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Biden to meet with Kenyatta, first African leader to visit
The agenda was published shortly after the release of the Pandora Papers, a journalistic investigation that exposed secret offshore accounts linked to...
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US judge temporarily blocks restrictive Texas abortion law
US District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin granted the request from President Joe Biden's administration to block enforcement of the law pending further litigation, on grounds it violates the US constitution. Texas can appeal.
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US reveals nuclear bomb numbers after Trump blackout
The numbers were released Tuesday amid an effort by the administration of President Joe Biden to restart arms controls talks with Russia after they stalled under Trump.
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Biden gets COVID-19 vaccine booster shot
US President Joe Biden rolled up his left sleeve in the White House and got a third Pfizer dose in line with the recently approved health guidance, which allows boosters for those 65 or older.
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Macron, Biden agree to soothe tensions after submarine row
In the first concrete sign of a slackening of tensions, Macron agreed to send France's ambassador back to Washington next week after he was recalled to Paris in an unprecedented diplomatic protest.
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Biden says US donating 'historic' extra 500 million COVID vaccines
'This is an all-hands-on-deck crisis,' US President Joe Biden said. 'America will become the arsenal for vaccines as we were the arsenal for democracy in World War II.'
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Pope says abortion is murder, urges 'pastoral' approach
He was responding to a question about some US bishops who proposed denying the sacred ritual to politicians who supported abortion rights -- a group that includes Biden.
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Biden to broaden Covid vaccine mandate in major White House speech
One major part will be mandatory vaccinations for all federal employees and federal contractors, a source familiar with the plans, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP.
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Biden warns of climate change on visit to storm-damaged NY area
US President Joe Biden - who is pushing a giant infrastructure spending bill, including major funding for the green economy - argues that extreme weather across the United States this summer is a harbinger of worse to come.
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The Taliban parades as Biden defends the US's pullout from Afghanistan
In footage posted on a pro-Taliban account of the build-up of the parade, a helicopter flew overhead, trailing the Taliban's standard beneath it as fighters wrapped in headscarves waved beneath.
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US President Biden: 'The war in Afghanistan is now over'
US President Joe Biden held a briefing after the withdrawal of the US troops from Afghanistan on 31 August 2021. #Biden #Afghanistan
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Ukraine president seeks Biden support against Russia after Afghan war
Russian officials have pointed to Afghanistan as a lesson for Ukraine, which has relied on the West in a seven-year war against Moscow-linked separatists, but Biden has insisted that he withdrew to end a costly distraction from a larger US challenge of facing an assertive China and Russia.
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US troops pull out of Afghanistan, ending 20-year war
Taliban fighters quickly swept into the airport and fired weapons into the sky in jubilation, celebrating an astonishing victory for the hardline Islamist movement two decades after US forces invaded Afghanistan and toppled them from power.
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Biden in solemn ritual over remains of fallen US troops
The moving ritual played out on the tarmac of Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, with Biden and his wife Jill standing somberly to the side as specially trained white-gloved military crews, stepping softly and in perfect unison, transferred the remains in special metal cases to the waiting hearses.
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Biden to Kabul attackers: 'We will hunt you down and make you pay'
US President Joe Biden spoke on 26 August 2021 following attacks near the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. #Kabul #Biden
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Islamic State suicide bombers kill scores at Kabul airport
The bombings, claimed by the Islamic State group, left scenes of carnage outside the airport where thousands of Afghans desperate to flee their country had massed despite a flurry of foreign government warnings - made just hours before - that a major terror attack was imminent.
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Biden delays meeting with Israeli PM amid Kabul blasts
The two leaders will now meet at the White House Friday morning, Bennett's office said. They will first talk one-on-one, then make statements to the press and then continue negotiations with the participation of their staffs.
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Biden says US will complete Afghan pullout by 31 August
The US president said he had discussed the evacuation with Group of Seven leaders earlier Tuesday and they agreed to 'continue our close cooperation to get people out as efficiently and safely as possible'.
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Biden hopeful for ending Afghan airlift on time, orders airlines' help
As the numbers of evacuees steadily rose, despite a volatile situation on the ground and enormous logistical difficulties, Biden said he was aiming to complete the task by 31 August, the date agreed with the Taliban.
