US President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a proclamation that would initiate the process of pardoning US veterans who were convicted by the military for engaging in consensual gay sex, which was illegal until the law was repealed in late 2013.Senior administration officials estimate that the proclamation could potentially affectContinue Reading
Melinda French Gates, the former spouse of Microsoft’s co-founder Bill Gates and a prominent American philanthropist, publicly endorsed President Joe Biden for the upcoming US in November on Thursday. In her statement on X, she emphasized Biden’s commitment to addressing the challenges faced by women and families, making him theContinue Reading
PARIS: US President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, will conclude their trip to France on Sunday with a stop at an American cemetery that former president Donald Trump declined to visit in 2018, drawing widespread criticism. The Bidens will visit Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in Belleau, about 85 kmContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden is looking past resistance from key Israeli officials as he presses Israel and Hamas to agree to a three-phase agreement that could immediately bring home dozens of Israeli hostages, free Palestinian prisoners and perhaps even lead to an endgame in the nearly eight-month-old Gaza war. Biden’sContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: The White House is telling lawmakers that President Joe Biden is preparing to sign off on an executive order that would shut down asylum requests to the US-Mexico border once the number of daily encounters hits 2,500 between ports of entry, with the border reopening once that number declinesContinue Reading
WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden announced he will deliver remarks Friday on the Middle East, as Israel pushes into Rafah despite US warnings against a full-scale offensive in the crowded southern Gaza city.“Later today, I’ll deliver remarks on the Middle East. Tune in here,” Biden said on X, with a videoContinue Reading
NEW DELHI: With ‘All eyes on Rafah’ gaining traction on social media, the White House on Wednesday said that the US was not turning ‘blind eye’ to Rafah casualties. When asked “how many charred corpses” it would take for Biden to alter course, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby toldContinue Reading
ATLANTA: US Prez Joe Biden renewed his call for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza in a speech at Morehouse College‘s graduation ceremony, where some participants donned Palestinian colours in protest at Israel’s military incursion. Biden’s address at the historically black school in Atlanta brought him face to face with someContinue Reading
BEIJING: A US move to raise tariffs on Chinese goods is a sign of weakness, not of strength, and shows that some in the United States may be “losing their minds”, China’s foreign minister said on Wednesday, in unusually blunt comments. US President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled steep tariffContinue Reading
The Albanese government has doubled down on its attempts to push back against China’s chokehold on the critical minerals supply chain, announcing it will pour $585m of taxpayer funds into projects producing key inputs for batteries, renewables and electric cars. Queensland-based Alpha Hpa, which specialises in the production of ultra-highContinue Reading