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May 29, 2020 at 12:44 PM

North Korean Money Laundering | U.S. Protests | Russia, OPEC Talks

Daily News Brief May 29, 2020 Top of the Agenda U.S. Alleges Money Laundering Scheme Aiding North Korean Nuclear Program Washington has charged twenty-eight North Koreans and five Chinese citi…

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May 28, 2020 at 12:50 PM

Hong Kong Tensions | China-India Border Spat | Huawei Executive’s Extradition Trial

Daily News Brief May 28, 2020 Top of the Agenda China Moves Forward With Hong Kong National Security Law China’s top legislature endorsed a resolution advancing a new national security law (SC…

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May 27, 2020 at 12:59 PM

Hong Kong Protests | U.S. Plans to Exit Afghanistan | EU Proposes Massive Stimulus

Daily News Brief May 27, 2020 Top of the Agenda Hundreds Arrested in Hong Kong As Legislature Debates Anthem Bill Police fired pepper balls and arrested nearly three hundred protesters (SCMP) …

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May 26, 2020 at 12:56 PM

Taliban Prisoners Released | Netanyahu’s Trial | Trump Bans Travel From Brazil

Daily News Brief May 26, 2020 Top of the Agenda Afghan Government to Release Taliban Prisoners Amid Cease-Fire The Afghan government plans to free nine hundred Taliban prisoners (AFP) today am…

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May 22, 2020 at 12:55 PM

China Moves on Hong Kong | Turkey Warns Libya’s Haftar | Argentina Nears Default

Daily News Brief May 22, 2020 Editor’s note: There will be no Daily Brief on Monday, May 25, for Memorial Day. Top of the Agenda China Moves to Crack Down on Hong …

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May 21, 2020 at 12:40 PM

Grim COVID-19 Milestone | Cyclone Amphan | Violence in South Sudan

Daily News Brief May 21, 2020 Top of the Agenda Coronavirus Cases Top Five Million Worldwide The world’s number of confirmed coronavirus cases now exceeds five million (Reuters), with the larg…

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May 20, 2020 at 12:55 PM

Abbas Says All Deals Off | U.S. Envoy in Afghanistan | Brazil Sees Record Virus Deaths

Daily News Brief May 20, 2020 Top of the Agenda Palestinian Leader Declares Agreements With Israel, U.S. Void In response to the Israeli government’s intent to annex parts of the West Bank, Pa…

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May 19, 2020 at 12:38 PM

Trump Threatens WHO Funding | Israeli Convicted of Murder | French-German Recovery Plan

Daily News Brief May 19, 2020 Top of the Agenda Trump Threatens to End WHO Funding, Withdraw U.S. President Donald J. Trump threatened to permanently end U.S. funding to the World Health Organ…

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May 18, 2020 at 12:53 PM

Afghan Power-Sharing Deal | New Israeli Government | Elections Continue in Africa

Daily News Brief May 18, 2020 Top of the Agenda Power-Sharing Deal Spurs Hopes for Intra-Afghan Peace Talks Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his political rival Abdullah Abdullah signed a pow…

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May 15, 2020 at 12:58 PM

G20 Pledge to Avoid Trade Barriers | Report on Hong Kong Police | West Bank Violence

Daily News Brief May 15, 2020 Top of the Agenda G20 Trade Ministers Pledge to Avoid ‘Unnecessary’ Trade Barriers Trade and investment ministers for the Group of Twenty (G20) held a virtual mee…

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May 14, 2020 at 12:44 PM

WHO: Virus May Never Disappear | Facebook Apologizes | Pompeo in Israel

Daily News Brief May 14, 2020 Top of the Agenda WHO: Coronavirus ‘May Never Go Away’ The coronavirus may never be completely eradicated (CNN) and could instead join the group of viruses that a…

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May 13, 2020 at 1:30 PM

New From Richard Haass, "The World: A Brief Introduction"

An essential primer at a critical moment from the President of CFR. Out Now From Richard Haass President of the Council on Foreign Relations The World:A Brief Introduction Little stays local for long. In a time when many of our biggest challenges—pa…

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May 13, 2020 at 12:57 PM

Kabul Resumes ‘Offensive’ Against Taliban | India’s New Stimulus | Lesotho PM to Depart

Daily News Brief May 13, 2020 Top of the Agenda Afghan Government Resumes ‘Offensive’ Against Taliban Afghan President Ashraf Ghani announced that the country’s military will move from “active…

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May 12, 2020 at 12:46 PM

Russia Eases Lockdown | Attack on Kabul Hospital | UN Warning on AIDS Deaths

Daily News Brief May 12, 2020 Top of the Agenda Russia Eases Federal Virus Lockdown As Cases Rise Russian President Vladimir Putin ended a nationwide order for business closures, delegating co…

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May 11, 2020 at 12:57 PM

Hong Kong Protests | India Scrutinizes Chinese Investment | Coronavirus in the White House

Daily News Brief May 11, 2020 Top of the Agenda Hong Kong Arrests Over Two Hundred at Fresh Pro-democracy Protests Hong Kong authorities said they arrested (Reuters) 230 people at protests acr…

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May 8, 2020 at 12:45 PM

UN’s Guterres Slams Hate Speech | Pushback to CDC on Reopening | Turkish Lira’s Troubles

Daily News Brief May 08, 2020 Top of the Agenda UN Chief Calls for End to Pandemic’s ‘Tsunami of Hate’ UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a global effort to end hate speech (AP) …

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May 7, 2020 at 12:43 PM

Iraq’s New Prime Minister | India Kills Top Kashmiri Separatist | Netanyahu Cleared to Govern

Daily News Brief May 07, 2020 Top of the Agenda Iraq Approves New Government After Six-Month Vacuum Iraq’s parliament approved (Al-Monitor) most of the ministers proposed by former intelligenc…

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May 6, 2020 at 12:42 PM

U.S. Virus Task Force to Disband | EU-Balkan Summit | India’s Repatriation Push

Daily News Brief May 06, 2020 Top of the Agenda White House Virus Task Force to Disband As Virus Spreads The Donald J. Trump administration’s task force on the coronavirus will likely disband …

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May 5, 2020 at 12:45 PM

U.S. Warships in Arctic | Colombian Surveillance With U.S. Tools | Iran’s Currency

Daily News Brief May 05, 2020 Top of the Agenda U.S. Navy Ships Begin New Arctic Patrol  U.S. Navy warships entered the Barents Sea (CNN) off Russia’s Arctic coast for the first time in three …

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May 4, 2020 at 12:41 PM

Gunshots in Korean DMZ | EU-Led Push to Fund Vaccine | Venezuela Incursion Claims

Daily News Brief May 04, 2020 Top of the Agenda South Korea Protests North Korean Gunfire in DMZ Seoul said Pyongyang has yet to respond (Yonhap) to its call for an explanation of four bullets…

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May 1, 2020 at 12:44 PM

Global Emissions Plummet | U.S. Labor Strikes | Sudan Bans Female Genital Mutilation

Daily News Brief May 01, 2020 Top of the Agenda Carbon Emissions Expected to Fall 8 Percent This Year Global greenhouse gas emissions are projected to plummet nearly 8 percent (WaPo) this year…

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April 30, 2020 at 12:42 PM

Promising U.S. Drug Trial for Virus | Libya Cease-Fire | Norway Cuts Oil Output

Daily News Brief April 30, 2020 Top of the Agenda U.S. Announces Promising Results in Trial of Coronavirus Drug U.S. regulators are exploring emergency approval (WSJ) for the use of antiviral …

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April 29, 2020 at 12:54 PM

Dozens Killed in Syrian Market | Mexico-EU Trade Deal | Mozambique Targets Insurgents

Daily News Brief April 29, 2020 Top of the Agenda Bomb in Northern Syrian Market Kills Dozens A truck bomb (AFP) in a northern Syrian city controlled by Turkey-backed rebel forces killed at le…

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April 28, 2020 at 12:42 PM

Protests Across Lebanon | New Zealand Reopening | U.S. Mea Culpa for Somali Civilian Deaths

Daily News Brief April 28, 2020 Top of the Agenda Economic Woes Ignite Protests Across Lebanon Lebanese protesters clashed with security forces and set fire to banks in Tripoli during one of m…

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April 27, 2020 at 12:50 PM

Yemen’s War Within a War | Hong Kong Protest | Afghan Civilian Deaths

Daily News Brief April 27, 2020 Top of the Agenda Yemeni Separatists Break With Saudi-Led Coalition Yemen’s Emirati-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) separatist group broke an allianc…

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April 24, 2020 at 12:51 PM

50,000 Americans Killed by Virus | Yemen Cease-Fire | Former Georgian President in Ukraine

Daily News Brief April 24, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 23, 2020 at 12:44 PM

Landmark Trial of Syrian Officers | Venezuelan Back Channel | U.S. Vaccine Official Ousted

Daily News Brief April 23, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 22, 2020 at 12:41 PM

UN Warns of ‘Biblical’ Famines | Europe Debates Virus App | New U.S. Relief Deal

Daily News Brief April 22, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 21, 2020 at 12:42 PM

Israeli Power-Sharing Deal | Negative U.S. Oil Futures | Kim Jong-un’s Health

Daily News Brief April 21, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 20, 2020 at 12:48 PM

Hong Kong Arrests Activists | Canadian Mass Shooting | Mali Legislative Election

Daily News Brief April 20, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 17, 2020 at 12:46 PM

China's Historic Contraction | Proposal on Asylum in Europe | Brazil's Health Minister Fired

Daily News Brief April 17, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 16, 2020 at 12:51 PM

EU Roadmap on Reopening | North Korean Hacking | U.S. Industrial, Retail Activity Declines

Daily News Brief April 16, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 15, 2020 at 12:47 PM

U.S. Cuts WHO Funding | South Korean Election | IMF Projects Global Downturn

Daily News Brief April 15, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 14, 2020 at 12:44 PM

Libya’s War Escalates | IMF Pauses Some Debt Collection | New African Locust Wave

Daily News Brief April 14, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 13, 2020 at 12:41 PM

Deal to End Oil Price War | Ebola Persists in DRC | Pyongyang Leadership Reshuffle

Daily News Brief April 13, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 10, 2020 at 12:43 PM

EU Rescue Pact | Draft Deal on Oil Output | 6.6 Million More Americans Jobless

Daily News Brief April 10, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 9, 2020 at 12:46 PM

Oil Producers Talk Possible Truce | Yemen Cease-Fire | Sanders Ends Campaign

Daily News Brief April 09, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 8, 2020 at 12:47 PM

1,900 U.S. Virus Deaths in a Day | Ecuador’s Correa Convicted | Top EU Scientist Resigns

Daily News Brief April 08, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 7, 2020 at 12:47 PM

Wisconsin Votes | Boris Johnson in ICU | Taliban Halts Prisoner Swap Talks

Daily News Brief April 07, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 6, 2020 at 12:44 PM

Latin American Appeals to IMF | Rwandan Mass Grave | U.S. Military Funding in Pacific

Daily News Brief April 06, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 3, 2020 at 12:36 PM

Oil Execs at White House | EU Ruling on Refugees | Afghan Prisoner Swap

Daily News Brief April 03, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 2, 2020 at 12:46 PM

Climate Talks Delayed | U.S. Ups Military in Caribbean | Riyadh Boosts Oil Output

Daily News Brief April 02, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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April 1, 2020 at 12:50 PM

UN: Unite to Prevent Mass Unrest | U.S. Plan for Venezuela Transition | Trade Channel to Iran

Daily News Brief April 01, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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March 31, 2020 at 12:50 PM

Nigeria’s Lockdown | Colombian Rebels’ Cease-Fire | French Domestic Violence Measures

Daily News Brief March 31, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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March 30, 2020 at 12:45 PM

Medical Supplies Airlifted to U.S. | Islamic State Prison Escape | U.S. Cuts Yemen Aid

Daily News Brief March 30, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here. ​ …

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March 27, 2020 at 12:48 PM

U.S. Becomes Virus Epicenter | U.S. Indicts Maduro | Gantz-Netanyahu Deal?

Daily News Brief March 27, 2020 Editor’s note: CFR is fully operational. Due to the pandemic, all in-person events are suspended. Find all of CFR’s coronavirus-related resources here.  …

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March 26, 2020 at 12:46 PM

Virtual G20 Summit | Kosovo Government Collapses | Somalian Debt Relief

Daily News Brief March 26, 2020 Editor’s note: Due to the evolving coronavirus pandemic, CFR has suspended all in-person events. CFR anticipates convening a number of discussions online and/or via telecon…

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March 25, 2020 at 12:44 PM

$2 Trillion U.S. Relief Deal | Boko Haram Ambushes | India’s Lockdown

Daily News Brief March 25, 2020 Editor’s note: Due to the evolving coronavirus pandemic, CFR has suspended all in-person events. CFR anticipates convening a number of discussions online and/or via telecon…

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March 24, 2020 at 12:48 PM

U.S. Cuts Afghan Aid | Olympics Postponed | Fed’s ‘Aggressive’ Intervention

Daily News Brief March 24, 2020 Editor’s note: Due to the evolving coronavirus pandemic, CFR has suspended all in-person events. CFR anticipates convening a number of discussions online and/or via telecon…

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March 23, 2020 at 12:58 PM

New Coronavirus Lockdowns | Taliban Video Call | Colombia Prison Riots

Daily News Brief March 23, 2020 Editor’s note: Due to the evolving coronavirus pandemic, CFR has suspended all in-person events. CFR anticipates convening a number of discussions online and/or via telecon…

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