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JOE BIDEN

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BUSINESS
Sep 11, 2021
Biden team weighs China trade probe in bid to press Beijing
USTR has asked outside consultants to help quantify the damage from Chinese subsidies in order to measure the kind of response that's appropriate should an investigation proceed.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2021
A crippling blow to the global 'war on terror'
The U.S. has come full circle by ceding control of Afghanistan to the same organization that gave Osama bin Laden the base from which to plot the 9/11 attacks.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2021
What does Afghanistan reveal about the Biden doctrine?
Has the Biden doctrine arrived in time to counter China's rise or did the U.S.' two decades of war in Afghanistan leave China with too much of a head start to be stopped?
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 9, 2021
North Korea's Kim oversees first military parade since Biden's swearing-in
The parade, which did not reveal any new weapons systems, was apparently directed at a domestic audience with an aim of boosting morale amid the battle against the coronavirus.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
It's in America's interest to court ASEAN
ASEAN is of tremendous strategic importance to the U.S. and Japan and should not be downplayed.
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JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Sep 6, 2021
U.S.-Japan alliance to take hit from Suga’s decision to step down
While the overall direction in the two countries' relations is unlikely to shift, progress is likely to be stymied by the change in Japanese leadership.
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WORLD / Science & Health / ANALYSIS
Sep 3, 2021
Vaccine advisers to U.S. FDA face thorny question: Are COVID-19 boosters needed?
A fierce debate is expected around whether most Americans should get another shot rather than just those at high risk of severe illness.
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EDITORIALS
Sep 3, 2021
With Afghan withdrawal complete, work begins anew
Was the war worth it? The speed with which the Afghan government collapsed certainly suggests that the project to build a durable government failed.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 1, 2021
After dragging its heels, the Biden administration finally embarks on Southeast Asia charm offensive
Against the backdrop of the debacle in Afghanistan, the incidental timing of the U.S. visits to Southeast Asia also helped soothe lingering anxieties over American commitment to the region.
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WORLD
Sep 1, 2021
In call before Afghan collapse, Biden pressed Ghani to ‘change perception’
During the conversation on July 23, neither Biden nor Ashraf Ghani appeared aware of or prepared for the immediate danger of the entire country falling to insurgents.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 1, 2021
Defiant Biden rejects criticism of Afghanistan exit
Biden offered a sweeping defense of his handling of the Afghanistan withdrawal, saying he inherited an unstable situation from Trump and that the 20-year war 'should have ended long ago.'
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WORLD
Aug 31, 2021
U.S. troops exit Afghanistan, ending America's longest war
The chaotic withdrawal concluded two decades of American involvement touched off by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
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ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 30, 2021
North Korea appears to restart nuclear reactor, presenting fresh challenge to Biden
The restart of the plutonium-producing reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear site has been described as 'deeply troubling' by the U.N. atomic agency.
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WORLD
Aug 29, 2021
U.S. starts troop withdrawal from Kabul and warns of more Islamic State attacks
U.S. President Joe Biden warned on Saturday that another militant attack was highly likely as U.S. troops began leaving Kabul airport
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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2021
U.S. intelligence community says it cannot solve COVID-19 mystery without China
'China's cooperation most likely would be needed to reach a conclusive assessment of the origins of COVID-19,' U.S. officials said.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 28, 2021
Pentagon holds talks with Chinese military for first time under Biden
Despite growing tensions, U.S. military officials have long sought to have open lines of communication with their Chinese counterparts to manage risks between the two countries.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2021
Biden’s cruel summer
Democrats are hoping the Afghan debacle will be less salient to voters by November 2022. But the fall of Kabul could have a lasting effect.
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WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 27, 2021
Deadly Kabul attack shakes Biden’s Afghan exit strategy
The sheer scale of the tragedy renewed criticism from lawmakers and allies over the withdrawal and the failure to forecast the Afghan government's rapid fall at the hands of the Taliban.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2021
Biden's Afghanistan pullout was the right decision
The Taliban's quick takeover of Afghanistan and the near impossibility of being able to establish a functioning government in Kabul suggests Biden's withdrawal decision was the right one.
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COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2021
Show Afghan girls the world still cares
It's in the world's interest to educated Afghanistan's girls — as one may become the leader who plays a critical role in the fight against extremism.

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Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals