ISIS' advances in Iraq and Syria are not just tactical but strategic victories -- born of US errors and confusion
Obama, the first Black American president, said Harris "is more than prepared for the job," adding that it is, "a good day for our country".
But Trump is about to announce his candidacy for president in 2024. And it is not clear if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the present hero of disenchanted Republicans, or Biden, who says he might seek re-election (but will decide in 2023), can checkmate Trump, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
The former United States president and first lady, who completed 27 years together on Thursday, are still 'feeling the magic' that brought them together.
More than a dozen organisations, businesses and clean energy venture capitalists have appealed to US President Barack Obama to collaborate with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to develop a "Power India" initiative.
Barack Obama names his favourite books and songs of 2017.
The two leaders are expected to make brief remarks at the top of the meeting.
The change of heart in the US and India was propelled by the increased threat of China to both countries, explains Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'It is beyond belief that Obama failed to sense the disconnect that had developed between the ruling elites and the 'masses' in America, something that Trump, albeit a novice in electoral politics, spotted almost instinctively,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Harris, 54, would beat Trump most handily -- by a 10-point margin -- if the election were held now, according to an online poll carried out by Axios.
Dominic Xavier predicts the scene if Biden and Harris win on November 3, 2020.
'The hardliners in Delhi are in for a big disappointment,' predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Six years ago, a Mumbai college student stumped the most powerful man in the world stumped with her question. Today, after Obama departed office, Afsheen Irani looks back at that moment with a smile and says it will stay with her for the rest of her life.
The White House said that Obama, who has been often accused by critics of making an "apology tour" to the Middle East and Europe during the first year of his presidency.
A day after a poll drubbing, United States President Barack Obama struck a defiant tone saying he is ready to work with Republicans but could bypass Congress on issues like immigration reforms that would allow 11 million illegal immigrants, including 2.4 lakh Indians, to stay in the country.
'For the first time since I've been following Indian politics, one heard voters talking about India's role on the world stage and the fact that, due to Modi's leadership, India was once again a great power.'
India will welcome two trade missions in 2015 focused on meeting its infrastructure needs with US technology and services.
Donald Trump may blame the rain, but there were clearly a lot less people who attended his inauguration on Capitol Hill than had been anticipated.
'Trump's desecration of all that Obama represented can be seen at different levels: Personal, political, systemic and structural,' explains Ambassador B S Prakash.
Biden's political opponents, in particular the opposition Republican Party, were quick on slamming the president.
This is the first time a woman officer has led the Guard of Honour.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama will meet on Sunday, January 25, at Hyderabad House a few hours after the American leader's arrival in New Delhi.
Sidestepping Chinese opposition, United States President Barack Obama will meet the Dalai Lama at the White House on Wednesday, a move likely to infuriate China which considers the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader as a separatist.
Obama also said he had emphasised the need for religious tolerance and the right to practise one's own faith during closed door talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his last trip to India in 2015.
'I am still the girl who grew up in a close family in Madras, in the South of India, and I am deeply connected to the lessons and culture of my youth. I am also the woman who arrived in the US at age twenty-three to study and work and, somehow, rose to lead an iconic company, a journey that I believe is possible only in America. I belong in both worlds,' says the ex-Pepsico chief in her memoir
The account of former US vice-president Joe Biden, who is the current Democratic Party presidential candidate in the November election, was also hacked.
Sadanand Dhume, one of the rising stars in the Washington, DC, policy wonk circles, particularly among Conservatives, argues that while President Obama can take Indian Americans support for granted, their natural home should be the Grand Old Party
Trump broke from protocol and barred journalists from travelling with him to cover his first meeting with Obama.
52 world leaders, including Narendra Modi, will attend this week's Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC. Obama will meet separately only with the Chinese president.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi went all out to make US President Obama feel special through his personal gestures
United States President Barack Obama has condemned Syria's "outrageous" use of violence against anti-government demonstrators, accusing the regime of seeking Iran's aid to quell the rebellion.
US President Obama in his address to thousands who gathered on the Washington Mall paid tribute to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and to the millions who stood by his side during the civil rights fight of the 1960s.
Harris, the daughter of an Indian immigrant from Chennai, scripted history by becoming the first-ever woman Vice President of the United States. She is also the first female, first Black and first South Asian American vice president.
The job advertisement says applicants should have 'at least eight years' experience running a highly-regarded nation'.
'Disagreements between reporters and the White House has always been there, but this is the most tense I have seen it since I have been there.'
13 other Presidents have won a second term; Frankin D Roosevelt served four!
The city readies itself for the biggest economic, political and social event of the year
US President Barack and wife Michelle met Nobel prize winner Kailash Satyarthi
US President Barack Obama is looking forward to the state visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington in November.
In addition to supporting the president-elect, Klain will work to build a diverse, experienced and talented team to help President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris meet the urgent challenges facing the country, a media release said.
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