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Democratic politician Joe Biden became the 46th President of the United States of America on January 20, 2021. He won more than 270 Electoral College votes in the November 3, 2020 election after securing the Democratic Party nomination to challenge Donald Trump for the position of US president. He previously served as the 47th vice-president of the United States under Barack Obama from 2009 to 2017, and was a United States Senator for Delaware from 1973 to 2009.
Two Republican critics of Biden’s China policy have called for a strategy similar to Ronald Reagan’s approach to the Soviet Union. Despite building regional alliances, the Biden administration has shied away from resurrecting free trade negotiations with allies and partners in Asia.
Despite lack of progress on electric vehicle and solar panel ‘overcapacity’, trip by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen helps keep superpower communications open.
Chinese and American presidents took opportunity to have ‘candid’ and ‘constructive’ conversation against backdrop of testing events in region.
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- Prosecutors told Judge Juan M. Merchan they wanted the former president held in contempt and sanctioned for several social posts they said violated his gag order
- Meanwhile, a juror who had been selected for the trial was dismissed Thursday after she told the court she’d become concerned about her ability to be impartial
The US’ proposed tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel imports would be the first move in a tit-for-tat struggle that would expand the bilateral trade war, analysts said – and fuel grumblings over industrial overcapacity.
JFK’s grandson John Schlossberg recently found himself in the spotlight after rumours began spreading online that he’d had a fling with Selena Gomez, so what do we know about the 31-year-old?
Many in Robert F Kennedy Jnr’s elite family – prominent Democrats since the 19th century – have broken with him over his views.
The former US president hosted Poland’s Andrzej Duda for dinner at Trump Tower in Manhattan.
The Democrat-led chamber tossed 2 articles of impeachment against Biden’s border chief, putting an end to the Republican effort.
Washington should offer ‘alternatives to what our competitors are offering’, says Foreign Relations committee chair, referring to Beijing’s advances.
‘I’m not looking for a fight with China but competition, fair competition,’ the president tells cheering steelworkers in Pennsylvania.
Speaker Mike Johnson is seeking final passage on Saturday for the package, which includes US$61 billion in funding for Kyiv long-delayed by Trump loyalists.
Israel has vowed to respond to Iran’s unprecedented weekend attack without saying when or how, leaving the region bracing for further escalation after months of unrest linked to the ongoing war in Gaza.
The ex-US president was cautioned at one point, when his muttering was audible to one juror who was being questioned over social media posts.
Biden’s top border official could now face trial, though Democrat leader Chuck Schumer is expected to try to end the proceedings before they begin.
Treasury chief Janet Yellen attends exchanges marking fourth meetings of economic and financial working groups between Beijing and Washington.
Biden administration ‘taking a serious look’ at existing tools to deal effectively with Beijing’s policies causing ‘dependencies and vulnerabilities’.
US officials will offer support, primarily in Asia and Africa, to help identify and respond to diseases like Covid-19, to prevent future outbreaks.
The video call between Secretary Lloyd Austin and Admiral Dong Jun, who was appointed defence minister in December, is the latest sign of a thaw in US-China relations.
Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled an elaborate plan to break a US aid package into separate votes to squeeze through the House’s political divides on foreign policy. The move could end a months-long Republican blockade on help for Ukraine.
Donald Trump is being investigated over his role in hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016. Jury selection expected to resume on Tuesday.
Saturday’s drone and missile launches, including some that overflew Iraqi airspace, have underscored the delicate relationship between Washington and Baghdad, not least because of Iranian proxy groups that operate in Iraq.
The award is the latest from the Biden administration, as the United States looks to cement its global lead in creating advanced semiconductors.
Scholz’s trip comes as the European Union is undertaking an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles (EVs), and as criticism grows in the United States about Chinese overcapacity.
Turkish, Jordanian and Iraqi officials said that Iran gave wide notice days before its drone and missile attack on Israel, but US officials said Tehran did not warn Washington and that it was aiming to cause significant damage.
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the Middle East was ‘on the brink’ and warned members not to further escalate tensions with reprisals against Iran.
The US is “staying vigilant” to any Iranian threats to American troops, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says.
The US and Israel had been bracing for an attack for days after Iran vowed to retaliate for a suspected Israeli strike this month on an Iranian consular building in Syria that killed 12 people
Iran’s attack came in retaliation for an April 1 strike that levelled the five-storey consular annexe of the Iranian embassy in Damascus and killed seven Revolutionary Guards, two of them generals.
The US president headed back to the White House to meet his national security team and monitor the situation in the Middle East.
