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Biden discusses F-16 sale with Erdogan

US President Joe Biden said Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a call on Monday repeated Ankara’s desire to buy F-16 fighter jets from the United States, while Biden told him Washington wanted Ankara to drop its objection to Sweden’s joining Nato. The exchange took place when Biden called Erdogan to congratulate him on his victory in Turkey’s presidential election on Sunday.

Biden says final US debt ceiling deal ready to move to Congress for vote

US President Joe Biden said on Sunday he had finalised a budget agreement with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the US$31.4 trillion (S$42.5 trillion) debt ceiling until Jan 1, 2025, and that the deal was ready to move to Congress for a vote

Republicans, Biden reach debt ceiling deal

Biden cuts deal in principle with Republicans to avert catastrophic US default

Race for US debt deal as talks go to the wire

Political visionary or warmonger? Henry Kissinger turns 100

Biden sounds hopeful on debt ceiling, Treasury warns of June 5 default

Chinese hackers spying on US critical infrastructure

A state-sponsored Chinese hacking group has been spying on a wide range of US critical infrastructure organizations, from telecommunications to transportation hubs, Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft MSFT.O said on Wednesday.

NASA taps Bezos’s Blue Origin to build Moon lander

Two years after awarding Elon Musk’s SpaceX a contract to ferry astronauts to the surface of the Moon, NASA on Friday announced it had chosen Blue Origin, a rival space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos, to build a second lunar lander.

Tim Scott, lone Black Republican in US Senate, to run for president

Republican US Senator Tim Scott has entered the 2024 presidential race, according to a filing with the US election regulator on Friday, in what amounts to a long-shot bet that a message of unity and optimism can still appeal in a party where many voters are hungry for a bare-knuckled fight.

From sunglasses to milking machines, US halts more exports to Russia

Iran, Russia expanding military

Biden urges Congress to ‘do more’ on guns

Biden admin announces plan to curb emissions from power plants

Trump sexually abused writer

Biden to host Modi for state visit on June 22

US President Joe Biden will host Indian Prime Minister Narenda Modi for an official state visit on June 22, the White House said yesterday. “President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will host Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the Republic of India for an

‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google

A computer scientist often dubbed “the godfather of artificial intelligence” has quit his job at Google to speak out about the dangers of the technology, US media

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US to end Covid-19 vaccination requirements for int’l visitors on May 11

The White House on Monday announced a May 11 end to Covid-19 vaccine requirements for travellers to the United States and for government employees across the world's biggest economy

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JPMorgan Chase to buy First Republic Bank after regulators seize control

The second-largest bank in US by assets, First Republic, collapses nearly two months after the fall of Silicon Valley Bank

Biden aims dirts at Fox News

US President Joe Biden on Saturday, in a possible preview of a 2024 presidential campaign theme, attacked news outlets he said used “lies told for profit and power” to stir up hatred, as he coupled his remarks with pointed jokes about Fox News. Speaking

US demands China stop ‘provocative, unsafe’ acts

The United States called on China to stop “provocative and unsafe conduct” in the disputed South China Sea after a recent near-collision with a Philippines coast guard boat there, ramping up rhetoric ahead of a visit by the Filipino president to the White House.