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US President Joe Biden says that the war in Yemen "has to end", pledging to terminate US support for Saudi-led offensive operations and to halt arms sales, during his first foreign policy address at the State Department. SOUNDBITE
While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
The Biden-Harris campaign is halting the travel of California Sen. Kamala Harris, through this weekend. The decision comes after a flight crew member and Harris' communications director tested positive for COVID-19. According to CNN, Harris was not in what the CDC defines as close contact with either person. Biden's campaign manager, Jen O'Malley Dillon, said Vice President Biden and Senator Harris have not been in contact with the two. Dillon stated the VP and Senator were not near the two who tested positive in the 48 hours prior to their positive test results. Out of an abundance of caution, Harris' planned trip to North Carolina on Thursday was scrapped. According to CNN, she will remain off the road until Monday.
French, German Foreign Ministers and top EU officials are gathering in Paris for an international conference on Sudan. France is hosting the conference and seeking contributions from the international community, exactly a year after war broke out in the northeast African country, leading to a humanitarian and political crisis. IMAGES
European officials arrive at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Paris as France hosts an international conference on Sudan, exactly a year after war broke out in the northeast African country, leading to a humanitarian and political crisis. IMAGES