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Washington: President Joe Biden believes that the US-India partnership is the most important relationship the United States has in the world, said White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Friday (local time). Speaking about the India-US 2+2 dialogue under the Biden administration next week, the White House Press Secretary said that the President expects that […]

Biden made the remarks while responding to a reporter's question at the White House on Wednesday, the BBC reported.

Washington: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy summoned the memory of Pearl Harbor and the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on Wednesday as he appealed to the U.S. Congress to do more to help Ukraine’s fight against Russia. But he acknowledged the no-fly zone he has sought to close the sky to the Russians over his country […]

Washington: Russia will pay a severe price for the use of chemical weapons, US President Joe Biden said on Friday, stressing that Washington will not fight Moscow in Ukraine as a direct confrontation between NATO and Kremlin would trigger World War III. On February 24, Russian forces launched military operations in Ukraine, three days after […]

Washington: US President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the banning of Russian oil, natural gas and coal imports to the US in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Today I am announcing the United States is targeting the main artery of Russia’s economy. We’re banning all imports of Russian oil and gas and energy,” […]

Biden's remarks came during the first State of Union address delivered by him to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on Tuesday (local time).

Asked at a news conference on Thursday, if India, a major defence partner, was in "sync" with the US on Russia and Ukraine, Biden said, "We're going to be".

Washington: The United States on Thursday announced the killing of ISIS chief Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in a counterterrorism operation in northwest Syria. “Last night at my direction, U.S. military forces in northwest Syria successfully undertook a counterterrorism operation to protect the American people and our Allies, and make the world a safer place,” the […]

New York: Indian-origin Maju Varghese is leaving his position as the director of the White House Military Office, according to a media report quoting him. “Right now, it’s best for me and my family that I kind of just try to strike a little bit more of a balance,” CNN quoted Varghese explaining his decision […]

Washington: US President Biden announced his intent to appoint four Indian Americans as commissioners to the President’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders, the White House announced on Monday. The Commission will advise the President on ways the public, private, and non-profit sectors can work together to advance equity and opportunity […]

The meeting at the White House on Wednesday was attended by Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella

The Pentagon's massive task of removing service members and equipment out of Afghanistan is nearly complete and the US military mission is slated to end by August 31.

Guy Rosen, VP of Integrity at Facebook, said in a blog post on Saturday that at a time when Covid-19 cases are rising in the US, the Biden administration has chosen to blame a handful of American social media companies.

Biden has said it would be an important step if the United States and Russia were able to ultimately find “stability and predictability" in their relationship.

Biden administration officials see the moment as an opportunity to take concrete action to speak out against China's reliance on forced labour as an “affront to human dignity."

The remote, 19.6 million-acre refuge is home to polar bears, caribou, snowy owls and other wildlife, including migrating birds from six continents.

Biden’s gesture of exporting more vaccines seems to emanate from anxiety over Russia’s ‘vaccine diplomacy’

Biden won an early victory in March when he signed the USD 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package into law.

He said that the United States accounts for less than 15 per cent of carbon emissions while the rest of the world accounts for 85 per cent.

California's contributions come as part of a wider effort by the United States to fight the spread of COVID-19 in India.