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January 15, 2021 at 2:00 PM

2020 Breaks Heat Records | North Korea’s Military Parade | Russia Exits Open Skies Treaty

Daily News Brief January 15, 2021 Editor’s Note: There will be no Daily Brief on Monday, January 18, for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Top of the Agenda 2020 Was One of the Hotte…

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January 14, 2021 at 1:59 PM

Trump Impeached | WHO Team Arrives in Wuhan | Uganda Elections

Daily News Brief January 14, 2021 Top of the Agenda Trump Becomes First U.S. President to Be Impeached Twice The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald J. Trump for a second time over hi…

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January 13, 2021 at 1:58 PM

House Plans to Vote on Impeaching Trump | Chinese COVID-19 Vaccine | Italy Opens Mafia Trial

Daily News Brief January 13, 2021 Top of the Agenda House Poised to Impeach Trump for a Second Time The House of Representatives will vote today on whether to impeach President Donald J. Trump over the cha…

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January 12, 2021 at 5:00 PM

The Headlines, Explained: CFR's New Backgrounders

Get the background on the most important world events     Go Beyond the Headlines January 12, 2021 Dear readers, We know you’re busy. We know you want to stay informed. We know you want to get to the facts that matter and keep moving. …

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January 12, 2021 at 1:42 PM

Herd Immunity Unlikely in 2021 | India Farm Laws on Hold | Cuba Redesignated a Terrorism Sponsor

Daily News Brief January 12, 2021 Top of the Agenda WHO Scientist: COVID-19 Herd Immunity Unlikely in 2021 The chief scientist for the World Health Organization (WHO), Soumya Swaminathan, said that the worl…

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January 11, 2021 at 1:45 PM

U.S. to Designate Houthis as Terrorists | Calls for Trump’s Removal | Indonesia Plane Crash

Daily News Brief January 11, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Will Designate Yemen’s Houthi Rebels as a Terrorist Group U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the United States will designate Yemen’s Houthi re…

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January 8, 2021 at 1:48 PM

U.S. COVID-19 Deaths | Aftermath of Capitol Insurrection | 2020 Ties for World’s Warmest Year

Daily News Brief January 8, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Records Highest Daily Death Toll From COVID-19 More than 4,000 people died of COVID-19 in the United States yesterday, the most deaths ever reported (…

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January 7, 2021 at 1:43 PM

Mob Attacks U.S. Capitol | Tokyo’s State of Emergency | EU Approves Moderna Vaccine

Daily News Brief January 7, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Congress Confirms Biden’s Win After Pro-Trump Mob Attacks Capitol Members of Congress certified President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 electi…

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January 6, 2021 at 1:55 PM

Mass Arrests in Hong Kong | Future of U.S. Senate | Sweeping Hack ‘Likely’ Russian

Daily News Brief January 6, 2021 Top of the Agenda Authorities Arrest Hong Kong Activists in Huge Crackdown Police arrested at least fifty-three of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy activists and for…

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January 5, 2021 at 1:53 PM

End of Blockade on Qatar? | Afghan Peace Talks Resume | Georgia Votes for U.S. Senators

Daily News Brief January 5, 2021 Top of the Agenda Gulf Countries Ease Tensions With Qatar Officials announced that Saudi Arabia will reopen its borders and airspace to Qatar after leading a b…

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January 4, 2021 at 1:49 PM

Assange’s Extradition Denied | Trump Pressures Georgia Official | India Approves COVID-19 Vaccines

Daily News Brief January 4, 2021 Top of the Agenda British Judge Rules Against Extraditing Julian Assange to U.S. British District Judge Vanessa Baraitser denied the United States’ request (AP…

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December 30, 2020 at 2:02 PM

UK Approves Second Vaccine | Argentina Legalizes Abortion | Hong Kong Protesters Sentenced

Daily News Brief December 30, 2020 Editor’s note: There will be no Daily Brief on Thursday, December 31, and Friday, January 1, for the holiday. Top of the Agenda …

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December 29, 2020 at 2:04 PM

China-EU Investment Deal | Iran Begins Testing Vaccine | South Africa Announces Lockdown

Daily News Brief December 29, 2020 Top of the Agenda China, EU Poised to Announce Investment Deal China and the European Union are nearing the conclusion (Politico) of a long-sought investment…

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December 28, 2020 at 2:01 PM

EU Begins Vaccinations | Egyptian Delegation Visits Libya | Trump Signs Spending Bill

Daily News Brief December 28, 2020 Top of the Agenda EU Begins Vaccinations as New Coronavirus Strain Spreads The European Union began a sweeping campaign (NYT) to provide coronavirus vaccines…

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December 23, 2020 at 1:44 PM

Preelection Tensions in CAR | Opposition Wins Seats in Indian Kashmir | France-UK Travel Resumes

Daily News Brief December 23, 2020 Editor’s note: There will be no Daily Brief on Thursday, December 24, and Friday, December 25,  for Christmas. Top of th…

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December 22, 2020 at 1:40 PM

More Elections in Israel? | U.S. Approves Relief Package | Nicaragua Moves to Block Opposition

Daily News Brief December 22, 2020 Top of the Agenda Israel Appears Set to Hold Snap Elections in 2021 Israel could be forced to hold its fourth elections (Reuters) in two years after the coun…

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December 21, 2020 at 1:50 PM

Bans on Travel From UK | Nepal’s Political Crisis | Deal on U.S. Relief Package

Daily News Brief December 21, 2020 Top of the Agenda Countries Ban Travel From UK Over New COVID-19 Strain Dozens of countries are banning travel from the United Kingdom over concerns about a …

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December 18, 2020 at 1:48 PM

Challenges in Vaccine Rollout | Nigerian Boys Freed | Putin Denies Poisoning Navalny

Daily News Brief December 18, 2020 Top of the Agenda Nations Roll Out COVID-19 Vaccines as Cases Keep Rising Several countries have started administering a COVID-19 vaccine to frontline health…

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December 17, 2020 at 1:41 PM

U.S.-Taliban Meeting | Macron’s Positive COVID-19 Test | EU Postpones Aid to Ethiopia

Daily News Brief December 17, 2020 Top of the Agenda U.S. Joint Chiefs Chairman Met With Taliban Officials U.S. General Mark A. Milley met with Taliban negotiators in an unannounced visit on T…

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December 16, 2020 at 1:46 PM

Mexico Restricts Foreign Agents | Australia-China Trade Dispute | European Nations Lock Down

Daily News Brief December 16, 2020 Top of the Agenda Mexico Restricts Foreign Agents Despite U.S. Criticism Mexican lawmakers approved legislation restricting foreign law enforcement officers’…

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December 15, 2020 at 4:30 PM

Gifts for Your Favorite Foreign Policy Wonk

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December 15, 2020 at 1:46 PM

New Details in U.S. Hack | Philippine Crimes Against Humanity | Boko Haram in Nigeria

Daily News Brief December 15, 2020 Top of the Agenda New Details Emerge in Suspected Russian Hack of U.S. Agencies Hackers believed to be linked to Russia infiltrated the highest levels of the…

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December 14, 2020 at 1:43 PM

Nigerian Students Missing | Russian Hackers Targeted U.S. Agencies | U.S. Starts Distributing COVID-19 Vaccine

Daily News Brief December 14, 2020 Top of the Agenda Over Three Hundred Nigerian Students Missing After Gunmen Raid School More than three hundred boys are missing after gunmen raided their se…

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December 11, 2020 at 1:43 PM

Israel, Morocco Normalize Ties | EU Approves Budget | U.S. FDA Panel Approves Vaccine

Daily News Brief December 11, 2020 Top of the Agenda Morocco Agrees to Normalize Ties With Israel Morocco will normalize relations with Israel under a deal brokered by the Donald J. Trump admi…

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December 10, 2020 at 1:52 PM

Record U.S. COVID-19 Toll | Afghan Journalist Killed | Ghanaian President Reelected

Daily News Brief December 10, 2020 Top of the Agenda U.S. Breaks Record for COVID-19 Deaths in Single Day The United States recorded its highest daily death toll of the COVID-19 pandemic yeste…

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December 9, 2020 at 2:19 PM

UK’s Johnson Flies to Brussels | China’s COVID-19 Vaccine | Challenges to Aid in Ethiopia

Daily News Brief December 9, 2020 Top of the Agenda UK’s Johnson Heads to Brussels After Brexit Talks Deadlock British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will meet with European Commission President…

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December 8, 2020 at 1:45 PM

UK COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout | Indian Farmers Strike | Possible First Black Pentagon Chief

Daily News Brief December 8, 2020 Top of the Agenda UK Starts Administering World’s First Fully Tested COVID-19 Vaccine The United Kingdom started vaccinating its citizens for COVID-19 today,…

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December 7, 2020 at 1:44 PM

Venezuelan Elections | Crunch Time for Brexit Deal | U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Somalia

Daily News Brief December 7, 2020 Top of the Agenda Venezuela’s Maduro Consolidates Control in Parliamentary Elections Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s party and its allies won a majority…

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December 4, 2020 at 1:52 PM

U.S. Official Warns Against China | Ghana’s Election | U.S. in Talks with Huawei CFO

Daily News Brief December 4, 2020 Top of the Agenda U.S. Director of National Intelligence: China Is the Greatest Security Threat In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, U.S. Director of National Inte…

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December 3, 2020 at 1:58 PM

U.S. Sets COVID-19 Records | Progress in Afghan Peace Talks | China’s Vaccine Diplomacy

Daily News Brief December 3, 2020 Top of the Agenda U.S. Sees Record Deaths, Hospitalizations From COVID-19 The United States recorded its highest daily death toll (Hill) from COVID-19 yesterd…

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December 2, 2020 at 1:44 PM

UK Approves Pfizer Vaccine | China’s Moon Landing | Bipartisan U.S. Stimulus Bill Unveiled

Daily News Brief December 2, 2020 Top of the Agenda UK Approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine for Use Next Week The United Kingdom became the first country to grant emergency authorization (BBC) f…

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December 1, 2020 at 1:50 PM

Deforestation in the Amazon | OPEC+ Meeting Delayed | Arizona, Wisconsin Certify Biden’s Win

Daily News Brief December 1, 2020 Top of the Agenda Deforestation in Amazon Rainforest at Twelve-Year High Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest has surged to its highest level (Reuters)…

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November 30, 2020 at 2:04 PM

Iran Blames Israel for Scientist’s Killing | China Needles Australia | Moderna Seeks Vaccine Approval

Daily News Brief November 30, 2020 Top of the Agenda Iran Blames Israel for Killing Nuclear Scientist Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday blamed Israel (WaPo) for the killing of a top…

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November 24, 2020 at 1:52 PM

U.S. Transition to Biden | Tigray Conflict | Catholic Pilgrimage Canceled

Daily News Brief November 24, 2020 Top of the Agenda Trump Allows Transition to Begin, Biden Names Foreign Policy Team The Donald J. Trump administration has allowed the federal government’s t…

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November 20, 2020 at 1:43 PM

Ethiopia’s Refugee Crisis | Burkina Faso’s Election | COVID-19 Deaths in Mexico

Daily News Brief November 20, 2020 Top of the Agenda UN Prepares for Mass Displacement From Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region The UN refugee agency said it is preparing (AP) for as many as …

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November 18, 2020 at 1:49 PM

U.S. Troop Withdrawal | Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation | UK’s ‘Green Industrial Revolution’

Daily News Brief November 18, 2020 Top of the Agenda Trump Orders Troop Drawdown From Afghanistan, Iraq The Pentagon announced yesterday that thousands of U.S. troops will be withdrawn (CNN) f…

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November 17, 2020 at 1:56 PM

EU Budget Impasse | Trump Eyes Troop Withdrawal | Russia to Build Naval Base in Africa

Daily News Brief November 17, 2020 Top of the Agenda Hungary, Poland Block EU Budget, Pandemic Recovery Package Hungary and Poland moved to block the European Union’s budget and pandemic stimu…

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November 12, 2020 at 1:46 PM

Hong Kong Lawmakers Resign | Iran Enriching Uranium | New Peruvian President

Daily News Brief November 12, 2020 Top of the Agenda Hong Kong’s Pro-democracy Lawmakers Resign Pro-democracy lawmakers in Hong Kong are resigning in protest (AP) after four of their colleagu…

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November 9, 2020 at 2:07 PM

Biden Unveils COVID-19 Team | Libya Peace Talks | Bolivia Inaugurates New President

Daily News Brief November 9, 2020 Top of the Agenda Biden Announces COVID-19 Task Force, Trump Refuses to Concede President-elect Joe Biden announced the members of his coronavirus task force…

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November 5, 2020 at 1:50 PM

Ethiopia’s Conflict Rages | Riyadh Relaxes Worker Restrictions | Kosovo’s President Resigns

Daily News Brief November 5, 2020 Top of the Agenda Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region Continues Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed pledged to continue a military operation (AP) in the nort…

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November 4, 2020 at 1:56 PM

U.S. Vote Count Continues | Conflict Brews in Ethiopia | U.S. Officially Exits Paris Agreement

Daily News Brief November 4, 2020 Top of the Agenda Vote Counting Continues in Close U.S. Election President Donald J. Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden are locked in a tightly contest…

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November 3, 2020 at 2:02 PM

Vienna Attack | U.S. General Election | Libya’s Warring Groups Meet

Daily News Brief November 3, 2020 Top of the Agenda Terrorist Attack Kills at Least Four in Vienna  At least four people were killed in an attack (NYT) in the Austrian capital of Vienna yester…

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November 2, 2020 at 2:05 PM

Kabul University Attacked | Algeria’s Constitutional Referendum | Earthquake Kills Dozens in Turkey

Daily News Brief November 2, 2020 Top of the Agenda Nineteen People Die in Attack on Afghanistan’s Largest University Gunmen stormed Afghanistan’s largest school (AP), Kabul University, on Mon…

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October 30, 2020 at 12:59 PM

France on Alert After Knife Attack | U.S. to Sell F-35s to UAE | UK’s Corbyn Suspended

Daily News Brief October 30, 2020 Top of the Agenda France on High Alert After Knife Attack in Nice France is under its highest-level security alert (WaPo) after three people were killed at a …

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October 29, 2020 at 12:49 PM

France, Germany Lock Down | Tanzania’s Disputed Election | U.S. Blocks WTO Front-Runner

Daily News Brief October 29, 2020 Top of the Agenda France, Germany Reenter Lockdown as Pandemic Ravages Europe France and Germany have reimposed coronavirus lockdown measures (BBC) as they st…

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October 28, 2020 at 1:05 PM

Iran Builds Nuclear Facility | Tanzania Votes | U.S. Sets New COVID-19 Record

Daily News Brief October 28, 2020 Top of the Agenda Iran Is Building an Underground Nuclear Facility, UN Watchdog Says Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed t…

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October 27, 2020 at 1:10 PM

Russian Air Strikes in Syria | Deadly Blast in Pakistan | New Supreme Court Justice

Daily News Brief October 27, 2020 Top of the Agenda Suspected Russian Air Strikes Kill Dozens of Rebels in Syria Air strikes believed to be carried out by Russia killed dozens of Turkish-backe…

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October 26, 2020 at 1:00 PM

Chile to Rewrite Constitution | Israel, Sudan Normalize Ties | First Black American Cardinal

Daily News Brief October 26, 2020 Top of the Agenda Chileans Vote to Rewrite Constitution In a referendum held Sunday, Chileans overwhelmingly voted to rewrite the country’s constitution (Merc…

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October 23, 2020 at 12:54 PM

Cease-Fire in Libya | Kyrgyzstan Suspends Elections | Final Trump-Biden Debate

Daily News Brief October 23, 2020 Top of the Agenda Warring Libyan Factions Agree to Cease-Fire  Libya’s two main warring parties agreed to a cease-fire today (NYT), raising hopes for an end t…

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October 22, 2020 at 1:00 PM

Possible U.S. Election Interference | Brexit Talks Resume | Postelection Clashes in Guinea

Daily News Brief October 22, 2020 Top of the Agenda U.S. Officials Warn of Election Interference From Iran, Russia ​ Top U.S. officials accused Iran and Russia of obtaining U.S. voter data (Wa…

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