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 company Eni said it discovered an oil deposit (AFP, Reuters) off the shore of the Ivory Coast that could…
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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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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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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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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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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 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 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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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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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 company DiDi Global Inc. is helping its workers unionize (Bloomberg), a move that other tech firms could follow as…
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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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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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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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