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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…

The United States and Iraq are preparing to announce a shift in the U.S. mission in Iraq from a combat…

In an interview with the Associated Press, Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen said the group will not cease combat until Afghan President…

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will be in China (SCMP) for two days of talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang…

The Summer Olympic Games officially began (Kyodo) in Japan today, with an opening ceremony in a largely empty stadium underscoring the threat…

YouTube said it removed several videos (Reuters) posted by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro for spreading misinformation about COVID-19. Last year, both Twitter…

Environment and energy ministers from Group of Twenty (G20) nations begin two days of talks (AP) in Naples, Italy, today to prepare…

Drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech announced that they will collaborate (News24) with South Africa’s Biovac Institute to deliver more than one hundred million…

Indian health authorities said a young boy was the first human to die (Bloomberg) in the country from avian influenza, but that…

A top Chinese health official said Beijing will not accept (SCMP) the World Health Organization’s (WHO) proposal for a second-phase investigation into…

The United States and Germany reached an agreement (DW) that will end U.S. objections to the near-complete Nord Stream 2 pipeline between…

Thomas Barrack Jr., a fundraiser for former President Donald Trump, was arrested (NYT) and charged with failing to identify as a foreign…

Colombian President Ivan Duque presented a revised tax plan (AP) after an initial proposal sparked nationwide anti-government protests in April. The new…

The United States carried out a drone strike (NYT) against al-Shabab militants in Somalia, its first such strike in the country under…

Carbon dioxide emissions will rise to a record high in 2023 and continue rising afterward (FT) if countries implement their COVID-19 recovery…

A federal judge sentenced Paul Allard Hodgkins (WaPo) to eight months in prison for obstructing a Congressional session on January 6, when…

Peru’s election authority announced that former union leader Pedro Castillo won the country’s June presidential election (BBC) after a weeks-long impasse in…

At least 430 migrants crossed the English Channel (BBC) to the United Kingdom yesterday, the most ever reported in a single day.…

Two men, including one with a knife, attacked interim President Assimi Goita (AFP, Reuters) at a mosque in Mali’s capital, Bamako, an official…

After the February coup halted Myanmar’s economic recovery, 1.2 million people lost their jobs (Bloomberg) in the year’s second quarter, the International…