US President Joe Biden on Thursday said he hoped President-elect Donald Trump would rethink his plan to impose tariffs on Mexico and Canada, saying it could “screw up” relationships with close allies. “I hope he rethinks it. I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do,” Biden told reporters in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he is spending…
NEW DELHI: An Indian-American body has urged US President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump for an independent inquiry into the rising incidences of attack on minorities in Bangladesh. Raising apprehensions that the Indian neighbour is turning into a “radicalised Islamic state”, the group has called upon the two leaders to address the “imprisonment of…
The Trump transition team, led by incoming chief of staff Susie Wiles, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Biden White House on Tuesday — a move that clears the way for coordination with the federal agencies they will soon take over, according to Politico. However, the Trump team is yet to sign an…
US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron are expected to announce a ceasefire in Lebanon between armed group Hezbollah and Israel imminently, four senior Lebanese sources said on Monday. In Washington, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said, “We’re close” but “nothing is done until everything is done”. The French presidency said…
On January 6, 2021, pro-Trumpers entered Capitol Hill, the government’s centre in Washington DC, to protest against the results of the 2020 election that went against President Donald Trump. Democratic candidate Joe Biden called this riot an “unprecedented assault”. The tables have turned in the 2024 elections. And after a Trump win and in the…
President Joe Biden has approved provision of anti-personnel land mines to Ukraine, a US official told Reuters, a step that could help slow Russian advances in its east, especially when used along with other munitions from the United States. The United States expects Ukraine to use the mines in its own territory, though it has…
The first time G20 leaders took their photo together at a summit in Rio they forgot Joe Biden. On Tuesday they had a reshoot — with the outgoing US president firmly back in the frame. Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni all missed the photo on Monday due to…
Welcome back to another edition of My Take 5, your weekly roundup of international news. This week we are focussing on 1,000 days of the Ukraine war, Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections, the struggle for Bangladesh’s national vision and Modi’s vital trip to Nigeria. So let’s get to it. Biden gives Ukraine a boost: After months…
US President-elect Donald Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr, has claimed that recent aid to Ukraine by the Biden administration is an attempt to start “World War III”. This is ahead of Trump’s return to the White House for his second term. Donald Trump Jr’s comments come after President Joe Biden’s decision to authorise the Ukrainian…
Russia Ukraine War: अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति जो बाइडेन ने यूक्रेन को ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile Systems) जैसी लंबी दूरी की मिसाइल उपयोग करने की अनुमति दी है. यह यूक्रेन को रूस के भीतर सैन्य ठिकानों पर हमले करने में सक्षम बनाएगा. यह कदम इस युद्ध में निर्णायक हो सकता है, लेकिन यह नाटो और रूस के…