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Let the rest of the world stew in its own juice

09-07-2021 22:22 The United States decided to retreat from Afghanistan after both Trump and his followers and Biden and his asked themselves: what is in it for us? The answer they gave themselves was: nothing much.

by James Neilson

Biden reaffirms support for Venezuela opposition leader Guaidó

06-07-2021 15:27 Joe Biden reaffirms US support for Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó, even in the midst of efforts to resume negotiations with President Nicolas Maduro's government. 

Blinken meets Pope Francis, speaks to Vatican on Venezuela

28-06-2021 15:07 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken discusses crisis-torn Venezuela with Argentine pontiff during meeting at the Vatican.

Joe Biden and his gaffe-prone doppelganger

26-06-2021 00:25 Before the middle of last year, Biden was widely seen as an elderly man on the verge of retirement who had turned into a gaffe machine.

by James Neilson

US seizes Iranian state news websites

23-06-2021 00:27 US Justice Department seized 33 Iranian government-controlled media websites and three more from the Iraqi group Kataeb Hezbollah, allegedly hosted on US-owned domains in violation of sanctions.

Biden details latest vaccine donations, delays June target

22-06-2021 10:46 White House announces a list of countries that would receive 55 million doses, after previously detailing the first tranche of 25 million. In total, three-quarters of the 80 million will be sent through Covax. Argentina is among the nations listed.

Biden promises to lay down 'red lines' to Putin

14-06-2021 18:03 "I'm not looking for conflict with Russia, but that we will respond if Russia continues its harmful activities," said the US President after his first NATO summit since being elected.

Massa heads to US on a special mission for Alberto Fernández

14-06-2021 17:15 Renewal Front leader lines up talks with key Democratic leaders, including Bill Clinton, and hopes to seal a date for a future meeting between Alberto Fernández and US President Joe Biden.

US to give 80 million vaccine doses to priority nations, 75% via Covax

03-06-2021 14:39 Biden outlines plan for the first of 80 million coronavirus vaccine doses that the US will distribute globally, with 75% of shots disbursed via the Covax programme.

China rails at Biden intelligence probe into virus origins

27-05-2021 12:16 China hit out at the "dark history" of the US intelligence community Thursday, after US President Joe Biden ordered a probe into the Covid-19 origins which threatens to set the course for relations between world's top economies.

Erdoğan slams Biden's 'destructive' recognition of Armenian genocide

26-04-2021 15:28 Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday denounced US President Joe Biden's recognition of the Armenian genocide as "groundless" and harmful to bilateral ties.

Going green will be anything but easy

24-04-2021 10:00 Shutting down much of industry, replacing oil and coal with solar panels, wind turbines and devices that have yet to be invented may appeal to the wealthy, but the same cannot be said for those who will continue to depend on old-fashioned sources of energy.

by James Neilson

Thinking green or greenbacks

24-04-2021 00:19 Argentina’s vision cannot afford to remain stuck in the 1970s of OPEC and ideological strife in energy any more than political terms – this country offers enormous potential for renewable energy.

Biden expected to label 1915 massacre of Armenians as genocide

23-04-2021 12:35 US President Joe Biden is preparing to recognise the World War I-era 1915 killings of 1.5 million Armenians by the Ottoman Empire as genocide this weekend, according to US media.

Benjamin Cohen: ‘Dollar will not be challenged by yuan for at least a decade’

06-03-2021 08:22 Benjamin Cohen, one of the founding fathers of International Political Economy (IPE), analyses the monetary aspect of the dispute between the United States and China, while detailing why he describes Argentina “is one of the saddest cases in economic history.”

by Leandro Dario

US House passes police reforms, voting rights bill

04-03-2021 15:33 The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act that bans choke holds and combats racial profiling cleared the US House of Representatives Wednesday.

Biden team sees no contact 'anytime soon' with Venezuela's Maduro

03-02-2021 23:32 United States says it had no plans to open direct contacts with Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro, who has called for improved relations after Donald Trump's exit from the White House.

Cities, central to Biden’s agenda

30-01-2021 09:15 The agreements, alliances and networks woven by cities in recent years provide Biden with a platform to revitalise US global relationships.

by Fernando Straface

Professionalism returns to the White House with Biden

23-01-2021 09:43 Policy expertise and political savvy are already on display. That’s a welcome contrast to Trump, but no guarantee of success.

Biden says Trump wrote him 'very generous letter'

23-01-2021 09:37 US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Donald Trump had left him a "very generous" letter in the Oval Office, in keeping with tradition.