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US developing plan to require foreign visitors to be vaccinated

David Shepardson, Reuters
Updated as of Aug 05 07:12 AM

The White House is not ready to immediately lift travel restrictions because of the rising COVID-19 case load and Delta variant, the official says. Read more »

Blinken to stress ASEAN's central role in ministerial meeting

Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 05:55 AM

The White House coordinator for the Indo-Pacific region, Kurt Campbell, said the US had been "missing in action" in many respects in the Pacific region. Read more »

US will remove Xiaomi from blacklist, reversing jab by Trump

Reuters
Posted at May 13 08:46 AM

The US Defense Department will remove China's Xiaomi Corp from a government blacklist, a court filing showed, marking a reversal by the Biden administration of one of Donald Trump's last jabs at Beijing before exiting office. Read more »

US wants COVID vaccine patent waiver to benefit world, not boost China biotech

Andrea Shalal, Carl O'Donnell and David Lawder, Reuters
Posted at May 09 01:42 PM

The Biden administration is examining ways to ensure that a waiver of COVID-19 vaccine patents to aid poor countries will not hand sensitive US biopharmaceutical technology to China and Russia, responding to a chorus of concerns, US and industry officials say. Read more »

California's Pinoy Attorney General — Rob Bonta

Buddy Gomez — Cyberbuddy
Posted at Apr 30 02:08 AM

After Vice President Kamala Harris, Rob Bonta is only the second Asian-American to hold the post of California’s Attorney-General.  Read more »

Top US envoy calls China biggest 'test,' vows American strength

Shaun Tandon, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 04 05:11 AM

WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States was ready to confront China wherever necessary, calling Washington's ties with the Asian power the "biggest geopolitical test" of the century. Read more »

China awaits a new US ambassador as names circulate in Washington

Mark Magnier, South China Morning Post
Posted at Feb 24 05:38 PM

As President Joe Biden ticks off items on his lengthy to-do list, speculation continues to grow about who will be chosen as the next US ambassador to China.   Read more »

Democrats to unveil Biden's US immigration reform bill

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 18 09:09 PM

US President Joe Biden's immigration bill, which aims to create a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented immigrants, will be unveiled Thursday to begin its legislative process, senior White House officials said. Read more »

US Navy destroyer transits through strait between China, Taiwan

Kyodo News
Posted at Feb 04 05:57 PM

TOKYO - A US Navy guided-missile destroyer passed through the strait between mainland China and Taiwan on Thursday, the 7th Fleet said, with the administration of President Joe Biden maintaining the previous administration's readiness to assist the self-ruled island. Read more »

Biden’s first 10 days: missing vaccines, lowered hopes and Trump’s ghost

South China Morning Post by POLITICO
Posted at Jan 31 08:11 AM

Although the new US President’s team arrived at the White House with a 200-page coronavirus response plan, it has instead met a mushrooming crisis. Among the issues the Biden administration must resolve is finding out what happened to 20 million vaccine doses that went missing. Read more »

US official tiniyak ang suporta ng Amerika sa Pilipinas

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 28 08:32 PM

Tiniyak muli ng Amerika na tutupad ito sa pangakong sasaklolo sa Pilipinas sa oras na may umatake sa bansa. Read more »

Biden appoints Fil-Am as White House liaison for Office of Personnel Management

TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 26 05:15 PM

The Biden-Harris administration on Tuesday (Manila time) announced several political appointees to the US Office of Personnel Management. Read more »

PH urged to take advantage of US foreign policy bringing nations together

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 21 12:00 PM

The Philippine government is urged to take advantage of the Biden administration's foreign policy of bringing nations together, a political analyst said Thursday following the inauguration of America's 46th President. Read more »

In wake of rampage, Washington aims to secure Biden's inauguration

Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 01:19 AM

City and US officials pressed law enforcement authorities to safeguard President-elect Joe Biden's Washington inauguration from any further violence by supporters of outgoing President Donald Trump who stormed the US Capitol last week. Read more »

China-EU talks hit another snag as Biden camp objects

Jack Ewing, Steven Lee Myers and Ana Swanson, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 24 05:33 AM

China, which has long been wary of allowing foreign companies greater access, seems eager to strike a deal now before the new US administration can try to rally a united front against Chinese policies and actions, as Biden has pledged to do. Read more »

The Biden Cabinet: President-elect builds a team

Reuters
Posted at Dec 09 10:43 AM

Democratic President-elect Joe Biden has begun nominating members of his Cabinet and White House team, working to fulfill his promise to build an administration that reflects the United States' diversity.   Read more »

Biden pledges help 'on the way' for US economy

Chandan Khanna and Heather Scott, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 10:45 AM

President-elect Joe Biden presented his economic team on Tuesday and pledged they would lead the charge on a plan to provide more relief for the faltering US economy, which his nominee for Treasury secretary called an "American tragedy."   Read more »

Biden taps Yellen to lead barrier-breaking economic team

Chris Stein, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 01 08:02 AM

President-elect Joe Biden on Monday announced he will nominate former Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen to lead the Treasury, topping a slate of economic officials who would break racial and gender barriers in the US government.   Read more »

US telecom regulator stepping out as Biden steps in

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 01 06:56 AM

The chief US telecom regulator said Monday he will leave his post the same day President-elect Joe Biden takes office, clearing the way for a shift in oversight of the internet.   Read more »

Biden names all-female senior communications team

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 30 01:29 PM

US President-elect Joe Biden on Sunday announced an all-female senior White House communications team, in what his office called a first in the country's history.   Read more »