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80-year old US President Biden to seek re-election in 2024

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US President Joe Biden, 80, is to seek re-election in 2024, he announced on Tuesday. His quest for a second White House term is dividing opinions considering his age. He is already the oldest U.S. president ever. Doctors have declared Biden, who does not drink alcohol and exercises five times a week, “fit for duty” after an examination in February.… Read More
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US President Biden says US is ‘all in’ on Africa’s future

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– – US President Joe Biden has said Africans can count on the United States as he delivered a speech at the Business Forum at this year’s US-Africa leaders summit in Washington DC. “The United States is all in on Africa’s future,” President Biden told the 49 African leaders attending the summit. This is the first time such a summit… Read More
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Joe Biden takes the helm as 46th US president

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– – Joe Biden became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday, declaring that “democracy has prevailed” as he took the helm of a deeply divided nation and inherited a confluence of crises arguably greater than any faced by his predecessors. Biden’s inauguration came at a time of national tumult and uncertainty, a ceremony of resilience as the… Read More
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Amanda Gorman: The 22-year-old poet at Biden’s inauguration

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Amanda Gorman “screamed and danced her head off” when she found out she had been chosen to read one of her poems at Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony. At the age of 22, the Los Angeles-born writer and performer is the youngest poet to perform at a presidential inauguration. She told the BBC’s World Service she felt “excitement, joy, honour and… Read More
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Donald Trump, wife Melania test positive for Covid-19

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– – President Donald Trump has tested positive for Covid-19, upending the already chaotic US election, but was described by his doctor on Friday as feeling “well” and able to perform his duties while quarantining. Trump first announced on Twitter that he and First Lady Melania Trump had tested positive for the virus. “We will get through this TOGETHER!” he… Read More
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United Nations, US election 2016 reveal deep gender divides

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Progress doesn’t follow a straight line. It zigs and zags, and sometimes it moves forward and sometimes it moves backwards or moves sideways. I am a firm believer that ultimately it moves in the direction of justice, and more prosperity, and more freedom, and more inclusion. — Barack Obama, US President, November, 2016 Read More