カテゴリー: Joe Biden
Joe Biden has called time on America’s longest war. The decision exposes the limits of US power and leaves an uncertain futureBritain’s former prime minister Harold Macmillan is said to have told colleagues that the first law of politics should be “nev…
Yoshihide Suga will travel to meet Joe Biden amid growing international condemnation of Beijing’s human rights abuses China is expected to dominate talks between Joe Biden and the Japanese prime minister, Yoshihide Suga, in Washington on Friday amid gr…
Biden outlines Afghanistan withdrawal: ‘It’s time for American troops to come home’ – as it happened
President says ‘only the Afghans have the right to lead their country’Roughly 1 in 5 Americans unwilling to take Covid-19 vaccineBlistering internal report reveals widespread failures by police 1.08am BST – Joan E Greve and Maanvi Singh 12.46am BST The…
Withdrawal of US and Nato military personnel to begin on 1 May‘It’s time to end America’s longest war’ – Biden at White HouseUS president Joe Biden has declared it was time “to end America’s longest war” as he announced that nearly 10,000 US and Nato t…
Analysis: Despite warnings not enough has been done to stablise the country, the president has decided to set aside the rule ‘if you break it, you fix it’Joe Biden has decided that 20 years is enough for America’s longest war, and has ordered the remai…
US and EU lead international condemnation of violence against protesters by junta on SaturdayWashington has announced the immediate suspension of all US trade engagement with Myanmar until the return of a democratically elected government, a day after …
The president has inherited an unpopular war, and whatever he decides to do about it will be fraught with danger Of all the foreign hazards, snares, pitfalls and timebombs left behind by Donald Trump, Afghanistan is arguably the worst. Joe Biden must d…
The conversation came hours after the US president announced a new Pentagon taskforce on China Joe Biden has affirmed the US’s tough line on China’s human rights abuses and regional expansionism in his first phone call with president Xi Jinping since t…
Confidential UN report reveals Pyongyang was acting in violation of international sanctions North Korea maintained and developed its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes throughout 2020 in violation of international sanctions, said a UN diplomat wi…
From the coup in Myanmar to the autocratic regimes in China and Russia, western values are under increasing threat Blame Joe Biden for not stepping in more quickly, or Donald Trump for encouraging authoritarian rulers. Blame Barack Obama for lifting sa…
US president calls for international solidarity in confronting generals who have seized power in countryJoe Biden has threatened to resume sanctions on Myanmar following the military coup and the suspension of democracy, and called for international so…
Escalation prompts US president, Joe Biden, to make first public remarks on relationship with TaipeiChinese bombers and fighter jets have entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone for the second day in a row in an unusual and provocative escalat…
A meeting with a good news guru – plus all the week’s reasons to be hopefulHowever much we blow our own trumpet over here at the Upside (parp parp!), it’s important to acknowledge that we are truly no pioneers in the field of ‘good news’.But this week …
Chinese president told future counterpart he hoped two countries would ‘uphold sprit of non-conflict, focus on cooperation’The Chinese president, Xi Jinping, has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the US election, leaving just a handful of world leader…