The US will destroy its last remaining chemical weapons by the fall of 2023, President Joe Biden announced on Friday, ahead of next week’s international arms control conference in The Hague. “We are on track to complete the destruction of our chemical weapons stockpile by this fall – a disarmament …
Read More »Ireland visit was to make sure ‘Brits don’t screw around’ – Biden
US President Joe Biden said at a Democratic Party event in New York on Wednesday that his four-day visit to Ireland last month was designed to make sure that “the Brits didn’t screw around” when it came to London’s commitments towards Northern Ireland and its relations with the leadership in …
Read More »Biden prepares for Ukraine failure – Politico
US President Joe Biden’s administration is “quietly preparing for the possibility” that Ukraine’s much-heralded offensive doesn’t deliver the “total victory” Kiev wanted, Politico reported on Monday, citing several anonymous officials. While the US government’s public support for Ukraine is “unwavering,” officials have expressed fears in private that the White House …
Read More »Biden is willing to damage US economy to counter China – Yellen
President Joe Biden will stop at nothing to protect America against security threats posed by China, even if the actions he must take damage his own nation’s economy, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has claimed. “National security is of paramount importance in our relationship with China,” Yellen said on Wednesday …
Read More »Biden to confirm re-election campaign ‘relatively soon’
US President Joe Biden confirmed at the conclusion of a visit to Ireland on Friday that he will formally announce his campaign for re-election to the White House in 2024 “relatively soon.” “I told you my plan is to run again,” Biden told reporters as he prepared to board Air …
Read More »Biden sought to ‘threaten’ Putin with Nord Stream sabotage – Seymour Hersh
The US intended to use the threat of blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines to dissuade Russia from attacking Ukraine, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh has argued. In an exposé published online in February, Hersh claimed that the US orchestrated the September 2022 bombing of the Baltic Sea pipelines …
Read More »Biden questions ICC powers
US President Joe Biden admitted on Friday that Washington doesn’t recognize the International Criminal Court, but agreed with its claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin committed “war crimes” in Ukraine. “Well, I think it’s justified,” Biden told the White House press corps before boarding a helicopter on Friday evening, when …
Read More »Biden praises Scholz for ‘diversifying away’ from Russian energy
President Joe Biden hosted a White House visit from German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday, using the occasion to reiterate vows of inexhaustible military support for Ukraine to maintain pressure on Moscow for “as long as it takes.” However, besides the usual rhetoric and exchange of pleasantries, the leaders shared …
Read More »Biden clarifies position on warplanes for Kiev
US President Joe Biden has said he’s currently ruling out the delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia. Biden was asked to comment on increasing calls from Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky for Western-made warplanes to be supplied to Kiev during his interview with ABC on …
Read More »Biden team has ‘deeply rooted hatred for Russia’ – US congressman
Senior officials at the US State Department are attempting to get the country “involved in another world war” with Russia, Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar tweeted on Friday. Gosar, Twitter CEO Elon Musk, and former president Donald Trump, have all named Victoria Nuland as the most dangerous among this group in …
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