Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. has embarked on his first official trip to the west coast as President amid a worsening climate crisis the American leader has said should be tackled head-on.