Seeking a second term, US President Joe Biden has launched a vitriolic attack against his rival and predecessor Donald Trump and accused him of threatening democracy within the country and globally, kneeling before Russia and supporting “resentment, revenge and retribution”. Without taking the name of Trump, Biden in his final State of the Union Address to the joint session of...
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Sweden Becomes NATO’s 32nd Member After Two-Year Wait
Sweden on Thursday became the 32nd member of NATO in the shadow of the war in Ukraine, ending two centuries of official non-alignment and capping two years of torturous diplomacy. Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson on Thursday hailed his country’s entry into NATO as a “victory for freedom,” as it turned the page on two centuries of non-alignment following Russia’s...
Israel-Hamas war: Biden is hopeful a cease-fire is coming
The U.S. State Department is in touch with three Americans who were detained by Israel last month, agency spokesman Matthew Miller said. Last week, embassy officials met with Samaher Esmail, a U.S. citizen being held in the occupied West Bank, over allegations of “incitement on social media.” Officials also met today with Borak Alagha, 18, and Hashem Alagha, 20, two brothers born in the Chicago...
Indian Dies, 2 Others Injured As Hezbollah Strikes Orchard In Israel
In the first Indian casualty in the Israel-Hamas war, a man from Kerala died in a missile strike in north Israel’s Margaliot yesterday. The Israel embassy in India said in a statement this morning that two others were injured in the “cowardly” attack by Hezbollah. The three were cultivating an orchard at the time of the missile strike, the statement...
France becomes world’s first country to enshrine abortion in constitution
French lawmakers have approved a bill that will enshrine the right to an abortion inthe Constitution of France in a joint session of Parliament at the Palace of Versailles.The bill was approved in an overwhelming 780-72 vote on Monday, and nearly theentire joint session stood in a long-standing ovation. There were celebratory scenes across the country as women’s rights activists...
Trump Celebrates US Supreme Court’s Historic Colorado Verdict: ‘Big Win’
: Former United States President Donald Trump celebrated the Supreme Court’s ruling to restore him to the ballot in Colorado as a “Big Win For America”. Trump’s comment came after the US Supreme Court handed him a major victory on Monday as he campaigns to regain the presidency, barring states from disqualifying candidates for federal office under a constitutional provision...
Trump moves closer to Republican nomination with string of victories
The former president won the Missouri, Michigan and Idaho caucuses comprehensively, continuing his clean sweep of states so far. Mr Trump, 77, told supporters at a rally in Virginia that he was “on a rocket to the Republican nomination”. He is on track to secure it next week. His last remaining rival in the race, former South Carolina Governor Nikki...
“Beyond Alarming”: Rishi Sunak’s Impassioned Plea To Save British Democracy
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has issued an impassioned plea for Britain to protect its democracy as he warned that extremist forces were out to tear the country apart and undermine its multi-faith identity. Referencing his own Hindu beliefs, the British Indian leader on Friday stressed that the enduring values of the UK are about embracing migrants of all faiths...
Irresponsible”: US Slams Putin’s Nuclear War Remarks
The United States on Thursday denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin’s warnings of a risk of nuclear war as “irresponsible,” but said there was no sign of greater risk. “It is not the first time we have seen irresponsible rhetoric from Vladimir Putin. It is no way for the leader of a nuclear-armed state to speak,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller...
President Biden ‘continues to be fit for duty’, says his physician after annual health checkup
Joe Biden “continues to be fit for duty” and “fully executes” all of his responsibilities, his physician has said after an annual health checkup, asserting that the 81-year-old US President does not have any major health concerns. The White House on Wednesday shared a memo with President Biden’s “current health summary” following his annual routine physical at Walter Reed National...
Trump Defeats Haley in Michigan, His Sixth Straight Victory
Former President Donald J. Trump won Michigan’s Republican presidential primary election on Tuesday, moving closer to a general election rematch against President Biden. Mr. Biden easily won his own primary, though he faced a groundswell of opposition from voters who are protesting his staunch support for Israel and its military campaign in Gaza by casting ballots not for another candidate,...
Biden claps back at age critics, roasts Trump for calling his wife Melania ‘Mercedes’
He went on to say, “but he can’t remember his wife’s name”, making an apparent reference to claims that Trump erroneously dubbed former first lady Melania Trump “Mercedes” at Saturday’s CPAC event. However, some speculated Trump was referring to his former White House director of strategic communications and CPAC host Mercedes Schlapp. Stressing that it is “about how old your...