The condition of US President Joe Biden, who was diagnosed positive for Covid-19, has improved since yesterday, his personal doctor announced today, in a letter released by the White House. “Symptoms have improved,” Dr. Kevin O’Connor said, adding that the 79-year-old Democratic president was in tenths (37.4) on Thursday night but responded well to the […]
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Biden tests positive for Covid-19 – He started the antiviral pill Paxlovid
LAST UPDATE: 20.50 US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19. The White House made the relevant announcement on Thursday afternoon (Greece time). The 79-year-old US head of state, who is fully vaccinated with four doses, is showing “very mild symptoms”, according to the press representative of the US Presidency, Karine Jean-Pierre. Mr. Biden […]
There will be a phone call between Biden and Xi Jinping within the next few days
US President Joe Biden plans to hold talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in the coming days, at a time when tensions are simmering in relations between the two countries. “I think I will be talking to President Xi within the next ten days,” Biden told reporters as he returned from a climate-related visit […]
Putin’s trip to Iran and the decline of Russian influence in the Middle East
By Bobby Ghosh It’s not hard to guess why Vladimir Putin’s trip to Tehran was announced just as Joe Biden was arriving in Jerusalem and Jeddah. The Russian president is likely nostalgic for the time when the occupants of the White House and the Kremlin were treated as equals across the Middle East and North […]
Biden announced measures to tackle climate change
US President Joe Biden, unable to pass climate laws through Congress, tried today to implement some of his campaign promises by announcing new measures at a time when many states and European countries are suffocating due to the heat. Climate change is “a clear and immediate danger” as well as an “existential threat to our […]
Erdogan’s threat to Biden about the F-16s: ‘Mid-term elections are coming’ – Non-binding condition for Greece
A question concerning the United States and the sale of F-16 fighters was received by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan from invited journalists on the return plane from Tehran, where he met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, as well as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. Erdogan simply chose to […]
Biden questions Saudi account of Khashoggi killing debate
US President Joe Biden disagreed with Saudi Arabia yesterday on their account of discussions held at a bilateral summit on the 2018 killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to Reuters. US intelligence agencies believe Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered the 2018 killing of Khashoggi, a Saudi US citizen, which the de facto Saudi […]
Biden tells Arab leaders that the US is committed to the region
President Joe Biden told an Arab summit today that the United States will remain firmly committed to its allies in the Middle East and that it is “not going anywhere” as he pushed for a regional security alliance that would include Israel, the Reuters. Biden, who began his first trip to the Middle East as […]
Sisi and Biden discussed issues of food security and energy supply
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi discussed food security and energy supply issues with US President Joe Biden, as the two leaders met today for the first time, on the sidelines of a meeting of Arab states in Jeddah, as announced by the presidency of Egypt. The two leaders discussed ways to revitalize the Palestinian peace […]
Middle East: Biden to announce $1 billion for food security during summit with Arab states
President Joe Biden is set to announce today, during a meeting of Arab states, that the US is committing $1 billion in new short- and long-term food security assistance to the Middle East and North Africa region, a senior administration official said. . Biden, on the second leg of his first trip to the Middle […]
