While giving a speech during her visit to Singapore, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said (SCMP) Washington seeks to strengthen the global…
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CIA Director William Burns met with the Taliban’s top political leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Kabul yesterday, the Washington Post reports, as…
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Tropical Storm Henri, which made landfall in Rhode Island yesterday, unleashed heavy rains (AP) in areas of Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania,…
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At least eight people died (BBC) after Hurricane Grace caused torrential rain and flooding in eastern Mexico. The hurricane made landfall in…
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In a visit to Kyiv, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Germany could impose sanctions (Reuters) on Moscow…
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Chad will recall six hundred troops (AFP) who are deployed in the Sahel region as part of a multinational force against insurgents,…
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Amid droughts across Iraq and Syria, more than twelve million people are losing access (Al Jazeera) to water, food, and electricity, aid…
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India’s drug regulator approved a three-dose, DNA-based COVID-19 vaccine (BBC) made by Zydus Cadila for emergency use. The first such vaccine approved…
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The United States and Singapore announced new partnerships (SCMP) on climate financing, cybersecurity, and public health during a visit to Singapore by…
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Five hundred tons of medical supplies due to be delivered to Afghanistan this week have been held up (WaPo) by the Kabul…
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The Federal Trade Commission resubmitted a lawsuit (NYT) claiming Facebook violated monopoly laws after the judge overseeing the case dismissed it for…
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Workers at a General Motors (GM) truck plant in Mexico voted to cancel their current union contract (Reuters) in a vote spurred…
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow today (AP) as Merkel nears the end of her sixteen-year…
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Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is in the South Sudanese capital of Juba (VOA) today for talks aimed at shoring up a…
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The forces of five Warsaw Pact countries—Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and the Soviet Union—invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague…
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Israel, Qatar, and the United Nations reached an agreement (Haaretz) that will allow funds for the Gaza Strip to be transferred through…
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Last year’s death toll for Rohingya refugees attempting to depart Bangladesh and Myanmar by sea was eight times higher (Al Jazeera) than…
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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris departs today (Straits Times) for Singapore and Vietnam for a trip that will stress the importance of…
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More than eighteen thousand people have been evacuated (Reuters) from Afghanistan since the Taliban took over Kabul, according to a North Atlantic…
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The government that took office after former President Evo Morales fled Bolivia in 2019 engaged in systematic torture and summary executions…
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