US politics
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Rahm Emanuel leads confirmed Biden nominees in late-night logjam break
Ex-Obama chief of staff will go to Japan after deal for vote on Russia pipeline sanctions ends Republican Sena…
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‘Free and open’: Quad leaders call for ‘stable’ Indo-Pacific in veiled China dig
Joe Biden meets leaders of Australia, India and Japan in latest effort to cement US leadership in Asia US pres…
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$5,800 whisky bottle given to Pompeo as gift missing, state department says
Japan gave bottle to former secretary of state two years ago ‘Ongoing inquiry’ underway into what happened to …
- Japan, Joe Biden, US foreign policy, US news, North Korea, World news, Asia Pacific, China, South Korea, US politics
South Korea’s balancing act will test Biden’s plan to get tough with China
Analysis: Seoul’s navigation of geopolitical landscape in east Asia hints at limits of united front with USWhe…
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Biden picks ex-Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel as US ambassador to Japan
Selection ends months of speculation over whether Obama’s first chief of staff would be nominated to an admini…
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The Guardian view on Biden and the climate crisis: fight for net zero | Editorial
A US president who recognises the threat will make a huge difference, but environmentalists must push hardTher…
- Japan, Joe Biden, Australia news, Climate change, Asia Pacific, Energy, China, South Korea, US politics
Joe Biden’s move to net zero emissions will leave Australia in the (coal) dust | Bill Hare
Australia will be increasingly isolated as the US joins the club of countries, including China, with ambitious…
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Harry Truman and the nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki | Letters
Daniel Snowman interviewed the former US president in 1963 and reveals what he was told. Frank Jackson thinks …
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Coronavirus at a glance: the latest developments
A summary of the biggest developments in the global coronavirus outbreakFollow our latest coronavirus blog for…
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Coronavirus quarantine plans ignite row between South Korea and Japan
Seoul lashes neighbour’s ‘passive’ approach to containing the virus and implies Tokyo is more concerned with e…
- Japan, World news, Asia Pacific, Shinzō Abe, Middle East and North Africa, Donald Trump, US politics
Japan’s warship deployment could push a pacifist country into conflict | Jeff Kingston
Prime minister Shinzo Abe is trying to keep Donald Trump on side, but the Japanese people are watching with wo…
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Trump and Abe herald US-Japan deal in shadow of China trade war
Trump: corn sales ‘tremendous for farmers’ hit by tariffsAbe: goal is to sign agreement at UN General Assembly…