Barack Obama appears on daytime talk show The View, where he reflected on challenges he has faced. The show, in which US president Obama was asked about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and the economy, was filmed on Wednesday and will air on Thursday. It was the first appearance by a sitting US president on a daytime TV chat show. The View co-host...
US President Barack Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on December 10, but acknowledged the controversy over the award. In addition, a scandal marred Obama’s arrival for the official ceremony in Norway. Officials of Obama’s administration canceled the dinner with the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the news conference, the interview...
Describing ties with China as “never more important to our collective future,” President Obama on Tuesday mixed praise for Chinese economic triumphs with gentle prodding on its currency, human rights, and Tibet. Talks in Beijing with Chinese leader Hu Jintao produced pledges of cooperation on climate change, the economy and even...
Barack Obama praised freedom of expression and political participation and criticised internet censorship as he spoke to students in Shanghai today, in the only public meeting scheduled for his three-day visit to China. The US president told the gathering of around 300 young people that his country saw such liberties as universal rights. But...
Barack Obama leaves on his debut presidential tour of Asia Thursday seeking to revive America’s prestige as a regional power, on a trip much heavier on symbolism than diplomatic substance. Obama will take a precious week out of his bid to enact an ambitious domestic agenda to show the region, and a rising China, that Washington is no...