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President Biden is preparing to host the first-ever in-person summit of leaders from the so-called "Quad" countries -- the U.S., India, Japan and Australia -- in a sign of growing momentum behind what began as a Trump-era push to rally Asia's most powerful democracies into a more formal grouping to confront and contain communist China.

Donald Trump Doesnt Understand Why Media Praised Fauci But Not Him: He Worked for Me On 5/4/21 at 11:55 PM EDT Former President Donald Trump has expressed confusion as to why the media praised Dr. Anthony Fauci for his administrations coronavirus response and vaccine efforts and not him. In a Tuesday interview with Candace Owens on the Daily Wire, the ex-president repeatedly criticized the U.S. media for allegedly covering his administration and family unfairly during his four years in office. ...

This time around, Mr. Kim was mum on such issues, despite mounting uncertainty over the future of nuclear talks as the Trump administration comes to an end. Mr. Kim did make headlines by acknowledging that his five-year economic development plan for North Korea has largely failed, according to reports by the regime’s official Korean Central News Agency. “Almost all sectors fell a long way short,” he said. A central part of the Trump administration’s strategy over the past four years had...

Posted by Scott Lucas | Dec 22, 2020 | The headquarters of Russia’s intelligence service SVR UPDATE, DEC 22: Russian hackers who attacked US agencies broke into the e-mail system used by the Treasury Department’s senior leadership, according to Sen. Ron Wyden. Wyden, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, spoke after a briefing on Monday by Treaasury officials: “The agency suffered a serious breach, beginning in July, the full depth of which isn’t known.” Wyden said the attacked ...

U.S.-Armenia-Azerbaijan Joint Statement (26 October 2020) Format Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov met with Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun on October 24, 2020 and reaffirmed their countries’ commitment to implement and abide by the humanitarian ceasefire agreed in Moscow on October 10, which were reaffirmed in the statement issued from Paris on October 17, in accordance with the October 1, 2020 joint statement of United...

Office of the Spokesperson The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown: As part of the United States’ ongoing and high-level engagement with the leaders and people of Burma, Deputy Secretary of State Stephen R. Biegun spoke with Union Minister for International Cooperation Kyaw Tin of Burma to express support for the country’s ongoing democratic transition and the advancement of peace and national reconciliation, respect for human rights, and inclusive e...

The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown:‎ Today, Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun participated in a virtual discussion hosted by the German Marshall Fund with Belarusian presidential candidate and leader of the opposition, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. They discussed the ongoing political crisis in Belarus, and Deputy Secretary Biegun reaffirmed strong U.S. support for the Belarusian people’s resounding calls for their voice to be heard in determining th...

As stated by Principal Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown:‎ Today, Deputy Secretary of State Stephen E. Biegun participated in a virtual discussion hosted by the German Marshall Fund with Belarusian presidential candidate and leader of the opposition, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya. They discussed the ongoing political crisis in Belarus, and Deputy Secretary Biegun reaffirmed strong U.S. support for the Belarusian people’s resounding calls for their voice to be heard in determining their country’s ...

Trumps North Korea envoy says Pyongyang squandered chance for historic nuclear deal Follow Us Question of the Day In this June 12, 2018, file photo, U.S. President Donald Trump, right, meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island, in Singapore. The U.S. strike that killed Iran’s top military commander may have had an indirect casualty: ... more > By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times - ...

Belarus's pro-democracy movement will not subside until the longtime authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, is driven from office, the woman who says she beat him in the country's recent presidential vote vowed this week.