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June 3, 2021 at 1:13 PM

Israel’s New Coalition | Nicaraguan Opposition Leader Detained | U.S. Threatens Tariffs Over Tech Tax

Daily News Brief June 3, 2021 Top of the Agenda New Israeli Coalition Threatens to Oust Netanyahu Ideologically diverse leaders of Israel’s opposition reached a deal (FT) to form a government that could uns…

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June 2, 2021 at 1:13 PM

‘Remain in Mexico’ Ends | UK in Talks to Join Asia-Pacific Trade Pact | WHO Approves Sinovac Vaccine

Daily News Brief June 2, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Ends ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy for Asylum Seekers The Joe Biden administration formally ended (Dept. of Homeland Security) a policy enacted under the Don…

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June 1, 2021 at 1:04 PM

WHO Calls for Pandemic Treaty | China Allows Parents Three Children | Peru’s New COVID-19 Toll

Daily News Brief June 1, 2021 Top of the Agenda Call for Pandemic Treaty Caps World Health Assembly At the close of the World Health Organization’s (WHO) annual World Health Assembly, WHO Director General T…

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May 28, 2021 at 1:05 PM

Taliban Takeovers | Open Skies Treaty | USAID Reportedly Hacked

Daily News Brief May 28, 2021 Editor’s note: There will be no Daily Brief on Monday, May 31, for Memorial Day. Top of the Agenda Taliban Takes Over Dozens of Afghan Government O…

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May 27, 2021 at 12:52 PM

Environmentalists Win Against Big Oil | WhatsApp Sues India | Switzerland-EU Tensions

Daily News Brief May 27, 2021 Top of the Agenda Climate Activists Celebrate Wins Against Big Oil In a single day, several of the world’s oil industry giants suffered blows (Politico) that revealed the growi…

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May 26, 2021 at 1:18 PM

New Calls to Probe Virus’s Origin | Syria’s Election | Afghanistan Troop Withdrawal

Daily News Brief May 26, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S., Others Renew Calls for COVID-19 Origin Probe At the World Health Organization’s (WHO) main annual meeting, U.S. representatives called for (AFP) a new r…

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May 25, 2021 at 12:53 PM

Blinken’s Middle East Tour | One Year Since George Floyd’s Killing | Mali’s Leaders Detained

Daily News Brief May 25, 2021 Top of the Agenda Blinken Begins Mideast Tour to Bolster Gaza Truce U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a series of visits (AP) in the Middle East that aim to shore up…

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May 24, 2021 at 1:10 PM

Belarus Plane Diversion | China-Russia Talks | Ethiopia’s Telecom Deal

Daily News Brief May 24, 2021 Top of the Agenda EU Slams Belarus for ‘Hijacking’ Plane European Union leaders are considering sanctions against Belarus (FT) after a Ryanair plane was forced to land in Minsk…

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May 21, 2021 at 1:04 PM

Hamas-Israel Cease-Fire Begins | Biden Meets South Korea’s Moon | EU Freezes China Deal

Daily News Brief May 21, 2021 Top of the Agenda Cease-Fire Between Hamas, Israel Halts Fighting in Gaza The Palestinian militant group Hamas and Israel agreed to a cease-fire after eleven days of conflict t…

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May 20, 2021 at 1:06 PM

India Sets Record for COVID-19 Deaths | Cease-Fire in Gaza? | EU to Open Borders

Daily News Brief May 20, 2021 Top of the Agenda India Sets World Record for Single-Day COVID-19 Deaths India reported more than 4,500 deaths (WaPo) from COVID-19 yesterday, the highest number seen by any co…

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May 19, 2021 at 12:52 PM

Blinken-Lavrov Meeting | Palestinians Strike | Vote on Freezing EU-China Deal

Daily News Brief May 19, 2021 Top of the Agenda Blinken Warns of Militarization of the Arctic U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged countries to avoid militarizing the Arctic (RFE/RL) ahead of a meet…

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May 18, 2021 at 12:50 PM

U.S. to Boost Vaccine Donations | Biden Supports Gaza Cease-Fire | Colombia Protests

Daily News Brief May 18, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Donations President Joe Biden announced that the United States will send eighty million COVID-19 vaccine doses (WSJ) abroad,…

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May 17, 2021 at 12:57 PM

Israeli-Palestinian Clashes Continue | Blinken’s Arctic Trip | Chile’s Constitutional Convention

Daily News Brief May 17, 2021 Top of the Agenda Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Gaza Enters Second Week The Israeli military continued to strike Gaza today as the worst conflict with Palestinian militant gr…

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May 14, 2021 at 1:03 PM

New CDC Mask Guidance | Israel Weighs Gaza Ground Invasion | Trudeau Cleared of Wrongdoing

Daily News Brief May 14, 2021 Top of the Agenda CDC: Fully Vaccinated People Can Stop Wearing Masks in Most Places Americans who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 no longer need to wear masks (WaPo) or …

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May 13, 2021 at 12:53 PM

Biden’s Cybersecurity Directive | Austria’s Kurz Under Investigation | Report on WHO’s Pandemic Response

Daily News Brief May 13, 2021 Top of the Agenda Biden Signs Executive Order on Cybersecurity in Wake of Pipeline Shutdown President Joe Biden issued an executive order (White House) aimed at beefing up the …

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May 12, 2021 at 1:04 PM

Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Escalates | Iran’s Ahmadinejad to Run Again | U.S. Gas Shortages

Daily News Brief May 12, 2021 Top of the Agenda Death Toll Rises in Worst Israeli-Palestinian Conflict in Years Dozens of people have been killed, including women and children, in the worst fighting (AP) be…

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May 11, 2021 at 1:10 PM

Israeli Air Strikes in Gaza | China’s Census | FDA Approves Pfizer Jab for Some Children

Daily News Brief May 11, 2021 Top of the Agenda Israel Retaliates Against Rocket Attacks From Gaza Weeks of tensions in Jerusalem sharply escalated (Haaretz) yesterday as Israel carried out air strikes in G…

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May 10, 2021 at 1:03 PM

Cyberattack on U.S. Pipeline | Afghan Girls’ School Bombing | East Jerusalem Clashes

Daily News Brief May 10, 2021 Top of the Agenda Cyberattack Forces Closure of Major U.S. Pipeline A cyberattack forced one of the largest fuel pipelines in the United States to shut down over the weekend, e…

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May 7, 2021 at 12:47 PM

Iran Nuclear Talks Resume | Egypt, Turkey Meet | U.S. Mulls Aid to Ukraine

Daily News Brief May 7, 2021 Top of the Agenda Fourth Round of Iran Nuclear Deal Talks Begins in Vienna The fourth, and possibly final, round of talks over a potential U.S. return to the 2015 Iran nuclear d…

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May 6, 2021 at 1:04 PM

U.S. Backs Vaccine IP Waiver | Israel’s Lapid Gets Mandate | G7 Meeting Wraps

Daily News Brief May 6, 2021 Top of the Agenda U.S. Backs Effort to Waive Patents for COVID-19 Vaccines Under pressure from Democratic lawmakers and activists, the Joe Biden administration said it will back…

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May 5, 2021 at 1:07 PM

Israel’s Netanyahu Falls Flat | EU-China Deal’s Future | Facebook to Rule on Trump Ban

Daily News Brief May 5, 2021 Top of the Agenda Israel’s Political Turmoil Continues as Netanyahu Fails to Form Coalition Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a government (Haaretz) befor…

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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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