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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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- The US Senate is set to vote Tuesday on a major aid package for Ukraine after House’s months-long delay
- Outgunned and outmanned Ukrainian forces have for months struggled to hold back Moscow’s troops
Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump sought to blame President Joe Biden for legislation that would force the sale of social media platform TikTok, even though he attempted to ban the company himself when in office.
Since Hamas’ unprecedented October 7 attack on Israel triggered war in Gaza, there have been near-daily cross-border exchanges of fire between the Israeli army and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
New York prosecutors portrayed US$130,000 payment to porn star Stormy Daniels as a criminal effort to deceive voters when Trump was facing other accusations of crude sexual behaviour.
The US president last week raised the possibility that his uncle, whose plane was shot down over New Guinea in May 1944, might have been eaten by cannibals.
As the Gaza war drags into its seventh month, conflict on Sunday was focused on Lebanon and the West Bank, but Israeli officials said further fighting in Gaza has been authorised.
The United States appears close to sanctioning an Israeli military unit over alleged human rights violations in the West Bank.
The US-based general counsel for TikTok and ByteDance has led years-long talks with the American government meant to stave off national security concerns about the app’s connections to China.
Ukraine says its soldiers will benefit from the aid package as Western leaders laud the US move, noting it will help ‘make us all safer’.
Meetings with Foreign Minister Wang Yi expected to cover unfair trade practices and industrial overcapacity in ‘productive and constructive’ trip.
Donald Trump is charged with 34 counts of falsifying business records as part of a scheme to conceal a US$130,000 pay-off made to porn star Stormy Daniels.
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.
