Morocco holds parliamentary elections (AFP, France 24) today, with some 64 percent of voters expected to abstain, according to a recent poll.…
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Authorities in Mumbai announced curbs on processions (TNN) at a major religious festival set to start on Friday. The mayor encouraged people…
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Authorities in Hong Kong arrested four members (Straits Times) of the group that plans annual vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.…
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The Taliban announced a caretaker cabinet (NYT) that includes many hard-line figures who held authority when the group last ruled Afghanistan in…
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Around 8.9 million Americans are expected to see a reduction (AP) in unemployment benefits as two federal pandemic-related programs expire today. The…
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Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will join (MercoPress) rallies of his supporters today in the city of Sao Paulo and the capital of…
Read More »Belarusian activist Maria Kolesnikova received an eleven-year jail sentence (BBC) and lawyer Maxim Znak received a ten-year jail sentence after they took…
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An attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least thirty people (AFP) over the weekend, according to local and UN…
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Israeli security forces launched an operation to recapture (Guardian) six Palestinians who they said escaped from one of the country’s highest-security prisons.…
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Duwa Lashi La, the head of a group of legislators ousted by Myanmar’s military in a February coup, called for a…
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South Korea successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine, Yonhap reported, making it the eighth country to possess (Reuters) submarine-launched ballistic missiles.…
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The soldiers who carried out a coup against Guinean President Alpha Conde on Sunday announced that military officers have assumed political…
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At least four people died and ten were injured (WaPo) in the aftermath of Hurricane Ida, which caused heavy flooding in Louisiana and…
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Panama’s legislature became the first in Central America to approve the legalization of medical cannabis (Reuters). The bill now awaits the…
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The European Union recommended that member nations impose health requirements (NYT), such as quarantining and testing, for unvaccinated visitors from the…
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U.S. climate envoy John Kerry held talks with Japanese officials on emissions pledges (SCMP) in Tokyo today and will travel to Tianjin,…
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Israel’s Ministry of Defense said the country will loan the Palestinian Authority (Al Jazeera) some $155 million following what appeared to be…
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Zambia’s newly inaugurated president, Hakainde Hichilema, replaced the country’s top military and police officials (AFP) as part of an effort to cut…
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The countries’ navies will participate in joint drills (Reuters) in the Caspian Sea in November, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said.
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The final U.S. military forces departed Afghanistan (TOLOnews) yesterday, finalizing a drawdown process that brought a twenty-year war to a close and…
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