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Five key takeaways from Joe Biden’s UNGA speech
Joe Biden has accused Russia of aiming to end Ukraine’s right to exist as a nation, telling the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) that Washington wants the conflict to end on “just terms”. In his second address to the UNGA as president of the United States, Biden on Wednesday stressed that Russia violated the UN Charter when it invaded its…
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At UNGA, Biden condemns Russia’s war on Ukraine as Putin escalates threats
U.S. President Joe Biden called out Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations, as the Russian leader significantly escalated war efforts and threatened nuclear retaliation. Speaking to the annual gathering of the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) in New York Wednesday morning, Biden used most of his address to condemn Moscow. “Let us speak plainly. A permanent member of…
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Joe Biden, Liz Truss finally hold first meeting at UNGA
US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Liz Truss met for the first time on Wednesday, indicating continued strong relations between the countries. “You’re our closest ally in the world,” Mr Biden said to the new prime minister. “We are steadfast allies,” Ms Truss said before their meeting outside the UN General Assembly. Mr Biden said they discussed Russia’s…
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Russia calls up 300,000 reservists, says 6,000 soldiers killed in Ukraine
Russia will draft 300,000 reservists to support its military campaign in Ukraine, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday in televised remarks. In Moscow’s first update on casualty numbers in almost six months, Shoigu said 5,937 Russian soldiers had been killed since the start of the conflict. President Vladimir Putin had ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two in…
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Putin escalates Ukraine war, issues nuclear threat to West
President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two and backed a plan to annex swathes of Ukraine, warning the West he was not bluffing when he said he’d be ready to use nuclear weapons to defend Russia. In the biggest escalation of the Ukraine war since Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion, Putin explicitly raised the spectre…
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Joe Biden calls for end to ‘dark money’ in US elections
US President, Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass a law to combat “dark money” in US elections, calling untraceable spending in politics a “serious problem” for democracy. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Biden said too much money that is used to influence elections in the United States “flows in the shadows”. He endorsed the “Disclose Act”, a bill…
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At UNGA, Adesina, Clinton, Okonjo-Iweala in roundtable on inclusive job growth
Akinwumi Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), joined former President Bill Clinton, his wife Hillary Clinton, and former US Secretary of State, John Kerry at a roundtable discussion to discuss future of job and inclusive growth. The roundtable, which is a sideline event at the ongoing 77th United Nations General Assembly in New York also had Director General,…
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‘She sat for him 12 times’: The Nigerian artist who made a bronze sculpture of Queen Elizabeth II
The year was 1956, and there was much fanfare and anticipation for Queen Elizabeth’s first visit to Nigeria. The young monarch was just a few years into her reign and making a highly anticipated visit to the West African country, which had yet to become a republic. Ahead of her arrival, famed Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu received a royal commission…
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Obasanjo mourns Queen Elizabeth, says has tremendous respect for late monarch
By Kolawole Olayinka, Abeokuta As the remains of Queen Elizabeth II were interred in United Kingdom (UK) on Monday, former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has disclosed that he had tremendous respect for the dead Head of Commonwealth of Nations. He described her as a personality with great human relations, whom he equally had perfect relationship with. Obasanjo spoke on Monday,…
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Biden and world leaders attend state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II
US President Joe Biden on Monday joined a long slate of world leaders for Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral inside London’s Westminster Abbey, where royal pageantry was on full display to pay tribute to a monarch whose rule spanned seven decades. World leaders, dignitaries, politicians, public figures and European royals were among the 2,000 attendees. The service was conducted by…
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