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Biden to meet Putin in Geneva on June 16: White House

Putin signs extension of last Russia-US nuclear arms treaty

11:41 pm January 29, 2021

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill extending the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty between Russia and the United States a week before the pact was due to expire. Both houses of the Russian parliament voted unanimously Wednesday to extend the New START treaty for five years. Putin and US President Joe Biden had discussed the nuclear accord a day earlier, and the Kremlin said they agreed […]

John Kerry thanks Europe for keeping climate efforts going

11:15 pm January 21, 2021

Washington: US climate envoy John Kerry thanked Europeans on Thursday for keeping up the fight to slow global warming during the Trump administration and said the US must recover lost time in the effort. Kerry spoke remotely to an Italian climate meeting, in his first international address for the Biden administration. He said the United States was returning to the Paris climate accord with humility and ambition. President Joe Biden signed […]

Third time lucky: Joe Biden to be sworn in as US President on Wednesday

8:37 pm January 19, 2021

Washington: With a promise to ‘heal’ America, which in recent months witnessed a chaotic election and messy transition of power, Joseph R Biden will take the oath to become the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. Biden, who is known around the world for his stint as the vice president during the Obama administration, will be the oldest person ever sworn […]

Will Trump’s mishandling of records leave a hole in history?

11:02 pm January 16, 2021

Washington: The public won’t see President Donald Trump‘s White House records for years, but there’s growing concern that the collection won’t be complete, leaving a hole in the history of one of America’s most tumultuous presidencies. Trump has been cavalier about the law requiring records be preserved. He has a habit of ripping up documents before tossing […]

Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

Trump’s court appointments will leave decades-long imprint

11:55 pm December 26, 2020

Washington: On this, even President Donald Trump‘s most fevered critics agree: He has left an imprint on federal courts that will outlast his one term in office for decades to come. He used the promise of conservative judicial appointments to win over Republican sceptics as a candidate. Then as president, he relied on conservative legal […]