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February 10, 2021 at 1:55 PM

U.S. Naval Exercises in South China Sea | Iran Hints at Nuclear Weapons | Impeachment Trial

Daily News Brief February 10, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Navy Carries Out Exercise in South China Sea Two U.S. aircraft carrier groups held joint drills in the South China Sea amid tensions between Washing…

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February 9, 2021 at 1:58 PM

Origins of the Coronavirus | Hong Kong Activist Denied Bail | Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial

Daily News Brief February 9, 2021 Top of the Agenda WHO Team Delivers Findings on Coronavirus’s Origins A team of independent experts led by the World Health Organization (WHO) delivered initial findings fr…

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February 8, 2021 at 1:50 PM

Mass Protests in Myanmar | South Africa’s Vaccine Rollout | Netanyahu Pleads Not Guilty

Daily News Brief February 8, 2021 Top of the Agenda Protests Erupt Across Myanmar in Coup’s Wake Tens of thousands of people across Myanmar have protested in the past three days against last week’s militar…

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February 5, 2021 at 2:00 PM

U.S. Shifts Policy on Yemen | China-UK News Spat | WTO Director General

Daily News Brief February 5, 2021 Top of the Agenda Biden Scales Back U.S. Involvement in Yemen’s War President Joe Biden announced that the United States will end its support, including arms sales, for off…

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February 4, 2021 at 1:55 PM

U.S. Extends New START | ICC Convicts Ugandan Rebel | Canada Calls Proud Boys Terrorists

Daily News Brief February 4, 2021 Top of the Agenda Washington Extends Sole Arms Control Pact With Moscow Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the United States extended (AFP) the 2011 New START…

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February 3, 2021 at 1:56 PM

Russians Protest Navalny Sentence | Myanmar’s Suu Kyi Charged | Italy’s New PM–Designate

Daily News Brief February 3, 2021 Top of the Agenda Russia Cracks Down on Protests Against Navalny’s Prison Sentence A Moscow court sentenced opposition leader Alexey Navalny to three and a half years in a …

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February 2, 2021 at 1:48 PM

UN Security Council Meets on Myanmar | Israel, Kosovo Establish Ties | Russia’s Navalny on Trial

Daily News Brief February 2, 2021 Top of the Agenda UN Security Council Meets in Wake of Myanmar Coup The UN Security Council will meet today (AFP, AP, Reuters) to discuss a response to the Myanmar military…

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February 1, 2021 at 1:50 PM

Myanmar Coup | Mass Protests in Russia | AstraZeneca-EU Vaccine Row

Daily News Brief February 1, 2021 Top of the Agenda Myanmar’s Military Stages Coup, Sparking International Outcry Myanmar’s military seized power (BBC) after detaining leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other civi…

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January 29, 2021 at 1:50 PM

Vaccine Rollout Challenges | Shell Must Pay for Niger Delta Oil Spills | Mexico’s COVID-19 Death Toll

Daily News Brief January 29, 2021 Top of the Agenda Two More COVID-19 Vaccines Shown to Be Effective, But Countries Struggle With Rollout Johnson & Johnson released findings today that showed its single…

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January 28, 2021 at 1:45 PM

U.S. Reviews Saudi, UAE Arms Sales | EU, AstraZeneca Vaccine Dispute | Biden’s Climate Actions

Daily News Brief January 28, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Reviews Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE The U.S. State Department has ordered a temporary pause on arms sales (WSJ) to Saudi Arabia and an examinatio…

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January 27, 2021 at 1:46 PM

One Hundred Million COVID-19 Cases | U.S.-Palestinian Relations | Zero-Tolerance Policy Ends

Daily News Brief January 27, 2021 Top of the Agenda World Reports More Than One Hundred Million COVID-19 Cases More than one hundred million COVID-19 cases have been reported worldwide as dozens of countrie…

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January 26, 2021 at 1:52 PM

China’s Xi Urges Global Cooperation | Indian Farmers Protest | Refugee Resettlements Fell in 2020

Daily News Brief January 26, 2021 Top of the Agenda China’s Xi Emphasizes Global Cooperation in First Speech Since Biden Took Office In a speech yesterday at the World Economic Forum’s virtual Davos confere…

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January 25, 2021 at 1:52 PM

Russians Protest | China-India Border Tensions | Bobi Wine’s House Arrest

Daily News Brief January 25, 2021 Top of the Agenda World Responds to Russia’s Crackdown on Protesters European Union foreign ministers are meeting today to discuss a response (RFE/RL) to Russia’s crackdown…

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January 22, 2021 at 1:49 PM

Extending New START? | Google Threatens Australia | CAR’s State of Emergency

Daily News Brief January 22, 2021 Top of the Agenda Russia Welcomes Biden’s Proposal to Extend New START The United States and Russia could salvage the New START treaty, their last remaining nuclear arms co…

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January 21, 2021 at 1:46 PM

Biden’s First Day as President | Suicide Attack in Baghdad | EU-UK Diplomatic Spat

Daily News Brief January 21, 2021 Top of the Agenda Biden Takes Executive Action to Undo Trump’s Policies On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed seventeen executive directives (NYT) to rever…

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January 20, 2021 at 1:47 PM

Biden’s Inauguration | U.S.: China Is Committing Genocide | Iran Blacklists Trump

Daily News Brief January 20, 2021 Top of the Agenda Joe Biden Becomes U.S. President Joe Biden will be sworn in as the forty-sixth U.S. president today in an inauguration ceremony unlike any other in histor…

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January 19, 2021 at 2:04 PM

Panel: Governments Botched COVID-19 Response | Afghan Judges Killed | Biden’s Plans

Daily News Brief January 19, 2021 Top of the Agenda Independent Panel: Governments Acted Too Slowly in Responding to COVID-19 An independent panel commissioned by the World Health Organization (WHO) documen…

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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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