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Biden arrives in Brussels for NATO, EU summits

President Biden touched down in Brussels on Sunday evening ahead of two days of talks with NATO and European Union leaders as part of his first foreign trip as president.

Driving the news: Biden was greeted on the tarmac by Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo and a slate of other officials, including Douglas Jones and Mark Libby, the U.S. Permanent Representatives to NATO and the EU respectively.


  • Biden will meet with NATO leaders on Monday and EU leaders on Tuesday, per Reuters.
  • Also penciled into Biden's schedule Monday is a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

The big picture: Biden's trip to Brussels is intended to "reassure allies that America is indeed back while also encouraging them to invest in their own defense," writes Axios' Dave Lawler.

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People who are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus do not need a booster shot at this time, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a joint statement released Thursday evening.

The big picture: Pfizer is expected to seek authorization from the FDA to administer a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine after releasing initial results of a study that found that an additional shot was five to 10 times more effective at neutralizing the virus.

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President Biden said Monday he supports the Cuban people and their "clarion call for freedom and relief," amid massive protests on the island against the government and food and medicine shortages during the pandemic.

What he's saying: "The Cuban people are bravely asserting fundamental and universal rights. Those rights, including the right of peaceful protest and the right to freely determine their own future, must be respected," the president said in a statement.

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