カテゴリー: Joe Biden
US president pledges $500m in help for Ukraine while west prepares next phase of sanctions against RussiaRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesJoe Biden has promised further military aid for Ukraine worth $500m (£415m) during his surprise visit to Ky…
Footage shows a suspected Chinese spy balloon being shot down over the Carolina coast. Two US fighter jets circled the balloon before launching an air missile to destroy it. Beijing claimed it was a weather observation airship that had been blown off c…
Dmitry Medvedev accuses Fumio Kishida of shameful subservience to US after Joe Biden meetingFormer Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has accused Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida of shameful subservience to the US and suggested he should ritually d…
Apparent rapprochement with western leaders does not mean China is about to ditch its ‘wolf-warrior’ diplomacyFresh from consolidating power with a third term at home, Xi Jinping struck a largely cordial tone at the G20 summit in Indonesia, but don’t e…
From Xi Jinping’s first international appearance in three years to leaders snubbing Russia, here are the significant momentsThe G20 meeting in Bali signalled Xi Jinping’s emergence from three years of self-imposed pandemic isolation, with the French pr…
US president says he told Xi Jinping that Beijing had an ‘obligation’ to tell Kim Jong-un to avoid a seventh testJoe Biden has said he told Xi Jinping that China has an obligation to try to talk North Korea out of conducting a seventh nuclear test, alt…
Taiwan, trade, Ukraine and the climate crisis among issues discussed when presidents of US and China metAt the G20 summit in Bali, Joe Biden and Xi Jinping held their first ever face-to-meeting as leaders, in an attempt to reduce tensions over Taiwan a…
US leader says he and China’s leader, Xi Jinping, had ‘candid and clear’ talks at G20 summit in BaliJoe Biden has said he does not believe China has any “imminent” plans to invade Taiwan, but objected to its “coercive and increasingly aggressive action…
World leaders including Joe Biden, Xi Jinping and Rishi Sunak will attend summit being held during a war in Ukraine and a global inflationary crisisOn Tuesday, leaders of the G20 nations – the world’s major economies – will gather in Bali, Indonesia, f…
Russia will be represented by foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at next week’s gathering of G20 leadersVladimir Putin will not attend a gathering of leaders from the G20 nations in Bali next week, Indonesian and Russian officials confirmed on Thursday, en…
US president questioned country’s nuclear weapons safety protocols sparking outrage in Islamabad Pakistan on Saturday summoned the US ambassador for an explanation after President Joe Biden described the south Asian country as “one of the most dangerou…
New national security strategy warns of Russia as more immediate threat and China as long-term competitorWithin a decade, the US will need to deter two major nuclear weapons powers for the first time, the Biden administrationhas warned, pointing to the…
Most Pacific leaders value relations with both competing powers and do not want to be forced to choose sidesThis week, the White House will host its first-ever summit with Pacific Islands leaders. The Pacific spans nearly a third of the globe and is ho…
Yoon Suk-yeol was caught swearing after a chat with Joe Biden on the sidelines of the UN general assembly that reportedly lasted less than a minute. Speaking as he left an event in New York, Yoon was caught by a ‘hot’ microphone, saying to ai…
Yoon Suk-yeol accused of discourtesy in London and of swearing after chat to Joe BidenSouth Korea’s president has been accused of causing a “diplomatic disaster” after his first major international trip, to the Queen’s funeral and the UN general assemb…