US President Joe Biden signed a decree on Wednesday to make the federal government carbon neutral by 2050. Biden wants to strengthen his climate ambitions with the plans. For example, the text foresees an electric vehicle fleet for the federal public services, the renovation of 300,000 federal buildings as […]
CNN has suspended its anchorman Chris Cuomo until further notice on Tuesday (local time). Revelations prompted the measure that he had unlawfully assisted his brother Andrew Cuomo in a journalistic manner when he was accused of sexually harassing employees as governor of New York. Andrew Cuomo resigned in August […]
US President Joe Biden plans to reelect in the 2024 presidential election, White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki announced on Monday. When a reporter asked during the daily press briefing whether Biden would stand as a candidate to succeed himself in 2024, Psaki replied: “that it is indeed his intention.” […]
The CDC has paved the way for booster vaccines to be administered to tens of millions of Americans who have been vaccinated with Janssen or Moderna’s corona vaccines. Fully vaccinated people will be eligible for such an extra shot from Friday, according to American media. CDC CEO Rochelle Walensky […]
Democrats and Republicans in the US Senate appear to be getting closer to an agreement on the level of the US debt ceiling. A proposal from Republican Senate faction Mitch McConnell was well received by Democrats on Wednesday, although it is still unclear whether they will approve. As a […]
The damage caused by Hurricane Ida in the southern United States in August could cost insurers as much as $30 billion, or $26 billion. That is according to the Swiss reinsurer Swiss Re. In addition, Ida caused extensive damage from strong winds and flooding in parts of the US. […]
The planned trade summit between European member states and the United States, which is scheduled for next week in Pittsburgh, USA, will continue. The European Commission has been divided over participation in the consultations after France proposed postponing the summit. However, European Commission Vice-President Margrethe Vestager wrote on Twitter […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the Taliban promised Afghans with appropriate papers to leave the country. The Muslim extremists are said to have made that promise several times. Since the Taliban took Kabul, countries, including the US have been evacuating people for a while. That mission has […]
The United States has given Chinese tech group Huawei permission to buy hundreds of millions of dollars of chips in the country, insiders say to Reuters news agency. Huawei is on a US corporate blacklist and generally cannot obtain chips from Americans. Fearing espionage and Huawei’s close ties to […]
In an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, former US Vice President Mike Pence lashes out at current President Joe Biden and how his administration has handled the withdrawal from Afghanistan. “Biden has dishonoured the memory of heroic Americans.” “The disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan by the Biden administration is […]
