Thursday, March 28, 2024

Topic: US

Full text: Amanda Gorman’s poem at Joe Biden inauguration

The inauguration of US President Joe Biden featured a slew of high-profile performers on Wednesday, but for many it was the lesser-known Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in US history, who truly wowed the crowd.

Biden issues executive orders to end ‘Muslim ban’, rejoin climate deal, WHO

US President Joe Biden has signed a series of executive orders to launch his administration, including a decision to keeping the United States in the World Health Organization, ending the ban on entries from mostly Muslim-majority countries and rejoin the Paris climate accord.

Govt watchdog group files sedition complaint against Trump

A Washington, D.C.-based government watchdog group has filed a criminal complaint calling on the Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation to immediately probe "whether President Trump and his associates seditiously conspired to forcefully overthrow our democracy."

Close Guantánamo camp: UN urges incoming US administration

Exactly 19 years after the Guantánamo Bay detention centre first opened, UN independent human rights experts on Monday urged the incoming United States administration of Joe Biden, to close the notorious military prison as soon as possible.

US House Speaker Pelosi calls for Trump’s removal, says ‘America in difficult place’

“We are in a very difficult place in our country as long as Donald Trump still sits in the White House,” Pelosi told reporters at the Capitol.

Flags of India, Israel seen amid US Capitol rioters

An Indian tricolor spotted in the crowds of white-supremacists, suggesting Indian-origin backers were also present in the attendance.