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Biden tests positive for Covid, has mild symptoms, working in isolation

Biden, 79, has begun taking a course of the antiviral treatment Paxlovid, according to his press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre

Biden to announce climate actions at ex-coal plant in Massachussetts

President Joe Biden will announce new actions on climate change that he can take on his own just days after an influential Democratic senator quashed hopes for a sweeping legislative package

Rupee closes just 2 paise shy of 80 against US dollar as oil prices rise

Crude oil prices jumped on Monday as US President Joe Biden's talks with West Asian countries failed to culminate in an agreement to increase output

A day after US warning, Russian President Putin set to visit Iran next week

During the trip to Tehran next Tuesday, Vladimir Putin will attend a trilateral meeting with the leaders of Iran and Turkey

Elon Musk says Donald Trump should skip 2024 race, was 'too much drama'

He added that DeSantis, who's running for re-election and has shown growing strength in early polls among Republican 2024 hopefuls, would "win easily" against President Joe Biden

From one July Fourth to the next, a steep slide for Biden ahead of midterms

Last Fourth of July, President Joe Biden gathered hundreds of people outside the White House for an event that would have been unthinkable for many Americans the previous year. With the coronavirus in retreat, they ate hamburgers and watched fireworks over the National Mall. Although the pandemic wasn't over yet, Biden said, we're closer than ever to declaring our independence from a deadly virus. Across the country, indoor masking requirements were falling as the number of infections and deaths plummeted. Within weeks, even some of the president's allies privately admitted that the speech had been premature. Soon the administration would learn that the delta variant could be transmitted by people who had already been vaccinated. Masks went back on, then came polarising vaccination mandates. The even-more-contagious omicron variant would arrive months later, infecting millions and causing chaos during the holiday season. We were hoping to be free of the virus, and the virus had

Biden says will see Saudi crown prince, won't push directly on oil

Weeks after taking office last year, Biden shifted US policy on Saudi Arabia, adopting a tougher stance over the kingdom's human rights record

US President to provide anti-air defence system to Ukraine amid war: Report

President Joe Biden is set to announce that the U is providing advanced an surface-to-air missile system to Ukraine, as well as additional artillery support, according to a person familiar with the ma

Who is Dr Arati Prabhakar, US Prez Joe Biden's science advisor nominee?

Prabhakar was three when her family immigrated to the United States from Delhi

Biden takes spill while getting off bike after beach ride in home state

President Joe Biden fell when he tried to get off his bike at the end of a ride Saturday at Cape Henlopen State Park near his beach home in Delaware, but said he wasn't hurt.

Biden says recession isn't inevitable, US in position to overcome inflation

The president's statement appeared to be about inflation rising worldwide, not necessarily whether countries had higher rates than the US

Biden evacuated after plane enters restricted airspace near beach home

The Secret Service said in a statement that the plane was immediately escorted from the restricted airspace after mistakenly entering a secured area

US president Biden to speak on mass shootings, urge Congress to act

President Joe Biden will speak on Thursday night on the recent spate of mass shootings and his plans to press Congress to pass commonsense laws to combat the epidemic of gun violence

As gas prices soar, President Biden leans toward visiting Saudi Arabia

President Joe Biden is leaning towards making a visit to Saudi Arabia a trip that would likely bring him face-to-face with the Saudi crown prince he once shunned as a killer.

US will not send Ukraine rocket systems that can reach Russia, says Biden

The Ukrainian government has urged the West to provide it with more longer-range weapons in order to turn the tide in the war, now in its fourth month

Tokyo: US President Joe Biden says no change in policy towards Taiwan

US President Joe Biden said his country's policy towards Taiwan remained unchanged, a day after his comments raised questions about whether Washington was shifting from its long-standing policy

US President Biden opens Asia trip with global issues and tech on agenda

Biden is opening his trip to Asia with a focus on the computer chip shortage that has bedeviled the world economy, touring a Samsung computer chip plant that will serve as model

'A brutal invasion of Iraq': Bush's Freudian slip while decrying Russia

The former US President George W Bush described Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as "the 21st century Churchill"

Joe Biden nominates Bridget Brink as US Ambassador to Ukraine

US President Joe Biden announced his intention to nominate Bridget Brink for US Ambassador to Ukraine, a vacant post since May 2019.

Biden names veteran diplomat Bridget Brink as US ambassador to Ukraine

A Michigan native who speaks Russian, Brink's 'decades of experience make her uniquely suited for this moment in Ukraine's history,' a State Department statement said