Tag: Joe Biden

• Friday, December 17th 2021 - 19:54 UTC

  Biden foresees tragic winter ahead for those unvaccinated against COVID-19

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday forecast a quick spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus throughout his country this winter and an ensuing outbreak of “severe illness and death for the unvaccinated.”

• Monday, December 13th 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  String of tornadoes causes major federal disaster in the US

  

  US President Joseph Biden has declared a “major” federal disaster in Kentucky after dozens are feared dead following devastating tornadoes. The head of state has thus provided for the highest type of aid possible in light of the severity of the event.

• Tuesday, December 7th 2021 - 08:26 UTC

  The US to boycott Winter Olympic Games scheduled for Beijing next year

  

  The US Government of President Joseph Biden has announced Monday it would boycott the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympic Games to be staged in Beijing, China, starting Feb. 4, as a response to human rights abuses in the host nation.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:35 UTC

  Backsliding democracies challenged as world becomes more authoritarian, IDEA report

  

  The world is becoming more authoritarian as autocratic regimes become even more brazen in their repression. Many democratic governments are backsliding and are adopting authoritarian tactics by restricting free speech and weakening the rule of law, a trend exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.

• Thursday, November 25th 2021 - 09:05 UTC

  US to drop FARC from list of international terrorist groups

  

  The Government of the United States has announced it would be dropping Colombia's Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) from the Terrorist Group list.

• Tuesday, November 23rd 2021 - 20:01 UTC

  Biden endorses Powell for yet another term as Federal Reserve head

  

  US President Joseph Biden has announced he wanted Republican lawyer Jerome Powell to stay at the helm of the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) for a second four-year term.

• Wednesday, November 17th 2021 - 08:59 UTC

  Biden bans Nicaraguan officials from entering US territory

  

  Irregularities in Nicaragua's recent elections after which President Daniel Ortega is to stay in office for yet another term while all of his political opponents are either in jail or exile have led the administration of US President Joseph Biden to take action.

• Tuesday, November 16th 2021 - 09:03 UTC

  Xi Jinping, Biden hold virtual summit at last

  

  US President Joseph Biden and his Chinese colleague Xi Jinping Monday held a virtual Summit during which they discussed world and bilateral issues.

• Friday, November 12th 2021 - 09:08 UTC

  Xi, Biden to hold virtual Summit next Monday

  

  The Presidents of China, Xi Jinping, and of the United States, Joseph Biden, are to hold a virtual Summit this coming Monday to discuss bilateral issues, particularly the case of Taiwan, an independent country still considered a rogue province by the Asian giant.

• Wednesday, November 10th 2021 - 20:31 UTC

  Biden, AMLO and Trudeau to meet Nov. 18 in Washington

  

  US President Joseph Biden, his Mexican colleague Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), and Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will get together Nov. 18 in Washington DC for the North American Leaders Summit, Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced Wednesday.