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‘Democracy has prevailed,’ says Biden in his maiden speech as US President

11:55 pm January 20, 2021

Washington: ”Democracy has prevailed,” newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday in his maiden speech as he called on Americans ”to defend the truth and defeat the lies”. Speaking shortly after taking oath as the 46th President of the United States, 78-year-old Biden also pledged to repair America’s global allies, which suffered during his predecessor Donald Trump’s four-year regime. ”This […]

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‘Democracy has prevailed,’ says Biden in his maiden speech as US President

11:49 pm January 20, 2021

Washington : ”Democracy has prevailed,” newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday in his maiden speech as he called on Americans ”to defend the truth and defeat the lies”. Speaking shortly after taking oath as the 46th President of the United States, 78-year-old Biden also pledged to repair America’s global allies, which suffered during his predecessor Donald Trump’s four-year regime. […]

Biden vows to repair America’s alliances, engage with world once again

11:46 pm January 20, 2021

Washington: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday vowed to repair America’s alliances and engage with the world once again, saying the country has been tested and its people have come out stronger. In his inaugural speech after being sworn in as the 46th President of the United States in a historic but scaled down ceremony under the unprecedented security […]

Biden to lay out his foreign policy at G-7, Munich summit

Facing crush of crises, Biden will take helm as president

2:47 pm January 20, 2021

Washington: Joe Biden swears the oath of office at noon Wednesday to become the 46th president of the United States, taking the helm of a deeply divided nation and inheriting a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors. The very ceremony in which presidential power is transferred, a hallowed American democratic […]

Biden picks transgender woman as assistant health secretary

8:47 pm January 19, 2021

Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine to be his assistant secretary of health, leaving her poised to become the first openly transgender federal official to be confirmed by the US Senate. A pediatrician and former Pennsylvania physician general, Levine was appointed to her current post by Democratic Gov Tom Wolf in 2017, making her one of the few […]