President Joe Biden will unveil a $ 2 billion US contribution to a global coronavirus vaccine initiative when he speaks with the leaders of the world’s leading market economies on Friday, according to senior administration officials, boosting efforts to distribute shots to low- and middle-income countries as wealthier nations snap up the limited supply.
Biden’s stimulus effort hits the runway
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The House is poised to vote on the biggest piece of legislative work in the Biden administration thus far, all ahead of the March 14 deadline when some pandemic-era unemployment benefits expire. Die $ 1.9 triljoen ...
Biden doesn’t penalize crown prince despite promise to punish senior Saudi leaders
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Despite promising to punish senior Saudi leaders while on the campaign trail, President Joe Biden declined to apply sanctions to the one the US intelligence community determined is responsible for the death of journ...
Biden administration plans to open another tent facility for migrants on the Texas border
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The Biden administration is planning to open another facility in Del Rio, Texas, to expand processing capacity for children and families arriving at the US-Mexico border, a Department of Homeland Security official c...
Ecuador’s health minister resigns after vaccine access scandal
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Ecuador's health minister Juan Carlos Zevallos stepped down Friday, after his department allowed a university official receive a Covid-19 vaccine ahead of other priority groups. President Lenin Moreno announced Zev...
Jill Biden gives Kelly Clarkson advice on her divorce
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Jill Biden offered Kelly Clarkson advice amid her divorce from Brandon Blackstock. The first lady appeared on "Die Kelly Clarkson Show," telling Clarkson to look forward to the future. The singer filed for divorce ...
Miscalculating Sinema and Manchin could end up costing Biden
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Washington The message emblazoned on the bright pink sweater Sen. Kyrsten Sinema wore presiding over the Senate this week may not have been intended specifically for the White House, but the words could still offer f...
Biden to nominate 3 to USPS Board of Governors
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced three nominees to fill most of the vacancies on the US Postal Service Board of Governors, fulfilling a promise that the administration would make the board and the agency a...
Biden administration to send 25 million masks to community health centers and food pantries
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The Biden administration said Wednesday it would send more than 25 million masks to community health centers, food pantries and soup kitchens across the country in order to reach some of the nation's most vulnerable...
Police in Germany and Belgium make Europe’s biggest ever cocaine bust, worth billions of euros
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Authorities in Germany and Belgium seized more than 23,000 kilogram (50,700 pond) of cocaine, worth billions of dollars, in an international operation that resulted in one arrest, officials said Wednesday, inroep...
Biden to order review on cracks in critical supply chains
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President Joe Biden wants his administration to identify and fix potential cracks in supply chains that could cause shortages of critical items like chips inside cars, minerals in flat-screen televisions, batteries ...