US President elect

Biden announces key nominees for Department of Defense

US President-elect Joe Biden selected two former senior officials for top positions at the Pentagon, according to the Biden-Harris Presidential Transi...

Thursday, December 31, 2020 10:19 AM

Biden warns US may lose more lives due to COVID despite vaccine, urges vigilance

US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday warned that the United States may lose "tens of thousands" of more lives due to COVID-19, despite the vaccine...

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 2:08 PM

Biden's transition team expresses concern over tensions with Defense Department

US President-elect Joe Biden's transition team on Friday expressed concern regarding an 'abrupt halt' in cooperation with the Defense Department, acco...

Saturday, December 19, 2020 10:49 AM

Senior Russian lawmaker says US-Russia rivalry will continue under Biden

There will be no breakthroughs in the US-Russia relations under President-Elect Joe Biden as Washington's military and political rivalry with Moscow w...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 4:01 PM

Biden should heed environmentalists' calls, become first plastic-free president - Activist

As the incoming US president, Joe Biden should address the plastic pollution problem in the United States and become the first plastic-free president,...

Friday, December 11, 2020 3:52 PM

Time names Biden, Harris as 2020 Person of the Year

US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been voted as Time magazine's 2020 "Person of the Year".

Friday, December 11, 2020 1:45 PM

100 million vaccine shots in 100 days: Part of Biden's 3-pronged plan to combat COVID-19

Announcing a three-part plan of "masking, vaccinations, and opening schools" in an effort to combat the coronavirus pandemic in the first 100 days of...

Wednesday, December 9, 2020 4:20 PM

Biden to name California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as HHS Secretary

US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to serve as the head of the Department of Health and H...

Monday, December 7, 2020 3:07 PM

Biden says his administration will be most diverse ever

US President-elect Joe Biden has said that his administration would be the most diverse than it has ever been both in the Cabinet and inside the White...

Saturday, December 5, 2020 5:01 PM

Joe Biden expected to name Indian American Neera Tanden as budget chief

US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to name top members of his economic team this week including Indian-American Neera Tanden as director of the...

Monday, November 30, 2020 4:11 PM

US on track to begin immunisation against COVID-19 by late December-early January: Biden

US President-elect Joe Biden said the US is on track to begin immunisation against the COVID-19 by late December-early January next year as there have...

Thursday, November 26, 2020 10:38 AM

White House authorises President's daily Briefing for Biden

The White House has given formal approval to President-elect Joe Biden to receive the President's daily briefing, according to an official.

Wednesday, November 25, 2020 10:07 AM

Joe Biden expected to take up a tough stance against China

US President-elect Joe Biden is expected to come through with his pledge to mobilise America's allies in a long-overdue determination to stand up to C...

Thursday, November 12, 2020 12:42 PM

Healthcare need not be partisan issue, says Biden

US President-elect Joe Biden on Tuesday slammed "far-right ideologues" for their efforts to invalidate the Affordable Care Act, and stated that health...

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 9:55 AM

There has never been anything USA has tried and not been able to do: Biden after winning elections

US President-elect Joe Biden concluded his election victory address by saying that the United States has never tried anything which it had failed to d...

Sunday, November 8, 2020 9:27 AM