Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Joe Biden

Biden hosts Zelenskyy at WH; announces new military aid package for Ukraine

The United States will give USD 325 million in new security assistance to Ukraine, President Joe Biden has announced as he hosted his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House and vowed to defend the war-struck country from...

Not seeking conflict with China but will push back on ‘aggression’: Biden

President Joe Biden has told world leaders that the US is not seeking conflict with China but it will “push back on aggression and intimidation” as his administration seeks to “responsibly manage” its tense relationship with Beijing. Addressing the UN...

Biden extends indirect support to UAW auto strike ahead of 2024 presidential elections

US President Joe Biden positioned himself clearly in the organised Labour camp ahead of the 2024 elections, saying the Big Three auto companies' massive profits needed to be shared with the workers making the products. In an indirect support...

US president announces more sanctions on Iran

President Joe Biden marked the anniversary Friday of the Iranian woman who died while being held by the country’s morality police by announcing the US will impose more sanctions on Iranian people and firms that will target “some of...

Biden says US-Vietnam relations evolved from ‘bitter past’ of Vietnam War

President Joe Biden opened his first visit to Vietnam on Sunday saying the two nations have a chance to shape the Indo-Pacific for decades to come — evidence of how far the relationship has evolved from what Biden referred...

G20 leaders pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat; Sign on ‘peace wall’

G20 leaders, including US President Joe Biden, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at his memorial Rajghat here on Sunday.Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the leaders at rain-drenched Rajghat. He...

For Biden, communion service before G20 Summit

Ahead of the G20 Summit, a Holy Communion service was held for US President Joe Biden in Delhi on Saturday.Father Nicholas, Secretary for Liturgy Commission for the Delhi Archdiocese, had got a call from the US Embassy in New...

Raised human rights, free press with Modi: Biden

US President Joe Biden said on Sunday that in addition to the “significant business” done at the just-concluded G20 in India such as the rail-ship economic corridor extending from India to Europe, he was able to raise the “importance...

India removes additional duty on 12 US products ahead of Biden’s visit

India has done away with additional duties on some American products like chickpeas, lentils, and apples, as US President Joe Biden is set to arrive on a three-day visit to India. These additional duties were imposed in 2019 in...

Biden faces continued low approval ratings, concerns about age, poll finds

US President Joe Biden is facing continued low approval — including from his own party— in a new CNN poll released Thursday. Sixty-seven percent of Democratic and Democratic-leaning surveyed voters said the party should nominate someone other than Biden,...