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U.S. President Joe Biden called British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Reuters) to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, Biden’s first discussion of the…

South African activists called for full disclosure (AP) of the government’s contracts with U.S. drug company Johnson & Johnson after the New York…

In an attempted coup d’état against Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev, party officials who oppose his reforms and new union treaty place…

During an economic leadership meeting of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Chinese President Xi Jinping called on wealthy citizens (SCMP) to “give…

Haitian authorities said the confirmed death toll from Saturday’s earthquake has risen (Miami Herald) to 1,941 people. Relief workers reported being under-equipped…

The rate of U.S. adults aged 30–39 who are being hospitalized with COVID-19 reached around 2.5 per 100,000 people (WSJ) last week,…

Poland recalled its ambassador to Israel (AP) two days after Israel downgraded diplomatic ties with the country over a new law that…

Authorities in the Ivory Coast are vaccinating (AFP) health workers as well as the contacts and relatives of a Guinean woman who…

India introduced an emergency e-visa (Indian Express) for Afghans who wish to enter the country, an Indian federal official announced. Those who…

New Zealand will enter a three-day national lockdown (ABC) after a man in the city of Auckland tested positive for COVID-19. The…

Rainfall from Tropical Storm Grace has hampered relief efforts in Haiti (NYT) after an earthquake struck over the weekend. The earthquake killed…

In the first signals of what Taliban rule in Afghanistan could look like in the twenty-first century, a member of…

Due to record-low water levels at Lake Mead, U.S. officials are expected to announce a water shortage, which will trigger…

A weekly poll found that support for Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union of Germany party fell for the second consecutive…

Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema won Zambia’s presidential election (News24), receiving about one million more votes than incumbent President Edgar Lungu. Lungu…

Following the Zurich and London Agreements between Greece, Turkey, and the United Kingdom, Cyprus gains independence from the UK. In 1961, it…

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.…

In a speech marking India’s independence day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the federal government plans to invest $1.35 trillion (Indian…

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced his resignation (Straits Times) after months of political turmoil, but he will stay on as interim…

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…