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(FILES) In this file photo Former President Barack Obama speaks at the MBK Rising! My Brother's Keeper Alliance Summit in Oakland, California on February 19, 2019. - Former US president Barack Obama, still a hugely popular figure among Democrats, fronted a new video campaign on October 13, 2020 to get out the vote for Joe Biden. (Photo by Josh Edelson / AFP) (AFP)

US elections: Barack Obama to campaign for Biden and Kamala Harris

2 min read . Updated: 17 Oct 2020

‘Gaslighter’ from alt-country trio The Chicks’ latest album is on Obama’s 2020 playlist.

Opinion | Song recommendations from a hip ex-prez

4 min read . Updated: 29 Aug 2020

Former U.S. President Barack Obama (via REUTERS)

Biden 'nailed this decision' in picking Harris to be his running mate: Obama

3 min read . Updated: 12 Aug 2020

Former U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a commencement address to students from historically black colleges and universities during the 'Show Me Your Walk HBCU Edition' virtual graduation ceremony amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the U.S. (YOUTUBE / CHASE via REUTERS)

Leaders 'aren't even pretending to be in charge': Obama on Covid-19 response

2 min read . Updated: 17 May 2020

A file photo of former US President Barack Obama. (AFP)

Obama on coronavirus: Skip the masks, stay calm

1 min read . Updated: 05 Mar 2020

Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert and Jeff Reichert pose with the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature for 'American Factory' with presenter Mark Ruffalo in the photo room during the 92nd Academy Awards in Hollywood (REUTERS)

Barack Obama's production debut documentary 'American Factory' wins Oscar

1 min read . Updated: 10 Feb 2020

Barack Obama is the first American president to attend India’s Republic Day celebrations as chief guest and also the first US president to visit India twice. (Photo: HT)

Obama’s Republic Day visit was a diplomatic high point

3 min read . Updated: 19 Dec 2019

Former U.S. President Barack Obama (REUTERS)

Most problems in the world came from old people, mostly men: Barack Obama

3 min read . Updated: 16 Dec 2019

Former US President Barack Obama. (Photo: AP)

Technology has amplified inequality: Obama

1 min read . Updated: 22 Nov 2019

Former US president Barack Obama

Mood: How the Lounge team is feeling this week

2 min read . Updated: 01 Nov 2019

US President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

Donald Trump weighs weakening Obama rules to curb corporate inversions

2 min read . Updated: 09 Oct 2019

Barack and Michelle Obama. (File photo: Wikimedia Commons)

Barack and Michelle Obama make Hollywood movie debut with ‘American Factory’

1 min read . Updated: 22 Aug 2019

A file photo of Barack Obama playing basketball with former NBA basketball player Bruce Bowen during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll at the White House in Washington. (AP)

Barack Obama basketball jersey sells for $120,000

1 min read . Updated: 20 Aug 2019

Author Amitava Kumar.

'I never felt bounded by the immigrant novel,' says Amitava Kumar

5 min read . Updated: 23 Feb 2019

World Bank president Jim Yong Kim. Photo: Bloomberg

World Bank president Jim Yong Kim to resign effective 1 Feb, work on infrastructure

1 min read . Updated: 08 Jan 2019

Donald Trump says US officials to make plea to lawmakers for border wall

3 min read . Updated: 03 Jan 2019

One of Obama’s pet projects was the kitchen garden she helped set-up on the South Lawn of the White House—she used it to spread her message of healthy eating. Photo: Getty Images

Welcome to the ‘Michelle Obama Show’

4 min read . Updated: 21 Dec 2018

In 2009, Barack and Michelle Obama decorated their 18 foot tree at the White House with LED lights that consume less energy than traditional bulbs. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

What if holidays could save the planet?

4 min read . Updated: 18 Nov 2018

Iran says it would break with the sanctions and continue to sell oil abroad. Photo: Reuters (Reuters)

Oil mixed as US imposes Iran sanctions, Tehran defiant

2 min read . Updated: 06 Nov 2018

Donald Trump argued that key pillars of US statecraft—promoting free trade, defending allies around the world, spreading of democracy and human rights—were fool’s errands. Photo: AFP

Opinion | Mistaken criticism of the US’ foreign policy elite

4 min read . Updated: 05 Nov 2018

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