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WASHINGTON AP 鈥?Sporting a green tie and fresh shamrocks for St. Patricks Day, President聽Joe Biden聽on Friday voiced his support for a recent economic accord affecting Ireland as he hosted the republic prime minister, a longstanding meetu
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stanley cup uttled by the COVID-19 pandemic two years in a row.Watch the meeting in the player above.Biden was presented with a bowl of shamrocks from Leo Varadkar, known as the taoiseach, a tradition that began in 1952. The shamrocks made it to the White House last year even though then-prime minister聽Miche谩l Martin didnt. He came down with COVID-19 and had to join the meeting virtua
stanley cup lly while isolated in nearby Blair House, where world leaders often stay when they come to visit the White House. The two leaders ;聽first annual meeting was virtual, too, because of the pandemic. Its good to have you back in the Oval Office, especially on St Patricks Day, Biden said as he and Varadker discussed their nations ; continued support of Ukraine and how to better deepen their economic ties. We have a lot to talk about. Biden, who often speaks of his Irish heritage and is fond of quoting Irish poets, declared March Irish-American heritage month. The White House even dyed the South Lawn fountain green for the occasion.Biden has said he plans to soon visit both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, which is a part of the United Kingdom, to mark the 25th anniversary of the U.S.-brokered Good Friday accord. That agreement helped en Lujn Spain warns NATO of Russian threat in Africa
KYIV, Ukraine AP 鈥?Ukraine may keep some of the F-16 fighter jets it set to receive from its Western allies at foreign bases to protect them from Russian strikes, a senior Ukrainian military officer said Monday.Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway have committed to providing Ukraine with over 60 U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets to h
af1 elp it fend off Russian attacks. Ukrainian pilots are currently undergoing training to fly the warplanes ahead of the deliveries expected to start later this year.Serhii Holubtsov, head of aviation within Ukraines air force, said that 8
stanley cup 220;a certain number of aircraft will be stored at secure air bases outside of Ukraine so that they are not targeted here. Holubtsov told the U.S. government-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that those F-16s could be used to replace damaged aircraft as they undergo repairs as well as for training Ukrainian pilots abroad. This way, we can always have a certain number of aircraft in the operational fleet that corresponds to the number of pilots we have, he said. If there are more pilots, there will be more aircraft in Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that Moscow could consider launching strikes at facilities in NATO countries if they host the warplanes used in Ukraine.READ MORE: Ukraine says it has struck an advanced fighter jet at an airfield deep inside Russia If they are stationed at
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