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North Korea fires anti-aircraft missile ahead of UN Security Council meeting
This is the latest in a series of tension-raising steps by Pyongyang, which had until recently been biding its time since the change in US administrations in...
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US Senate to vote Thursday in bid to avert government shutdown
The coming days are expected to be the most critical yet of Biden's presidency, as he negotiates the tricky passage of two giant spending bills and a fix to lift the debt ceiling without the support of Republicans.
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Crunch time for Biden as Congress debates historic agenda
The House and Senate are moving toward votes on legislation dealing with infrastructure and social programs worth almost $5 trillion while also averting a government shutdown on Friday and a looming debt default.
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Biden bids to renew US leadership in UN speech
Joe Biden's first speech as US president to the annual United Nations General Assembly in New York faces a tough reception.
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10,000 migrants, many Haitian, packed under Texas bridge
The mayor of Del Rio, Texas has declared a state of emergency after more than 10,000 undocumented migrants poured into the city.
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US honours 9/11 on 20th anniversary of attacks
Heart-wrenching commemorations will unfold at each of the three sites where 19 al-Qaeda hijackers crashed packed airliners.
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Biden, Xi talk to avoid US-China 'conflict:' W.House
This was the leaders' first call since February, when they talked for two hours, shortly after Joe Biden took over from Donald Trump.
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Rockets fly in Kabul as US evacuations wind down
Biden had warned more attacks were highly likely and the United States said it carried out an air strike on Sunday night in Kabul on an explosives-laden vehicle.
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Biden given inconclusive intelligence report on COVID origins
The assessment, ordered by President Joe Biden 90 days ago, was unable to definitively conclude whether the virus that first emerged in central China had jumped to humans via animals or escaped a highly secure research facility in Wuhan, two US officials familiar with the matter told the Washington Post.
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Israel's Bennett seeks US 'reset' in first White House visit
In his first state visit since taking office in June, Bennett will meet Biden on Thursday and attempt to mend ties with America's top Democrat, which were strained under former premier Benjamin Netanyahu, accused of openly favouring the Republican party.
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Biden: 'Military force' not the way to protect women's rights
Referring to the Uighur ethnic minority in China and other areas of the world facing extreme human rights abuses, Joe Biden said 'the way to deal with that is not with a military invasion.'
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Taliban race closer to complete Afghan takeover
Insurgents have extended an astonishing rout of government forces and warlord militias achieved in just 10 days.
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Biden to set target of half of US car sales to be zero-emission by 2030
The move is the latest reversal by Biden of former President Donald Trump's climate and environmental policies, and aims to promote a transformation of American transportation, the biggest source of the country's carbon emissions.
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Moscow hopes US 'serious' in seeking dialogue in new talks
The two countries will hold the talks on Wednesday in Geneva -- where presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin met last month -- in a new bid to encourage stability in the tense relationship.
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Biden says social media misinformation on COVID 'killing people'
The White House is turning up the pressure on social media companies to weed out what officials say is widely spread misinformation on coronavirus vaccinations.
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Six months later, Biden calls for 'courage' in investigating Capitol attack
The US president called on "people of goodwill and courage" to investigate the riot and its origins and urged Democrats, Republicans and independents to work together.
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Biden marks 'independence' from COVID, but pandemic remains a threat
Speaking before a festive crowd of 1,000 guests on the White House South Lawn, Biden drew a comparison between the declaration of independence from the British Empire in 1776 and today's rapid recovery from the coronavirus.
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Biden celebrates pandemic victory, but COVID could be the easy part
About 1,000 guests -- emergency service and essential workers, military members and their families -- are set to pour into the White House grounds for the kind of party unimaginable a year ago, when the country was under lockdown.
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Biden to visit Florida condo collapse site as hope dims for rescue
A 12-story oceanfront condominium in Surfside, a neighborhood near Miami, pancaked into rubble in the early hours of Thursday last week, with the official death toll of 12 expected to rise as hope dwindles for the nearly 150 people still unaccounted for.
