In the US, Doug Emhoff highlights Black interfaith contributions as new project launches
RNS Second gentleman Doug Emhoff lauded the interfaith work of Black religious communities for “saving lives” through distribution of COVID-19 vaccinations and for continuing efforts to get out the vote when he spoke at a midweek Black History Month event. “Over the past year, Black faith communities have been working as trusted voices in their […]
US unveils $US310 million in Central America aid, as Guatemala agrees to work together on migration
Washington DC, US/GuatemalaReuters Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled an additional $US310 million in US aid to Central America after a virtual meeting with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Monday, as the two countries agreed to work together to control migration. President Joe Biden gave Harris the job of leading US efforts with Mexico and Central […]
US Vice President to speak with Mexican President on tree-planting proposal
Mexico City, MexicoReuters US Vice President Kamala Harris will speak with Mexico’s President on 7th May about his proposal to expand a tree-planting program to Central America as way to reduce poverty and migration, Mexico’s foreign minister said on Saturday. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has suggested the US Government offer temporary work visas […]
Survey: Most Americans know US President Joe Biden is Catholic, far fewer know VP Kamala Harris’ religion
RNS Most Americans know President Joe Biden is Roman Catholic but there are stark differences – especially based on political party – in how they believe he should live out his faith, a new study shows. About six in 10 US adults (58 per cent) recognise Biden is Catholic, including 63 per cent of those who are […]
Madam president? Most Americans think a woman could reach the White House by 2030
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation More than 90 per cent of Americans think the United States could have its first woman president within a decade, a poll showed on Monday, as Vice-President Kamala Harris is increasingly tipped as favourite for the Democratic Party nomination in 2024. A Gallup poll conducted in 74 countries showed Americans were the most likely to […]
In the US, some Southern Baptist pastors are calling Kamala Harris ‘Jezebel.’ What do they mean?
RNS It didn’t take long after the inauguration of the nation’s first woman vice president for some pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention to start comparing her to the Bible’s most nefarious woman. Two days, to be exact. Then Democratic vice presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event on Tuesday, 27th October, […]
Biden’s Bible puts him in line with inaugural tradition
Washington DC, US AP Joe Biden and Kamala Harris took their oaths of office on Wednesday using Bibles that are laden with personal meaning, writing new chapters in a long-running American tradition – and one that appears nowhere in the law. The Constitution does not require the use of a specific text for swearing-in ceremonies […]
Updated: US President Biden takes over nation in crisis, urges end to ‘uncivil war’
Last Updated 4.30pm (AEDT)Washington DC, US Reuters Joe Biden was sworn in as President of the United States on Wednesday, offering a message of unity and restoration to a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans. Standing on the steps of the […]
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris jointly named Time’s ‘Person of the Year’
New York City, USReuters US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris were jointly named Time magazine’s 2020 “Person of the Year” on Thursday, chosen from a list of finalists that included the man Biden vanquished at the polls – President Donald Trump. The Democratic former Vice President and his running mate, a California […]
Kamala Harris breaks barriers as America’s next Vice President
Washington DC, USReuters Kamala Harris made history on Saturday with her election as Joe Biden’s vice president, becoming the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win the second highest US office. Harris, 56, is widely seen as an obvious candidate for the Democratic Party nomination in 2024 should Biden, who will […]