- Calls US President elect Joe Biden to return to 2015 nuclear deal
- Says Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy on Tehran completely failed
EU Commission chief von der Leyen on Biden administration:
- Ready for a new start
- Hope US joins EU in global response to Covid-19
- US rejoining Paris deal will boost Transatlantic relationship
- Trump followers to remain, may not be able to eliminate dark forces from society
EU Council President Michel on US ties:
- Let's build a new pact for a stronger US, for a better world
- Tackling climate change, Covid-19, digital transformation, security are EU-US priorities
- EU sees Biden presidency as opportunity to rejuvenate transatlantic relationship
EU Commission Chief Von Der Leyen welcomes incoming Biden administration but warns Silicon Valley CEOs cannot lay down the law and that the power of US tech giants must be reigned in
Supporters of US President Donald Trump march ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden amid coronavirus disease outbreak in Tokyo
In pictures: Indians celebrate ahead of Kamala Harris inauguration, in Thulasendrapuram village where the vice-president-elect’s maternal grandfather was born and raised
UK PM Boris Johnson says he's looking forward to working with Joe Biden on their shared priorities just hours before Biden is inaugurated as 46th president of the US
Mexico's Lopez Obrador wishes Joe Biden well and says it's important that the new administration designates funds to reactivate US economy
Joe Biden will be a true friend of Ireland, Irish PM says as he celebrates the US president's ancestral links to his country
Russian Foreign Ministry urges Joe Biden's administration to take a "more constructive" approach in talks over Washington's last arms reduction pact with Moscow
Israeli PM urges Joe Biden to "strengthen" a long-standing alliance between the two countries, partly in order to confront the "threat" posed by Iran
Pope Francis calls on US President Joe Biden to foster reconciliation and peace
France says Joe Biden's commitments to rejoin World Health Organization and Paris Climate Accord are extremely important
India PM Narenda Modi tweets congratulations to Biden and says he looks "forward to working with him to strengthen India-US strategic partnership"
WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus congratulates US President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris
German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks forward to "new chapter" with Biden — spokesperson
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls on US President Joe Biden to propose a new 'ambitious' climate target
Celebrations over the inauguration of Vice President Kamala Harris extend all the way to India
Journalist Ishan Russell has more on people in India who have celebrated inauguration of
Kamala Harris as the first Vice President of Asian American descent of the US
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The novel coronavirus pandemic has infected more than 96.5 million people around the world with at least two million fatalities. Here are updates for January 20
The EU says member states should vaccinate at least 70 percent of their adult populations by summer to control the Covid-19 pandemic
Mexico reports 18,894 new cases of Covid-19 and 1,584 more deaths, taking country's totals to 1,668,396 infections and 142,832 fatalities
US Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer assures public all measures are being taken to ensure a safe inauguration for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris tomorrow
US Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell publicly says that Trump provoked the deadly insurrection on Capitol Hill
US President-elect Joe Biden faces a raging pandemic and rise of far-right groups in his first days in office following his inauguration
China is committing genocide and crimes against humanity in its treatment of Uighur Muslims and other members of ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo
China's genocide and crimes against humanity include arbitrary imprisonment of more than 1M civilians and is still ongoing – Pompeo
US officially designates China's treatment of Muslim Uighurs as genocide and crimes against humanity
The Covid-19 pandemic has infected close to 96 million people and claimed more than two million lives around the world. Here are updates for January 19
US President Donald Trump lifts Covid-19 travel bans on much of Europe, Brazil starting January 26
Spokeswoman for Joe Biden says the incoming US president does not plan to lift restrictions on visitors from UK, EU and Brazil on January 26
Turkish Foreign Minister Cavusoglu at joint press conference with German counterpart Maas:
- Germany comes first in Turkey’s exports
- Cooperation will be further strengthened
- Proud of our scientists living in Germany
- Germany needs to do more against rising Islamophobia
Turkish FM Cavusoglu on bilateral, EU ties at press conference with German FM Heiko Maas:
- Talks on cooperating on education underway
- “Safe tourism” programme to be expanded to enterprises operating in Germany
- Turkey-EU relations in a positive atmosphere
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Turkey is ready to host EU leaders Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen at beginning of February to discuss EU relations