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United States President Barack Obama on Monday, November 30 said in the 21st Conference of Parties (COP 21) for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that the United States will help to fix climate change. Obama said a growing threat of climate change could define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other. United States is the world’s second biggest greenhouse gas emitter. https://youtu.be/XznVwd0LH20
A vigorous action for climate change could generate enormous business in Asia and around the world, said United States President Barack Obama during the CEO gathering on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit on Wednesday. In his speech, Obama urged all business owners and the private sector to go for renewable energy technology as it can generate new jobs and investments. “Your business can be right by your bottom line and by […]
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday (November 19) it may take some months for Russia, Iran and the Syrian ruling elite to accept that there can be no end to Syria’s civil war or a political settlement while President Bashar al-Assad remains in power. Obama said that Moscow and Tehran recognised Islamic State as a “serious threat” but Russia’s efforts in Syria were aimed at propping up Assad. “Bottom line is, I do not […]
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Manila on Tuesday (November 17), a day before the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit Leaders’ Meeting. Stepping out of Air Force One at the Balagbag private airstrip, Obama was met by U.S. Ambassador to the Philippines Philip Goldberg, Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin, and other Filipino officials. Later on Tuesday, Obama is scheduled to conduct a tour of the BRP Gregorio del Pilar, a decommissioned Hamilton-class cutter that […]
U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Sunday (November 15) to step up efforts to eliminate Islamic State in Syria and prevent it from carrying out attacks like those in Paris, while European leaders urged Russia to focus its military efforts on the radical Islamists. Speaking at a G20 leaders summit in Turkey, Obama described the killings in Paris claimed by Islamic State as an attack on the civilised world and said the United States would […]
AUGUST 3 (Reuters) — U.S. President Barack Obama will unveil on Monday (August 3) the final version of his plan to tackle greenhouse gases from coal-fired power plants, kicking off what is expected to be a tumultuous legal battle against federal environmental regulators by the coal industry and its political allies. The revised Clean Power Plan will seek to slash carbon emissions from the power sector by 32 percent by 2030 from 2005 […]
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday a successful China was in the interests of the United States and the world but Beijing had to be a partner in underwriting international order, and not undermine it. Speaking to growing concerns among U.S. and other companies about the Chinese business environment after arriving in Beijing, Obama also urged China to reject the use of cyber theft for commercial gain and create a more level playing field where policy is not […]
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday he sees momentum building for a Washington-backed free trade agreement in the Asia-Pacific, after arriving in Beijing on the first leg of an eight-day Asia tour. U.S officials had ruled out a major announcement on the ambitious 12-country Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Beijing, where Obama will attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and meet Chinese President Xi Jinping. But business leaders attending the APEC forum have been […]
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama acknowledged on Wednesday that “Republicans had a good night” with sweeping election victories in Congress and said he got a message from voters that it was his responsibility to break a Washington gridlock. Republicans seized control of the U.S. Senate in Tuesday’s election and captured their biggest majority in the House of Representatives in more than 60 years. The party also won more than half of the 36 governors’ races. “As […]
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Americans on Wednesday he had authorized U.S. airstrikes for the first time in Syria and more attacks in Iraq in a broad escalation of a campaign against the Islamic State militant group. Obama’s decision to launch attacks inside Syria, which is embroiled in a three-year civil war, marked a turnabout for the president, who shied away a year ago from airstrikes to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for using […]
(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday outlined a plan to withdraw all but 9,800 American troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year and pull out the rest by the end of 2016, ending more than a decade of military engagement triggered by the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States. The decision means that Obama will leave office in early 2017 having extricated the country from the longest war in U.S. history. He ended Washington’s […]
MANILA, Philippines — United States President Barack Obama arrived in Malacanang shortly after 2 p.m. aboard a black limousine. He was immediately greeted by the President Aquino. Arrival honors ensued with a 21-gun salute. President Aquino led the warm welcome for the US head of state amid the sweltering heat. President Obama is expected to participate in a joint press conference with President Aquino later at around 3:45 p.m. At around 5 p.m., he is […]
