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While visiting sites in New York and New Jersey that were hit by Hurricane Ida, U.S. President Joe Biden said…

Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional (AP) to regard abortion as a crime. The ruling immediately applies only to the…

The trial of participants in the November 2015 terrorist attacks on Paris’s Bataclan theater began today (WaPo) and is set to continue…

A Cape Verde court ruled that it will not block the extradition (FT) of Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman wanted in the…

Morocco holds parliamentary elections (AFP, France 24) today, with some 64 percent of voters expected to abstain, according to a recent poll.…

Authorities in Mumbai announced curbs on processions (TNN) at a major religious festival set to start on Friday. The mayor encouraged people…

Authorities in Hong Kong arrested four members (Straits Times) of the group that plans annual vigils marking the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.…

Around 8.9 million Americans are expected to see a reduction (AP) in unemployment benefits as two federal pandemic-related programs expire today. The…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will join (MercoPress) rallies of his supporters today in the city of Sao Paulo and the capital of…

Belarusian activist Maria Kolesnikova received an eleven-year jail sentence (BBC) and lawyer Maxim Znak received a ten-year jail sentence after they took…

An attack in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least thirty people (AFP) over the weekend, according to local and UN…

Duwa Lashi La, the head of a group of legislators ousted by Myanmar’s military in a February coup, called for a…

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.…

The soldiers who carried out a coup against Guinean President Alpha Conde on Sunday announced that military officers have assumed political…

  Former Danish Immigration Minister Inger Stoejberg’s trial begins today (BBC) over accusations that she unlawfully ordered the separation of couples seeking…

  The New Development Bank—launched in 2015 by the BRICS bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—announced it…

  Italian energy company Eni said it discovered an oil deposit (AFP, Reuters) off the shore of the Ivory Coast that could…

The Taliban said they will soon announce (TOLOnews) the formation of a new government in Afghanistan. A member of the group said…

South Korea is developing a surface-to-surface ballistic missile that is designed to destroy underground missile facilities and could be operational…

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told top U.S. climate diplomat John Kerry that poor U.S.-China relations could hinder cooperation on climate…