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US warns of 'credible threats' to Kabul airlift in wake of suicide bombing

27-08-2021 15:19 At least 72 civilians and 13 US troops killed in Thursday’s attack near Kabul airport, which has been claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group.

Deadly Kabul attack shakes Biden’s Afghan exit strategy

27-08-2021 02:21 In a sombre address on Thursday evening, Biden said he took responsibility for “all that’s happened of late” in Afghanistan but stood firm on his plans to withdraw American forces by August 31.

US prepares to send Mexico Moderna, AstraZeneca vaccines

09-08-2021 22:26 Washington is preparing to send Mexico vaccines from Moderna and AstraZeneca in coming days to bolster its southern neighbour’s fight against Covid-19.

Biden nominates lawyer to be next US ambassador to Argentina

06-08-2021 18:51 US President Joe Biden has nominated Marc R. Stanley, a lawyer with close links to the Democratic Party, to be Washington’s next envoy in Buenos Aires.

Latin America turmoil intrudes in Biden’s focus on China, Europe

19-07-2021 11:29 US President Joe Biden says his foreign policy focus is on China and frayed alliances in Asia and Europe. But his administration is finding it harder to avoid getting pulled into Latin America’s problems.

Cuba blames US for unprecedented anti-government protests

12-07-2021 15:19 Thousands of Cubans take part in demonstrations across country, chanting: "Down with the dictatorship," as President Miguel Diaz-Canel urges supporters to confront demonstrators.

Argentina signs degree to change rule to ramp vaccine access

03-07-2021 13:20 Argentina changes vaccine regulations to speed access to a wider range of vaccines, as the Joe Biden administration steps up donations.

Deadly heat wave slams Canada, United States

30-06-2021 18:29 Millions in western Canada and the northwestern United States were under heat alerts this week as the region experienced record-breaking temperatures — police reported dozens of deaths likely linked to the scorching conditions.

Nicolás Maduro: ‘The sanctions are illegal, immoral and should be lifted'

25-06-2021 23:30 Venezuela, says Nicolás Maduro, has broken free of "irrational, extremist, cruel" US oppression. But in between his denunciations of Yankee imperialism, the president is making a public plea and aiming it directly at Joe Biden. The message? It's time for a deal.

Former US cop sentenced to over 22 years for George Floyd murder

25-06-2021 20:18 Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America's biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades.

Biden, Putin begin first summit as US-Russia tensions rise

16-06-2021 10:51 US President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin shook hands in Geneva on Wednesday at the start of their first summit since the former's election.

Erdogan says held 'fruitful, sincere' talks with Biden

14-06-2021 19:02 "We believe there is no problem that cannot be resolved in Turkey-US relations," Erdogan added after holding his first meeting with Biden since his election.

US to 'supercharge' pandemic fight with 500-million-dose vaccine donation

10-06-2021 16:04 The United States will donate 500 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to poorer nations, the White House said Thursday, to "supercharge" the pandemic fight.

Putin says wants to find ways with Biden to improve ties

04-06-2021 14:43 Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he is hoping to improve deeply damaged relations with the United States when he holds his first summit with US counterpart Joe Biden later this month.

Biden says Republicans have lost their way in 'mini-revolution'

05-05-2021 19:10 US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that America's Republicans face an identity crisis after Donald Trump's turbulent presidency.

Joe Biden puts taxing the rich back in the spotlight

29-04-2021 00:35 US president unveils plan to nearly double the capital gains tax to 39.6% for US households making over $1 million, in his first speech to Congress.

Biden summit brings new hope on climate but hard path ahead

24-04-2021 01:48 US president hosts Earth Day summit bringing together world leaders, but is this action too little, too late?

United States set to embark on campaign of ‘vaccine diplomacy’

24-04-2021 01:38 US President Joe Biden will launch a campaign to share its stock of Covid-19 vaccines "as soon as possible," to prevent China and Russia from hogging the field in Latin America.

by Leandro Dario

Niall Ferguson: ‘It's silly for the left to claim that austerity is conservative’

03-04-2021 07:49 Scottish historian, professor and brilliant polemicist Niall Ferguson on the coronavirus pandemic, the global economic outlook and the causes of Argentina’s economic failure.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

Francis Fukuyama: ‘There’s similarities between populism of Trump and Kirchnerism’

27-03-2021 07:46 US political scientist Francis Fukuyama – perhaps the most important intellectual of the last 50 years – on ‘The End of History,’ the coronavirus pandemic and populism.

by Jorge Fontevecchia