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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…

The foreign ministers of China and India met on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit and discussed efforts…

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to meet (NYT) with U.S. President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials at the White…

The number of new COVID-19 cases reported daily in the United States has doubled over the past three weeks (AP), a…

The U.S. Departments of State and Homeland Security are sending personnel to Haiti (White House), including security experts and a police…

France’s competition authority hit Google with a $593 million fine (BBC) for failing to negotiate deals with news publishers “in good faith”…

Protests and looting after the jailing of former South African President Jacob Zuma have escalated into the country’s worst unrest…

European Union leaders will today introduce thirteen proposed rules (FT) that would help the bloc reach its existing climate goal of limiting…

Democratic lawmakers fled Texas (NYT) in an attempt to block the passage of new restrictions on voting rights proposed by the state…

The United States is revoking travel visas (AP) for one hundred lawmakers, judges, and prosecutors who helped the current Nicaraguan government. The…

Bulgaria’s antiestablishment There is Such a People party, which is led by former pop star Slavi Trifonov and has been…

Ethiopia: Thousands of people from the war-torn region of Tigray who now live in cities across Ethiopia are being detained, the Associated…

The European Union established a military mission (AFP) to train Mozambican forces in their battle against jihadis in the country’s north. A…

Nepal’s Supreme Court ruled that a recent dissolution of the country’s lower house of Parliament was unconstitutional and that the…

In its annual defense report, Japan for the first time stated (Bloomberg) that “the stability of the situation around Taiwan is important”…