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.
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Thursday warned President Vladimir Putin of Russia in a phone conversation that the United States and its allies and partners will “respond decisively if Russia further invades Ukraine.”