Tag: Joe Biden
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Biden knocks Truss economic plan, says it’s a Mistake
U.S. President Joe Biden on Saturday criticized British Prime Minister Liz Truss’s original economic plan as a mistake and said he was not concerned about the strength of the soaring U.S. dollar. Truss on Friday fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and scrapped parts of their economic package after it sparked financial market turmoil,…
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Putin’s Nuclear Threat brings Risk of ‘Armageddon’, Biden Says
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has brought the world closer to “Armageddon” than at any time since the Cold-War Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President Joe Biden said. With his seven-month invasion unravelling, Putin celebrated his 70th birthday on Friday with fawning praise from some officials but little public…
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Trump’s Ideology Threatens US Democracy, says Biden
Supporters of Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (Maga) agenda are a threat to democracy, President Joe Biden has said. “Maga forces are determined to take this country backwards,” he said in a primetime speech in Pennsylvania. Top Republican Kevin McCarthy gave his own address, saying Mr Biden had “severely wounded America’s soul”. The…
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US invests $280bn in high tech to Compete with China
US President Joe Biden has signed a law committing $280bn (£232bn) to high tech manufacturing and scientific research amid fears the country is losing its technological edge to China. The investments include tax breaks for companies that build computer chip manufacturing plants in the US. Business groups have long pushed for more government support, citing…
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China’s Xi-Jinping warns Joe Biden against ‘playing with fire’ over Taiwan
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned U.S. President Joe Biden against “playing with fire” over Taiwan, as concerns mounted over a possible visit to the Chinese-claimed island by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Chinese state media said Xi told Biden in their fifth call as leaders that the United States should abide by the…
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Biden Signs Executive Order on Abortion, declares Supreme Court ‘Out of Control’
U.S. President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court decision overturning the right to an abortion was an exercise in “raw political power” and signed an executive order on Friday to ease access to services to terminate pregnancies. Biden, a Democrat, has been under pressure from his own party to take action after the landmark decision…
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U.S Supreme Court Limits Biden’s Power to Cut Emissions
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has lost some of its power to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The landmark ruling by the US Supreme Court represents a major setback to President Joe Biden’s climate plans. He called it a “devastating decision” but said it would not undermine his effort to tackle the climate crisis. The…
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Breaking: 14 Children & 1 Teacher Killed by Gunman at Texas Primary School
Fourteen children and one teacher have been killed after a gunman open fired at a primary school in Texas, the state governor has said. The attack happened at Robb Elementary School in the city of Uvalde, around 80 miles west of San Antonio. Governor Greg Abbott identified the gunman as Salvador Ramos, an 18-year-old from…
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Biden Raises the Alarm about Monkeypox
Before departing South Korea yesterday, President Joe Biden warned that monkeypox, a viral infection spreading around the world, was something “that everybody should be concerned about.” He added that continued transmission would be “consequential.” “They haven’t told me the level of exposure yet, but it is something that everybody should be concerned about,” Mr. Biden…
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Biden arrives in South Korea for talks with President Yoon
U.S. President Joe Biden arrived in South Korea on Friday, the first leg of his first trip to Asia as president. Biden was greeted at the U.S. air base at Osan by South Korean foreign minister Park Jin, and the commanding general of U.S. forces in Korea, Paul LaCamera, among other American and South Korean…