Joe Biden Snubs High Honor of Modi Invitation to India for Independence Day
President Joe Biden declined an invitation this week from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit New Delhi for Republic Day in late January.
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India and Australia Strengthen Defense Ties to Counter China Without Biden
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi presided over a raucous 20,000-person stadium event in Sydney, Australia, on Tuesday evening – a warm welcome to the Hindu nationalist leader in response to his decision to visit the country anyway after Joe Biden canceled a stop there.
Indian Prime Minister Modi to Visit Australia Despite Biden Dropping Out of Quad Meeting
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday that even though a planned meeting of the Quad alliance was canceled because President Joe Biden pulled out at the last minute, Prime Minister Narendra Modi of fellow Quad member India will still visit Australia next week and hold all of his scheduled events, as well as a bilateral meeting with Albanese.
Biden Angers Key Anti-China Ally Australia with Abrupt Cancelation of Post-G7 Visit
The White House on Tuesday canceled President Joe Biden’s planned trips to Papua New Guinea and Australia, which were to have taken place next week on his way home from the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima, Japan.
Joe Biden Heading Down Under for Quad Leadership Summit
President Joe Biden will visit Sydney next month for the first meeting of Quad leaders on Australian soil.
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Makes Surprise Visit to Ukraine
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio made a surprise visit to Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv on Tuesday for talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky. Russia flew two nuclear-capable strategic bombers over the Sea of Japan on Tuesday in an apparent gesture of disapproval.
Leftists Take over Prime Ministership of Australia, Giving China Hope for Better Ties
Chinese state media on Sunday celebrated the defeat of pugnacious Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his succession by left-wing Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, calling it a “turning point for the China-Australia relationship.”
