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  • Top Democrats increase pressure on Biden to step aside - reports

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    World world politics
    18 Jul 2024
    US President Joe Biden pumps his fist after speaking at a campaign event at Renaissance High School in Detroit, Michigan, on 12 July, 2024.

    Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is among those who reportedly fear the president cannot win against Donald Trump. Audio

    Top Democrats increase pressure on Joe Biden to step aside, US media reports
  • Kamala Harris says the time has come for Gaza war to end

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    World war
    26 Jul 2024
    US Democratic vice presidential nominee and Senator from California, Kamala Harris, speaks on the administration of US President Donald Trump failures to contain Covid-19, in Washington, DC.

    The Vice President said she will 'not be silent' amid a 'dire humanitarian situation' in Gaza.

    Netanyahu meets Biden to close 'gaps' on Gaza ceasefire deal
  • US says reporter missing for 10 years being held in Syria

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    World politics
    11 Aug 2022
    Debra Tice, mother of US journalist Austin Tice who was kidnapped in Syria five years prior, holds a dated portrait of him during a press conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut on July 20, 2017. (Photo by JOSEPH EID / AFP)

    The US is certain that an American journalist abducted in 2012 has been held by the Syrian government, President Joe Biden says.

    Austin Tice: US says reporter missing since 2012 being held in Syria
  • US Pacific excited about Biden Covid approach and possible vaccine

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    Pacific Guam
    11 Nov 2020
    (200414) -- BEIJING, April 14, 2020 (Xinhua) -- A staff member tests samples of the COVID-19 inactivated vaccine at a vaccine production plant of China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) in Beijing, capital of China, April 11, 2020.

    US territories in the north-west Pacific are hoping they will have access to a Covid-19 vaccine at the same time as the rest of America.

    US Pacific excited about Biden Covid approach and possible vaccine
  • Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi killed in Syria, US says

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    World
    4 Feb 2022
    The aftermath of the raid by US special operations forces  which killed Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in northwestern Syria.

    A US special forces raid in north-west Syria killed the leader of the Islamic State jihadist group, President Joe Biden says.

    Islamic State leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi killed in Syria, US says
  • Biden, McCarthy meeting ends with no deal on US debt ceiling

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    23 May 2023
    WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 22: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talks to reporters outside his office at the Capitol following a meeting with President Joe Biden on May 22, 2023 in Washington, DC. McCarthy characterized today's debt limit negotiations as more productive than previous sessions.   Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    The two vowed to continue talking amid fears a default on the US government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling could sink the country's economy.

    Biden, McCarthy meeting ends with no deal on US debt ceiling
  • Biden 'holding out hope' of finding survivors in Miami building collapse

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    World
    2 Jul 2021
    US President Joe Biden and US First Lady Jill Biden visit a photo wall, the 'Surfside Wall of Hope & Memorial', near the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Florida.

    US President visits site of towers, where rescue work was temporarily halted over safety issues as 145 people still remain missing.

    Miami building collapse: Still possible to find survivors, Biden says
  • Netanyahu faces growing pressure over Gaza ceasefire

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    World conflict
    2 Jun 2024
    Palestinians flee the area of Tal al-Sultan in Rafah with their belongings following renewed Israeli strikes in the city in the southern Gaza Strip on May 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas militant group. (Photo by Eyad BABA / AFP)

    Israelis are urging the PM to embrace the deal, but far-right allies are threatening to collapse his government if he does.

    Israeli leader Netanyahu faces growing pressure at home after Biden's Gaza proposal
  • Biden backs Ukraine despite Republican opposition

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    23 Sep 2023
    WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 21: (L-R) U.S. President Joe Biden shakes hands with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky after a meeting in the East Room of the White House September 21, 2023 in Washington, DC.   Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Drew Angerer / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    The US President has pledged a further $325m in support for Ukraine.

    Zelensky joins war council, Biden backs Ukraine in the face of Republican opposition
  • Two families dead trying to enter US from Canada, infant missing - police

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    World
    1 Apr 2023
    Canada, Quebec province, Centre du Quebec region, the Navigators' Route, the ecological park of l'Anse du Port in Nicolet, along the St. Lawrence River (Lake Saint Pierre).

    Six bodies that police recovered on Thursday in a marshy area of the St Lawrence River in Quebec came from two families seeking clandestine entry into the US and an infant is still missing, Canadian…

    Two families dead trying to enter US from Canada, infant missing - police
  • 'Terrified' - Americans in NZ react to Trump shooting, Biden uncertainty

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    New Zealand
    15 Jul 2024
    BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 13: Attendees duck from gunfire at a campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate, former U.S. President Donald Trump at Butler Farm Show Inc. on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Trump slumped before being whisked away by Secret Service with injuries visible to the side of his head. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter and one audience member are dead and another was injured.

    For many Americans who now call New Zealand home, the chaotic presidential campaign has left them shaken.

    'Terrified' - Americans in NZ react to Trump shooting, Biden uncertainty
  • US to send ship in first naval visit in three decades

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    World Politics
    21 Jul 2016
    John Key and Joe Biden

    The US will have to comply with New Zealand law when it sends a naval ship here in November, Prime Minister John Key says. Video

    First US naval visit in three decades
  • Biden cancels $10k of student loans for millions of US borrowers

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    World
    25 Aug 2022
    US President Joe Biden addresses media representatives during a press conference at the NATO summit in Madrid, on 30 June 2022.

    The US government is to forgive US$10,000 in student loans for many debt-saddled college graduates, a move that could boost support for Democrats in the November congressional elections.

    US President Joe Biden cancels $10k of student loans for millions of borrowers
  • USA correspondent Susan Davis

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    politics
    4 May 2021
    WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 06: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the state of vaccinations in the U.S. in the State Dining Room of the White House April 6, 2021 in Washington, DC.

    Joe Biden's presidency has crossed the 100 day mark, and has specifically used the occasion to promote his American Families Plan. Susan also talks to Kathryn about Donald Trump's hold on the… Audio

  • Jacinda Ardern's US trip: Biden's Asia visit sets the scene

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    Comment & Analysis
    23 May 2022

    Opinion - The US President's visit to South Korea and Japan and the 'Quad' group meeting set the scene as PM Jacinda Ardern heads to the United States, writes Geoffrey Miller.

    Jacinda Ardern's US trip: Biden's Asia visit sets the scene
  • Who is Kamala Harris, the VP who Biden is backing for president?

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    World politics
    22 Jul 2024
    KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN - JULY 17: US Vice President Kamala Harris attends a moderated conversation with former Trump administration national security official Olivia Troye and former Republican voter Amanda Stratton on July 17, 2024 in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Harris' visit, following the attempted assassination of former President Trump, makes this her fourth trip to Michigan this year and seventh visit since taking office.   Chris duMond/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Chris duMond / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

    Harris has finally reached a position she has long sought, but her journey has been fraught and full of difficult questions.

    Who is Kamala Harris, the VP who Biden is backing for president?
  • Watch: Day one of the DNC

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    World
    20 Aug 2024
    US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 19, 2024. Vice President Kamala Harris will formally accept the party’s nomination for president at the DNC which runs from August 19-22 in Chicago.

    Watch: Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at the party's national convention, which features speakers including Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden. Video

    Harris urges Democrats to fight in surprise DNC appearance
  • Biden commutes sentences for 1500 people

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    World
    13 Dec 2024
    US President Joe Biden addresses the nation on averting default and the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, June 2, 2023. (Photo by JIM WATSON / POOL / AFP)

    He also pardoned 39 people convicted of non-violent crimes.

    Biden grants clemency for nearly 1,500 people, the biggest single-day act of clemency in modern history
  • Biden says he bowed out to unite nation, as Trump attacks Harris

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    World world politics
    25 Jul 2024
    US President Joe Biden delivers a nationally televised address from the Oval Office of the White House on July 14, 2024 in Washington, DC.

    The US president has vowed to "finish the job for the American people" in his first remarks since withdrawing as Democratic election candidate. Video

    US President Joe Biden says it's time to 'pass the torch' to Kamala Harris
  • US President promises to 'do something' about gun reform

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    world politics
    30 May 2022

    After being confronted with chants of 'Do Something' on a visit to a grieving city in Texas, the US president Joe Biden has vowed he will.

    He's been in Uvalde to grieve with some of the families of… Audio

  • US 'to buy 500 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for world'

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    World Covid-19
    10 Jun 2021
    A nurse takes vials of Comirnaty vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech against Covid-19 out of a fridge at the Baleone vaccine centre in Ajaccio on the French Mediterranean island of Corsica, on May 13, 2021.

    US President Joe Biden's administration will provide 500 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to about 100 countries over the next two years, US media report.

    US 'to buy 500 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for world'
  • Biden labels IS leader's final act one of 'desperate cowardice'

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    World conflict
    4 Feb 2022
    Pentagon surveillance footage of IS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi Al-Qurayshi's safehouse in Syria before the US raid that led to his death. Al-Qurayshi caused the explosion killing himself and multiple family members in February 2022.

    Before US forces could reach him, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashemi al-Quraishi detonated a suicide bomb.

    US President Joe Biden labels Islamic State leader's final act one of 'desperate cowardice'
  • US reports case of Covid-19 UK strain, Congressman-elect dies of virus

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    World Covid-19
    30 Dec 2020
    US President-elect Joe Biden pictured on 16 November 2020.

    The first known US case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant was detected in Colorado today, and President-elect Joe Biden says it could take years for most Americans to be vaccinated.

    US reports case of Covid-19 UK strain, Congressman-elect dies of virus
  • Prostate cancer - What you need to know about how it's detected

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    New Zealand What you need to know
    26 May 2025
    US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden walk on the South Lawn of the White House as they return to Washington, DC, from Camp David, on January 2, 2025. (Photo by Chris Kleponis / AFP)

    Explainer - Prostate cancer will affect one in 8 Kiwi men. Former US President Biden's diagnosis reaffirms how important it is to be aware of the disease. Audio

    Prostate cancer screening in New Zealand: What you need to know
  • Michelle Obama blasts Trump at Democratic convention

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    World
    18 Aug 2020
    An image from the online broadcast of the Democratic National Convention, with former First Lady Michelle Obama speaking during the opening night.

    Michelle Obama has launched a stinging attack on US President Donald Trump as Democrats prepare to crown Joe Biden as their White House challenger.

    Michelle Obama blasts Trump at Democratic convention
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