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…
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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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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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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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