Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on Republican lawmakers to join Democrats in passing the federal legislation that will protect Americans’ right to vote, given a cascade of restrictive voting laws have been enacted in Republican-controlled states. Delivering an impassioned speech in Philadelphia, the president …
Read More »Biden huddles with experts on voting rights after Senate setback
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday met with advisers and experts on voting rights after he vowed to further address the issue in wake of Democratic defeat in the Senate on a major bid for related reforms, according to a White House readout released on Tuesday. …
Read More »U.S. businesses urge Biden administration to remove tariffs amid rising costs, inflation concerns
Tariffs have harmed American jobs, American consumers, American companies and the country’s global competitiveness Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The U.S. business groups have urged the Biden administration to remove punitive tariffs on U.S. imports imposed by the previous administration, as tariffs continue to hit American businesses and consumers while pushing …
Read More »Putin lashes out at U.S. after meeting with Biden
Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday lashed out at the United States on arms control, human rights, cyber-attacks, among other issues, after “constructive” talks with his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden. “As for the general assessment, I believe there was no hostility at all,” Putin said during …
Read More »Putin says Russia-U.S. ties at lowest point in years
Moscow, Russia | Xinhua | Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview with NBC News on Friday said that Russia-U.S. relations are at their lowest point in years. “We have a bilateral relationship that has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years,” Putin said in the interview via translation. Meanwhile, …
Read More »Biden revokes Trump executive orders targeting TikTok, WeChat
The White House revoked Trump-era executive orders that tried to ban TikTok and WeChat Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Wednesday revoked and replaced executive orders targeting TikTok, WeChat and eight other software applications signed by former President Donald Trump. “President Biden revoked and replaced three E.O.s …
Read More »Iran’s president says “main agreement” reached in Vienna talks to revive nuclear deal
Tehran, Iran | THE INDEPENDENT | Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani said on Thursday that the “main agreement” to revive the 2015 nuclear deal has already been reached in the Vienna talks, and Iran’s counterparts have agreed on the need to lift “all main sanctions.” “The other parties … agree that …
Read More »Russia, U.S. seek cooperation amid tense relations, with “serious differences”
Helsinki, Finland | THE INDEPENDENT | Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met here for the first time on Wednesday, expressing willingness to cooperate but also admitted “serious differences” amid the two countries’ tense relations. Meeting with his counterpart on the sidelines of an …
Read More »Biden’s massive spending package tough sell to Republicans
Biden is proposing a massive package of around 4.1 trillion dollars Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden intends to pass two spending plans worth over 4 trillion U.S. dollars, but Republicans are blasting the package as wasteful and overpriced. Biden is proposing a massive package that includes infrastructure and …
Read More »Biden revokes Trump order for building “National Garden of American Heroes”
Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order revoking several measures issued by former President Donald Trump, including one to establish a “National Garden of American Heroes” that called for erecting statues of hundreds of prominent Americans though some of them are controversial over their …
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