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US President-elect Joe Biden speaks to reporters following an online meeting with members of the National Governors Association (NGA) executive committee in Wilmington, Delaware, US, November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Global Economy

US tells G7 that it is back at the table to help with global recovery

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told her peers from the Group of Seven rich democracies that Washington was committed to multilateralism and "places a high priority on deepening our...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrives at the Westminster Magistrates Court, after he was arrested in London, Britain April 11, 2019/ Reuters
World+Biz

Biden administration files appeal for Assange extradition

An exit door where released detainees are turned over to the countries that have agreed to accept them is seen at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, June 3, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
World+Biz

Biden launches review of Guantanamo prison, aims to close it before leaving office

In this September 26, 2019 file photo, asylum seekers, in Tijuana, Mexico, listen to names being called from a waiting list to claim asylum at a border crossing in San Diego. (Source: AP Photo/Elliot Spagat, File)
World+Biz

Biden to slowly allow 25,000 people seeking asylum into US

FILE PHOTO: An exit door where released detainees are turned over to the countries that have agreed to accept them is seen at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. Naval Base, Cuba, June 3, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria
World+Biz

Biden administration launches review aimed at closing Guantanamo prison - White House

Chinese and US flags flutter near The Bund, before US trade delegation meet their Chinese counterparts for talks in Shanghai, China July 30, 2019/ Reuters
Global Economy

US to look at more restrictions on tech exports to China

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World+Biz

Biden backs off on TikTok ban in review of Trump China moves

US President Joe Biden. Photo: Project Syndicate.
World+Biz

Biden to be 'hardheaded' with China's Xi, but wants to keep line open

FILE PHOTO: The flags of China, the United States and Chinese Communist Party are displayed in a flag stall at the Yiwu Wholesale Market in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, China, May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song
World+Biz

In call with China's Xi, Biden stresses rights concerns, need for free Indo-Pacific

Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar Kyaw Tint Swe listens as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (not pictured) speaks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China August 27, 2019. How Hwee Young/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
World+Biz

Suu Kyi aide among new wave of arrests in Myanmar as Biden approves sanctions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with President-elect Joe Biden (File Photo/Source: Twitter/@narendramodi)
South Asia

Biden calls India's Modi, seeks to strengthen regional security through "Quad" grouping

Hossain operated out of Monterrey, Mexico, according to a press release issued by the US Department of Justice. Logo of the US Department of Justice: Collected
Politics

US Justice Deptartment seeks resignations of Trump-era US attorneys

In this March 25, 2020, file photo, patients wear personal protective equipment while maintaining social distancing as they wait in line for a Covid-19 test at Elmhurst Hospital Center, in New York. Photo: AP
Coronavirus chronicle

Biden says challenging for US to reach herd immunity by summer's end