The situation in Afghanistan dominated the agenda (AP) during a two-day international conference in Uzbekistan that was originally intended to focus on…
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern convened an informal virtual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) today to discuss…
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China opened the world’s largest carbon-trading market (SCMP) today after originally pledging to do so ahead of the 2015 signing of the…
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Association for the Human Rights of Azerbaijani People in Iran (AHRAZ) has been informed that authorities in Greater Tehran Central…
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More than ninety-three thousand people in the United States died from drug overdoses in 2020, according to preliminary data from…
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Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced that the country will lift import duties (BBC) on food, medicine, and personal hygiene items that travelers…
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The United Kingdom plans to ban civil lawsuits (Guardian) related to the Troubles and move efforts to investigate abuses committed during that…
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French President Emmanuel Macron said the country’s military mission to counter jihadis in Africa’s Sahel region will end (AFP) in the first…
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U.S. Marines land on the beaches of Beirut to quell civil unrest at the request of the Lebanese prime minister. The three-month…
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Lebanese Prime Minister–designate Saad Hariri presented what appears to be his final attempt at a cabinet proposal (Al Jazeera) to President Michel…
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During the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, the foreign ministers of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan called for an end…
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The foreign ministers of China and India met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and discussed efforts…
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet (NYT) with U.S. President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials at the White…
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The number of new COVID-19 cases reported daily in the United States has doubled over the past three weeks (AP), a…
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The U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security are sending personnel to Haiti (White House), including security experts and a police…
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France’s competition authority hit Google with a $593 million fine (BBC) for failing to negotiate deals with news publishers “in good faith”…
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Protests and looting after the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma have escalated into the country’s worst unrest…
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Iran and the permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany sign the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. Iran agrees…
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The United Arab Emirates opened a new embassy (Haaretz) in Tel Aviv, following the inauguration of Israel’s embassy in the UAE last…
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A delegation of prominent Afghan politicians, including High Council for National Reconciliation Chair Abdullah Abdullah and former President Hamid Karzai,…
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