Joe Biden

The United States is bound by law to provide Chinese-claimed Taiwan with the means to defend itself despite the lack of formal diplomatic ties between Washington and Taipei, to the constant anger of Beijing.

Over the past few weeks, Indian Americans have held peaceful protests and marches in several cities, including in front of the White House, in Chicago, New York, SFO, Detroit, Houston, and Atlanta, urging Biden to help stop alleged brutalities against the minority Hindu community in Bangladesh.

On what are Biden’s expectations from the coming administration on QUAD and other IMEC, Kirby said, "It’s going to be up to them to determine how they leverage the Indo-Pacific QUAD."

The president had previously issued 122 commutations and 21 other pardons. He’s also broadly pardoned those convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columbia, and pardoned former U.S. service members convicted of violating a now-repealed military ban on consensual gay sex.

One model for broader US sanctions could be to impose restrictions similar to those on Iranian oil. In that case, buyers of the oil face US punishment.

The sanctions build on those imposed on October 11 and come in response to Iran's October 1 attack on Israel and to its announced nuclear escalations, the Treasury Department said in a statement.

”I hope he rethinks it. I think it’s a counterproductive thing to do,” Biden told reporters in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he is spending the Thanksgiving Day holiday with his family.

Trump on Monday said he would impose tariffs on Canada and Mexico until they clamped down on drugs and migrants crossing the border, in a move that would appear to violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free-trade deal.

The package, which was first reported by the Financial Times, includes thousands of joint direct attack munition kits (JDAM) and hundreds of small-diameter bombs, according to the official, speaking on condition of anonymity.

The move appears aimed at satisfying a Trump campaign promise to ”end the EV mandate,” and would mirror a similar move during the first Trump administration to dismantle Obama-era vehicle-efficiency rules.

This brief encounter may become their last one-on-one interaction before Biden hands over the US presidency to Republican leader Donald Trump next month

The decision allowing Kyiv to use the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMs, for attacks farther inside Russia comes as President Vladimir Putin positions North Korean troops along Ukraine’s northern border to try to reclaim hundreds of miles of territory seized by Ukrainian forces.

"The two leaders affirmed the need to maintain human control over the decision to use nuclear weapons," the White House said in a statement.

“Dividing an interdependent world is going back in history,” Xi said in a speech at the APEC CEO Summit in Peru read on stage by one of his ministers

The Chinese leader is seeking to portray himself as a champion of economic globalization

National security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Wednesday that Biden will use the trip to say that America cherishes and invests in its alliances and thank those who have helped deal with an array of global problems.

During the meeting with Xi, Biden will want to take stock of the progress the two countries have made in a number of areas since the Woodside Summit last year.

A statement from Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden and Trump would meet in the Oval Office at 11am at the outgoing president's invitation.

The US President also appealed to the people to accept the election results for the White House. Trump was elected as the 47th president of the US after defeating Democratic Party's nominee Vice President Kamala Harris.

Harris has been a tremendous partner and public servant full of integrity, courage, and character, Biden said