Analysis: With a nation in crisis, pressure builds on Biden to deliver Reuters 1/20/2021
By James Oliphant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - During his presidential campaign, Joe Biden vowed to fight for the soul of America. As he formally assumes office as the next U.S. president on Wednesday, Biden now faces the steep task of repairing a nation s soul in battered and desperate shape.
Few presidents, if any, have taken power in circumstances such as these: a still-raging pandemic claiming lives and shredding livelihoods, a continuing threat of armed insurrection and a defiant former president who faces a U.S. Senate trial charged with encouraging an attack on his country s capital.
Updated Jan 20, 2021 | 15:17 IST
China has been widely condemned for its complexes in Xinjiang, which it describes as vocational training centers to stamp out extremism. It denies accusations of abuse. Representational image | Photo Credit: AP
Washington: The Trump administration has determined that China has committed genocide and crimes against humanity by repressing Uighur Muslims in its Xinjiang region, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, in an embarrassing blow to Beijing a day before President-elect Joe Biden is set to take office.
Pompeo said he made the move - which is certain to further strain already frayed ties between the world s top economies - after careful examination of the available facts, accusing the Chinese Communist Party of crimes against humanity targeting the Uighurs and other Muslim minorities since at least March 2017.
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Published: 20 Jan 2021 12:45 PM BdST
Updated: 20 Jan 2021 12:45 PM BdST FILE PHOTO: US President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) memorial event at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, US January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
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Few presidents, if any, have taken power in circumstances such as these: a still-raging pandemic claiming lives and shredding livelihoods, a continuing threat of armed insurrection and a defiant former president who faces a US Senate trial charged with encouraging an attack on his country s capital.
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