President Joe Biden

EVs drive wedge among Republicans as Biden blocks move to scuttle $7.5bn 'Buy American' chargers investment

US President Joe Biden has vetoes a Republican resolution to block his administration's plan to allocate $7.5 billion for the construction of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the US

Russia-Ukraine War: Zelenskyy rules out cease-fire, saying Moscow could use it to rearm

Both sides are scrambling to replenish their weapons after 22 months of fighting. With the roughly 1,500-kilometer front line mostly static during freezing winter weather, they both require artillery shells, missiles and drones that enable long-range strikes.

India must look beyond the China question to understand US' mixed signals

Though China remains the biggest strategic challenge for India, the United States is the biggest intellectual challenge for our strategic community

President Biden-led US govt forces VC backed by Saudi govt to pull out of Sam Altman's AI chip startup

The Joe Biden-led administration cajoled Prosperity7, a tech venture capital firm backed by the Saudi government to pull out of a startup backed by Sam Altman. The startup, Rain AI was focussed on developing an AI chip that would take on NVIDIA and AMD

How APEC maintains the delicate balance required to retain its relevance

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, not being a strategic institution, keeps its focus on functional cooperation in the hope that its sidelines and other regional meetings will keep the ambience good enough to pursue regional good

President Xi exudes bonhomie as business houses gauge a directional shift

For India, the San Francisco meeting will be assessed against the inflow of US investments into China, at a time when Xi, the architect of instability, is up against severe economic stress

US President signs a bill averting potential government shutdown, with Israel and Ukraine aid still stalled

The two-step approach was championed by new House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, and was not favoured by many in the Senate, though all but one Democrat and 10 Republicans supported it because it ensured the government would not shut down for now.

Trump leading Biden in polls: Could the Republican return to the White House?

A recent New York Times/Sienna College poll shows President Joe Biden trailing Donald Trump – his likely Republican challenger – in five of six swing states. Experts say that while the Democrats need not panic yet, some warning signs are flashing when it comes to the youth and the Black vote

Pooch Problems: Why Joe Biden’s dog Commander is a ‘significant hazard’ at White House

The German shepherd Commander, belonging to the Bidens, is unable to stop biting people at the White House. Officials claim that the two-year-old dog bit a Secret Service agent on Monday. This is the 11th such incident since he entered the president's residence in 2021

US to set up embassies in Cook Islands, Niue: The significance, explained

Ahead of playing host to the leaders of the Pacific Island countries, US president Joe Biden has announced embassies in Cook Islands and Niue – two small countries in the area. This move is significant, as it is Washington’s attempt of countering China’s growing influence in the region