Joe Biden
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Harris to announce USD 1.5B investment in health care workforce
Washington: Vice President Kamala Harris will announce Monday that the Biden administration is investing USD 1.5 billion from the coronavirus aid package to address the health care worker shortage in underserved communities.…
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Kamala Harris becomes first woman to get presidential power in US
Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris became the first woman with presidential power in the US on Friday, when President Joe Biden temporarily transferred power to her The power transfer took place…
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Taiwan deploys advanced F-16V fighter jets amid China threat
Chiayi: Taiwan has deployed the most advanced version of the F-16 fighter jet in its air force, as the self-ruled island steps up its defence capabilities in the face of continuing threats…
- Business
Asian stocks rise after Biden, Xi hold video summit
Beijing: Asian stock markets rose Tuesday after President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping held a summit meeting by video link. Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong, which make up the bulk of…
- World
Biden asks Xi not to undermine peace, stability across Taiwan Strait
Washington: Underscoring his country’s commitment to the “one China” policy, US President Joe Biden on Tuesday strongly opposed unilateral efforts to change the status quo or undermine peace and stability across the…
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US court upholds stay on Biden’s vax mandate
Washington: A US appeals court has upheld its stay on President Joe Biden’s vaccine-or-test mandate for companies with at least 100 employees. A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for…
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Biden picks former FDA chief Califf to again lead agency
Washington: President Joe Biden on Friday is tapping former Food and Drug Administration commissioner Robert Califf to again lead the powerful regulatory agency, according to a person familiar with the decision. Califf’s…
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Biden admin settles for automatic job authorisation for spouses of H-1B visa holders
Washington: In yet another immigration-friendly move, the Biden administration has agreed to provide automatic work authorisation permits to spouses of H-1B visas holders, a step that would benefit thousands of Indian-American women.…
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Biden signs law to ban Huawei, ZTE from doing business in US
Washington: US President Joe Biden has signed the law to ban Chinese tech companies like Huawei and ZTE from getting approval for network equipment licences in the country. The ‘Secure Equipment Act…
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Obama: US needs unity to fight climate change
Glasgow: Former US President Barack Obama says he believes that President Biden’s climate package will be historic and he welcomed the efforts of all US politicians, Democrats and Republicans, in working toward…
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OPEC+ keeps cautious oil production despite Biden pressure
Frankfurt:Â OPEC and allied oil-producing countries rebuffed pressure from US President Joe Biden to pump significantly more oil and lower gasoline prices for US drivers, deciding Thursday to stick with their plan for…
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Joe Biden aplogizes for Donald Trump’s action on climate
Glasgow: President Joe Biden offered a public apology to a UN climate conference over his predecessor Donald Trump’s move to pull the US from the Paris accord. Biden was speaking in Glasgow,…
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Blinken raised concerns about Taiwan with China
Rome: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as part of the Group of 20 summit on Sunday an outreach designed to ensure that the intensely…
- World
US, Turkey must avoid crises: Biden to Erdogan
Rome:Â US President Joe Biden told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday that their countries must better manage disagreements after the partnership between NATO allies was tested by Turkey’s threat to no…
- Middle East
Turkey, US discuss F-35 dispute
Ankara: Turkish and US Defence Ministers held a meeting here to resolve the conflict on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program. According to the Defence Ministry in Ankara, the two sides on…
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Joe Biden pitches USD 1.75T plan, trying to unite Democrats
Washington: President Joe Biden traveled to Capitol Hill early Thursday to make the case to House Democrats for a dramatically scaled-back domestic policy package, USD1.75 trillion of social services and climate change…
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Washington orders Chinese phone carrier out of US market
Beijing: US regulators are expelling a unit of China Telecom Ltd., one of the country’s three major state-owned carriers, from the American market as a national security threat amid rising tension with…
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Big changes in White House ideas to pay for USD 2 trillion plan
Scranton: In an abrupt change, the White House is floating new plans to pay for parts of President Joe Biden’s USD 2 trillion social services and climate change package, shelving a proposed…
- News
LS bypoll: ‘Get Joe Biden, we are not scared’, Raut taunts BJP
Silvassa:Â Kickstarting the campaign for the upcoming Lok Sabha bypoll to the Union Territory of Dadra & Nagar Haveli seat, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut said the party is not worried even if…
- World
Biden signs short-term bill to raise debt limit
Washington:Â US President Joe Biden has signed a short-term bill to temporarily increase the nation’s borrowing limit, averting a looming debt default that would cause an economic catastrophe, the media reported on Friday.…
- Middle East
Israel quietly advances settlements with little US pushback
Jerusalem: Israel is quietly advancing controversial settlement projects in and around Jerusalem without making major announcements that could anger the Biden administration. Critics say the latest moves, while incremental, pave the way…
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Biden nominates fundraiser Tsunis for Greece ambassadorship
Washington: President Joe Biden has announced plans to nominate George Tsunis, an influential Democratic fundraiser and hotelier, to be his envoy to Greece. Tsunis had a previous ambassadorial nomination fall apart. Former…
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Nearly 140 countries reach deal on corporate minimum tax
London: Nearly 140 countries have agreed on a tentative deal that would make sweeping changes to how big, multinational companies are taxed in order to deter them from stashing their profits in…
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Biden to restore 3 national monuments cut by Trump
Washington: President Joe Biden will restore two sprawling national monuments in Utah that have been at the center of a long-running public lands dispute, and a separate marine conservation area in New…
- Middle East
Israeli FM to travel to US next week
Tel Aviv: Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced that he will travel to the US next week for his first diplomatic visit to the White House. During a three-day trip, Lapid will…
- World
Democrats’ plan on immigration registry rejected by US Senate parliamentarian
Washington: US President Joe Biden’s ambitious immigration agenda suffered another blow after a key Senate parliamentarian rejected Democrats’ plan that could have created a pathway to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants…
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‘Completely fabricated image’: NYT decries fake image of its article praising PM Modi
Hyderabad: A lot of fake news has been floating around over Prime minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States of America. A New York Times (NYT) front page news headline reading…
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Biden getting COVID-19 booster shot after authorisation
Washington: US President Joe Biden will receive his COVID-19 booster shot in the afternoon on Monday (local time), said White House. “The President will deliver remarks and receive a COVID-19 booster shot…
- India
PM Modi to bring back 157 antiquities handed over by US
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will bring home 157 artefacts and antiquities, which were handed over to India by the US during his visit, with both he and President Joe Biden…
- India
Modi raises issue of H1B visas with President Biden
Washington:Â Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his first-ever in-person meeting with President Joe Biden raised a number of issues involving the Indian community in America, including access for Indian professionals in the US…
