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Taiwan will open its first trade office (Bloomberg) in Europe under the name “Taiwan” rather than “Taipei,” as its other European diplomatic…

The Joe Biden administration transferred Abdul Latif Nasser (NYT), a man detained at Guantanamo Bay who was recommended for discharge in…

A group of international diplomats—including representatives from the United States, the Organization of American States, and the United Nations—have urged Haitian…

More than one hundred thousand people protested across France (AP) on Saturday to denounce new restrictions aimed at controlling rising COVID-19 infections…

Former South African President Jacob Zuma testified virtually (Al Jazeera) in his long-running corruption trial for the first time since his imprisonment…

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allied producer nations, collectively known as OPEC+, agreed to increase output (NYT) beginning…

South Korean President Moon Jae-in canceled plans to visit Tokyo (Yonhap) for the opening ceremony of the Olympics. The trip would have…

The first monthly payments of an expanded child tax credit that was included in the country’s COVID-19 recovery package have…

A nine-year study of four sites in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest found that those areas emitted more carbon (CNN) than they absorbed, apparently…

Despite warnings issued (Politico) by the European Flood Awareness System, extreme flooding caused by record rainfall (BBC) in Belgium and Germany has killed more…

The China-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) approved a $100 million loan (Reuters) to Rwanda to finance COVID-19 recovery measures. The World…

The situation in Afghanistan dominated the agenda (AP) during a two-day international conference in Uzbekistan that was originally intended to focus on…

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern convened an informal virtual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) today to discuss…

China opened the world’s largest carbon-trading market (SCMP) today after originally pledging to do so ahead of the 2015 signing of the…

More than ninety-three thousand people in the United States died from drug overdoses in 2020, according to preliminary data from…

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced that the country will lift import duties (BBC) on food, medicine, and personal hygiene items that travelers…

The United Kingdom plans to ban civil lawsuits (Guardian) related to the Troubles and move efforts to investigate abuses committed during that…

French President Emmanuel Macron said the country’s military mission to counter jihadis in Africa’s Sahel region will end (AFP) in the first…

U.S. Marines land on the beaches of Beirut to quell civil unrest at the request of the Lebanese prime minister. The three-month…

During the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, the foreign ministers of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan called for an end…