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May 4, 2021 at 1:07 PM

Biden Increases Refugee Cap | Ghani Vows to Fight Taliban | Netanyahu’s Mandate Expiring

Daily News Brief May 4, 2021 Top of the Agenda Biden Quadruples Cap on Refugee Admissions Through September U.S. President Joe Biden said he will increase the cap (WaPo) on the number of refugees allowed in…

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May 3, 2021 at 1:02 PM

North Korea Warns Biden | G7 Ministers Meet | El Salvador Purges Top Judges

Daily News Brief May 3, 2021 Top of the Agenda North Korea: Biden Made a ‘Big Blunder’ by Calling Its Nuclear Program a Threat A North Korean government official said U.S. President Joe Biden made a “big bl…

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April 30, 2021 at 1:03 PM

Brazil’s COVID-19 Death Toll | Palestinian Elections Delayed | Europe Reenters Recession

Daily News Brief April 30, 2021 Top of the Agenda Brazil Passes Four Hundred Thousand COVID-19 Deaths as Calls for Vaccine Equity Grow The death toll from COVID-19 in Brazil topped four hundred thousand (LA…

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April 29, 2021 at 1:11 PM

Biden’s Speech | Indians Vote Amid COVID-19 Crisis | Hamas Opposes Election Delay

Daily News Brief April 29, 2021 Top of the Agenda Biden Pushes Major Expansion of Government in Address to Congress U.S. President Joe Biden laid out his vision (NYT) for a new era of government that plays …

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April 28, 2021 at 12:58 PM

U.S. Afghanistan Withdrawal | Japan Approves RCEP | Somali President to Step Down

Daily News Brief April 28, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Orders Embassy Staff to Leave Afghanistan The U.S. embassy in Afghanistan ordered nonessential staff to leave (WSJ) the country amid concerns about inc…

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April 27, 2021 at 12:59 PM

U.S. to Share COVID-19 Vaccines | Brexit Trade Deal Vote | Brazil Rejects Russia’s Vaccine

Daily News Brief April 27, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. to Give AstraZeneca Vaccines to Other Countries The United States will share up to sixty million doses (AP) of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine …

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April 26, 2021 at 12:56 PM

India’s COVID-19 Crisis | Gunfire in Somali Capital | Biden Recognizes Armenian Genocide

Daily News Brief April 26, 2021 Top of the Agenda India Battles COVID-19 Surge as Other Countries Promise Aid India set a record (Reuters) for COVID-19 infections today, reporting more than 350,000 new case…

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April 23, 2021 at 1:13 PM

Russia Pulls Back From Ukraine | ASEAN to Meet on Myanmar | SpaceX Launch

Daily News Brief April 23, 2021 Top of the Agenda Russia to Withdraw Some Troops From Crimea Russia’s defense ministry ordered the withdrawal of some Russian forces (NYT) near the Ukranian border, a move t…

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April 22, 2021 at 12:59 PM

Biden’s Earth Day Summit | Report: Iran Installs New Centrifuges | Arrests at Pro-Navalny Protests

Daily News Brief April 22, 2021 Top of the Agenda At Climate Summit, Biden Calls for Halving U.S. Emissions by 2030 U.S. President Joe Biden pledged today (NYT) that the United States will reduce its greenh…

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April 21, 2021 at 1:13 PM

Chauvin Convicted of Murder | Putin’s Annual Address | Xi to Attend Climate Summit

Daily News Brief April 21, 2021 Top of the Agenda Derek Chauvin Found Guilty of Murdering George Floyd Former U.S. police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty (WaPo) of murdering George Floyd, a rare rebu…

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April 20, 2021 at 1:10 PM

Lockdown in New Delhi | Chad’s President Reportedly Killed | Xi’s Speech

Daily News Brief April 20, 2021 Top of the Agenda Indian Capital Locks Down Amid Wave of COVID-19 Cases Officials in India’s capital of New Delhi imposed a weeklong lockdown (AP) in an effort to prevent the…

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April 19, 2021 at 1:05 PM

U.S.-China Climate Agreement | Myanmar at ASEAN Summit | Navalny to Enter Hospital

Daily News Brief April 19, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S., China Agree to Tackle Climate Change Amid Widening Rift Despite tensions in other parts of their relationship, the United States and Chi…

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April 16, 2021 at 1:05 PM

Biden-Suga Summit | Hong Kong Activists Sentenced to Prison | EU, UK to ‘Intensify’ Talks

Daily News Brief April 16, 2021 Top of the Agenda Biden Meets With Japan’s Suga U.S. President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in Washington today. It will be Biden’s first in-per…

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April 15, 2021 at 12:59 PM

New Russia Sanctions | Chinese Drills Near Taiwan | U.S. Arms Sales to Saudi, UAE

Daily News Brief April 15, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Retaliates Against Russia Over Hacking, Election Interference The Joe Biden administration announced a series of measures punishing Russia (White House…

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April 14, 2021 at 1:11 PM

U.S. Withdrawal From Afghanistan | Iran Ups Uranium Enrichment | John Kerry in China

Daily News Brief April 14, 2021 Top of the Agenda Biden to Withdraw All U.S. Troops From Afghanistan by September 11 President Joe Biden is expected to announce today (WaPo) plans to withdraw all U.S. comba…

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April 13, 2021 at 1:04 PM

Biden’s Immigration Deal | China-Taiwan Tensions | Taliban Nixes Peace Summit

Daily News Brief April 13, 2021 Top of the Agenda Biden Strikes Deal to Stem Migration at Southern U.S. Border The Joe Biden administration struck deals (AP) with Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico to boost se…

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April 12, 2021 at 1:02 PM

Iranian Nuclear Facility Blackout | Chinese Vaccine Efficacy | Ecuador’s Election

Daily News Brief April 12, 2021 Top of the Agenda Iran Blames Israel for Blackout at Major Nuclear Facility Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif accused Israel of attacking Iran’s Natanz nuclear fa…

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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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