The Biden administration on Friday canceled another $4.28 billion in student debt for nearly 55,000 public service workers, the US Department of Education said in a statement. Friday’s action brings the total public service student loans forgiven to about $78 billion for nearly 1.1 million workers, the department said. The White House
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Biden hails Lebanon ceasefire deal as ‘good news’
Biden, Xi arrive in Peru ahead of face-to-face at Asia-Pacific summit
US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping arrive Thursday in Lima for an Asia-Pacific summit overshadowed by the prospect of a world embroiled in trade wars under Donald Trump. Saturday's face-to-face will likely be the last meeting between the sitting leaders of the world's largest economies before Biden
Biden says bring down the temperature after us election
US President Joe Biden urged Americans to "bring down the temperature" on Thursday following Republican Donald Trump's election victory and sought to console fellow Democrats who were alarmed by the former president's stunning comeback. "Setbacks are unavoidable. Giving up is unforgivable," Biden said at the White House Rose Garden as he
Harris will ‘cut her own path’, says Biden
Not confident of peaceful US election, says Biden
President Joe Biden said on Friday he was not confident the US election in November would be peaceful, citing incendiary comments by Republican contender Donald Trump, who still rejects his 2020 defeat. Biden’s warning came with lawmakers and analysts voicing concern over increasingly bellicose campaign language ahead of the vote. who survived
US discussing possible Israeli strikes on Iran oil facilities: Biden
Joe Biden has said the US is discussing with Israel the possibility of Israeli strikes on Iran’s oil infrastructure. When asked if he would support such strikes, Mr Biden said: "We're discussing that. I think that would be a little... anyway." His off-the-cuff remarks, made as he left the White House, did
Biden aims to boost Ukraine through the end of his term
US President Joe Biden will use his remaining months in office to strengthen Ukraine, a senior aide said Saturday, as Kyiv fights off Russia's invasion for a third year. Biden withdrew from the US elections, which are potentially perilous for Ukraine as they could see Ukraine-sceptic Donald Trump back in the
Biden, Starmer put off Ukraine missiles decision
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Joe Biden on Friday delayed a decision to let Ukraine fire long-range Western-supplied missiles into Russia, a plan that sparked dire threats from Moscow of a war with NATO. Starmer told reporters at the White House that he had a "wide-ranging discussion about
Biden sees Gaza deal 90pc done
Ninety percent of the Gaza deal is done, with the sticking points being the hostage-prisoner swap and the Philadelphi Corridor, a senior Biden administration official told reporters on Wednesday. “Basically, 90% of this deal has been agreed on,” the official said, as he drew a picture of talks that were nearing