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US backs plan to waive COVID-19 vaccine patents
US Trade Representative Katherine Tai said that while intellectual property rights for businesses are important, Washington 'supports the waiver of those...
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India to pump billions into virus fight as Biden sets vaccine target
With vaccines among the main weapons in the fight against the pandemic, pharma giant Pfizer reported a huge jump in profits based on sales of its Covid-19 shot as a growing campaign called for patent waivers so poorer nations can get quicker access.
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White House wants 70% adults to have first COVID-19 shot by 4 July
In addition to getting 70% at least partially vaccinated, US President Joe Biden wants '160 million Americans fully vaccinated' by the same date, an official told reporters.
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Biden celebrates an America 'on the move again'
Lauding the success of mass vaccination against COVID-19, US President Joe Biden told Congress and the nation on primetime television that 'in America, we always get up.'
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Prince Harry, Meghan and Bidens to appear at vaccine benefit concert
Put on by Global Citizen, an international advocacy organisation, the campaign is pushing businesses to "donate dollars for doses", and for G7 governments to share excess vaccines.
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Ex-world leaders urge US to waive vaccine property rules
In an open letter to President Joe Biden published late Wednesday, the group said it was "gravely concerned by the very slow progress" in scaling up global vaccine access and inoculation in low- and middle-income countries.
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Biden says 'time to end' US war in Afghanistan with total pullout
Now, 20 years later - after almost 2,400 US military and tens of thousands of Afghan deaths - Biden named September 11 as the deadline by which the last US soldiers will have finally departed. The pullout will begin on May 1.
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Biden summit offer hailed in Moscow as win for Putin
With indications that work was already under way for a potential meeting in Finland, Russian officials were crowing that Moscow was finally being treated with the respect it deserves.
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Biden to address US Congress to mark 100 days in office
The speech will not technically be a so-called State of the Union address, which American presidents give yearly under the Constitution. Brand new leaders like Biden instead deliver a speech to a joint session of Congress.
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Biden attempts to tackle US gun violence 'epidemic'
With Congress unable to agree on broad new gun regulations, like stricter background checks for gun buyers, Biden announced six executive measures which he said would help tamp down the crisis.
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Biden tackles 'ghost guns' and US firearms violence
In addition to relatively modest measures on the politically hyper-sensitive issue, Biden will announce his nomination of David Chipman, a gun-control proponent, to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives - a central agency in the fight against gun violence.
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US pushing G20 for global minimum corporate tax: Yellen
Just days after President Joe Biden announced plans to raise corporate taxes to finance a massive $2 trillion infrastructure and jobs program, Yellen said a collective international effort would end the "race to the bottom" on taxation.
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Biden sets out 'once-in-a-generation' $2tn infrastructure plan
The plan called for sweeping upgrades to transportation, telecommunications and energy infrastructure, which the US leader said was both about revitalising an economy weakened by the COVID-19 pandemic and restoring its global competitiveness.
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Biden sees Afghan withdrawal this year but not by May deadline
The Islamist insurgents in turn promised to open peace talks with President Ashraf Ghani's government, although there has been little sign of headway since the meetings began in September in Qatar.
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Biden warns of 'responses' if North Korea 'choose to escalate'
North Korea fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea Thursday, in its first substantive provocation to Biden's new administration.
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Tough talk at first face-to-face US- China meeting of Biden era
China's actions "threaten the rules-based order that maintains global stability," Blinken said at the opening of the two-day meeting.
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Putin invites Biden to virtual talks
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday called on US President Joe Biden to hold virtual talks after the American leader described him as a 'killer'.
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Russia recalls US envoy after Biden threatens 'killer' Putin
Asked if he thought Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been accused of ordering the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny and other political opponents, is a 'killer,' US President Joe Biden said: 'I do.'
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Netanyahu fights for re-election without key ally Trump
The American former president's conservative base was avidly pro-Israel and Trump fulfilled a wishlist for the hawkish Netanyahu.
