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President Joe Biden revokes southern Africa travel restrictions
US President Joe Biden has ended the COVID-19 related travel restriction imposed last month on the eight southern African nations due to the spread of coronavirus variant Omicron.
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'We will see': Biden on possible meeting with Putin on January 10
US President Joe Biden acknowledged the possibility of holding a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on January 10, the White House said
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Joe Biden signs $768.2 billion defense spending bill into law
President Joe Biden signed the National Defense Authorization Act into law Monday, authorising USD 768.2 billion in military spending, including a 2.7 per cent pay raise for service members, for 2022
Biden orders emergency management agency to assist with coronavirus testing
US President Joe Biden has issued an executive order for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to assist with coronavirus testing across the United States, the White House said
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US allies divided over Biden's diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
Ahead of Beijing's Winter Olympics starting February next year, allies and partners of the United States are reportedly divided over the Biden admin's decision to diplomatically boycott the games
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Joe Bidens mark Christmas with holiday calls to service members
Biden marked his first Christmas in office by making calls to military service members stationed around the world, offering them holiday wishes and gratitude for their service and sacrifice
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Joe Biden, first lady Jill visit hospitalised kids on Christmas Eve
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden brought some Christmas Eve cheer to hospitalised children who aren't well enough to go home for the holidays.
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Biden's first Christmas in White House made sombre by Covid pandemic
Beyond the impact on Biden's first Christmas in office, the virus and its variants largely put the kibosh on the entire White House social scene for 2021
Explainer: How will Biden's Covid-19 test giveaway to use at home work?
President Joe Biden says the federal government will buy half a billion COVID-19 rapid test kits and distribute them free of charge to people to use at home
US President Joe Biden signs Bill on forced labour in China
Walmart blasted by consumers over missing Xinjiang items
China denounces US law that restricts Xinjiang imports over forced labour
President Joe Biden signed the measure Thursday amid mounting tension including appeals by activists for a boycott of February's Winter Olympics in Beijing
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President Biden signs bills on forced labour in China, ALS research
The new law is the latest in a series of attempts by the US to get tough with China over its alleged systemic and widespread abuse of ethnic and religious minorities in its western region
Federal judge in Florida latest to block Biden contractor vaccine rule
A federal judge in Florida on Wednesday blocked President Joe Biden's requirement for federal contractors to receive coronavirus vaccines, adding to a series of legal setbacks for the mandate.
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'Strong step': Nancy Pelosi on Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act
After Biden signed the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act into law, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that it is a strong step to combat the exploitation of forced labor in Xinjiang
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40 federal judges confirmed in 2021; Joe Biden nominates 2 more
President Joe Biden on Thursday made two final nominations to the federal bench this year as he caps his first year in office with 40 judges confirmed, the most since Ronald Reagan was president.
Joe Biden signs bills on forced labor in China, ALS research
President Joe Biden signed a bill into law Thursday to block imports from China's Xinjiang region unless businesses can prove the items were made without forced labour
2021, the year that was for world: A chaotic return to the usual
2021 started on a sour note for the democratic world and it remained under pressure from a dominant communist China
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US Supreme Court to hold special session on vaccine requirements
The high court's announcement Wednesday that it will hear arguments in the cases January 7 comes amid rising coronavirus cases and is an extraordinarily fast timeline
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Biden says to run for reelection as president in 2024 if in good health
US President Joe Biden has said that he will run for reelection in 2024 if he is in good health at the time.
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US President Biden tries Covid cajoling, avoids new decrees that divide
President Joe Biden's message to the American people on confronting omicron comes with a heavy dose of cajoling ,while some other countries are issuing edicts to their citizens as Omicron takes over
