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Myanmar violence outrageous, US working on sanctions, says Joe Biden

US President Joe Biden on Sunday called the military violence in Myanmar "absolutely outrageous" and said Washington was working on reacting with sanctions

President Biden's economic plan to focus first on infrastructure this week

President Joe Biden will lay out the first part of his multitrillion-dollar economic recovery package this week, focusing on rebuilding roads, bridges and other infrastructure

Biden invites PM Modi, other world leaders to virtual summit on climate

Biden will host a two-day climate summit of world leaders starting on Earth Day, April 22, in which he will outline the US goal for reductions of carbon emissions by 2030

North Korea snaps back at Joe Biden over criticism of missile launches

North Korea snapped back at Biden's criticism of its ballistic missile tests, calling his comments a provocation and encroachment on the North's right to self-defense

Biden invites 40 leaders including PM Modi, Xinping to climate summit

US President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a virtual leaders summit on climate scheduled for next month.

Suez Canal steps up efforts to free stuck vessel, Biden offers help

US President Joe Biden said his administration was looking at what it could do to help

Use any market correction to stock up on cyclicals, says Chris Wood

Besides Wood, analysts at Credit Suisse Wealth Management also recommend hiking exposure to cyclical stocks as they do not see a repeat of the stringent lockdown seen in 2020

US going to hold China 'accountable' in the region, says Joe Biden

The US, working with allies is going to hold China "accountable" in the region and also press Beijing to follow the rules on a range of issues, including the South China Sea, President Joe Biden said

N Korea violated UN resolution by conducting latest missile tests: Biden

US President Joe Biden said during his first press conference since assuming office that North Korea has violated United Nations Resolution 1718 by conducting missile tests earlier this week

US President Joe Biden says he expects to run for re-election in 2024

At his first press conference since assuming office, President Joe Biden said that he expected to run for re-election in 2024

People coming to US southern border and crossing it being sent back: Biden

Blaming his predecessor Trump for the current migration crisis on the US southern border, Biden said that an overwhelming majority of people coming to the border and crossing it are being sent back

Quad summit got China's attention on commitment to Indo-Pacific: Biden

The Quad summit "got the Chinese attention" on their seriousness in holding Beijing accountable for its actions in the Indo-Pacific region, according to US President Joe Biden

US will 'respond' if North Korea keeps firing missiles, says Joe Biden

The US will "respond" to North Korea if it continues to escalate tensions by testing ballistic missiles, President Joe Biden said on Thursday

Hard to meet May 1 deadline to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan: Biden

United States President Joe Biden said it is going to be hard to meet the May 1 deadline to pull out US troops from Afghanistan as per the deal made during the Donald Trump administration

Joe Biden doubles goal of Covid-19 vaccines to 200 million doses

President Joe Biden opened his first formal news conference Thursday with a nod toward the improving picture on battling the coronavirus

President Joe Biden says it's his expectation' to run again

President Joe Biden says it's his expectation that he'll run for reelection in 2024.

White House says Joe Biden eager to fix 'broken' immigration system

President Joe Biden is keen that the US Congress should quickly fix America's "broken immigration system, for which he has already sent in a legislation, the White House has said. In February, the Biden administration introduced an ambitious immigration bill in Congress which among other things proposes to eliminate the per-country cap for employment-based green cards. The US Citizenship Act of 2021 proposes a pathway to citizenship to 11 million undocumented workers, elimination of per country quota for employment-based green cards and work authorisation for dependents of H-1B foreign workers. The president...believes that there should be faster processing, that our immigration system is broken at many levels and of the system and that he is eager for Congress to move forward with action there, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Wednesday at her daily news conference. She was responding to a question on the recent protest by Indian-American doctors who are ...

North Korea missile launch tests Biden, alarms Japan ahead of Olympics

Thursday's launches came just days after North Korea fired several cruise missiles in an exercise that Biden said was not provocative but "business as usual."

Banks, energy stocks drag Wall Street lower; Joe Biden's presser in focus

Ten of the 11 S&P sectors fell in early trading

Fourteen US states sue Biden administration over oil and gas leasing pause

Fourteen US states including Louisiana and Wyoming filed lawsuits against President Joe Biden's administration, challenging his pause on new oil and gas leasing on federal lands and waters