For the first time since Moscow waged its war on Kiev on February 24, US President Joe Biden called his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” as the latter is “inflicting appalling devastation and horror on Ukraine”.Biden made the remarks while responding to a reporter’s question at the White House on Wednesday, the BBC…Continue Reading
US President Joe Biden signs executive order on cryptocurrency as its use explodes – The Economic Times Video | ET Now AP | 10 Mar 2022, 07:59 AM IST US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on government oversight of cryptocurrency that urges the Federal Reserve to explore whether the central bank should…Continue Reading
U.S. President Joe Biden announces actions against Russia for its war in Ukraine, during remarks in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, US, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueBiden has been working with allies in Europe to isolate Russia’s energy-heavy economy and Putin.Biden said sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON—President Biden held a video call Thursday with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan—known as the Quad—”to discuss the war against Ukraine and its implications for the Indo-Pacific,” the White House said. The meeting came as the U.S. and Western allies have taken steps to isolate Russian President Vladimir Putin and his economy amid…Continue Reading
SynopsisCAATSA is a tough US law which authorises the administration to impose sanctions on countries that purchase major defence hardware from Russia in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential elections.PTIUS President Joe Biden will decide whether to apply or waive sanctions on India, one…Continue Reading
WASHINGTON: The Joe Biden administration continues to engage with India to underscore the importance of a collective response condemning Russia’s military operation against Ukraine, a top US diplomat said here on Wednesday. Assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, Donald Lu, was speaking to members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, just after…Continue Reading
The Biden administration pulled out all the stops to persuade India to vote with 141 other countries who condemned Russia for attacking Ukraine, top U.S. diplomat Donald Lu said.Mr. Lu was speaking to members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday, just after India had abstained from a vote on the U.N. General Assembly…Continue Reading
Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, U.S. President Joe Biden vowed in his first state of the union address Tuesday night to check Russian aggression in Ukraine, tame soaring U.S. inflation and deal with the fading but still dangerous coronavirus pandemic.’Putin was wrong,’ Biden says in state of the unionU.S. President Joe Biden denounced…Continue Reading
SynopsisPresident Joe Biden announced Tuesday night in his State of the Union address that the U.S. is banning Russian flights from its airspace in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.AFP”I am announcing that we will join our allies in closing off American airspace to all Russian flights, further isolating Russia and adding an additional squeeze…Continue Reading
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson speaks after President Joe Biden announced her as his nominee to the Supreme Court in the Cross Hall of the White House, Friday, in Washington. (AP Photo)Introducing Jackson at the White House, Biden declared, “I believe it’s time that we have a court that reflects the full talents and greatness of…Continue Reading
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