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President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast on Monday that the United States is providing more support to Iraq as its military moves to take back territory from Islamic State, and he expects the city of Mosul will be retaken eventually. “As we see the Iraqis willing to fight and gaining ground, let’s make sure that we are providing them more support,” Obama said in an interview with CBS News. U.S. officials announced in […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – US Secretary of State, John Kerry, called for renewed efforts to end nuclear threats on Monday (April 11) after becoming the first U.S. secretary of state to pay respects at Hiroshima’s memorial to victims of the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack. Kerry described the museum as a “gut-wrenching” reminder of the need to work for a world free of nuclear weapons. “We came here and drew from the experience of touring in […]
Washington, United States (AFP)—United States President Barack Obama will this week meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit, with North Korea on the agenda, the White House said recently. The trilateral meeting on Thursday in Washington comes the same day that Obama is scheduled to meet one-on-one with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “This meeting will be an opportunity for the three leaders […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barack Obama has warned that the 2016 White House race is damaging America’s image abroad, sounding the alarm on harsh campaigning that risks eroding gains made during his presidency. Lashing out at “vulgar and divisive rhetoric” in the race to replace him, Obama told a bipartisan group of lawmakers on Tuesday: “This is also about the American brand.” “We have heard vulgar and divisive rhetoric aimed at […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Barack Obama’s personal doctor says the president is in excellent health, and despite graying hair has become even healthier as his time in the Oval Office goes on. In a medical report released by the White House on Tuesday, physician to the president Ronny Jackson paints Obama as a paragon of virtue, working out daily, eating healthy food and drinking only in moderation. “The president’s overall health remains excellent and […]
U.S. presidential candidates and some Congress members were quick to react to new gun control measures announced by President Obama on Tuesday (January 5). Surrounded by victims of gun violence, the U.S. president unveiled stricter gun rules that he said he can impose without Congressional approval. Republican presidential candidates were quick to condemn the new executive orders and vow to undo them if elected. “[President Obama] just wants to sign executive orders all the time,” […]
President Barack Obama warned Americans on Sunday the terrorist threat to the United States had evolved into a dangerous “new phase” in the aftermath of a deadly California shooting rampage, but vowed to destroy Islamic State and other militant groups. In a rare Oval Office address, Obama sought to calm a U.S. public increasingly jittery about the fight against Islamist militancy that once appeared to be waged overseas. But he offered no major shift in […]
(Reuters) President Barack Obama will tell Americans on Sunday what the government is doing to keep them safe following the mass killing by a couple in California last week that is being investigated as an act of terrorism, but no major shift in strategy was expected. In a rare Oval Office address at 8 p.m. EST (0100 GMT) (9:00am Manila time), Obama will lay out the security steps the United States has taken since Islamic […]
AFTER six years in office, US President Barack Obama sent his first ever tweet from his very own account on Twitter on Monday (May 18), quickly amassing a million followers in five hours, according to Reuters, in the latest of many White House efforts to amplify his message with social media. “Hello, Twitter! It’s Barack. Really! Six years in, they’re finally giving me my own account,” Obama tweeted from his verified @POTUS account, which had more than […]
WASHINGTON, DC, USA – United States President Barack Obama met the leaders of West Africa regarding the Ebola outbreak in the said nations, reminding them to remain vigilant until the said virus is completely wiped out. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, Vince Alvin Villarin)
With President Barack Obama’s offer to sell drones to allied nations for their fight against terrorism, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is studying the possibility of buying drones from the United States (US).
(Reuters) – A few brief encounters between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin during an Asia-Pacific summit in China on Tuesday spoke volumes about the chilly state of relations between the United States and Russia. With the two men crossing paths twice this week, first in Beijing and later at a G20 summit in Brisbane, Australia, there was little chance they could avoid interacting on the international stage – and with the eyes of the world press and fellow leaders upon them. Obama and […]
