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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Joe Biden on Thursday called the 26-year-old who wrestled the gun away from a suspected mass shooter in California, telling him: “You are America.” “I wanted to call and see how you’re doing and thank you for taking such incredible action in the face of danger,” Biden is heard telling Brandon Tsay on a recording of the call. Biden posted a video on Twitter of his chat with Tsay, […]
Washington, United States | AFP | Sunday 1/22/2023 Officials from the US Department of Justice found six more classified documents during a search of Joe Biden’s family home in Delaware this week, the president’s personal lawyer said in a statement Saturday. The new disclosure served up another embarrassing twist for Biden in an affair dogging him just as he gets ready to declare whether he will run for another term in 2024. Biden insists […]
by Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House faced aggressive questioning Wednesday over the discovery of classified documents apparently mislaid by President Joe Biden, a case complicating the authorities’ probe into a far bigger scandal involving Donald Trump. NBC News, followed by other US outlets, reported Wednesday that Biden aides had discovered “at least one additional batch” of unsecured documents. So far, the White House has confirmed that a “small […]
Washington, United States (AFP) The US first lady, Jill Biden, flew from the White House on Wednesday to a military hospital for a minor surgical procedure to remove a skin lesion. Accompanied by President Joe Biden, she flew on the Marine One helicopter to Walter Reed National Medical Center in the suburbs of Washington. The White House confirmed that she had a “scheduled outpatient procedure, commonly known as Mohs surgery.” The procedure is done with […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden signed a bill on Tuesday banning private ownership of tigers and other big cats and “cub petting” highlighted in the Netflix smash hit documentary “Tiger King.” The Big Cat Public Safety Act limits ownership of tigers, lions, jaguars and other big cats to zoos, sanctuaries, universities and agencies. The bill prohibits direct contact between the public and big cats such as that seen in “Tiger King,” […]
Washington, United States ( AFP) by Francesco Fontemaggi and Sebastian Smith US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from White House talks Thursday pledging to close ranks in helping Ukraine and pressuring Russia’s Vladimir Putin to make peace. Following lengthy Oval Office talks they also signaled they’d calmed the waters on a burgeoning US-EU trade dispute. Addressing a joint press conference on the second day of Macron’s rare state visit to Washington, […]
Washington, United States (AFP) The White House poured cold water Friday on President Joe Biden’s conditional offer to sit down with President Vladimir Putin, saying he has “no intentions” at present of holding a meeting. “He’s got no intentions to talk to Mr Putin right now. And as he also said, Putin has shown absolutely no inclination to be interested in dialogue of any kind. In fact, quite the contrary,” White House National Security Advisor […]
Boston, United States (AFP) US President Joe Biden met briefly Friday with Britain’s Prince William in Boston where the two quickly hit on the most British of conversation topics — the bad weather. As the heir to Britain’s throne strode up outside the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum without an overcoat, Biden remarked that it was “freezing.” Prince William chuckled and later could be heard informing the president that “when we got in […]
Washington, United States (AFP) US President Joe Biden signed into law Friday a rare intervention by Congress forcing freight rail unions to accept a salary deal, avoiding a possibly devastating strike — but putting the pro-union Democrat in an awkward political position. Biden signed the law in a brief White House ceremony only a week before unions who had rejected the deal were expected to have gone on strike, threatening crucial supply chains across the […]
Moscow, Russia (AFP) The Kremlin on Friday rejected US President Joe Biden’s terms for Ukraine talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, saying Moscow’s offensive will continue. “What did President Biden say in fact? He said that negotiations are possible only after Putin leaves Ukraine,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, adding Moscow was “certainly” not ready to accept those conditions. “The special military operation is continuing,” Peskov said, using the Kremlin term for the […]
by Francesco Fontemaggi and Sebastian Smith Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from White House talks Thursday pledging to close ranks in helping Ukraine and pressuring Russia’s Vladimir Putin to make peace. Following lengthy Oval Office talks they also signalled they’d calmed the waters on a burgeoning transatlantic trade dispute. Addressing a joint press conference on the second day of Macron’s rare state visit […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The White House on Tuesday announced an international “Summit for Democracy” to be held next March, co-hosted with Costa Rica, the Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia. The summit, which follows on from a first one held in 2021, will showcase the ability of democracies to handle “the world’s most pressing challenges,” the White House said. President Joe Biden has made the contest between democracies and autocracies, such as China and Russia, […]
