The Biden administration announced new sanctions (NYT) against Cuba’s defense minister and a group of government security forces in response to alleged…
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Negotiations over fully restoring travel between the European Union and the United States are struggling due to the lack of…
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The conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region has spilled into (BBC) the neighboring region of Afar, displacing more than 54,000 people (Reuters), officials said.…
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The United States and Iraq are preparing to announce a shift in the U.S. mission in Iraq from a combat…
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The United States and Iraq are preparing to announce a shift in the U.S. mission in Iraq from a combat…
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In an interview with the Associated Press, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said the group will not cease combat until Afghan President…
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U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will be in China (SCMP) for two days of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang…
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The Summer Olympic Games officially began (Kyodo) in Japan today, with an opening ceremony in a largely empty stadium underscoring the threat…
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A bipartisan group of state attorneys general reached a preliminary settlement deal (NYT) with Johnson & Johnson and three drug distributors to…
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YouTube said it removed several videos (Reuters) posted by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for spreading misinformation about COVID-19. Last year, both Twitter…
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Environment and energy ministers from Group of Twenty (G20) nations begin two days of talks (AP) in Naples, Italy, today to prepare…
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Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they will collaborate (News24) with South Africa’s Biovac Institute to deliver more than one hundred million…
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani announced that the country opened its first oil terminal (Reuters) in the Gulf of Oman. The terminal will…
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Indian health authorities said a young boy was the first human to die (Bloomberg) in the country from avian influenza, but that…
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A top Chinese health official said Beijing will not accept (SCMP) the World Health Organization’s (WHO) proposal for a second-phase investigation into…
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The United States and Germany reached an agreement (DW) that will end U.S. objections to the near-complete Nord Stream 2 pipeline between…
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Thomas Barrack Jr., a fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, was arrested (NYT) and charged with failing to identify as a foreign…
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Colombian President Ivan Duque presented a revised tax plan (AP) after an initial proposal sparked nationwide anti-government protests in April. The new…
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Authorities in Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus said they will reopen part of a town (Reuters) abandoned since Cyprus was split after a Turkish…
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The United States carried out a drone strike (NYT) against al-Shabab militants in Somalia, its first such strike in the country under…
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