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First US-China meeting under Biden administration gets off to a rocky start

Officials trade barbs over Hong Kong, Taiwan and Xinjiang

US Def Secretary Austin arrives in India; focus on strengthening ties

This is the first visit by a top Biden administration official

Biden reaffirms commitment to re-engagement with international institutions

US President Joe Biden, on Thursday (local time), hosted Permanent Representatives from the UN Security Council, where he reaffirmed the US commitment to values-based global leadership and re-engagement with international institutions, in particular the United Nations.India was a part of this virtual gathering where India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations TS Tirumurti outlined New Delhi's commitment to reformed multilateralism and rule of law."Privileged to virtually call on @POTUS Biden with Ambs/PRs of #UNSC. Underlined India's commitment to: Reformed multilateralism; Democracy, Pluralism and Rule of Law; Maritime Security, UN Peacekeeping and Counterterrorism; Development for All, #VaccineMaitri & #COP26," Tirumurti wrote in a tweet.According to a readout from The White House, Biden reiterated the importance of working with global partners and through multilateral institutions to end the pandemic, improve global health security, and ensure "that our nations ...

US, China spar in first face-to-face meeting under President Joe Biden

Top US and Chinese officials offered sharply different views of each other and the world on Thursday as the two sides met face-to-face for the first time since President Joe Biden took office

US to meet goal of injecting 100 mn Covid-19 vaccines on Friday: Joe Biden

With the US closing in on Biden's goal of injecting 100 million vaccinations weeks ahead of his target date, the White House announced the nation is now in position to help neighbours

Takes one to know one, says Vladimir Putin on Joe Biden's 'killer' claim

Putin ruled out severing ties with the United States altogether and lobbed a jab at the 78-year-old US leader

US Senate confirms Becerra as head of Biden's ambitious health agenda

Becerra won confirmation on a party-line 50-49 vote

Indian-American health workers in Green Card backlog protest at US Capitol

A group of Indian-American frontline health workers in the Green Card backlog held a demonstration in front of the US Capitol urging the Biden administration to end per capita country-specific quota

US Senate confirms Katherine Tai as Biden's chief trade negotiator

The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) unanimously approved the nomination of Katherine Tai as President Joe Biden's chief trade negotiator.

Biden called upon to support India, South Africa at WTO on Covid vaccines

Lawmakers in the US have urged Biden to support the move by India and South Africa before the WTO for emergency temporary waiver of some TRIPS rules to enable greater production and supply of vaccines

US states sue President Biden in bid to revive Keystone XL pipeline

Attorneys general from 21 states sued to overturn President Joe Biden's cancellation of the contentious Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada. Led by Ken Paxton of Texas and Austin Knudsen of Montana, the states said Biden had overstepped his authority when he revoked the permit for the Keystone pipeline on his first day in office. Because the line would run through multiple US states, Congress should have the final say over whether it's built, according to the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Texas on Wednesday. Construction on the 1,200-mile (1,930-kilometer) pipeline began last year when former President Donald Trump revived the long-delayed project after it had stalled under the Obama administration. It would move up to 830,000 barrels (35 million gallons) of crude daily from the oil sand fields of western Canada to Steele City, Nebraska, where it would connect to other pipelines that feed oil refineries on the US Gulf Coast. Biden cancelled its permit over longstanding

'Tough' to withdraw troops from Afghanistan by May 1, says Joe Biden

President Joe Biden says that it will be tough for the US to meet a May 1 deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan but that the complete drawdown won't take much longer. The deadline to end America's longest war six weeks from now was set under an agreement reached by former President Donald Trump and the Taliban, without the buy-in of the Afghan government. Biden, in an interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos that aired Wednesday, said he was consulting with allies on the pace of the drawdown. Of meeting the May 1 deadline, he said it could happen, but it is tough. If the deadline is extended, he added, it won't be by a lot longer. Biden, like his predecessor, has promised to end the nearly 20-year conflict and bring home more than 2,500 American troops in the country down from about 13,000 troops a year ago. The Trump deal caught some American allies off guard, as the roughly 7,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan rely on the US for logistics and security support. That was

Putin is a 'killer', will pay price for meddling: US President Joe Biden

Biden's comments came the same day as a US intelligence community report that Putin ordered influence operations to hurt Biden's candidacy

US allegations over Putin-directed election meddling are 'baseless': Russia

Washington is expected to impose sanctions on Moscow as soon as next week because of the allegations, three sources said on Tuesday on condition of anonymity

Cuomo should resign if investigation confirms sexual harassment: Biden

President Joe Biden has said New York governor Andrew Cuomo should resign if the state attorney general's investigation confirms the sexual harassment allegations against him

Russia, Iran sought to influence 2020 US presidential election: Report

A declassified intelligence report said Russia and Iran undertook campaigns to influence the 2020 US presidential polls. However, agencies found no evidence that foreign actors tried to alter votes

Putin approved operations to help Trump win against Biden: US intelligence

Putin authorised operations to help Trump in November's election, according to a declassified intelligence assessment that found broad efforts by the Kremlin and Iran to shape the outcome of the race

President Joe Biden to join road show promoting economic relief plan

Biden is joining top messengers already crisscrossing the country to highlight the benefits of his massive COVID-19 rescue plan, in his case by promoting aid for small businesses

Georgia prosecutor investigating Donald Trump's call urges patience

The Georgia prosecutor investigating potential efforts by Donald Trump and others to influence last year's general election has a message for people: Be patient

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