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April 9, 2021 at 12:58 PM

U.S. Blacklists Chinese Groups | Iran Talks Continue | UK’s Prince Philip Dies

Daily News Brief April 9, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Puts Chinese Supercomputer Groups on Export Blacklist The United States added seven Chinese entities to an export blacklist, accusing the groups of dest…

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April 8, 2021 at 1:04 PM

Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Challenges | Myanmar’s UK Ambassador Out | U.S. Aid to Palestinians

Daily News Brief April 8, 2021 Top of the Agenda Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine Faces New Hurdles The COVID-19 vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca is unde…

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April 7, 2021 at 1:05 PM

IMF Upgrades Global Growth Forecast | China-Taiwan Tensions | Iran Nuclear Deal

Daily News Brief April 7, 2021 Top of the Agenda IMF Projects Swifter Recovery From Pandemic’s Economic Fallout The International Monetary Fund (IMF) raised its forecast (WSJ) for global economic growth in …

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April 6, 2021 at 12:45 PM

Reviving the Iran Nuclear Deal? | China Warns Japan on Sanctions | EU Officials Visit Turkey

Daily News Brief April 6, 2021 Top of the Agenda Talks on Reviving Iran Nuclear Deal Begin in Vienna The United States and Iran join the remaining signatories of the 2015 nuclear agreement today for talks a…

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April 5, 2021 at 1:06 PM

Crisis in Jordan’s Royal Family | India’s Record COVID-19 Cases | Netanyahu’s Trial Resumes

Daily News Brief April 5, 2021 Top of the Agenda Top Officials Arrested Over Plot to ‘Destabilize Jordan’ In a blow to the Jordanian royal family’s veneer of stability, authorities yesterday accused Prince …

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April 2, 2021 at 12:57 PM

Iran Nuclear Deal Talks | Deadly Train Wreck in Taiwan | OPEC+ to Boost Production

Daily News Brief April 2, 2021 Top of the Agenda Iran, World Powers Discuss U.S. Return to Nuclear Deal Iran and the remaining signatories of the 2015 nuclear agreement held talks today to discuss the Unite…

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April 1, 2021 at 1:04 PM

Hong Kong Activists Convicted | Navalny Begins Hunger Strike | Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

Daily News Brief April 1, 2021 Top of the Agenda Hong Kong Court Convicts Veteran Pro-democracy Leaders Seven longtime pro-democracy activists, including media tycoon Jimmy Lai and former lawmaker Martin Le…

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March 31, 2021 at 1:02 PM

Coronavirus Origins Report | Brazilian Military Chiefs Quit | U.S. Human Rights Reports

Daily News Brief March 31, 2021 Top of the Agenda Countries Raise Concerns About Report on Coronavirus’s Origins In a joint statement, the United States and more than a dozen other countries criticized a re…

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March 30, 2021 at 12:55 PM

Myanmar’s Rising Death Toll | Hong Kong Electoral Overhaul | Leaders Endorse Pandemic Treaty

Daily News Brief March 30, 2021 Top of the Agenda Over Five Hundred Civilians Killed Since Myanmar’s Coup More than five hundred civilians have died in Myanmar since the military seized power on February 1,…

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March 29, 2021 at 12:59 PM

Progress Unblocking Suez Canal | China Sanctions U.S., Canada | Violence in Myanmar

Daily News Brief March 29, 2021 Top of the Agenda Workers Make Progress in Unblocking Suez Canal Egyptian authorities announced today that the container ship blocking the Suez Canal, one of the world’s busi…

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March 26, 2021 at 12:53 PM

Ethiopia’s Tigray Region | China Retaliates Against UK | Biden’s News Conference

Daily News Brief March 26, 2021 Top of the Agenda Ethiopian PM: Eritrea Will Withdraw Troops From Tigray Region Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said Eritrea will pull its troops (Guardian) out of Ethiop…

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March 25, 2021 at 1:04 PM

North Korean Missiles | EU Summit | Harris to Lead U.S. Border Response

Daily News Brief March 25, 2021 Top of the Agenda North Korea Appears to Launch Ballistic Missiles Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said North Korea fired two ballistic missiles (WSJ) early this morni…

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March 24, 2021 at 12:55 PM

NATO Meeting | India-Pakistan Ties | Israeli Election Results

Daily News Brief March 24, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Expresses Commitment to NATO at Meeting of Foreign Ministers Foreign ministers of countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) kicked off…

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March 23, 2021 at 12:55 PM

Coordinated Sanctions on China | Europe’s COVID-19 Surge | Deadly Niger Attack

Daily News Brief March 23, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S., Allies Sanction China Over Abuses of Uyghurs The United States, Canada, the European Union, and the United Kingdom announced coordinated sanctions (WS…

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March 22, 2021 at 12:57 PM

U.S. Defense Secretary Visits Afghanistan | Flooding in Australia | Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine’s Effectiveness

Daily News Brief March 22, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Defense Secretary Visits Afghanistan Amid Efforts to End the Country’s Conflict U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III held surprise talks with …

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March 19, 2021 at 1:03 PM

U.S.-China Clash | U.S. Shares COVID-19 Vaccine | North Korea Cuts Ties With Malaysia

Daily News Brief March 19, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S.-China Tensions Flare on First Day of Talks Highly anticipated, two-day talks between senior U.S. and Chinese officials in Alaska began acrimoniously as…

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March 18, 2021 at 12:52 PM

U.S.-Russia Tensions | North Korea Rejects Talks With U.S. | Tanzanian President Dies

Daily News Brief March 18, 2021 Top of the Agenda Russia Pulls Envoy to U.S. Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced that the country recalled its ambassador (AFP) to the United States for the first time in mor…

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March 17, 2021 at 12:47 PM

U.S. Sanctions China | UK to Increase Nuclear Cap | Foreign Meddling in U.S. Election

Daily News Brief March 17, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Sanctions Chinese Officials Ahead of Bilateral Meeting The United States announced sanctions against twenty-four officials from mainland China and Hong…

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March 16, 2021 at 1:02 PM

Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Concerns | North Korea Warns U.S. | Protesters Reportedly Storm Yemeni Palace

Daily News Brief March 16, 2021 Top of the Agenda Concerns Rise Over Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine A growing number of countries have voiced concerns (NYT) about the COVID-19 vaccine developed by phar…

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March 15, 2021 at 12:51 PM

Myanmar’s Crisis | U.S. Officials Begin Asia Tour | Merkel’s Party Dealt Blow

Daily News Brief March 15, 2021 Top of the Agenda Myanmar’s Crisis Deepens After Bloodiest Day of Demonstrations Security forces shot and killed (BBC) dozens of pro-democracy demonstrators in Myanmar yeste…

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March 12, 2021 at 1:55 PM

Biden’s Vaccine Vows | Quad Meeting | UK-EU Trade Drop

Daily News Brief March 12, 2021 Top of the Agenda Biden Vows to Boost Vaccination Coverage U.S. President Joe Biden gave his first prime-time address (White House) yesterday, exactly one year after the coro…

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March 11, 2021 at 1:50 PM

U.S.-China Meeting | Japan Marks Somber Anniversary | EU-UK Tensions

Daily News Brief March 11, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Confirms Plans for High-Level Meeting With China The U.S. State Department announced that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advis…

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February 26, 2021 at 1:53 PM

U.S. Strikes in Syria | China, India Discuss Border | Biden Speaks With Saudi King

Daily News Brief February 26, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Bombs Iran-Backed Targets in Syria The United States announced that it carried out air strikes in eastern Syria in its first known exercise of milit…

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February 25, 2021 at 1:55 PM

Australia Passes Media Law | Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine | Venezuela Retaliates

Daily News Brief February 25, 2021 Top of the Agenda Australia Passes Landmark Media Law The Australian Parliament passed legislation that will force technology companies (CNBC) to pay media outlets for con…

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February 24, 2021 at 1:57 PM

COVAX Rollout Begins | China, Singapore Hold Military Drill | Biden, Saudi King to Talk

Daily News Brief February 24, 2021 Top of the Agenda Ghana Becomes First Country to Receive COVAX Vaccines The United Nations delivered six hundred thousand COVID-19 vaccine doses to Ghana in the first roll…

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February 23, 2021 at 1:58 PM

China Rejects Genocide Claims | Facebook Reverses Australian News Ban | EU Sanctions

Daily News Brief February 23, 2021 Top of the Agenda China: Genocide Has Never Occurred in Xinjiang Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi rejected concerns about the treatment of the Uighur ethnic group, telling…

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February 22, 2021 at 2:06 PM

Iran Nuclear Inspections | Putin, Lukashenko to Meet | U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll

Daily News Brief February 22, 2021 Top of the Agenda Iran, UN Watchdog Strike Deal for Monitoring Nuclear Sites International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi announced tha…

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February 19, 2021 at 2:00 PM

U.S.-Iran Nuclear Talks? | Myanmar Protester Dies | U.S. Mars Rover

Daily News Brief February 19, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Agrees to Nuclear Talks but Iran Holds Firm The United States said it would agree to meet (NBC) with the signatories of the 2015 Iran nuclear agreem…

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February 18, 2021 at 1:59 PM

Facebook in Australia | Biden Calls Netanyahu | UN Chief Urges Vaccine Equity

Daily News Brief February 18, 2021 Top of the Agenda Facebook Restricts News Sharing in Australia Social media giant Facebook blocked users in Australia from posting news stories on its platform and halted …

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February 17, 2021 at 1:49 PM

Massive Protest Against Myanmar’s Coup | Dubai’s Princess | Canadian Gun Reform

Daily News Brief February 17, 2021 Top of the Agenda Public Continues to Pressure Myanmar’s Junta People gathered across Myanmar today in one of the largest demonstrations since the military seized power mo…

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February 16, 2021 at 2:07 PM

U.S.-Turkey Tensions | Attack on Iraq Air Base | First Woman, African to Head WTO

Daily News Brief February 16, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S.-Turkey Tensions Flare Over Killings of Turkish Hostages A diplomatic spat erupted between the United States and Turkey after the Turkish government …

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February 12, 2021 at 1:48 PM

Protests in Myanmar | China Blocks BBC World News | EU-Russia Ties in Jeopardy

Daily News Brief February 12, 2021 Editor’s Note: There will be no Daily Brief on Monday, February 15, for Presidents’ Day. Top of the Agenda Myanmar Protests Surge as Junta Cra…

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February 11, 2021 at 1:45 PM

Biden-Xi Call | U.S. Sanctions on Myanmar | Iran’s Nuclear Deal Violation

Daily News Brief February 11, 2021 Top of the Agenda Biden and Xi Hold First Call U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, spoke for the first time since Biden’s November election i…

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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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