Tag: Bill Clinton

• Friday, August 23rd 2024 - 09:05 UTC

  Clinton and Lula hold telephone conference

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his former US colleague Bill Clinton held a 35-minute telephone conversation Thursday to discuss climate change, energy transition, and the protection of forests, among other environmental issues.

• Tuesday, November 28th 2023 - 10:04 UTC

  Milei visits rabbi's grave and has lunch with Bill Clinton

  

  Argentina's President-elect Javier Milei Monday visited the tomb of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson in New York as planned but then had lunch with former US President Bill Clinton, which had not been announced. Milei had already visited the religious site before the primary elections in August.

• Friday, March 12th 2021 - 09:06 UTC

  All US surviving presidents (except Trump) release video of their inoculation; CDC says 92 million vaccinated

  

  All surviving former US presidents except Mr Donald Trump have teamed up in a video urging Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Mr Jimmy Carter, Mr George W. Bush, Mr Bill Clinton and Mr Barack Obama - and the former First Ladies, appear in the one-minute spot released on Thursday, endorsing the US vaccination campaign and sharing what they miss about pre-pandemic life.

• Wednesday, November 9th 2016 - 08:56 UTC

  Bill Clinton's inconvenient truth about the white working class expectations

  

  Bill Clinton once said the white working class had been left hopeless after six years of Barack Obama's administration. The former president was quoted in a speech published by Wikileaks as part of the website's release of Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta's emails.

• Monday, January 14th 2013 - 03:53 UTC

  “Where is the reconstruction money?” asks Haiti on third anniversary of devastating quake

  

  Three years after a massive earthquake ravaged Haiti, President Michel Martelly said on Saturday his country was slowly rebuilding, despite the ongoing day-to-day misery of many survivors and the still to be honoured promises of international aid and donations.

• Thursday, September 6th 2012 - 06:00 UTC

  Obama nominated candidate following ex-president Clinton impassionate speech

  

  In a speech to the Democratic Party’s national convention, former President Bill Clinton appealed to millions of hard-pressed Americans to support the President Barack Obama for a second term in the White House.

• Wednesday, August 29th 2012 - 06:05 UTC

  Clinton and Blair praise Brazil’s economic and social advance in two decades

  

  Brazil appears to have the best long-term prospects among rising economic powers, thanks to its stable policy framework, ample natural resources and good relationship with its neighbours, former U.S. President Bill Clinton said on Tuesday in a ringing endorsement of an economy that has struggled lately.

• Saturday, July 21st 2012 - 06:28 UTC

  US members of Congress blame the UN for introducing cholera to Haiti

  

  More than 100 Democrats from the US House of Representatives have called on the UN to take responsibility for introducing cholera to Haiti. It is the latest twist in the allegation that UN peacekeepers unwittingly introduced the disease.

• Tuesday, April 17th 2012 - 03:43 UTC

  US/Brazil discuss energy cooperation and closer economic ties even free trade agreement

  

  Cooperation in energy development, closer economic ties including a free trade agreement and praise for Brazil’s economic and political leadership were some of the issues discussed by visiting US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton during her first day of meetings with Brazilian officials.

• Wednesday, September 21st 2011 - 05:13 UTC

  End of ‘don’ ask, don’t tell’: gays can serve openly in the US military.

  

  President Barack Obama hailed the end of the policy banning gays from serving openly in the US military, saying its official demise marked a key step toward fulfilling America's founding ideals.