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Hunter Biden says it's not anti-Semitic to call Netanyahu 'evil incarnate'

Hunter Biden, the son of former US President Joe Biden, has said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "evil incarnate" and that it's not anti-Semitic to criticise the government of Israel. "If it's anti-Semitic to point out that Netanyahu is evil incarnate, then I don't know what to say to people anymore," Biden said in an interview with noted US broadcaster Tucker Carlson. Read More…

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All documents signed by Biden via autopen terminated: Trump

US President Donald Trump has said that all documents signed by autopen under former President Joe Biden were "terminated," escalating his attacks on his predecessor and prompting legal uncertainty around the claim. "Any document signed by Sleepy Joe Biden with the Autopen, which was approximately 92% of them, is hereby terminated, and of no further force or effect," Trump wrote on social media. "I am hereby cancelling all Executive Orders, and anything else that was not directly signed by Crooked Joe Biden, because the people who operated the Autopen did… Read More…

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Former US President Joe Biden undergoes skin cancer surgery: Spokesperson

Former US President Joe Biden recently underwent Mohs surgery to remove skin cancer lesions, a spokesperson confirmed to CNN. The exact date of the procedure was not disclosed, but footage circulating online showed Biden, 82, with a scar on his forehead, according to CNN’s report. Mohs surgery is a technique in which thin layers of skin are removed and examined under a microscope until no cancer cells remain. Read More…

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Israel has ‘without doubt’ committed war crimes in Gaza, says Biden’s ex-official

Matthew Miller, a senior official in former US president Joe Biden’s administration has told Sky News that he has no doubt that Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza. Speaking to the Trump 100 podcast, Matthew Miller, who, as a state department spokesman, was the voice and face of the US government’s foreign policy under Mr Biden, revealed disagreements, tensions and challenges within the former administration. “Look, one of the things about being a spokesperson is you’re not a spokesperson for yourself. You are a spokesperson for the president, the… Read More…

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Biden pardons his siblings and their spouses as he vacates White House

Joe Biden has pardoned his siblings and their spouses on his way out of the White House, claiming that his family had been "subjected to unrelenting attacks and threats, motivated solely by a desire to hurt me, the worst kind of partisan politics." "Unfortunately, I have no reason to believe these attacks will end," Biden said on Monday as his presidential term ended. The family pardons were the surprise finale in a series of unprecedented presidential actions by the Democrat, who has been known as an intuitionalist during his half-century… Read More…

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US shifts more than $100m in military aid from Israel, Egypt to Lebanon

The US administration of President Joe Biden in its final days is shifting more than $100 million in military aid from Israel and Egypt to Lebanon, as it tries to bolster a ceasefire agreement it helped to mediate between Israel and Hezbollah. In separate notices sent to Congress, the State Department said it was moving $95 million in military assistance intended for Egypt and $7.5 million for Israel toward supporting the Lebanese army and its government. The notices were dated January 3 and obtained by AP on Tuesday. Read More…

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US eyes railway project in Angola to tap African minerals

US President Joe Biden met African leaders in the Angolan port of Lobito on Wednesday to advance a plan to extend a railway that could channel critical minerals from Congo and Zambia to the West via Lobito, and counter Chinese clout in the region. As things stand, China is the main foreign player in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mining sector, which exports minerals considered critical for batteries and other industrial components key to transitioning away from fossil fuels. Read More…

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US will have peaceful transition of power on January 20: Biden

US President Joe Biden has said there will be a peaceful transition of power on January 20, after Republican Donald Trump won the presidential election, and urged Americans to "bring down" the temperature. Biden also said on Thursday he spoke with Trump to assure him that he has directed his staff to do just that, but acknowledged the pain felt by many of his fellow Democrats. "You can't love your country only when you win. You can't love your neighbour only when you agree. Something to hope we can do… Read More…

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Blinken to visit Israel to push for ceasefire deal

US President Joe Biden said that he was sending Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Israel to push for a Gaza ceasefire deal after the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. "It's time for this war to end and bring these hostages home. So that's what we're ready to do, and I'm sending Tony Blinken to Israel," Mr Biden said after arriving in Germany. He added that the visit would happen in "four or five days". Read More…

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