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August 23, 2022 at 1:11 PM

Separatist Offensive in Yemen | China Forgives Loans to Africa | Probe of Argentine VP

Daily News BriefAugust 23, 2022Top of the AgendaSeparatist Offensive Complicates Truce in Yemen Yemen’s Southern Transitional Council (STC), a group of Emirati-backed separatists from the country’s south, began a new military offensive (Reuters) to combat “terrorist organizations” in Abyan Governora…
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August 22, 2022 at 1:06 PM

Pakistan’s Khan Charged | Al-Shabab Attack | Pope Speaks Out on Nicaragua

Daily News BriefAugust 22, 2022Top of the AgendaPakistani Authorities Charge Former Prime Minister With Terrorism Investigators in Pakistan charged (WaPo) former Prime Minister Imran Khan under the country’s antiterrorism act yesterday, escalating tensions that have simmered since Khan was ousted in…
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August 19, 2022 at 1:03 PM

Pyongyang Rebuffs Seoul’s Proposal | Kashmir Voting Controversy | U.S. Monkeypox Strategy

Daily News BriefAugust 19, 2022Top of the AgendaNorth Korea Slams South’s Aid-for-Denuclearization Offer Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, rejected Seoul’s offer (Yonhap) for large-scale economic aid in exchange for North Korean denuclearization, calling it “the height of a…
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August 18, 2022 at 12:51 PM

Erdoğan-Zelenskyy Meeting | U.S.-Taiwan to Talk Trade | CDC’s Mea Culpa on Pandemic

Daily News BriefAugust 18, 2022Top of the AgendaTurkish, Ukrainian Leaders Hold First Face-to-Face Meeting Since Start of War Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is meeting (AFP) with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and UN Secretary-General António Guterres in the western Ukrainian city o…
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August 17, 2022 at 1:05 PM

Beijing’s Warning on Taiwan | Syria Denies Holding U.S. Journalist | Monkeypox Vaccine Supply Strains

Daily News BriefAugust 17, 2022Top of the AgendaChina’s Ambassador to U.S. Warns of Continued Consequences Over Taiwan During a press briefing in Washington, China’s ambassador to the United States, Qin Gang, accused the United States (Politico) of “changing the status quo” in the Taiwan Strait and …
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August 16, 2022 at 12:54 PM

Kenyan Election Results | UN Envoy Visits Myanmar | New UN Climate Chief

Daily News BriefAugust 16, 2022Top of the AgendaRuto Declared Winner of Kenya’s Presidential Election After six days of tallying, Kenya’s electoral commission announced that Deputy President William Ruto won the country’s presidential election (NYT) with 50.49 percent of votes to challenger Raila Od…
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August 15, 2022 at 12:58 PM

Taliban Mark One Year in Power | New U.S. Delegation to Taiwan | Germany’s Gas Crunch

Daily News BriefAugust 15, 2022Top of the AgendaTaliban Mark One Year Ruling Afghanistan Taliban fighters and commanders gathered (WaPo) in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, to celebrate one year of rule over the country. Since their takeover, a tanking economy has plunged nearly half the population (CN…
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August 12, 2022 at 1:10 PM

UN Ship to Carry Ukrainian Wheat | China-Taiwan Tensions | Flooding in Yemen

Daily News BriefAugust 12, 2022Top of the AgendaUN Ship to Carry Ukrainian Grain to Hardest-Hit Countries The United Nations–chartered vessel will join others (NYT) carrying food shipments out of Ukraine’s seaports permitted under a deal brokered by the United Nations and Turkey last month. The UN s…
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August 11, 2022 at 1:01 PM

Blinken in Africa | COVID-19 in North Korea | Sierra Leone Protests

Daily News BriefAugust 11, 2022Top of the AgendaBlinken Talks DRC Conflict, Environmental Protection on Africa Tour During a trip to Rwanda, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said he and Rwandan President Paul Kagame discussed the “credible reports” (Reuters) that Kigali is supporting the March…
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August 10, 2022 at 1:11 PM

U.S. Incentives for Chips | China’s Strategy Paper | Explosions in Crimea

Daily News BriefAugust 10, 2022Top of the AgendaBiden Signs Law to Pump $52 Billion Into Domestic Chip Development  U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law (WaPo) the CHIPS and Science Act, which is set to create one of the largest-ever industrial policies in U.S. history. The law aims to reduce U.…
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August 9, 2022 at 1:08 PM

Kenya’s Presidential Election | Biden’s Africa Strategy | FBI Raids Mar-a-Lago

Daily News BriefAugust 9, 2022Top of the AgendaKenyans Choose Their Next President in Test for Country’s Democracy Kenyans are voting today (PBS NewsHour) in the country’s first presidential election in which neither candidate comes from the politically dominant Kikuyu tribe. In a twist, outgoing Pr…
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August 8, 2022 at 1:04 PM

Gaza Truce | Iraq’s Heat Wave | Sweeping U.S. Climate Bill

Daily News BriefAugust 8, 2022Top of the AgendaIsrael, Palestinian Militants Announce Truce After Dozens Killed Over Weekend An Egypt-brokered truce between Israel and the militant group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) came into effect (CNN) last night after a weekend of violence in which more than …
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August 5, 2022 at 12:54 PM

Russia Advances in Eastern Ukraine | China Sanctions Pelosi | Putin, Erdogan Meet

Daily News BriefAugust 5, 2022Top of the AgendaRussia Gains Ground in Eastern Ukraine, Sentences American to Prison Ukraine ceded territory (The Guardian) to Russian forces in the eastern Donbas region in recent days, a development Kyiv called a “partial success” for Moscow. In the south, Russian tr…
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August 4, 2022 at 1:13 PM

China’s Unprecedented Military Drills | OPEC+ Oil Increase | U.S. Ratifies NATO Expansion

Daily News BriefAugust 4, 2022Top of the AgendaChina Begins Military Drills Around Taiwan as Pelosi Visits South Korea China launched eleven ballistic missiles (SCMP) into waters off of Taiwan following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to the island, Taiwan’s defense ministry sa…
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August 3, 2022 at 12:58 PM

Taiwan Tensions | Yemen’s Truce | New Russia Sanctions

Daily News BriefAugust 3, 2022Top of the AgendaPelosi’s Taiwan Visit Raises U.S. Tensions With China  U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi became the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit Taiwan (WSJ) since 1997. Meeting with Taiwanese lawmakers and President Tsai Ing-wen, Pelosi said the U.S. commitmen…
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August 2, 2022 at 1:06 PM

Al-Qaeda Leader Killed | South Africa Protests | California Declares Monkeypox Emergency

Daily News BriefAugust 2, 2022Top of the AgendaAl-Qaeda’s Top Leader Killed in U.S. Drone Strike Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the main planners of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the global leader of al-Qaeda following the death of Osama bin Laden in 2011, was killed (NYT) by a U.S. drone strike in Afgh…
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August 1, 2022 at 1:09 PM

Ukraine Grain Deal | Pelosi in Asia | Guatemala Cracks Down on Dissent

Daily News Brief August 1, 2022 Top of the Agenda Ukraine’s First Wartime Grain Shipment Leaves Odesa A shipment of grain left the Ukrainian port of Odesa for the first time since Russia’s February invasion. Carryin…
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July 29, 2022 at 1:03 PM

Biden, Xi Talk Taiwan | Protests in Guinea | Spain’s Record-Breaking Inflation

Daily News BriefJuly 29, 2022Top of the AgendaXi Warns Biden on Taiwan Ahead of Pelosi’s Potential Visit  Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned U.S. President Joe Biden not to “play with fire” (AP) when it comes to Taiwan, Chinese state media said. The warning came in a phone call yesterday that l…
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July 28, 2022 at 1:12 PM

Potential U.S.-Russia Prisoner Swap | Rights Abuses in Morocco | Biden-Xi Call

Daily News BriefJuly 28, 2022Top of the AgendaU.S. Offers Prisoner Swap With Russia as Ukraine Intensifies Counterattack in Kherson U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed that the United States offered to release (Bloomberg) a Russian arms dealer in exchange for the freedom of Brittney Grin…
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July 27, 2022 at 1:08 PM

Russia to Leave Space Station | Bangladesh Seeks IMF Loan | El Salvador’s Debt Plan

Daily News BriefJuly 27, 2022Top of the AgendaRussia Announces Plan to Leave International Space Station The head of Russia’s space agency said the country will withdraw (WaPo) from the International Space Station (ISS) after its current agreement to use the station ends in 2024, at which point it w…
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July 26, 2022 at 1:02 PM

EU Deal on Gas Use | Widodo-Xi Meeting | Pope Apologizes to Indigenous Canadians

Daily News BriefJuly 26, 2022Top of the AgendaEU Reaches Deal on Lowering Gas Use as Nord Stream 1 Flow Set to Fall Russia’s Gazprom will slash gas flows (WaPo) to Germany through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline by half starting tomorrow. While Gazprom said (Reuters) the reduction is due to problems with…
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July 25, 2022 at 12:57 PM

The Race to Respond to Monkeypox | Myanmar Executes Activists | Tunisia’s Constitutional Vote

Daily News BriefJuly 25, 2022Top of the AgendaEU Approves Vaccine for Monkeypox in Wake of WHO Emergency Declaration The European Union (EU) followed Canada and the United States in approving Bavarian Nordic’s smallpox vaccine for use against monkeypox (Reuters), the Danish drugmaker said. The step …
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July 22, 2022 at 1:11 PM

Russia-Ukraine Deal on Grain Exports | Sri Lanka Crackdown | Capitol Riot Probe Intensifies

Daily News BriefJuly 22, 2022Top of the AgendaRussia, Ukraine Expected to Sign Deal to Unblock Ukrainian Grain Exports Russia and Ukraine are expected to formally agree today (Reuters) to allow Ukrainian grain shipments to leave Black Sea ports that Russian forces had blocked since February, possibl…
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July 21, 2022 at 1:04 PM

Italy’s Prime Minister to Step Down | UN Rights Report on Afghanistan | Biden’s Climate Actions

Daily News Brief July 21, 2022 Top of the Agenda Italy’s Draghi Announces Resignation as Unity Government Unravels Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced his resignation (FT) after three parties in his govern…
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July 20, 2022 at 12:54 PM

EU Plan for Reducing Gas Use | Sri Lanka’s New President | U.S.-Africa Summit Announced

Daily News BriefJuly 20, 2022Top of the AgendaBrussels Asks EU Countries to Cut Gas Use Amid Concerns Over Russian Supply The European Commission asked that European Union (EU) countries reduce their natural gas use by 15 percent (FT) amid fears that Russia could cut off gas supplies. Russian Presid…
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July 19, 2022 at 1:09 PM

Putin Meets Iranian, Turkish Leaders | New EU Accession Talks | U.S. Strike on al-Shabab

Daily News BriefJuly 19, 2022Top of the AgendaPutin Visits Tehran for Talks With Iranian, Turkish Leaders The leaders of Iran, Russia, and Turkey are set to discuss (Bloomberg) the wars in Syria and Ukraine during a rare trip abroad by Russian President Vladimir Putin and plan to release a joint sta…
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July 18, 2022 at 1:07 PM

Europe’s Record Heat Wave | Japan-South Korea Diplomacy | Ukraine Removes Top Officials

Daily News Brief July 18, 2022 Top of the Agenda Europe Suffers Heat Wave as Climate Officials Meet in Berlin Ministers from forty countries are attending a climate conference (The Guardian) in Berlin as a heat wave…
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July 15, 2022 at 1:05 PM

Biden Visits Saudi Arabia | China’s Economy Shrinks | UN Vote on Haiti Arms

Daily News BriefJuly 15, 2022Top of the AgendaBiden Meets With Saudi Leaders on Oil, Regional Ties U.S. President Joe Biden will meet (Reuters) with Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and hold a separate working session with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Although Biden had pledged before ta…
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July 14, 2022 at 12:59 PM

Sri Lanka Imposes Curfew | Pakistan’s Preliminary IMF Deal | I2U2 Summit

Daily News BriefJuly 14, 2022Top of the AgendaSri Lankan Military Imposes Curfew After President Flees Sri Lanka’s military is patrolling the streets (Reuters) of the capital, Colombo, after mass demonstrations prompted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country yesterday. Today, he arrived in…
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July 13, 2022 at 12:59 PM

Biden Arrives in Israel | Sri Lankan President Flees | Talks on Ukrainian Grain Exports

Daily News BriefJuly 13, 2022Top of the AgendaBiden Kicks Off Mideast Trip With Stop in Israel U.S. President Joe Biden arrives in Israel today (AP) to kick off his first visit to the Middle East as president. The trip will include a meeting with Palestinian officials in the West Bank and a stop in…
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July 12, 2022 at 5:01 PM

Responding to cyber threats

Task Force report urges new foreign policy for cyberspace Confronting Reality in CyberspaceJuly 12, 2022 The era of the global internet is over. The vision of an open, reliable, and secure global network has not been achieved and is unlikely to be realized. As a result, the internet is less free, m…
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July 12, 2022 at 12:53 PM

Mexico’s President at White House | India’s Population Milestone | Syria Aid Extended

Daily News BriefJuly 12, 2022Top of the AgendaMexico’s President Visits White House After Skipping Summit of the Americas Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador meets with (WaPo) U.S. President Joe Biden today to discuss cooperation on issues including migration, energy, and drug policy. The…
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July 11, 2022 at 12:59 PM

Abe’s Party Wins Supermajority | Sri Lankan Leaders Vow to Resign | Nord Stream 1 Gas Flow Paused

Daily News BriefJuly 11, 2022Top of the AgendaJapan’s Kishida Pledges to Reform Pacifist Constitution After Election Victory Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he will initiate efforts (Kyodo) to reform the country’s pacifist constitution and otherwise work to continue the legacy of assassi…
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July 8, 2022 at 1:04 PM

Japan’s Abe Assassinated | Top U.S., Chinese Diplomats to Meet | Russia’s Lavrov Walks Out of G20 Meeting

Daily News BriefJuly 8, 2022Top of the AgendaShinzo Abe, Japan’s Longest-Serving Prime Minister, Is Assassinated The shooting of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at a campaign event in the city of Nara prompted an immediate outpouring of shock and sadness (WaPo) from world leaders. Authori…
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July 7, 2022 at 12:57 PM

UK’s Johnson Steps Down | DRC, Rwanda to Ease Tensions | France Takes Over Electric Firm

Daily News BriefJuly 7, 2022Top of the AgendaUK’s Johnson Announces Plan to Step Down as Prime Minister The prime minister of the United Kingdom (UK), Boris Johnson, stepped down (AP) from the role of Conservative Party leader after dozens of officials in his government resigned. Their rebellion wa…
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July 6, 2022 at 12:53 PM

DRC-Rwanda Tensions | Twitter Sues India | EU Says Natural Gas Is Green

Daily News BriefJuly 6, 2022Top of the AgendaDRC, Rwandan Presidents Meet Amid Rising Tensions Over Rebel Attacks At the request of the African Union, Angolan President João Lourenço is mediating talks (RFI) between Félix Tshisekedi, president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and Paul Kag…
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July 5, 2022 at 1:00 PM

Battle for Ukraine’s Donbas | Green Aid for Nigeria | Chile’s Draft Constitution

Daily News BriefJuly 5, 2022Top of the AgendaBattle for Ukraine’s Donbas Shifts to Donetsk  Russian forces claimed victory in Ukraine’s Luhansk region over the weekend and began shelling locations (Reuters) across neighboring Donetsk, where Ukrainian fighters have taken up new defensive positions.…
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July 1, 2022 at 1:04 PM

Supreme Court Ruling Stirs Climate Concerns | Australia-France Ties | Indonesia-UAE Trade Deal

Daily News BriefJuly 1, 2022Editor’s note: There will be no Daily Brief on Monday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. Top of the AgendaUN Calls U.S. Supreme Court Ruling on Climate Policy a ‘Setback’ The U.S. Supreme Court ruled (AP) to limit the Environmental Protection Agency’s authority …
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June 30, 2022 at 12:55 PM

Xi Visits Hong Kong | Philippine President Takes Office | Russia-Ukraine Prisoner Swap

Daily News BriefJune 30, 2022Top of the AgendaChina’s Xi Visits Hong Kong, Praises Its ‘Rise From Ashes’ Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Hong Kong for ceremonies marking the twenty-fifth anniversary of the city’s handover from British rule. He said Hong Kong has “risen from the ashes” (SCMP) sin…
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June 29, 2022 at 12:57 PM

U.S., NATO Up European Deployments | Iran Deal Talks Restart | Colombia’s Truth Commission

Daily News Brief June 29, 2022 Top of the Agenda U.S., NATO Strengthen Military Presence in Europe U.S. President Joe Biden said the United States will send more troops and weapons (FT) to Europe as part of a North …
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June 28, 2022 at 12:55 PM

NATO Summit | China Eases Quarantine Rules | G7 Pledges Funds for Food

Daily News BriefJune 28, 2022Top of the AgendaNATO Leaders to Discuss China, Ukraine War at Madrid Summit Leaders of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) countries are expected to label China (Bloomberg) a “systemic challenge” in a ten-year strategy document to be released at their two-day sum…
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June 27, 2022 at 1:04 PM

G7 Plans on Infrastructure, Oil Prices | EU-India Trade Talks | Aftermath of U.S. Abortion Ruling

Daily News BriefJune 27, 2022Top of the AgendaG7 Launches Global Infrastructure Initiative, Weighs Efforts to Tame Oil Prices Group of Seven (G7) leaders formally launched (Politico) a $600 billion infrastructure plan for developing countries. The initiative aims to offer an alternative to China’s …
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June 24, 2022 at 1:01 PM

Energy to Headline G7 Meeting | EU Envoy in Iran | U.S. Gun Control Ruling

Daily News BriefJune 24, 2022Top of the AgendaEnergy, Economic Concerns Overshadow Climate Ahead of G7 Summit The leaders of Group of Seven (G7) countries will meet (Insider) in Germany beginning on Sunday and plan to focus on stabilizing energy markets. As prices surge due to Russia’s war in Ukrai…
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June 23, 2022 at 1:00 PM

EU Vote on Ukraine’s Candidacy | BRICS Summit | UK-Gulf Trade Talks

Daily News BriefJune 23, 2022Top of the AgendaEU Leaders Vote on Ukraine’s Candidate Status Ahead of today’s meeting, draft documents suggested that European Union (EU) leaders would officially endorse (WaPo) Ukraine’s conditional candidate status for the bloc. The vote is a symbolic victory for Uk…
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June 22, 2022 at 1:06 PM

Saudi-Turkish Rapprochement | Russia’s Oil Revenue | Earthquake in Afghanistan

Daily News BriefJune 22, 2022Top of the AgendaSaudi Crown Prince Visits Turkey Amid Normalization of Ties Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is meeting (Bloomberg) with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara. The visit marks the resumption of bilateral trade and diplomatic ties that h…
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June 21, 2022 at 12:45 PM

Israeli Government Collapses | China’s Chip Industry Grows | EU Countries Turn to Coal

Daily News BriefJune 21, 2022Top of the AgendaIsrael’s Governing Coalition Announces Plan for New Elections Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced that they plan to dissolve parliament (Times of Israel) and trigger new elections. It will be Israel’s fifth v…
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June 17, 2022 at 12:53 PM

WTO Deals | Water Stress in South Africa | Colombia’s Presidential Runoff

Daily News BriefJune 17, 2022Editor’s note: There will be no Daily Brief on Monday, June 20, in observance of Juneteenth. Top of the AgendaWTO Reaches Deals on Generic Vaccines, Fishing Subsidies The World Trade Organization (WTO) announced deals (Politico) on matters including COVID-19 vaccines an…
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June 16, 2022 at 12:57 PM

European Leaders in Kyiv | Australia’s Climate Pledge | Islamic State Leaders Captured

Daily News BriefJune 16, 2022Top of the AgendaLeaders of France, Germany, Italy Visit Kyiv French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi met with (NYT) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during their first trip to Kyiv since Russia inv…
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June 15, 2022 at 12:54 PM

U.S., European Central Banks Meet | UK Deportation Flight Halted | Officials Consider Military Aid for Ukraine

Daily News BriefJune 15, 2022Top of the AgendaU.S., European Central Banks Weigh Responses to Economic Shocks The European Central Bank (ECB) called an emergency meeting (WSJ) today to discuss economic stability in the eurozone. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to announce a hike in …
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June 14, 2022 at 12:51 PM

Ukraine’s Severodonetsk Under Siege | EU Energy Projects | UK Deports Asylum Seekers

Daily News BriefJune 14, 2022Top of the AgendaRussia Destroys Last Bridge Into Besieged Eastern Ukrainian City Ukrainian forces said they are battling Russian troops (Reuters) trying to storm Severodonetsk after Russia destroyed a bridge linking the city to nearby Ukrainian-controlled territory. Th…