Biden administration

A view of the White House in Washington, U.S. January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg/File Photo
World

Biden administration joins global campaign against online extremism

The initiative was started by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron in 2019 after a gunman killed 51 people at two mosques in the New Zealand city of...

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Analysis

Biden wants to replicate China’s infrastructure miracle

Staff member handles AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines in storage at Region Hovedstaden's Vaccine Center, Copenhagen, Denmark February 11, 2021. Ritzau Scanpix/Liselotte Sabroe via REUTERS
Coronavirus chronicle

Key lawmakers urge Biden to ship AstraZeneca vaccine to other countries

President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in Washington, US, April 28, 2021. Melina Mara/Pool via REUTERS
World

Biden pushes 17 years of free school, asks companies and wealthy to pay 'fair share'

Ceidy, an asylum-seeking migrant mother from Guatemala, kisses her 3-month-old baby Bridget while waiting to be escorted by the U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from Mexico in Roma, Texas, U.S. April 7, 2021. Picture taken April 7, 2021. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo
World

Heeding complaints, Biden lifts refugee cap to 62,500

A North Korean soldier looks toward the south as a South Korean soldier stands guard in the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, South Korea, August 28, 2019. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool
World

N Korea says Biden policy shows hostile US intent, vows response

General view of a military parade to commemorate the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea January 14, 2021 in this photo supplied by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS
Politics

Biden administration sets new North Korea policy of ‘practical’ diplomacy

Manisha Bashu (R) and her mother press the chest of her father, who is suffering from breathing problem, after he felt unconsicous while receiving oxygen support for free at a Gurudwara (Sikh temple), amidst the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad, India, April 30, 2021. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Coronavirus chronicle

Biden bans most travel to US from India to limit Covid-19 spread

US Vice President Kamala Harris takes notes as she speaks via videoconference with Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei to discuss solutions to an increase in migration as she looks for ways to defuse a migrant crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, US, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Global Economy

US unveils $310m in Central America aid to tackle migration

Wind turbines generate power on a farm near Throckmorton, Texas U.S. August 24, 2018. REUTERSNick Oxford/File Photo
Global Economy

White House backs 2030 milestone on path to net zero grid

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Climate Change

PM to highlight challenges, efforts on climate front at Leaders' Summit on Climate

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World

Biden calls Chauvin verdict a 'giant step' toward justice in the United States

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Coronavirus chronicle

WH uncertain over lifting curbs on vaccine raw materials export to India