New Zealand will enter a three-day national lockdown (ABC) after a man in the city of Auckland tested positive for COVID-19. The…
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Rainfall from Tropical Storm Grace has hampered relief efforts in Haiti (NYT) after an earthquake struck over the weekend. The earthquake killed…
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In the first signals of what Taliban rule in Afghanistan could look like in the twenty-first century, a member of…
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Due to record-low water levels at Lake Mead, U.S. officials are expected to announce a water shortage, which will trigger…
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A weekly poll found that support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of Germany party fell for the second consecutive…
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Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema won Zambia’s presidential election (News24), receiving about one million more votes than incumbent President Edgar Lungu. Lungu…
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Following the Zurich and London Agreements between Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, Cyprus gains independence from the UK. In 1961, it…
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At least twenty-eight people died (FT) in Lebanon’s northern Akkar region after a fuel tank exploded during military-led fuel-distribution efforts, authorities said.…
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In a speech marking India’s independence day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the federal government plans to invest $1.35 trillion (Indian…
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Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced his resignation (Straits Times) after months of political turmoil, but he will stay on as interim…
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At least 1,297 people died (WSJ) after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti on Saturday. The earthquake’s epicenter was seventy-eight miles from the…
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President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan (Economist) yesterday as Taliban leaders broadcast a victory message from the presidential palace in Kabul. Ghani’s departure…
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Since last month, angry and frustrated Ahwazi Arabs of Iran have been protesting deliberate water shortage, deteriorating living conditions, and…
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Race and ethnicity data from the 2020 census show that the share of the country that identifies as non-Hispanic white decreased…
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Negotiators representing President Nicolas Maduro and the opposition begin talks (AFP) in Mexico today. Maduro has called for international sanctions to be…
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Turkish Police Arrest Dozens for Attacks on Syrians Authorities in the capital of Ankara said they arrested seventy-six people (Euronews) in connection…
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The United States is sending its envoy (AFP) for the Horn of Africa, Jeffrey Feltman, to Ethiopia to press for an end…
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Berliners wake up to find barriers separating the eastern and western sectors of the city. East German soldiers under Soviet…
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The UN special envoy for Syria called for an end (Al-Monitor) to the “near siege-like situation” in the Daraa al-Balad district, where…
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Hong Kong’s population fell by 1.2 percent (SCMP) over the past year, furthering the reversal of a growth trend from 2003 to…
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