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Australia is briefing neighboring Asian countries on its plan to build nuclear submarines ahead of an announcement about it in the United States, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, as local media reported the program could generate 20,000 jobs.

President Joe Biden on Monday reassured Americans that their banking system is safe in the wake of the sudden collapse of SVB and the federal takeover of a second bank.

"Americans can have confidence that the banking system is safe. Your deposits will be there when you need them," he said in televised remarks from the White House.

The US administration stepped in on Sunday with a series of emergency measures to shore up confidence in the banking system after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank threatened to trigger a wider systemic crisis.

NASA will announce the names next month of the four astronauts, three Americans and one Canadian, who will fly around the Moon next year, the head of the U.S. space agency said on March 9.

US President Joe Biden wants both Finland and Sweden in NATO and is more focused on both countries joining rather than them doing so at the same time, the White House said on Thursday.

ABU DHABI - The growing complexity of the global situation makes things all the more difficult for Serbia when it comes to the pressure it is facing, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday evening.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has received a congratulatory message from US President Joe Biden ahead of February 15, Serbia's Statehood Day.

In the message, Biden said Serbia and the US had in the past several years worked on diversification of energy sources and strengthening of economic cooperation, creating a better future for their citizens.

The offer was reportedly part of a plan put together by the administration of President Joe Biden to end the war in Ukraine.

The US State Department supports the sale of Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets to Turkey, but Congress has to also be on board since it is not solely up to the department to decide on the issue, spokesperson Ned Price told a briefing Thursday.

The U.S. is tracking a suspected Chinese surveillance balloon that has been spotted over U.S. airspace for a couple days, but the Pentagon decided not to shoot it down over concerns of hurting people on the ground, officials said Thursday. The discovery of the balloon puts a further strain on U.S.-China relations at a time of heightened tensions.