U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Olympians and Paralympians from the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing to the White House on Wednesday (May 4), saying they were an inspiration to the country as a whole.

Speaking outside the White House, Biden said the athletes brought a ÷d nation& together through sport....

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The number of unaccompanied children who sought asylum in the European Union in 2021 jumped by 72% as the number of refugees arriving from Afghanistan rose sharply, the bloc&s statistics office said on Wednesday.

Overall however, the number of asylum seekers who were granted protection in the European Union fell 5% last year, Eurostat said,...

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Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) on Wednesday gave an early glimpse of its first physical store, which features a floor-to-ceiling screen for showing off games on its virtual reality headsets and rooms for testing video calling devices.

The store, set to open on May 9, is located at the main campus for Meta&s Reality Labs unit, in the...

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Sweden has received assurances from the United States that it would receive support during the period a potential application to join NATO is processed by the 30 nations in the alliance, Foreign Minister Ann Linde said in Washington on Wednesday.

Sweden and neighbour Finland stayed out of NATO during the Cold War, but Russia&s annexation of...

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for COVID-19, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday (May 4).

President Joe Biden is not considered a close contact of Blinken, according to White House spokesperson Jen Psaki.

A speech Blinken was due to deliver on Thursday (May 5) outlining U.S. policy towards China will be...

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Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said on Wednesday it is ready to negotiate with the United States on issues of an external nature.

US suspended talks with IEA in March after it reversed a decision to allow girls to return to secondary school.

&IEA believed in negotiation and dialogue with all parties including the US since the very...

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