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A fire at an offshore oil platform owned by Mexican state oil company Pemex killed at least five people (BBC) and injured…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held a summit (Politico) with envoys from more than forty countries to call for the reclamation of Russia-annexed…

Washington Sanctions Eritrean Commander Over Tigray Actions The U.S. Treasury Department imposed sanctions (Reuters) on Filipos Woldeyohannes, the chief of staff of…

While giving a speech during her visit to Singapore, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said (SCMP) Washington seeks to strengthen the global…

CIA Director William Burns met with the Taliban’s top political leader, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, in Kabul yesterday, the Washington Post reports, as…

Tropical Storm Henri, which made landfall in Rhode Island yesterday, unleashed heavy rains (AP) in areas of Connecticut, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania,…

At least eight people died (BBC) after Hurricane Grace caused torrential rain and flooding in eastern Mexico. The hurricane made landfall in…

In a visit to Kyiv, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that Germany could impose sanctions (Reuters) on Moscow…

Chad will recall six hundred troops (AFP) who are deployed in the Sahel region as part of a multinational force against insurgents,…

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…

The United States and Singapore announced new partnerships (SCMP) on climate financing, cybersecurity, and public health during a visit to Singapore by…

The Federal Trade Commission resubmitted a lawsuit (NYT) claiming Facebook violated monopoly laws after the judge overseeing the case dismissed it for…

Workers at a General Motors (GM) truck plant in Mexico voted to cancel their current union contract (Reuters) in a vote spurred…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Moscow today (AP) as Merkel nears the end of her sixteen-year…

Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok is in the South Sudanese capital of Juba (VOA) today for talks aimed at shoring up a…

The forces of five Warsaw Pact countries—Bulgaria, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, and the Soviet Union—invade Czechoslovakia in response to the Prague…

Last year’s death toll for Rohingya refugees attempting to depart Bangladesh and Myanmar by sea was eight times higher (Al Jazeera) than…

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris departs today (Straits Times) for Singapore and Vietnam for a trip that will stress the importance of…

The government that took office after former President Evo Morales fled Bolivia in 2019 engaged in systematic torture and summary executions…

Slovenia, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, said after a consultation with the bloc that Belarus is permitting…