Barak Obama

Henry Kissinger: Flawed genius who will be missed more in China than the US

Kissinger acknowledged India's civilisational impulse and remarkable assimilative power while retaining its identity, but he remained in thrall to China

Ex-US Prez Barack Obama, Dalai Lama to visit Karnataka in December

Former US president Barack Obama and Tibetan religious head Dalai Lama will visit Mandya in Karnataka in December to lay foundation stone for an International Yoga and Meditation Centre. The spiritual centre is built by Bhutayi Trust at Hallegere village in Mandya, the Chief Minister's Office said on Thursday. A delegation led by an American doctor Dr Lakshminarasimha Murthy along with Mandya District In-Charge Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy met Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seeking assistance to provide facilities in Hallegere village such as helipad, road, drains, electricity, drinking water etc, the CMO said in a statement. Responding positively, the CM assured to hold an officers meeting shortly, it added. The members of the delegation explained the nature of work of the centre and said it will be a great contribution not only to Hallegere and Mandya district but to the entire state. Siddaramaiah assured the delegation that he will hold a meeting with officials concerned to discuss

Phas gaye re Obama

Heads of state speak unfriendly things through proxies. Even as Modi and Biden met in the US, Obama made remarks on Indian democracy. But such interventions are short-lived excitement

Musk says he'd back Ron DeSantis for president if he makes 2024 run

Musk called himself a "significant supporter of the Obama-Biden presidency and (reluctantly) voted for Biden over Trump"

Sulking and moping is not an option, says Barack Obama to Democrats

Barack Obama warned anxious Democrats on Saturday that abortion rights, social security and even democracy itself is at risk should Republicans seize congressional majorities next week. "Sulking and moping is not an option, the former president said in Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, let's make sure our country doesn't get set back 50 years, Obama told hundreds of voters on a blustery day in Pittsburgh. "The only way to save democracy is if we, together, fight for it." He was the opening speaker in a clash of presidents past and present in the battleground state as each party's biggest stars worked to energise voters on the final weekend of campaigning before Election Day on Tuesday. Obama was accompanying Senate nominee John Fetterman, the lieutenant governor who represents his party's best chance to flip a Republican-held seat. Later Saturday, they were to appear in Philadelphia with President Joe Biden and Josh Shapiro, the nominee for governor. Democrats are deeply concerned about th

Protestor heckles Barack Obama at Michigan rally ahead of mid-term polls

Ahead of mid-term elections, former US President Barack Obama was heckled by a protestor during his Michigan rally on Saturday while he was campaigning for Democratic Governor Gretchen Whitmer

Federal judge revives Obama-era ban on coal sales from federal lands

A federal judge has reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that was imposed under former President Barack Obama and then scuttled under former President Donald Trump.

Obama Foundation revenues decline in 2021 due to pandemic: Report

Former US President Barack Obama's foundation set a goal last summer of raising $1.6 billion between 2021 and 2026 to pay for construction of his presidential centre and an endowment to sustain it.

Barack Obama to face ITR protests at COP26 climate talks in Glasgow

Among the speakers during the action will be Alejandra M. Lyons of the SouthWest Organizing Project (SWOP).

Watch: Barack Obama's sweet conversation with a voter's 8-month-old baby

Peace talks with US started secretly under Obama: Taliban spokesperson

The talks were "hidden behind closed doors" in Doha, where both parties signed the historic peace agreement on February 29

Political campaigns in the US track where voters go using their smartphones

Voter targeting has grown more invasive with location data that apps can transmit from cellphones

Barak Obama cancels 9/11-era registry for Muslims

NSEERS was used to register and track mostly Arab and Muslim non-citizens

Next job for Obama? Silicon Valley is hiring

Obama is preparing for a life after the White House that will most likely include a close relationship with Silicon Valley

Obamacare 2.0: Barack Obama calls for revisiting the 'public option'

The US President is laying out a blueprint for addressing unsolved problems with his signature health law

Obama urges Vietnam to improve human rights to guarantee progress

Acknowledging differences between the two countries, Obama made a generic comment on freedom of expression

Obama says no apology for atomic bomb on Hiroshima visit

Important to recognise that in the midst of war, leaders make all kinds of decisions, says the US President