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Joe Biden’s in tray: President faces daunting agenda after Trump era
- US
- January 20, 2021
As Joe Biden enters the White House as president, a new era has begun in the United States. After four years of turmoil, controversy and national divi(...)

Joe Biden appoints William Burns as CIA director
- US
- January 11, 2021, 12:50
US president-elect Joe Biden has announced he has chosen veteran diplomat William Burns to be his CIA director. A former ambassador to Russia and Jor(...)

Washington is a shadow of its former self after 10 months of Covid-19
- US
- December 18, 2020, 20:00
A wintry blast blanketed the east coast of the US this week, as the first storm of the season descended on the region. In Washington, DC, a dusting o(...)

US Food and Drug Administration set to grant emergency approval for Pfizer vaccine
- US
- December 11, 2020, 19:38
Daily deaths from coronavirus continued to breach the 3,000 mark in the US as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) prepared to grant emergency appro(...)

US considers Pfizer vaccine approval as Covid-19 deaths, infections soar
- US
- December 9, 2020, 21:07
The US’s top regulator will meet on Thursday to consider approval for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, as the country’s infection rates and deaths from(...)

Seeking restart with Biden, Palestinians eye end to prisoner payments
- Middle East
- November 22, 2020, 15:16
In a bold move to refurbish their sullied image in Washington, the Palestinians are laying the groundwork for an overhaul to one of their most cherish(...)

Trump fires election security official, claiming he made ‘highly inaccurate’ assertions
- US
- November 18, 2020, 21:21
US president Donald Trump fired the top US official responsible for overseeing election security, claiming without evidence that he made “highly inacc(...)

US election: Trump administration continues to claim win
- US
- November 10, 2020
US President Donald Trump and senior members of his administration continued to dispute the outcome of the presidential election, declining to accept (...)

Coronavirus: Global infections approach 30 million
- World
- September 15, 2020, 06:57
More than 29.27 million people have been reported to be infected by coronavirus globally and 926,716 have died, according to a Reuters tally. Infect(...)

‘Age of Disorder’ approaches and it is bad news for Ireland
- Business
- September 11, 2020, 15:08
Deutsche Bank investment strategist Jim Reid likes to ease clients into the day by peppering his early daily market musings with updates on his wife, (...)