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Biden faces high expectations at UN climate talks

Shawdesh Desk: SHARM EL SHEIKH: US President Joe Biden headed to UN climate talks in Egypt on Friday armed with major domestic achievements against global warming but under pressure to

US inflation eases in October but still near decades-high

Shawdesh Desk: US consumer prices cooled in October but remained at decades-high levels, according to government data released Thursday, keeping the pressure on President Joe Biden as his Democratic party

UK PM Rishi Sunak under pressure as minister quits amid bullying row

Shawdesh Desk: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is facing pressure from the Opposition on Wednesday as one of his close allies and embattled ministers resigned from the Cabinet pending an

Midterms offer Biden hope in defeat

Shawdesh desk: Joe Biden’s Democrats seem to have escaped a feared drubbing in Tuesday’s midterm elections, but it remains to be seen whether that will revive the US president’s flagging

US votes with Biden agenda at stake – and Trump in the wings

Shawdesh Desk: Americans vote Tuesday in crucial midterm elections that could decide the political future of both President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump — who has all but

Biden, Obama, Trump target key state in midterms countdown

Shawdesh Desk: President Joe Biden, Democratic superstar Barack Obama and Republican firebrand Donald Trump all converged Saturday on Pennsylvania to push their parties to the finishing line in a race

VP Harris to replace Biden at last of three Asia summits

Shawdesh Desk: Vice President Kamala Harris will represent the United States next month in Bangkok in the third in a trio of Asian summits, the White House confirmed Friday, as

Ultra-rich UK PM to move into Downing Street flat

Shawdehs desk: Britain’s ultra-wealthy new Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and his family plan to live in the flat above number 10 Downing Street, despite owning a string of luxury properties