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Biden Tours Hurricane Damage, Warns of ‘Code Red’ on Climate Change

While visiting sites in New York and New Jersey that were hit by Hurricane Ida, U.S. President Joe Biden said…

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Mexican Supreme Court Votes to Decriminalize Abortion

Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional (AP) to regard abortion as a crime. The ruling immediately applies only to the…

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Trial for 2015 Bataclan Attacks Begins in Paris

The trial of participants in the November 2015 terrorist attacks on Paris’s Bataclan theater began today (WaPo) and is set to continue…

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Cape Verde Approves Extradition of Businessman Close to Venezuela’s Maduro

A Cape Verde court ruled that it will not block the extradition (FT) of Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman wanted in the…

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Morocco Holds Elections

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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Mumbai Restricts Religious Festival Amid COVID-19 Concerns

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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Hong Kong Authorities Arrest Activists Linked to Tiananmen Vigil

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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Taliban Announce Caretaker Government With Longtime Leaders in Top Positions 

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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Pandemic Unemployment Benefits Expire

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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Brazil’s Bolsonaro Organizes Rallies for Supporters

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will join (MercoPress) rallies of his supporters today in the city of Sao Paulo and the capital of…

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Belarus Jails Two Opposition Figures

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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Attack in DRC Kills Thirty People

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 Forces Search for Palestinian Prison Escapees

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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Ousted Myanmar Politicians Call for ‘People’s Defensive War’ Against Junta

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 Test-Fires Ballistic Missile From Submarine

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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Guinean Military Consolidates Power in Wake of Coup

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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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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