People in Latin America and South American countries claim the Americans are great champions of independence movements, except in their own back yard.

FORD Motor Co, with US sales shredded by the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, has posted a third-quarter operating loss of $2.98 billion (€2.33bn).

FIVE jet pilots used smoke plumes to script “Welcome to the 37th Ryder Cup” in the sky — officially re-igniting America and Europe’s intense biannual golfing rivalry.

James Rockefeller, the oldest-known US Olympic medal winner and former head of the bank that became Citigroup, has died at 102.