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PM Modi, US President Joe Biden to meet in Papua New Guinea next month

Biden's May 22 stopover in the capital Port Moresby would be the first visit by a sitting US president to the resource-rich but largely undeveloped country of 9.4 mn people just north of Australia

Joe Biden, Ferdinand Marcos set to meet as tensions grow with China

President Joe Biden is set to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines for White House talks on Monday as concerns grow about the Chinese navy's harassment of Philippine vessels in the South China Sea. Marcos' visit to Washington comes after the US and Philippines last week completed their largest war drills ever and as the two countries' air forces on Monday will hold their first joint fighter jet training in the Philippines since 1990. The Philippines this year agreed to give the US access to four more bases on the islands as the US looks to deter China's increasingly aggressive actions toward Taiwan and in the disputed South China Sea. Meanwhile, China has angered the Philippines by repeatedly harassing its navy and coast guard patrols and chasing away fishermen in waters close to Philippine shores but which Beijing claims as its own. Before departing for Washington on Sunday, Macros said he was determined to forge an ever stronger relationship with the United Stat

Biden's economic diplomacy push with China sends high risk, low reward

The author, citing officials, said that Biden seeks another meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to follow up on their confab last November in Bali, Indonesia

2024 polls Trump-Biden rematch: Majority of Americans prefer new candidates

Contrast this with 26 per cent who say it is important to nominate a candidate other than Trump who would not be distracted and who can focus only on beating Biden in the general election

North Korea insults US Prez Biden, slams defence agreement with Seoul

The powerful sister of North Korea's leader says her country would stage more provocative displays of its military might in response to a new US-South Korean agreement to intensify nuclear deterrence to counter the North's nuclear threat, which she insists shows their extreme hostility toward Pyongyang. Kim Yo Jong also lobbed personal insults toward US President Joe Biden, who after a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday stated that any North Korean nuclear attack on the US or its allies would result in the end of whatever regime took such action. Biden's meeting with Yoon in Washington came amid heightened tensions in the Korean Peninsula as the pace of both the North Korean weapons demonstrations and the combined US-South Korean military exercises have increased in a cycle of tit-for-tat. Since the start of 2022, North Korea has test-fired around 100 missiles, including multiple demonstrations of intercontinental ballistic missiles designed to reach the U

Weekend Bites: Ambani & Ambani, and old white males

In which we munch over the week's platter of news and views

Biden plan aims to stem border migration as Covid-19 restrictions end

With COVID-19 immigration restrictions set to expire, the Biden administration on Thursday announced measures meant to stop migrants from illegally crossing the US-Mexico border, both by cracking down on many of those who do come, and by creating new pathways meant to offer an alternative to the dangerous journey. The effort includes opening processing centres outside the United States for people fleeing violence and poverty to apply to fly in legally and settle in the United States, Spain or Canada. The first processing centres will open in Guatemala and Colombia, with others expected to follow. The administration also plans to swiftly screen migrants seeking asylum at the border itself, quickly deport those deemed as not being qualified, and penalising people who cross illegally into the US or illegally through another country on their way to the US border. But it is unclear whether the measures will do much to slow the tide of migrants fleeing countries marred by political and ..

Sweeping spending cuts for America: Republicans clear debt-ceiling hike

The US Treasury Department could run out of ways to pay its bills in a matter of weeks if Congress fails to act, and financial markets are already flashing warning signs

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Joe Biden's 2nd presidential bid bucks public opinion

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House Republicans pass US debt bill, push Prez Joe Biden on spending

House Republicans passed sweeping legislation Wednesday that would raise the government's legal debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion in exchange for steep spending restrictions, a tactical victory for Speaker Kevin McCarthy as he challenges President Joe Biden to negotiate and prevent a catastrophic federal default this summer. Biden has threatened to veto the Republican package, which has almost no chance of passing the Democratic Senate in the meantime, and the president has so far refused to negotiate over the debt ceiling which the White House insists must be lifted with no strings to ensure America pays its bills. But McCarthy's ability to unite his slim majority and bring the measure to passage over opposition from Democrats and even holdouts in his own party gives currency to the Republican speaker's strategy to use the vote as an opening bid forcing Biden into talks. The two men could hardly be further apart on how to resolve the issue. The hour has come, we have to work together

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Ageing Biden makes Kamala Harris matter much more in US prez polls 2024

If the 2024 race comes down to Biden vs. Trump again, we are going to need those independents and moderate Republicans to show up again

Quad leaders to meet in Sydney on May 24, Prez Biden to join: White House

The third in-person Quad summit will be held in Sydney next month, to deepen cooperation on critical and emerging technologies, high-quality infrastructure, global health, climate change, and other pressing issues pertaining to the strategic Indo-Pacific region, the White House said. The Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue comprises India, the US, Japan and Australia. The meeting in Sydney on May 24 will be the first time that Australia will be hosting this summit. On May 24, President Biden will attend the third in-person Quad Leaders' Summit in Sydney, Australia, with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, hosted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday. Albanese attended the previous Quad summit in Tokyo hours after he was sworn in as prime minister last year. The Quad leaders will discuss how they can deepen their cooperation on critical and emerging technologi

Bernie Sanders endorses Biden, rules out his own bid for 2024 election

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont said Tuesday that he would forgo another presidential bid of his own and instead endorse President Joe Biden's reelection. The leading progressive, who was Biden's chief rival in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, told The Associated Press that he would do everything I can to see the president is reelected. The last thing this country needs is a Donald Trump or some other right-wing demagogue who is going to try to undermine American democracy or take away a woman's right to choose, or not address the crisis of gun violence, or racism, sexism or homophobia, Sanders said in an interview. So, I'm in to do what I can to make sure that the president is reelected. Biden on Tuesday announced his decision to seek a second term, even as polls suggest that voters in both parties don't want him to run again. The Democratic president will face the winner of the crowded Republican primary, which features former President Donald Trump and a half dozen ...

Biden at 80: Back in the ring for possible rematch with Donald Trump

Biden made his announcement in a slickly produced video released by his new campaign team that opens with imagery from the January 6, 2021

US President Joe Biden launches 2024 reelection bid in a promotional video

Already the oldest person ever elected US president, Biden would be 86 at the end of a second term and faces intense scrutiny about his fitness to serve another four years in the White House

Biden's 2024 campaign likely to mirror his messaging, policy in past months

President Joe Biden's reelection campaign has been hiding in plain sight all along. The contours of the 2024 campaign that Biden will formally launch with a video as soon as this week will look a lot like his messaging and policy moves from the past few months: Play up accomplishments from his first two years, draw a sharp contrast with Republican policies he deems extreme, and brush off worries about his age. Biden, aides contend, has essentially been campaigning since Republicans took control of the House last year, focused on showing Americans how his administration is implementing massive new infrastructure, technology and climate laws, and portraying Republicans as in the grip of the far right at a time when Washington is nearing a crucial fight over raising the nation's borrowing limit. While advisers say Biden's activities and message in coming months will be largely indistinguishable from what he's been doing over the last six months, the frame of reference will inevitably .

Biden plans to stringent limits on GHG emissions on coal, gas power plants

The White House is in the final stages of reviewing a draft proposal from the Environmental Protection Agency, which would target both new and existing power plants

Joe Biden 2024 splits Democrats but most would back him: AP-NORC poll

Only about half of Democrats think President Joe Biden should run again in 2024, a poll shows, but a large majority say they'd be likely to support him if he became the nominee. The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 26 per cent of Americans overall want to see Biden run again a slight recovery from the 22 per cent who said that in January. Forty-seven per cent of Democrats say they want him to run, also up slightly from only 37 per cent who said that in January. The ambivalence among Democratic voters comes as Biden is preparing to formally announce his 2024 reelection campaign as soon as next week, according to people briefed on the discussions. The president has been eyeing Tuesday, April 25 four years to the day since he entered the 2020 race although no final decisions have been made. Despite the reluctance of many Democrats to see Biden run for another term, 78 per cent of them say they approve of the job he's doing as president