Biden signs police reform executive order on anniversary of George Floyd’s murder
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Joe Biden signed an executive order he promised would usher in the “most significant police reform in decades” on Wednesday, the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd. With Congress deadlocked, Biden said h...
Biden to keep Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on terrorist list, Israel claims
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Joe Biden has decided not to take the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) off the US foreign terrorist list, according to the Israeli prime minister, dealing a heavy blow to the chances of the Iranian nuclear de...
Joe Biden speaks after mass shooting at Texas elementary school – video
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Joe Biden has asked Americans to stand up to the gun lobby and pass sensible gun laws after at least 19 children and two adults were killed in a Texas school shooting on Tuesday. 'As a nation we have to ask, when in G...
Warriors’ Kerr labels US action on gun control ‘pathetic’ in emotional pre-game speech
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Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr refused to talk about basketball before his team’s playoff loss to the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday night, instead delivering a passionate speech condemning gun violence in the Un...
Joe Biden: invasion of Ukraine shows need for free and open Indo-Pacific
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The turmoil caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has underlined the need for a free Indo-Pacific region, Joe Biden has said at a meeting with regional partners that Beijing has condemned as part of a US-led attempt ...
‘If you fall asleep it’s OK’: Biden applauds Albanese’s determination to attend Quad summit – video
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Joe Biden welcomes Anthony Albanese to his first major meeting as Australia's prime minister as the Quad summit begins in Japan. The US president jokes that delegates will understand if the PM needs a nap: the new lea...
US would defend Taiwan if attacked by China, says Joe Biden
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Joe Biden has said the US would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan if it came under attack from China, in an unusually forceful presidential statement in support of self-governing that drew a defiant response from ...
Volodymyr Zelenskiy urges tougher sanctions against Russia in Davos speech – video
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In a keynote video address to the World Economic Forum, the Ukrainian president has called for 'maximum sanctions' against Russia, including a full oil embargo, exclusion of its banks from global systems, an 'abandonm...