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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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