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Added on the 11/03/2021 11:42:36 - Copyright : France 24 EN
President Joe Biden plans to sign into law a $1.9 trillion stimulus plan aimed at lifting the United States from an economic slump triggered by the year-long coronavirus pandemic on Friday. "We expect that delivery to happen sometime tomorrow and then the president will sign it on Friday," says White House press secretary Jen Psaki. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden wins a huge ovation as he take to the stage at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, after handing over to Kamala Harris as the party's presidential nominee. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says he's working with Congress to name Kenya as the first major non-NATO US ally in sub-Saharan Africa during a joint press conference at the White House with his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto. SOUNDBITE
The US Senate approves a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine that had been stalled for months in Congress, with President Joe Biden vowing fresh supplies to be delivered swiftly to the warzone as Russia makes battlefield gains. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says during his State of the Union address that Ukraine is capable of stopping Putin if the US provides Kyiv the "weapons it needs to defend itself." SOUNDBITE
Ukrainian troops are starting to run out of ammunition as a huge package of US war aid requested by President Joe Biden remains blocked by Republicans in Congress, says US national Security Adviser Jake Sullivan during a press briefing. SOUNDBITE