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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Oxfam America, Partners in Health and other civil society groups urged U.S. President Joe Biden to press for changes in a draft agreement on waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, underscoring divisions over the current text. In a letter sent to Biden on Monday, and viewed…

US President Joe Biden addressed the issue of Taiwan during his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, pledging to protect the island against any invasion. "That's the commitment we made," he said when asked if Washington would intervene militarily against a possible attempt by Beijing to take control of…

ASIAN ALLY South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (left) and US President Joe Biden arrive for a state dinner at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on Saturday, May 21, 2022. AFP PHOTO Read this in The Manila Times digital edition. SEOUL: President Joe Biden flies Sunday to Japan for…

LONGING FOR PEACE A military chaplain leads a funeral service for Ukrainian servicemen Sergeii Profotilov and Igor Malenkov, both killed in the village of Vilkhivka during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, in the military section of the Kharkiv cemetery number 18 in Bezlioudivka, eastern Ukraine on Saturday, May 21, 2022.…

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present at the launch of the Indo-Pacific Economic framework by US President Joe Biden on Monday in Tokyo. Indo-Pacific Economic Framework(IPEF) is a US economic initiative that is seen to integrate Indo-Pacific economies. The arrangement is expected to cover issues like supply chains,…

22 May 2022, 12:03 AM IST 1/5 ​Joint military exercisesU.S. President Joe Biden and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said after meeting Saturday that they will consider expanded joint military exercises to deter the nuclear threat from North Korea at a time when there's little hope of real diplomacy…

Ginni Thomas, the wife of the US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, pressed Republicans in Arizona to overturn Joe Biden’s victory there in 2020, the Washington Post reported. Repeating Donald Trump’s lie that the vote had been marred by fraud, Thomas wrote: “Please stand strong in the face of political…

US president Joe Biden kicked off his first Asian tour since taking office in South Korea, where he visited a Samsung semiconductor fab said to be the model for the company's planned plant in Taylor, Texas. While speaking at the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek Campus, Biden said the region will be…

One year after Joe Biden’s inauguration, Amanda Gorman recounted how she almost didn’t read her luminous poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the ceremony that day, how she overcame fear—of failure, Covid, and violence in the wake of the Capitol riot—by listening to the greater fear of forever wondering what…

The U.S. Senate completed congressional action Thursday on a new $40 billion aid package for Ukraine, overwhelmingly approving it and sending the measure to President Joe Biden for his expected signature. The package is intended to buttress Ukraine over the next five months to combat Russia's ongoing invasion. It includes…