JOSEPH BIDEN

United States has released its monthly jobs growth data

The United States has released its monthly jobs growth data, with some analysts arguing it's another sign of a softening job market in the world's strongest economy. The President has criticized his predecessor, Joseph Biden, for the weaker-than-expected numbers. Mitch McCann reports from New York:

10 February, 2025 44

Oshiwambo

President Nangolo Mbumba aulika oukwao wananghali koshiwana sha USA omolwo mapeya omindilo

Omupresident President Nangolo Mbumba, okwa yandja etumwalaka laye loukwao wananghali koshilongo United States of America shalandula komapeya omindilo adidilikwa koshilongo osho. Meshangelo lomupresidet Mbumba olo atula komapandja oikundaneki yokomalungula okwati, Namibia okuli eudite olukeno noukwao wananghali pefimbo eli lidjuu letukuko lomundilo lataalela oshiwana shova California, nokwe shihalela eenghono mwaasho tashi pitile musho. Okwati ponele yovanhu nepangelo la Namibia, okwa tuma omahalelo onghumwe komupresident woshilongo sha US Joseph Biden, oshiwana sha […]

13 January, 2025 16

World

U.S President Biden blocks major steel takeover

Outgoing US President Joseph Biden has officially blocked a Japanese company from buying the United States Steel Corporation, warning that foreign ownership would pose a danger to national security. Nippon Steel, the fourth-largest steelmaker in the world, had bid close to $15 billion to purchase the once-iconic American industrial powerhouse. But that takeover is now on the brink of collapse, as Benji Hyer reports.

6 January, 2025 40

Africa

Biden Expresses Pride In Visit to Angola

US President Joseph Biden expressed pride in being the first American president to visit Angola as he began talks with President João Lourenço. And according to BBC Africa, the discussions at the presidential palace in Luanda focused on security and trade, with the US government backing a new 1,300km railway project linking an Angolan port to mining regions in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia.

4 December, 2024 11

Africa

Biden’s Africa Trip to Focus on U.S.-Backed Railway Project

U.S President Joseph Biden embarks on a trip to Angola, fulfilling a promise to visit Africa during his presidency. Reuters says his visit will highlight a major U.S.-backed railway project aimed at diverting critical minerals away from China. The project, partially funded by a U.S. loan, connects the resource-rich Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia to Angola's Lobito port, providing a faster route for exports to the West.

2 December, 2024 14

World

Biden allows Ukraine to use long-range US missile in Russia for first time

US President Joseph Biden is, for the first time, allowing Ukraine to use American-made long range weapons to strike inside Russian territory, according to US media citing unnamed sources. This would be a policy u-turn with major implications, as our Washington correspondent Jagruti Dave reports.

18 November, 2024 30

World

Joseph Biden and Donald Trump meet at White House

US President-elect Donald Trump returned to the White House today to meet with outgoing President Joseph Biden. The sitting President told his predecessor and successor that he looks forward to a "smooth transition," after the former President re-took the Oval Office in last week's election. Our correspondent Benji Hyer was there.

14 November, 2024 49

World

Biden speaks for first time since Harris election loss

US President Joseph Biden has promised to oversee a peaceful transfer of power to his predecessor — and now successor — Donald Trump. The former President and President-elect won Tuesday's election handedly, a result that Biden says America must "accept." Benji Hyer was following the sitting President's address from the White House earlier.

8 November, 2024 30

World

Top Indian security committee clears drone purchase from US

India's top committee on internal security has approved the purchase for 31 predator drones from the United States. The deal was announced in June when Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Joseph Biden in Washington. Ishan Garg tells us more from New Delhi.

10 October, 2024 23