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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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October 21, 2020 at 12:58 PM

U.S.-Russia Nuclear Deal | Saudi Crown Prince Sued | Nigerian Protesters Shot At

Daily News Brief October 21, 2020 Top of the Agenda U.S., Russia Nearing Nuclear Deal The United States and Russia appear close to a nuclear arms control agreement (WSJ) that would freeze the …

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October 20, 2020 at 12:55 PM

Protests in Nigeria | Australia Joins ‘Quad’ Naval Drills | Coronavirus Rages in Argentina

Daily News Brief October 20, 2020 Top of the Agenda Nigeria’s Protests Against Police Brutality Escalate Thousands of people gathered in cities across Nigeria yesterday for protests against po…

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October 19, 2020 at 12:46 PM

Bolivia’s Elections | New Zealand’s Ardern Wins Big | Truce Broken in Nagorno-Karabakh

Daily News Brief October 19, 2020 Top of the Agenda Exit Polls Show Big Win for Socialists in Bolivia’s Election Exit polls released early today show Bolivia’s socialist candidate holds an ins…

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October 16, 2020 at 12:56 PM

Europe’s Second Wave | Prisoner Swap in Yemen | Mexico’s Ex–Defense Chief Arrested

Daily News Brief October 16, 2020 Top of the Agenda Europe Overtakes U.S. in New Coronavirus Cases Europe now exceeds the United States in new coronavirus cases per capita as the continent rep…

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October 15, 2020 at 12:53 PM

Protests in Thailand | Kyrgyz President Resigns | Europe’s Coronavirus Surge

Daily News Brief October 15, 2020 Top of the Agenda Thailand Cracks Down on Growing Protests Thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok today in defiance of an emergency decree (WaPo) that se…

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October 14, 2020 at 12:47 PM

Israel-Lebanon Talks | EU Can Hit U.S. With Tariffs | Internet Freedom Declines During Pandemic

Daily News Brief October 14, 2020 Top of the Agenda Israel, Lebanon Begin First Talks in Decades ​ Officials from Israel and Lebanon met today for negotiations—the countries’ first direct civi…

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October 13, 2020 at 12:49 PM

Belarus Protests | Ethiopian Jews in Israel | UN Human Rights Council Elections

Daily News Brief October 13, 2020 Top of the Agenda Belarus Threatens to Use Lethal Weapons on Protesters Belarus’s government has threatened to use lethal weapons (RFE/RL) on protesters demon…

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October 12, 2020 at 1:06 PM

North Korea Unveils New Missile | Nagorno-Karabakh Truce Frays | Kyrgyz Political Turmoil

Daily News Brief October 12, 2020 Top of the Agenda North Korea Stirs Concern by Parading Large Missile U.S. and South Korean authorities are analyzing new weapons (Yonhap) unveiled by North K…

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October 9, 2020 at 12:42 PM

World Food Program Wins Nobel | Iran Sanctions | Trump Hopes to Resume Rallies

Daily News Brief October 9, 2020 Top of the Agenda Amid Rising Hunger, World Food Program Wins Nobel Peace Prize The UN World Food Program (WFP) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (NYT) for it…

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October 8, 2020 at 12:50 PM

Massive Increase in Global Poverty | U.S. Troop Drawdown in Afghanistan | VP Debate

Daily News Brief October 8, 2020 Top of the Agenda World Bank: Pandemic Has Pushed One Hundred Million People Into Extreme Poverty The coronavirus pandemic is expected to force 88–115 million …

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October 7, 2020 at 12:59 PM

Navalny Poisoning | Iran Fears Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict | Trump Tightens Visa Rules

Daily News Brief October 7, 2020 Top of the Agenda Chemical Weapons Body Confirms Nerve Agent Was Used on Russian Dissident Navalny A substance similar to the Novichok family of nerve agents w…

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October 6, 2020 at 12:44 PM

Kyrgyz Elections Annulled | Trump Returns to White House | Pompeo Meets With Quad

Daily News Brief October 6, 2020 Top of the Agenda Kyrgyzstan’s Elections Overturned After Violent Protests Election officials in Kyrgyzstan annulled the results (RFE/RL) of parliamentary elec…

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