Posts tagged joe biden
WORLD BRIEFING: March 8, 2024

President Biden used his State of the Union address on Thursday to launch a series of fiery attacks against former President Donald Trump  French President Emmanuel Macron repeats suggestion of troops on Ukraine soil. Sacked Ukraine army chief becomes Kyiv’s envoy to London. 

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WORLD BRIEFING: February 28, 2024

French President Emmanuel Macron has openly discussed the possibility of sending European troops to Ukraine to help Kyiv win the war against Russia. Alexei Navalny will be buried at a cemetery in Moscow on Friday.

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WORLD BRIEFING: January 22, 2024

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended his Republican presidential campaign on Sunday, ending his 2024 White House bid just before the New Hampshire primary while endorsing his bitter rival Donald Trump

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WORLD BRIEFING: December 13, 2023

Israel pressed ahead Tuesday with an offensive against Gaza’s Hamas rulers that it says could go on for weeks or months. Ahead of a non-binding vote at the United Nations later Tuesday, Israel and the United States faced global calls for a cease-fire in Gaza. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have left Washington empty handed in a bit to secure $61bn

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WORLD BRIEFING: November 12, 2023

Heavy fighting near Gaza’s largest hospital has left it in a “catastrophic situation,” with patients and staff trapped inside, ambulances unable to collect the wounded and life-support systems without electricity. Three newborn babies reportedly died after the hospital went “out of service” amid intense fighting in the area. Israeli PM Netanyahu told the nation the fight must go on

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 30, 2023

About a thousand Palestinians have died in Gaza since Friday, according to the Gaza Ministry of Health, bringing the overall death toll there to more than 8,000. After two nights and a day of internet and phone service outages, Palestinian communications came back on Sunday. 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 19, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden returns home after a one day visit to Israel derailed by the destruction at a Gaza hospital claiming the lives of hundreds of civilians and prompting protests across the Middle East. Humanitarian aid access to Gaza still uncertain. Russian missiles continue to strike Ukrainian populated areas

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 18, 2023

Hundreds of people are believed to be dead following a strike on a hospital in Gaza. Palestinian officials blamed ongoing Israeli airstrikesfor the lethal incident, while a spokesperson for Israel said a Palestinian Islamic Jihad group is responsible for a “failed rocket launch” that hit the hospital.

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 17, 2023

US President Joe Biden will visit Israel on Wednesday to hear about its plans for a ground offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Beijing where he will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping 

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WORLD BRIEFING: October 2, 2023

President Joe Biden has vowed continued US support for Ukraine, after further military funding was excluded from a last-minute congressional budget deal. Most European Union foreign ministers gathered for a meeting in Kyiv on October 2 in a show of solidarity with Ukraine as concerns are growing about a possible weakening of support in the bloc after the election victory in EU member Slovakia of a populist party that opposes military aid for the war-wracked country.

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WORLD BRIEFING: September 21, 2023

Russian missiles and artillery pounded cities across Ukraine early Thursday, sparking fires, killing at least three people and trapping others under the rubble of destroyed buildings, authorities said, as Poland said it would stop providing weapons to its ally amid a trade dispute.

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WORLD BRIEFING: September 9, 2023

An earthquake in Morocco kills hundreds. Divides over Ukraine war at the G20 summit. Ukrainian forces reported to make more advances in the south 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: August 9, 2023

Ukrainian military officials on August 9 cited more than 30 frontline clashes amid counteroffensive operations in the past 24 hours, while Russia blamed Kyiv for what it said was a twin drone attack targeting Moscow that it "thwarted" with no casualties or damage to the capital.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: July 13, 2023

Soon after the NATO wrapped up its summit in Lithuania, Russia responded overnight with a heavy drone attack on Kyiv - triggering fires and falling debris in several districts and killing at least one person, officials said. The body of one resident was recovered when emergency services put out a fire in the capital's historic Podil district.

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WAR IN UKRAINE; July 8, 2023

Today marks the 500-day mark since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The Biden administration green lights the provision of controversial cluster munitions to Kyiv. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: February 21, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden returns to Poland after a historic and daring visit to Kyiv, where he pledged an additional $500 million in military aid. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 22, 2022

President Volodymyr Zelensky makes a surprise, historic visit to Washington - his first known trip outside Ukraine since the start of the war. He met with President Joe Biden and addressed a rare joint session of Congress ahead of political changes on the Hill. 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 21, 2022

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits Washington today in his first trip outside Ukraine since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion. Chinese President Xi Jinping visits Moscow 

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WAR IN UKRAINE: December 18, 2022

Heavy fighting has continued around the town of Bakhmut in the eastern Donbas region on Saturday. Ukraine is criticizing FIFA for refusing to show a video message from President Volodymyr Zelensky in Qatar’s Lusail Stadium ahead of the World Cup final on Sunday.

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WAR IN UKRAINE: October 26, 2022

Ukraine Deputy PM Iryna Vereshchuk urges Ukrainian asylum seekers not to return home this winter after more than 1/3 of country’s energy sector destroyed by Russia. She said the grid "won't survive" the return of refugees from abroad, and that the situation would "only get worse”

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