U.S. President Joe Biden, plans to run for another term in office, he announced on Twitter on Tuesday. “Every generation has a moment where they have had to stand up for democracy. “To stand up for their fundamental freedoms. I believe this is ours,” Biden tweeted. “That’s why I’m...
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U.S. President Joe Biden ordered U.S. state flags be flown at half-mast after a shooting at a private Christian grade school in Nashville, the White House said in a proclamation. The president said “as a mark of respect for victims of the senseless act of violence perpetrated on March...
The United States announced a new $400 million security aid package for Ukraine on Friday that features various types of ammunition for Kyiv’s forces. “This military assistance package includes more ammunition for US-provided HIMARS and howitzers, which Ukraine is using so effectively to defend itself,” the US State Department...
The U.S. would act to protect itself should China threaten its sovereignty, U.S. President Joe Biden said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. Biden said he was committed to working with China where it could advance U.S. interests and benefit the world. “But make no mistake...
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says plans by the Biden administration to expand restrictions on people seeking refuge in the United States are “not in line with refugee law standards”. According to reports, the reforms will deny migrants the chance to seek asylum in the U.S. if they crossed...
Nigerians in the diaspora remitted more than 20 billion dollars home in 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari said in Washington on Friday. The president made the remark at a presidential town hall meeting he held with Nigerians in the Diaspora on Friday in Washington as he rounded off his participation...
The U.S. on Wednesday unlocked new opportunities for trade, investment with Africa by signing an historic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the new African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat. U.S. President Joe Biden announced this at the U.S. Africa Business Forum in Washington D.C. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and U.S. Eximbank have signed $500m Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost trade and investment, especially to help revive and strengthen African airlines through re-fleeting. Prof. Benedict Oramah, President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Afreximbank said this in an interview with...
White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday said the U.S, would commit more than $55 billion dollars to support health and climate adaption in Africa. Sullivan announced this on the sidelines of the U.S.-Africa summit in Washington D.C. According to him, the U.S. is committed to investing...
The U.S. House of Representatives has given final congressional approval to legislation that provides federal recognition of same-sex marriages, a measure born out of concern that the Supreme Court could reverse its support for legal recognition of such relationships. The House vote was 258-169, with all of the chamber’s...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday is set to consider whether President Joe Biden’s administration can implement guidelines challenged by two conservative-leaning states of shifting immigration enforcement toward public safety threats. This the court said in a case testing executive branch power to set enforcement priorities. The justices will...
For the first time in history, a sitting president turned 80 years old in the White House on Sunday but did not celebrate in any public way. It wasn’t until mid-afternoon that First Lady Jill Biden posted an affectionate message, with two photos of the couple dancing in tuxedos...
President Joe Biden responded Wednesday to Donald Trump’s announcement of another run for the White House by saying the Republican “failed” his country while in office. “Donald Trump failed America,” Biden said in a tweet from Bali, where he was attending the last day of the G20 summit. This...
Donald Trump, who has mounted relentless attacks on the integrity of U.S. voting since his 2020 election defeat, on Tuesday launched a bid to regain the presidency in 2024, aiming to pre-empt potential Republican rivals. He is making another White House bid in 2024, defying calls from key party...
U.S. President Joe Biden is due to appear for a short visit at a major UN climate conference in Egypt’s resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Friday. The stopover comes days after dozens of world leaders gathered in the Red Sea resort for a summit parallel to the climate conference,...
A Russian missile struck an apartment building in the Ukrainian port of Mykolaiv early on Tuesday. A Reuters witness said, the latest strike on a city hours after the United States warned that it would hold Russia accountable for war crimes. The missile, which caused one of three explosions...
U.S. President, Joe Biden has said the UN resolution against Russia’s annexations in Ukraine, passed with a historic majority, was a message to Moscow that it can’t erase sovereign state from the map. President Biden made the remarks in a statement issued by the White House on Thursday. He...
Russian President Vladimir Putin described the barrage of missile fire on numerous Ukrainian cities on Monday as a response to “terrorist attacks” on Russian territory and warned that even tougher strikes could come. Putin’s remarks at a Russian Security Council meeting came as the seven-month-old war saw a dramatic...
US President Joe Biden said Thursday the world is facing nuclear “Armageddon”, warning that Vladimir Putin may use his atomic arsenal as Russian troops struggle against a Ukrainian counteroffensive. After Russia’s invasion eight months ago, Putin has made thinly veiled threats to use nuclear weapons if he feels he...
U.S. President Joe Biden has accused Russia of trying to destroy Ukraine’s right to exist as an independent country. “This war is about extinguishing Ukraine’s right to exist as a state – plain and simple – and Ukraine’s right to exist as a people,’’ Biden said at the United...