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AA Edit | Biden’s rare diplomatic win

AA Edit | Biden’s rare diplomatic win

In a rare diplomatic breakthrough, 24 prisoners were exchanged between Moscow and the West, marking a brief thaw in...

3 Aug 2024 12:16 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (DC flle photo)

K.C. Singh | Amid China power games, stop divisiveness at home

The diplomatic jostling has increased between India and China after the in-person Quad summit hosted by US President Joe...

19 Oct 2021 1:25 AM IST

US President Joe Biden meets with Chinas President Xi Jinping during a virtual summit from the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, November 15, 2021. (Mandel NGAN / AFP)

Biden and Xi meet virtually as US-China chasm widens

The two leaders know each other well, having traveled together when both were vice presidents

16 Nov 2021 10:20 AM IST

Democrats celebrate on the House floor late Friday, Nov. 5, 2021, in Washington, after the House approved a $1 trillion package of road and other infrastructure projects after Democrats resolved a months-long standoff between progressives and moderates, notching a victory that President Joe Biden and his party had become increasingly anxious to claim. (House Television via AP)

US Congress okays $1 trillion infrastructure bill, a long-delayed win...

Approval of the bill would create legions of jobs and improve broadband, water supplies and other public works

6 Nov 2021 11:16 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi: Need global norms for crypto and social media

The Prime Minister also called for improving democratic practices and enhancing inclusion and transparency

11 Dec 2021 1:48 AM IST

U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during an event with the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck at the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building March 10, 2021 in Washington, DC. Biden announced that the government will purchase 100 million more doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

US will share COVID-19 vaccine if it has surplus: Biden

We are going to start off making sure Americans are taken care of first but we are then going to try to help the rest of...

11 March 2021 10:37 AM IST

US President Joe Biden gestures as he speaks during a virtual call to congratulate the NASA JPL Perseverance team on the successful Mars landing, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC on March 4, 2021. (MANDEL NGAN / AFP)

Indian-Americans taking over US, says Biden at NASA meet

The Biden administration has for the first time appointed such a large number of Indian-Americans in the first 50 days...

5 March 2021 11:48 AM IST

Mr Biden has also ordered a review of US arms sales to the Saudis and is reportedly considering a ban on all non-defensive purchases. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | If Biden can't punish MBS, US image will take...

Surely the world's only superpower claims a higher moral role than just organising the distribution of weapons and...

4 March 2021 7:24 AM IST

In this handout picture provided by the Saudi Royal Palace, Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) greets the public as he attends the Round 2: Diriyah E-Prix, in the Saudi capital Riyadh, on February 27, 2021. (Bandar AL-JALOUD / Saudi Royal Palace / AFP)

AA Edit | Biden lets Saudis off the hook?

In calling out the Crown Prince Mr Biden merely sent out the political signal that he is different from Donald Trump

2 March 2021 11:08 AM IST

A Palestinian demonstrator uses a slingshot to return a teargas canister toward soldiers during clashes with Israeli troops at the northern entrance of the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AP)

Renewed violence over Gaza despite ceasefire moves gaining momentum

A senior official in the Hamas militant group predicted a ceasefire within days

20 May 2021 2:45 PM IST

Chinas military budget -- the second largest in the world after the US, though still less than a third of Washingtons -- is set to increase by 6.8 percent in 2021, the finance ministry announced in March. (Representational image: AFP)

Beijing accuses NATO of exaggerating 'China threat theory'

Military tensions have increased over the past year between China and rival powers including the United States and India

15 Jun 2021 11:53 AM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks during fifth plenary session of the 19th CPC Central Committee in Beijing on Oct 29, 2020.(AP)

K.C. Singh | China's hard talk: Sign of Xi's confidence or worry?

It was also a personal affront for President Xi Jinping as the post-2008 Chinese assertiveness has his imprint on it

7 July 2021 12:10 AM IST