South Korea's popular band BTS which stands for Beyond the Scene will be at the White House today. The septet -- RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook -- will be meeting Joe Biden. Know all about it here.
The Grammy nominated septet -- comprising RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook -- will visit the White House. Ahead of their meeting with Joe Biden, BTS members and their airport diaries have gone viral on social media.
BTS will be joining US President Joe Biden at the White House on May 31 to discuss anti-Asian hate crimes and also to celebrate AANHPI heritage month.
North Korea in recent months has test-launched a spate of missiles in what experts call an attempt to modernize its weapons and pressure its rivals to accept the country as a nuclear state and relax their sanctions.
Bilawal said Khan promised five million homes and 10 million jobs and vowed to eliminate corruption in 90 days, but the PTI government was involved in “record corruption”.
Joe Biden’s trip to South Korea and Japan has been scheduled from May 20 to 24.
PM Modi and US President Joe Biden will discuss cooperation on a range of issues, including ending the COVID-19 pandemic, countering the climate crisis, strengthening the global economy, and upholding a free, open, rules-based international order to bolster security, democracy, and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific.
Born in Gujarat, Vedant Patel was raised in California. His family moved to the US in 1991.
“We do not think India should accelerate or increase imports of Russian energy & other commodities even as, obviously, those decisions are made by individual countries,” White House Press Secy Jen Psaki told reporters.
Russia and Ukraine initially said the Istanbul meeting had made progress, but the Kremlin on Wednesday played down hopes of a breakthrough.
Shefali Razdan is a San Francisco Committee member of Human Rights Watch, a member of the Wake Forest University Leadership and Character Council, and served on the National Board of Directors for Emily’s List.
US President Joe Biden announced that they are ordering heavy financial sanctions against Russian banks and oligarchs, declaring that Moscow had flagrantly violated international law in what he called the “beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.”
In a fast-moving political theater, US President Joe Biden in a national address announced sanctions against Russia saying they were to cut off Moscow from Western financing but adding there is still time for diplomacy. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said the package approved Tuesday “will hurt Russia, and it will hurt a lot.”
Kremlin said it is too early to organise a summit between Putin and Biden after Paris announced the possibility of a meeting to calm tensions over Ukraine.
White House Press Secy Psaki said that window for a potential Russian attack on Ukraine remains open and warned a fabricated pretext for an incursion could include reports like the one about mass graves in the Donbas region.
During the Melbourne summit, foreign ministers of the countries had discussed the destabilising role of China in the Indo-Pacific region and Russian aggression in Ukraine.
The White House has released an Indo Pacific Strategy which outlines President Joe Biden's vision to firmly anchor the country's position in the Indo-Pacific, strengthen the region and support India's rise and regional leadership.
The strategic report, released on Feb 11, is the Prez Joe Biden-led administration's first region specific report. It outlines the president's vision to firmly anchor US' position in Indo-Pacific, strengthen the region and support India's rise and regional leadership in the process.
The restrictions, imposed last month, were meant to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant. The Nov. 29 ban barred nearly all non-U.S. citizens who had recently been in South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.
The move is aimed at global energy markets, but also at voters who are coping with higher inflation and rising prices ahead of Thanksgiving and winter holiday travel. Gas prices are at about $3.40 a gallon, more than double their price a year ago, according to the American Automobile Association.
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