NEW YORK (NYTIMES) – Forget red and blue (states). The theme of the Biden inauguration was “America United”, and the colour of the day seemed to be purple – the shade that bridges the divide by bringing both colours together (not to mention one of the original signature colors of the suffragists, whose dreams are […]
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – US President Joe Biden signed sweeping actions to combat climate change just hours after taking the oath of office, moving to rejoin the Paris accord and imposing a moratorium on oil leasing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Environmentalists said Biden’s actions – some of which could take years to be implemented […]
ARLINGTON, UNITED STATES (AFP) – President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris visited Arlington National Cemetery on Wednesday (Jan 21) to pay their respects to US military war dead at the “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.” Biden and Harris presented a wreath at the tomb in a sombre ceremony attended by former Democratic presidents Bill Clinton […]
President Joe Biden will reverse Donald Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the US military. White House press secretary Jen Psaki made the announcement this afternoon and said Biden will reverse the draconian law ‘in the coming days and weeks’. Former US president Trump’s ban on transgender people serving in the US army was […]
President Joe Biden must have been feeling the pressure as inauguration speeches are a pretty big deal in the US. These words will be repeated across the world, taught in schools and will go down in the history books. Presidents’ addresses have united America in the face of war, racial hatred and economic uncertainty – giving […]
NEW YORK (AFP) – The march of time can be unkind to the human body, but new research hints at a cause – and possible solution – for some of the ailments and decline that often come with age. Scientists have long known that cognitive decline as we get older and specific age-related diseases including […]
Following an inaugural speech by President Biden calling for unity, Garth Brooks sang an a cappella version of ‘Amazing Grace,’ aided at the start only by a trumpet blare, before asking the audience, both in attendance in Washington and watching on television, to join him for the final verse. The country singer was a last-minute […]
NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, television networks left the mute button unused. They covered Trump’s farewell address at Joint Base Andrews, the opening event of a most unusual inauguration day, from beginning to end without pulling away — a possibility that MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough raised as the outgoing president […]
The White House has been the official residence of the President of the United States since 1800, and is welcoming its newest occupant, Joe Biden. Biden will be inaugurated today, January 20, in a scaled-back ceremony attended by people including former presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush – but not the outgoing president, Donald […]
Vice President Mike Pence has arrived at Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony in Washington. Donald Trump is not attending the ceremony to wish his successor good luck, instead flying to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in the final hour of his presidency for a lavish send-off. Pence’s relationship with the outgoing President was thought to have […]