U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Covid-19 response before signing executive orders for economic relief to Covid-hit families and businesses in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 2021. | NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images
After initially expressing openness to the idea of boycotting the Beijing Olympics scheduled to take place in February 2022, the Biden administration is stressing that the State Department has not had any conversations with the United States’ allies about a collective boycott.
During a press briefing Tuesday, State Department Spokesman Ned Price was asked to “detail how the State Department has been or will be involved in the administration’s decision” on whether to boycott the Beijing Olympics. “Well, part of our review of those Olympics and our thinking will involve close consultations with partners and allies around the world,” he replied.
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The Biden administration has joined British, Irish and Northern Irish leaders in calling for calm after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other.
It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain’s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance. We are deeply concerned by the violence in Northern Ireland, said State Department Spokesman Ned Price. We remain, as you have heard us say before, steadfast supporters of a secure and prosperous Northern Ireland in which all communities have a voice and all communities enjoy the gains of a hard-won peace, Price told reporters.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the Covid-19 response before signing executive orders for economic relief to Covid-hit families and businesses in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 22, 2021. | NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images
After initially expressing openness to the idea of boycotting the Beijing Olympics scheduled to take place in February 2022, the Biden administration is stressing that the State Department has not had any conversations with the United States’ allies about a collective boycott.
During a press briefing Tuesday, State Department Spokesman Ned Price was asked to “detail how the State Department has been or will be involved in the administration’s decision” on whether to boycott the Beijing Olympics. “Well, part of our review of those Olympics and our thinking will involve close consultations with partners and allies around the world,” he replied.
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US Appeals For Calm In Northern Ireland
The Biden administration has joined British, Irish and Northern Irish leaders in calling for calm after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other.
The Biden administration has joined British, Irish and Northern Irish leaders in calling for calm after Protestant and Catholic youths in Belfast hurled bricks, fireworks and gasoline bombs at police and each other.
It was the worst mayhem in a week of street violence in the region, where Britain’s exit from the European Union has unsettled an uneasy political balance.