Tag Archives: White House

WASHINGTON, the United States | Xinhua | The White House rarely hosts so many foreign dignitaries at once as it did on Monday, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and seven European leaders arrived to discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict with U.S. President Donald Trump. The latest talks came three days after …

Tesla sales dropped by 13% in the first three months of this year, the largest drop in deliveries in its history ANALYSIS | AGENCIES | Elon Musk has said he is leaving the Trump administration after helping lead a tumultuous drive to shrink the size of US government that saw thousands …

`Twice as good for half the respect’ ANALYSIS | CLARE CORBOULD | Mainstream media are surprisingly muted at the prospect of the world’s most powerful nation being led for the first time by a woman – specifically a woman of colour, Vice President Kamala Harris. Using past elections as our guide, …

WASHINGTON | Xinhua | A vehicle traveling at high speed collided with a gate at the White House on Saturday night, leaving the driver dead, the U.S. Secret Service. “Shortly before 10:30 p.m. (1430 GMT) on May 4th,” the vehicle crashed into “an outer perimeter gate on the White House …

BEIJING, CHINA | Xinhua | African leaders, in recent years, have pushed back against Western pressure and interference, but especially its claims about “the China threat,” an opinion piece carried by the South China Morning Post, has said. The article, published on Monday, noted that the White House’s propaganda drive …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | U.S. Congresswoman Liz Cheney said Wednesday that she will mull over a White House run, one day after she lost in the Wyoming Republican primary. “That’s a decision that I’m going to make in the coming months,” Cheney said in an interview on NBC’s “TODAY” show. …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | Two former White House aides to Donald Trump will reportedly testify at Thursday’s primetime hearing to be held by the House select committee to investigate the Jan. 6 Capitol attack last year, especially Trump’s inaction when the riot unfolded. Matthew Pottinger, former deputy national security adviser, …

Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | The Biden administration on Monday proposed a new 20-percent minimum tax on the the wealthiest, vowing to fix the tax code to ensure corporations and wealthy people “pay their fair share.” “This minimum tax would apply only to the wealthiest 0.01 percent of households – those …

The battle illustrates the continuing contentiousness surrounding COVID and how government officials are trying to reduce its spread Washington, U.S. | Xinhua | A U.S. federal appeals court over the weekend temporarily blocked the White House’s vaccine mandate for businesses with 100 or more employees, raising concerns over whether more challenges …

Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | Though surplus COVID-19 vaccine doses in U.S. states will soon expire, the White House Vaccine Task Force rejected the proposal to donate unused doses to other countries, the Washington Post recently reported. Health authorities and hospitals in Southern California have seen the demand for COVID-19 …