Biden says Netanyahu is making ‘a mistake’ with his approach to war on Gaza
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden criticised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the war on Gaza, calling his approach a “mistake.” “I think what he’s doing is a mistake. I don’t agree with his approach,” Biden told the US-based Spanish language TV network Univision in an interview on Tuesday, Anadolu Agency reported. “What I’m calling […]
Biden secures enough delegates to become 2024 Democratic presidential nominee
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden has secured enough delegates to become the Democratic Party’s 2024 presidential nominee after a projected victory in Georgia’s primary, according to US media projections on Tuesday. With his win in Georgia’s primary, the incumbent president has cleared the 1,968 delegate mark out of 3,934 total to lock up this year’s […]
Man who threatened Biden shot dead in FBI raid
NEW YORK: During a raid on Wednesday morning, FBI agents fatally shot a man in Utah who was under investigation for threats against US President Joe Biden, reported German news agency (dpa). The man was not identified further. FBI agents attempted to enter a home in Provo, according to Salt Lake City NBC television affiliate […]
Biden to release 15 mln barrels from US oil reserves
WASHINGTON: The Biden administration will release 15 million barrels of oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve and the deliveries are expected to take place in December, the White House said in a press release. “The Department of Energy (DOE) is issuing a Notice of Sale tomorrow morning for 15 million barrels from the Strategic […]
Moscow will never provide ‘unflattering assessments’ of foreign leaders
MOSCOW: Russia will never stoop down to giving ‘unflattering assessments’ of foreign leaders or insulting them in contrast to US President Joe Biden who let himself speak harshly about Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Sputnik. “We will never stoop down to giving any unflattering assessments of heads of other states or […]
After free-spending Trump years, Republicans rediscover US debt
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion plan to revive the US economy has been met with howls from the Republican opposition in Washington, with conservative lawmakers saying it is full of money-wasting programmes at a time when the country doesn’t need any more debt. Yet it wasn’t so long ago that the party, led […]
Biden sworn in
Democracy has prevailed Together we shall write an American story of hope, not fear, of unity, not division, of light, not darkness. A story of decency and dignity, love and healing and goodness. Joe Biden WASHINGTON: Joe Biden took charge as the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday with an upbeat call to heal […]
World leaders welcome US transfer of power
PARIS: World leaders said they were looking forward to Wednesday’s transfer of power in the United States, where Democrat Joe Biden will be sworn in as president after four turbulent years under Donald Trump. European Union Top EU officials voiced relief that they would soon have a friend in the White House again. “Let’s build […]
Trump to snub Biden’s inauguration
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump is expected to be out of town well before Biden is sworn in on the steps of the Capitol building at exactly noon. By the time Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th US president on Wednesday (Jan 20), Trump will already have helicoptered out of the White House for the […]
Biden to reveal potential cabinet picks, choosing Blinken as Secretary of State
MOSCOW: Joe Biden plans to name Antony Blinken, 58, his secretary of state if he becomes the winner of the November presidential election, reported Sputnik news agency. According to The New York Times, Blinken held top-level national security and State Department positions during the administration of Barack Obama, working side-by-side with Biden, and that Biden […]
