President Joe Biden announced the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% as he kicked off a climate summit with 40 other world leaders.
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Biden administration: US must catch up to China on renewable energy to create jobs
China holds “a third of the world’s renewable energy patents. If we don’t catch up, America will … lose out on countless jobs,” Blinken says.
Watchdog: Pompeo, his wife made more than 100 personal requests of State Department employees
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife asked State Department employees to help with everything from hair appointments to dog care.
‘A game of chicken’: US holds indirect talks with Iran over nuclear deal amid conflicting political pressure
The U.S. and Iran each have diplomats in Vienna for Tuesday’s negotiations over the 2015 nuclear agreement that Donald Trump abandoned.
Biden faces Trump’s deadline on Afghanistan troop withdrawal: ‘Any way you cut it, we are headed for a messy outcome’
U.S. troops have been in Afghanistan two decades. Will they be out by May 1?
Russia, Iran engaged in covert influence campaigns to sway 2020 presidential election, US intelligence report says
Russia and Iran engaged in multi-faceted, covert influence campaigns aimed at swaying the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, according to a declassified assessment released Tuesday by U.S. intelligence officials.
The Biden administration has reached out to North Korea, seeking to prevent further escalation
The move comes after four years of the Trump administration’s tumultuous, hot-and-cold diplomacy with the reclusive nuclear-armed nation.
After Khashoggi murder, Saudi Arabia shifts lobbying firepower to ‘middle America’ with women’s rights message
The Saudis are reaching out to local officials from New Orleans to Anchorage. The pitch: Saudi Arabia is a global player transforming on women’s rights.
Saudi Arabia’s Mohammed bin Salman complicit in Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, US report says
Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman, approved the operation “to capture or kill” Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, according to a newly declassified U.S. intelligence report released Friday.
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Iran nuclear deal: US agrees to meet Iran, world powers in first step for Biden administration
The Biden administration said Thursday it would agree to meet with Iran and other world powers involved in negotiating the 2015 nuclear deal, the first public step toward renewed diplomacy with Tehran.