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Clinton, 75, was admitted to hospital on Tuesday with an infection unrelated to Covid-19, his spokesman said.

Move means those who have been jabbed can move around more freely than those who have not.

Analysts said as China becomes increasingly assertive in the UN, and the US pushes back, issues on the Human Rights Council are likely to to fuel more trans-Pacific tensions, although some questioned how far this would go beyond words.

Bottlenecks choking US ports, highways and railways raise threat of high prices and empty shelves in the coming holiday season.

After failing to raise the debt ceiling through the midterms next year as Democrats had planned, the House followed the Senate’s lead and delayed it to December.

Aman Khalili and his family, who were unable to flee in the August emergency airlift from Kabul, escaped after crossing into Pakistan over land.

Democrats are ringing alarm bells and coming to the simplest of conclusions: It’s the pandemic, stupid.

Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law launched an initiative in Jerusalem to advance the Abraham Accords that saw Arab states normalise ties with Israel.

George Clooney discusses President Joe Biden, ‘knucklehead’ Donald Trump and the US actor’s own desire to have a ‘nice life’.

‘These vile comments aim only to sow hatred and discord against immigrants,’ the Haitian embassy in Washington said in a statement.

The Texas abortion law bans abortions at around six weeks of pregnancy, the strictest law on such procedures in the United States.

The US Senate voted to stave off a credit default that would have sparked a recession and roiled world markets.

Days after Biden talked of ‘stronger, closer, tighter’ ties, visiting Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman indicates Washington might reconsider its tough stance on New Delhi’s US$5.5 billion deal for the S-400 Triumf system.

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s report describes how Trump pressured the Justice Department, asking leaders to declare the election ‘corrupt’.

Democrats signal they are receptive to offer from Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell for an emergency extension into December.

US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping plan to meet virtually before the end of the year, reports say.

The biggest obstacle President Joe Biden and his team face while trying to de-escalate tensions with China is Congress, according to senior managers at US tech firms.

Speculation surrounds whether Xi will attend COP26 climate conference in Glasgow if he misses the meeting in Italy.

Washington’s approval process for tariff exemptions has been criticised as opaque and inefficient under both Donald Trump and Joe Biden, and among the limited exemptions granted, most have expired.

Kishida’s hawkish stance on China includes questioning its suitability to join the CPTPP and creating a new ministerial post for economic security in what some perceive to be a ‘slap in the face’ for Beijing.

The problem with US foreign policy right now is not its secretary of state but its continuing ways of thinking about the rest of the world. A happy ending without seemingly inevitable US-China conflict is out there, but the US should start by rewriting its own playbook.

The president’s admission is the most blunt to date of the risk that the ongoing stand-off poses to the ‘full faith and credit’ of the US and its standing in the global economy.

Increasingly tense US-China relations and fractious American politics are hampering the fight against climate change and Covid-19, among other pressing issues. Restoring the US’ steady leadership, which is vital to resolving today’s global problems, requires learning to peacefully coexist with China.