Biden pledges to double US climate change aid; some activists unimpressed

UNITED NATIONS: US President Joe Biden mapped out a new era of vigorous competition without a new Cold War despite China's ascendance during his first United Nations address on Tuesday , promising military restraint and a robust fight against climate change.

Biden did not ever say the words"China" or"Beijing" but sprinkled implicit references to America's increasingly powerful authoritarian competitor throughout his speech, as the two nations butt heads in the Indo-Pacific and on trade and human rights issues. Biden came to the United Nations facing criticism at home and abroad for a chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan that left some Americans and Afghan allies still in that country and struggling to get out.His vow for allied unity is being tested by a three-way agreement among the United States, Australia and Britain that undermined a French submarine deal and left France feeling stabbed in the back.

Biden vowed to defend vital US national interests, but said that"the mission must be clear and achievable," and the American military"must not be used as the answer to every problem we see around the world". He said the United States wants"sustained diplomacy" to resolve the crisis surrounding North Korea's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. North Korea has rejected US overtures to engage in talks.

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