A 6 year-old child is comforted by her mother as she receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine by a medical assistant at the Child Health Associates office in Novi, Michigan on Nov 3, 2021. (JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden said in an interview aired on Sunday that […]
WASHINGTON – US military forces will defend Taiwan if there is “an unprecedented attack”, President Joe Biden said on Sunday, underscoring America’s commitment to the island as Chinese incursions mount near its shores. Mr Biden, speaking in a 60 Minutes interview aired on CBS, distanced himself from the question of whether Taiwan is or should […]
WASHINGTON – US military forces will defend Taiwan if there is “an unprecedented attack,” President Joe Biden said Sunday, underscoring America’s commitment to the island as Chinese incursions mount near its shores. Mr Biden, speaking in a 60 Minutes interview aired on the CBS network, distanced himself from the question of whether Taiwan is or […]
US President Joe Biden speaks during the United We Stand Summit in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Sept 15, 2022. (SUSAN WALSH / AP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden called on Americans to speak out against racism and extremism during a summit at the White House on Thursday, and said […]
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is considering moves that will restrict US investments in Chinese technology companies, amid growing tensions between the United States and China, according to people familiar with the matter. The investment curbs taking shape may come as an executive order to be signed by President Joe Biden in the coming months. […]
In this file photo taken on June 30, 2022, First Lady Jill Biden watches as Marine One, carrying US President Joe Biden, lands on the South Lawn of the White House upon Biden's return to Washington DC. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP) WASHINGTON / BERLIN / ROME – US first lady Jill Biden has tested positive in […]
In this file photo taken on July 27, 2022, US President Joe Biden removes his protective mask while arriving to deliver remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday in the process of his recovery […]
US President Joe Biden coughs as he speaks about "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022"inthe State Dining Room of the White House in Washington on July 28, 2022. (SUSAN WALSH / FILE / AP) WASHINGTON/ZURICH – US President Joe Biden remained positive for COVID-19 on Sunday but "continues to feel well," his physician said. White […]
In this file photo taken on July 27, 2022, US President Joe Biden coughs while delivering remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC. Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time and is returning to isolation, his White House doctor said on July 30, 2022, attributing the […]
WASHINGTON – On the face of it, the 2-hour-and-20-minute phone call between US President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday (July 28) did not yield anything new, with both apparently essentially restating well-known positions on sensitive issues. But given the toxic nature of the current US-China relationship, that could be good news.
BEIJING – In a “candid” phone conversation on Thursday night (July 28), Chinese President Xi Jinping warned his American counterpart Joe Biden against supporting Taiwanese independence, saying those who play with fire will be burned, state media reported. The scheduled phone call – their fifth since Mr Biden took office last year – touched on a […]
A view of a COVID-19 vaccination center in Gostinny Dvor, a huge exhibition place in Moscow, Russia on July 12, 2021. (PAVEL GOLOVKIN / AP) WASHINGTON – Russia reported 11,515 new daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, authorities said, the highest such figure since April 13. Forty-one people in Russia died of coronavirus over the last […]
US President Joe Biden delivers remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington DC on July 27, 2022. Biden has had two negative COVID-19 tests and no longer needs to isolate after recovering from infection, his White House Doctor Kevin O'Connor said Wednesday. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP) WASHINGTON – US President Joe […]
US President Joe Biden attends an event on fighting "ghost guns" crimes at the White House in Washington, DC April 11, 2022. (PHOTO/XINHUA) WASHINGTON / LOS ANGELES – US President Joe Biden on Monday said he was "feeling great," as he recovers from COVID-19, and that he expected to end his isolation and return to […]
In this photo provided by The White House, President Joe Biden talks on the phone with his national security team from the Treaty Room in the residence of the White House in Washington, July 22, 2022. Biden's physician says the president's COVID-19 symptoms have improved after a full day of treatment with the anti-viral drug […]
BEIJING (XINHUA, NYTIMES) – China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday (July 22) sent a message of sympathy to United States President Joe Biden over the latter’s Covid-19 infection. In his message, Mr Xi said that upon learning of Mr Biden’s infection with the coronavirus, he would like to extend his sincere sympathy to the US […]
In this image provided by the White House, President Joe Biden speaks with Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., on the phone from the Treaty Room in the residence of the White House on July 21, 2022, in Washington. Biden says he's "doing great" after testing positive for COVID-19. (ADAM SCHULTZ / THE WHITE HOUSE VIA AP) […]
US President Joe Biden speaks before signing an executive order protecting access to reproductive health care services, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on July 8, 2022. (SAMUEL CORUM / AFP) WASHINGTON – Joe Biden, the oldest person ever to serve as president of the United States, has tested positive […]
President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media after exiting Air Force One on July 20, 2022 at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland. Biden is returning from a trip to Somerset, Massachusetts, where he spoke about climate change. (EVAN VUCCI / AP PHOTO) SOMERSET, Mass./WASHINGTON – US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – China’s envoy to the US said the Biden administration is undermining the “One China” policy through its support for Taiwan and is exacerbating tensions with its human rights claims over Beijing’s treatment of Hong Kong and Xinjiang. Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado on Wednesday (July 20), Ambassador Qin Gang […]