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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden's age has long been his political Achilles' heel -- but a bombshell special counsel investigation has gifted his opponents a ready-made election year attack line by suggesting he couldn't even remember when his son died. Furious and emotional, the 81-year-old struck back in a televised speech from the White House that underscored both the personal hurt and the political danger that the Democrat faces from an issue he can do little about. Republicans have pounced on the report by Special Counsel Robert Hur, which while clearing Biden of hoarding classified document...
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By Samuel Wagon Cet été la Coupe du Monde des plus de 35 ans devraient réunir les plus grandes stars du football mondiale. Celle-ci se déroulera en juin, entre la finale de la Ligue des Champions et le début de l'Euro 2024. Ils ont marqué toute une époque et voilà qu'il vont refaire vibrer la planète foot une nouvelle fois. Comme la révélé le Daily Mail, une nouvelle compétition des plus de 35 ans devrait prendre place cet été en Angleterre. Cette "Coupe du Monde des anciens" devrait réunir les légendes des huit derniers pays qui ont déjà remporté le trophée le plus prestigieux du monde. En to...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden joked about his age as he turned 81 on Monday, but the issue is no laughing matter for many voters who are worried he is too old for reelection next year. "By the way it's my birthday today... It's difficult turning 60," the president said with a chuckle at the annual Thanksgiving turkey pardoning ceremony at the White House. In front of an audience including schoolchildren, he then quipped: "This is the 76th anniversary of this event -- and I want you to know I wasn't there for the first one." But a moment in which he mixed up US singers Taylor Swift and Britney S...
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Washington (AFP) - Some might call it fowl play to joke about their age, but US President Joe Biden made light of turning 81 as he spent his birthday pardoning two Thanksgiving turkeys on Monday. The oldest sitting president in US history, whose age is a concern for voters in opinion polls, said he had received a rendition of "Happy Birthday" before the annual ceremony at the White House. "I just want you to know it's difficult turning 60," Biden then said with a chuckle before officially sparing the two turkeys, named Liberty and Bell, from ending up on the Thanksgiving dinner table. It was j...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden has joked about it, ignored it and suggested it makes him wise. A year out from the US presidential election, the issue of his age just won’t go away. The 80-year-old Democrat is already the oldest president in American history, and if he wins a second term next year he will be 86 when he leaves the White House. A series of trips -- most famously stumbling on the steps of Air Force One -- and verbal slips have gone viral on social media and given Republicans fodder for attacks. Polls show that it's a major worry for US voters concerned about what would happen if t...
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New York (AFP) - Joe Biden, America's oldest ever president, said Monday he understood a focus on his age but that he was running for re-election because Donald Trump wanted to "destroy" US democracy. The 80-year-old usually avoids the age issue but addressed it during a fundraiser at a Broadway theatre in New York, saying his experience helped him deal with crises like Ukraine and Covid. "A lot of people seem focused on my age," Biden said. "I get it believe me, I know it more than anyone." He added: "I'm running because democracy is at stake, because in 2024 democracy is on the ballot once a...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden, America's oldest president, received support from an unexpected ally over his age: Donald Trump said the Democrat was "not too old" to seek a second term, while quickly adding: "I think he's incompetent." The former president's comments, made in an interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" to be aired Sunday, come as America faces a profound debate over the ageing of its political class, a major factor ahead of the 2024 elections -- when Biden will be just shy of 82 and Trump himself 78. Polls show that while the age gap between the two men is small, Americans worry m...
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Hanoi (AFP) - "You haven't aged a day." Joe Biden, 80, couldn't help laughing as he was complimented by Vietnam's 79-year-old Communist Party leader during a visit to Hanoi. However, the humorous aside was at odds with the constant criticism from home about his advancing years as he campaigns for a second term. If he is re-elected next year, the Democrat would remain in the White House until the age of 86, a prospect that does not sit well with Americans. Biden's age is a major handicap in the polls, despite the White House's efforts to boast about his economic, social and diplomatic successes...
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Washington (AFP) - Joe Biden on Wednesday addressed the elephant in the room of his 2024 re-election bid: the fact that he is already the oldest ever president and would be 86 when he stepped down if he wins. The veteran Democrat rarely talks about his age. But polls show it's a matter of overwhelming concern for voters -- and one his Republican opponent will weaponize. At a press conference Wednesday, the day after the low-key launch of his campaign via video, the 80-year-old president said it was normal for people to ask questions. He admitted he'd thought hard about the issue himself. "I r...
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Paris (AFP) - As US President Joe Biden launches a bid for a second term that would keep him at the White House well into his 80s, we look other people who remained top of their game into their twilight years: Iris Apfel, 101 –The centenarian style icon from the New York borough of Queens, immediately recognisable by her oversized owlish glasses, helped renovate the interior of the White House for nine presidents, from Harry Truman to Bill Clinton. These days the self-described "geriatric starlet", whose impressive collection of couture and bric-a-brac accumulated over seven decades was the s...
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