As tensions ease with Iran, Biden administration moves to put US forces on more normal footing, Wall Street Journal reports. The Biden administration is withdrawing Patriot antimissile batteries from four ….. Read More
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Venezuela’s Maduro expresses desire for foreign aid, Biden deal
Seated on a gilded Louis XVI chair in his office at Miraflores, a sprawling, neo-Baroque palace in northwest Caracas, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro projects unflappable confidence. The country, he says ….. Read More
US bishops to draft Communion statement that may rebuke Biden
Risking division within the US Catholic Church, bishops take aim at a Catholic president who supports abortion rights. A divided conference of Roman Catholic bishops in the United States announced ….. Read More
Amid hesitancy, VP Harris urges Black Americans to get COVID jabs
Vice President Kamala Harris travelled to Atlanta on Friday to urge Americans who have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 to go ahead and get jabs as the United States ….. Read More
Seoul courts risk after ‘no shackles’ missile development deal
Seoul, South Korea – South Korea is now free to develop missiles of whatever payload and range it chooses after an agreement last month between US President Joe Biden and ….. Read More
Chinese apps could face subpoenas, bans under Biden order
WeChat, TikTok, other apps targeted by Trump are eligible for review by Biden’s team, sources say. US President Joe Biden’s executive order aimed at safeguarding Americans’ sensitive data would force ….. Read More
No resolution on S-400 dispute during Biden-Erdoğan meeting
Turkey will take lead in securing Kabul airport after US troops depart, Biden and Erdoğan agree. President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed when they met in ….. Read More
Megadrought ‘taxing’ US water reservoirs and fuelling wildfires
A decades-long climate change-fuelled drought in the western United States is drying reservoirs and contributing to an early wildfire season, scientists say. Flames have scorched more than a million acres ….. Read More
Cheers to that! US agrees to lift tariffs on Scotch whisky
Scotch single malt whisky makers breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after the United States agreed to suspend tariffs on one of Scotland’s main exports following the resolution of a ….. Read More
Can the US and Russia reset their relationship?
The first meeting between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin ended with little agreement. SOURCE LINK