Barack Obama

A British judge has rejected the United States' request to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to face espionage charges, saying it would be "oppressive" because of his mental health.
District Judge Vanessa Baraitser ruled that extradition would be "oppressive" because of Assange's mental health.

Recently, three former US presidents - Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama - announced that they would get the coronavirus vaccine, and offered to do so publicly to help better inform and persuade Americans who are skeptical about its safety.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis sang the praises on Tuesday of former US President Barack Obama for living up to expectations with his book "A Promised Land." 

In his message during the presentation of the Greek edition of the book, Mitsotakis said that Obama won a difficult bet and described his writing as balanced and thoroughly worked, and that he had already read two-thirds.

Turkish Foreign Ministry on Dec. 14 said that U.S. sanctions will harm ties, adding that Ankara will retaliate as necessary.

The U.S. Treasury Department on Dec. 14 imposed sanctions on Turkey over its purchase of the Russian S-400 missile defense system.

According to him, this is an attempt to reaffirm the policy of previous democratic administrations in the United States on this issue.

Former U.S. Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton said they were willing to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus on television in order to ease any public skepticism over the safety of new vaccines.

The world passed the grim milestone of 1.5 million coronavirus deaths on Dec. 3, as several nations planned to deliver much hoped-for vaccines early next year to break the cycle of lockdowns and restrictions.

President-elect Joe Biden has signaled he will return the United States to a nuclear accord with Iran before quickly launching talks on other concerns, reviving diplomacy to ease soaring tensions.

Interview by Markos Karasarinis

The incoming administration of US President-elect Joe Biden is very much a female affair in the crucial areas of communications and financial management. Among the all-female White House communications team named recently, moreover, Biden has chosen Jen Psaki for press secretary.