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An independent investigation found that the World Health Organization (WHO) employed twenty-one of the eighty-three aid workers who allegedly committed sexual…

Myanmar’s currency has lost more than 60 percent of its value (Reuters) since the beginning of September, and the World Bank predicts…

Thirty-five percent of infrastructure projects financed through China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) struggle with corruption (Reuters), labor violations, environmental pollution,…

Fumio Kishida, a former foreign minister favored by leaders in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), won a tight election (Kyodo) to…

The Federal Reserve is expected to signal (WSJ) how soon it could slow the bond-purchasing program meant to cushion the pandemic shock.

As part of a World Health Organization program, two research centers in Argentina and Brazil will develop and manufacture mRNA…

London is weighing the possibility (FT) of joining the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) after Washington signaled that a bilateral trade deal, which British…

The country solicited a new credit arrangement (Bloomberg) from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to replace one that recently expired. Last week,…

The request raises tensions (Reuters) with an envoy in New York City who represents the Afghan government that the Taliban ousted last…

The plan could include adding twenty to thirty staff members in Washington and at embassies around the world to monitor…

U.S. President Joe Biden will meet (NYT) with foreign leaders and representatives of drug companies in a virtual summit today that aims…

The shift will mark an end to pandemic travel bans (Politico) by the United States that have caused tensions with international allies.…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party will win around the same number of seats it held before the elections,…

Moscow rejected the ruling (AFP) by the European Court of Human Rights about the killing of former government agent Alexander Litvinenko. France: In…

State media said the coup’s plotters were linked (BBC) to former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in 2019. Nigeria: Authorities said…

The Taliban announced new deputy members (TOLOnews) to their interim cabinet that include representatives of the Hazara ethnic minority but not women (Al…

From 2016 to 2020, technology-related foreign direct investment (FDI) between the United States and China fell 96 percent (SCMP), according to…

Speeches by world leaders kick off today (NYT) at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City, though several addresses will…

The United States has flown hundreds of Haitian migrants who were camping in a Texas border town back to Haiti (BBC).…

Today is the last day for Canadians to vote (FT) in snap elections triggered by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Polls show Trudeau’s…