U.S President, Joe Biden is due to address the 77th General Debate of the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday. In a break with tradition, Biden’s appearance came on the second day of the high-level annual diplomatic event instead of the first, the delay was due to...
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President Muhammadu Buhari will address the 77th Session of the high-level General Debate of the UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday, Sept. 21. A revised provisional list of speakers released from the Office of the General Assembly President on Tuesday showed that Buhari...
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration would forgive student loan debt for many borrowers and would extend a pause on student loan repayments until Dec. 31 of this year. Biden said on Twitter his administration would forgive 20,000 dollars in student loan debt for borrowers who...
At least 13 fighters of the al-Shabaab militant group have been killed in an airstrike by the U.S. Forces in Somalia. The Pentagon’s Africa Command disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday. The Pentagon said the strike took place on August 14 near Teedaan in the central-southern part...
Two people were killed and two more were in critical condition on Friday after a lightning strike near the White House the night before, police in the US capital said. The lightning hit Lafayette Square, a small park across the street from the White House, shortly before 7:00 pm...
U.S. House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi met with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday during a visit to the island that had drawn Beijing’s wrath. Pelosi also visited the Taiwan parliament during the trip, which made her the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the island in 25 years. Beijing viewed...
U.S. President Joe Biden is set to kick off his first visit to the Middle East since he assumed office 18 months ago when he arrives in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Talks with Israeli Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, President Isaac Herzog and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu are scheduled as well...
United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres and U.S. President,Joe Biden, have paid tributes to a former Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe, who was assassinated on Friday. Abe, who was Japan’s longest-serving leader, was shot from behind while speaking at a campaign event in the western city of Nara. The...
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn in as the first black female Supreme Court justice. She was sworn in on Thursday by Justice Stephen Breyer, whose seat she is taking with his retirement from the bench. Brown recited the Judicial Oath back to Jackson as he officially became a retired...
The U.S. military presence in Europe is set for a long-term expansion, U.S. President Joe Biden says. “We’re going to make up sure that NATO is ready to meet threats from all directions across every domain, land, air and the sea,’’ Biden said. He spoke alongside alliance NATO Secretary-General...
US President Joe Biden took a tumble as he was riding his bicycle near his beach home in the state of Delaware Saturday morning, but was unhurt. A video from a White House pool report showed the 79-year-old president immediately getting up after his fall. He then says: “I’m...
United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has urged governments to take greater action to ensure schools remain safe for boys and girls. UNICEF’s Executive Director, Ms Catherine Russell, made the call on Wednesday, following the latest deadly school shooting in the United States. No fewer than 19 children and two...
The United States (U.S.) would defend Taiwan militarily if it was attacked, U.S. President Joe Biden said at a news conference in Japan. Biden added that China had no right to seize the island by force. Asked by a journalist whether the U.S. would defend Taiwan militarily in the...
North Korea could carry out new missile tests during U.S. President Joe Biden’s upcoming visit to Asia, the White House said. “Our intelligence does reflect the genuine possibility that there will be either a further missile tests – including a long-range missile test or a nuclear test or, frankly,...
U.S. President Joe Biden has approved a plan to redeploy U.S. troops to the eastern African country of Somalia to counter the extremist group al-Shabab, according to the White House. Drawn from forces already deployed in Africa, less than 500 U.S. troops will be repositioned in Somalia to constitute...
U.S. Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin expressed sharp criticism, on Tuesday, of a warning from Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov regarding a pending World War III and the possible use of nuclear weapons. “You’ve heard us say a number of times that that kind of rhetoric is very dangerous and...
Ukraine’s military has received additional aircraft as well parts for repairs to get damaged aircraft flying again, the Pentagon has said. Ukraine has defied expectations of allies and military experts by not only keeping its air force operational nearly two months after the start of Russia’s invasion but actually...
The United States has promised to supply Ukraine with more weapons, to the tune of around 800 million U.S. dollars including artillery, armoured vehicles and helicopters. “The Ukrainian military has used the weapons we are providing to devastating effect,” said U.S. President Joe Biden after talks with his Ukrainian...
U.S. President Joe Biden is meeting NATO and EU leaders in Brussels on Thursday, a show of trans-Atlantic unity exactly one month after the start of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Biden joins Western allies for a special meeting of NATO leaders, a G7 summit and an EU leaders’ summit...
Russia has imposed sanctions on top U.S officials including President Joe Biden. Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced which announced the sanctions on Tuesday, said US President Joe Biden and at least 12 other top officials had been banned from entering the country in a reciprocal response to US sanctions. The...