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Biden Administration Removes Trump Appointees in Military Academies

The Joe Biden administration sent letters (AP) to several high-profile former officials from the Donald Trump administration who had been named to…

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Uruguay Moves Toward Free Trade Deal With China

Uruguay has begun talks with China (MercoPress) on solidifying a free trade deal, despite objections from other members of South America’s Southern…

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Russia’s Putin Meets With Belarus’s Lukashenko

The two presidents will meet in Moscow today (RFE/RL). Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been increasingly isolated internationally following his crackdown…

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West African Bloc Suspends Guinea After Coup

At an emergency virtual summit, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders moved to suspend Guinea (AFP) and called for the…

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Denmark Holds Rare Impeachment Trial Over Immigration Measures

  Former Danish Immigration Minister Inger Stoejberg’s trial begins today (BBC) over accusations that she unlawfully ordered the separation of couples seeking…

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Bangladesh, UAE, Uruguay Join BRICS Development Bank

  The New Development Bank—launched in 2015 by the BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—announced it…

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Italian Energy Firm Announces Oil Discovery Off Ivory Coast

  Italian energy company Eni said it discovered an oil deposit (AFP, Reuters) off the shore of the Ivory Coast that could…

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Israel Objects to U.S. Reopening Consulate for Palestinian Affairs

  Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said that reopening a U.S. consulate in Jerusalem for Palestinian affairs is a “bad idea”…

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Taliban Set to Announce New Government

The Taliban said they will soon announce (TOLOnews) the formation of a new government in Afghanistan. A member of the group said…

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Report: South Korea Developing New Ballistic Missile

South Korea is developing a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that is designed to destroy underground missile facilities and could be operational…

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Beijing Tells Washington That Climate Action Is Inseparable From Broader Relations

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told top U.S. climate diplomat John Kerry that poor U.S.-China relations could hinder cooperation on climate…

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Arab people in southwestern Iran have been suffering from water shortages and sandstorms for more than a decade

Honorable President of the People’s Republic of China   Your excellency President Xi,   Arab people in southwestern Iran have…

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Venezuelan Opposition Parties End Election Boycott

Venezuelan opposition parties announced that they will participate (AP) in November’s regional and municipal elections, ending a boycott on recent votes. The…

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New Test Finds No Evidence of Ebola in Ivory Coast Patient

New laboratory testing found no evidence (Reuters) of Ebola in an eighteen-year-old woman in the Ivory Coast who was thought to be…

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Drone Strike From Yemen Wounds Eight at Saudi Airport

The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen’s civil war said that a drone attack from Yemen wounded eight people (Al Jazeera) at Saudi…

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UN Commits to Staying in Afghanistan, Warns of Humanitarian Crisis

The United Nations announced that its humanitarian operations in Afghanistan will continue (UN News). Some eighteen million people, almost half of…

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Chinese Ride-Hailing Firm DiDi Creates Union

Chinese ride-hailing company DiDi Global Inc. is helping its workers unionize (Bloomberg), a move that other tech firms could follow as…

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Biden Calls Afghanistan Evacuation a Success

In a speech about the end to the U.S. war in Afghanistan, Biden called the evacuation of Kabul an “extraordinary…

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U.S. Security Support for Ukraine in Focus as Zelensky Meets With Biden

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with U.S. President Joe Biden (AFP) today at the White House, where Zelensky is expected to…

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Health and life

WHO Launches Latin American Platform for Vaccine Production

The WHO’s regional body for Latin America and the Caribbean announced it will launch a platform (PAHO) to boost regional efforts to…

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