has yet to respond to inquiries about his fate, officials said Thursday. 2c571982-274c-11ee-b946-005056bf762bThu, 20 Jul 2023 22:31:20 GMT© ReutersNEWS WIREShttps://www.france24.com/en/video/20230719-private-firms-scour-booming-nevada-desert-for-water-profits Real estate projects in the Nevada desert are flourishing thanks to an ambitious water project. With a 35-kilometre underground pipeline, Vidler Water Resources is bringing water under the desert straight into the sprawling suburbs of Reno, some 30 miles away. It is a gamble that could prove lucrative in a region regularly hit by droughts. But some worry about the long-term impact of these water transfers. c96c7dc4-2644-11ee-a638-005056a97652Wed, 19 Jul 2023 16:23:51 GMTFRANCE24Americashttps://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230719-phoenix-set-a-record-for-us-cities-in-global-heat-wave A dangerous 19th straight day of scorching heat in Phoenix set a record for U.S. cities Tuesday, confined many residents to air-conditioned safety and turned the usually vibrant metropolis into a ghost town. bab56908-25c7-11ee-9123-005056a97652Wed, 19 Jul 2023 01:05:15 GMT© ReutersNEWS WIRESAmericashttps://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230718-un-chief-warns-of-ai-risks-to-global-peace-and-security UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday warned that artificial intelligence could pose a risk to global peace and security, calling on all member states to urgently set up guardrails to keep the technology in check. 9650d4ee-25c2-11ee-9e65-005056a97652Tue, 18 Jul 2023 23:36:24 GMT© ReutersNEWS WIRESAmericashttps://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230718-biden-and-israeli-president-herzog-discuss-tensions-at-white-house Joe Biden and his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog on Tuesday discussed tensions over a controversial judicial shake-up inside Israel that the US president has branded the work of an "extremist" government. 132ac840-25b3-11ee-ab42-005056a97652Tue, 18 Jul 2023 21:55:20 GMT© Evelyn Hockstein, ReutersNEWS WIRESAmericashttps://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230718-donald-trump-says-he-expects-to-be-indicted-in-jan-6-riot-probe Former US president Donald Trump said Tuesday he has received a letter from prosecutors suggesting he is likely to be criminally indicted over the January 6 riot at the US Capitol. 56b832dc-257c-11ee-b2b2-005056bf762bTue, 18 Jul 2023 15:44:21 GMT© Giorgio Viera, AFPNEWS WIREShttps://www.france24.com/en/video/20230718-january-6-investigation-trump-says-he-is-target-in-2020-election-probe Donald Trump says he has been notified by federal prosecutors that he is the target of a criminal investigation involving his efforts to reverse his election loss in 2020. On his Truth Social platform the former president wrote that a special counsel sent him a letter to that effect saying he has four days to report to the grand jury and that he expected to be arrested and indicted in the case. It would be the second time the special counsel has notified Mr. Trump that he is a target in a federal investigation. Back in June, Trump was indicted for his handling of secret documents after leaving office. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Washington Kethevane Gorjestani tells us more. d3fe94ae-257f-11ee-91d9-005056bf762bTue, 18 Jul 2023 15:29:03 GMTFRANCE24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20230718-farms-in-us-peach-state-of-georgia-grapple-with-climate-change There is not a peach in sight this year in the orchards of Stuart Gregg, a farmer in the southern US state of Georgia. Ninety percent of his prized peach crop has been decimated by an abnormally mild winter, followed by a cold snap. It is extremely unusual for the peach crop to fail so spectacularly in the so-called “peach state”. However, experts warn that, due to climate change, poor peach harvests could occur more often. 9acf2672-256f-11ee-8f1a-005056a97652Tue, 18 Jul 2023 14:54:13 GMTFRANCE24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20230718-herzog-s-us-visit-biden-agrees-to-invite-netanyahu-easing-lenghty-tensions US President Joe Biden has invited Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel to Washington for the first time since Netanyahu re-entered office in December. The invitation being extended while the country's president, Isaac Herzog, who does not support the contentious legislation is visting the country. Angela Diffley, FRANCE 24's international affairs editor, gives her analysis. 8a203f4a-2557-11ee-b38b-005056bf762bTue, 18 Jul 2023 10:40:39 GMTFRANCE24https://www.france24.com/en/video/20230718-us-heatwave-country-scorched-by-record-setting-heat-in-the-west-and-south From record rainfall in the northeast to wildfire smoke in the midwest, the heat dome in the western and southern United States is bringing consequences nationwide. In Death Valley, the thermostat soared to 53 degres celsius, among the highest temperatures recorded on Earth in nearly a century. FRANCE 24's Alison Sargent has more. fa4950dc-254c-11ee-b71a-005056a97652Tue, 18 Jul 2023 09:25:03 GMTFRANCE24Americashttps://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230718-us-climate-envoy-says-new-us-china-cooperation-needed-in-of-face-global-warming Global warming poses a threat to all humankind and requires a new kind of cooperation between China and the United States, US climate envoy John Kerry told Chinese officials on Tuesday. d43ea8b4-2511-11ee-973c-005056a97652Tue, 18 Jul 2023 03:38:05 GMT© Valerie Volcovici, ReutersNEWS WIRESAmericashttps://www.france24.com/en/americas/20230718-taylor-swift-sets-historic-record-for-most-top-albums-by-female-artist Taylor Swift now has more number one albums than any other female artist in history following the recent release of "Speak Now (Taylor's Version)," Billboard said Monday. 4c569d96-250a-11ee-bdca-005056bf762bTue, 18 Jul 2023 01:27:45 GMT© Mario Anzuoni, ReutersNEWS WIREShttps://www.france24.com/en/video/20230717-sea-lions-and-dolphins-contaminated-by-algae-overwhelm-volunteers-in-california Every day, volunteers save hundreds of poisoned marine animals in California. On the coast, algae contain high levels of domoic acid, a toxic substance. Sea lions and dolphins are being sickened by eating fish, which themselves feed on these toxic algae. f05137a2-24c0-11ee-99ec-005056a97652Mon, 17 Jul 2023 17:00:30 GMTFRANCE24