Tag: Barack Obama

• Sunday, June 7th 2020 - 10:04 UTC

  Biden confirmed as Democrat presidential candidate; black woman expected to complete the ticket

  

  Former US vice president Joe Biden secured enough delegates to formally clinch the Democratic presidential nomination on Friday, setting the stage for a challenge to President Donald Trump in the November election.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2020 - 10:07 UTC

  Obama: ”Joe (Biden) has all the qualities we need in a president right now”

  

  Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, saying his longtime vice president can unify and “heal” a nation struggling through some of its darkest moments.

• Saturday, February 1st 2020 - 07:53 UTC

  Trump lifts restrictions on deployment of landmines, the “non persistent” models

  

  President Donald Trump on Friday lifted US restrictions on the deployment of landmines, saying a new generation of high-tech explosives would improve security for US forces. In the latest reversal of a policy of his predecessor Barack Obama, Trump gave the green light to so-called “non-persistent” landmines that can be switched off remotely rather than staying in the ground forever.

• Tuesday, April 16th 2019 - 09:18 UTC

  EU and US set to begin trade talks, but farm goods remain a contentious issue

  

  President Donald Trump and the head of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, agreed last year that they wanted to reduce trade barriers. The decision by EU ministers gives the Commission authorization to conduct formal talks.

• Saturday, December 1st 2018 - 10:34 UTC

  George Bush, the graceful victor of Gorbachev and the Soviet empire has died

  

  George Herbert Walker Bush, the World War II veteran who was elected the 41st president of the United States and fathered the nation's 43rd, died late Friday at the age of 94, his family announced in a statement. The Republican spent decades serving in government before ascending to the nation's highest office, having served as United Nations ambassador, CIA chief and vice president under Ronald Reagan, a towering political figure still venerated by the GOP.

• Thursday, November 22nd 2018 - 08:22 UTC

  Trump clashes with the Supreme Court over asylum policy

  

  United States Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts has taken the extraordinary step of rebuking President Donald Trump's criticism of a federal judge. Mr. Trump on Tuesday called a jurist who ruled against his asylum policy an “Obama judge”.

• Monday, November 19th 2018 - 08:49 UTC

  Automation, rust belts, and the angry and unhappy US electorate

  

  Barack Obama said of the U.S. mid-term elections that “the character of our country is on the ballot,” and the outcome proved him right. The United States is a psychological basket case, more deeply and angrily divided than at any time since the Vietnam War.

• Tuesday, November 6th 2018 - 08:58 UTC

  Cuban economy again on the downturn; austerity measures to continue into 2019

  

  Communist-run Cuba’s economic growth will come in at around 1% this year, compared with the 2% previously forecast, due to a fall in exports and tourism revenue, state-run media reported over the weekend. The Caribbean island’s gross domestic product grew 1.8% last year and 0.5% in 2016.

• Thursday, October 25th 2018 - 08:16 UTC

  US ex presidents, prominent Democrats and CNN targets with explosive devices

  

  Suspected explosive devices were sent to former United States president Barack Obama, defeated presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, New York governor Andres Cuomo and to a building housing CNN's New York bureau, less than 24 hours apart and less than two weeks before key US midterm elections, officials confirmed on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, August 28th 2018 - 08:44 UTC

  After criticism, White House flag at half-staff on John McCain's death

  

  US President Donald Trump has announced that the White House flag will be returned to half-staff, after critics attacked his response to the death of Republican senator John McCain.