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October 7, 2024 at 12:51 PM

A Year Since Hamas Attack | Globalizing Catholic Leaders | Debt Tally of U.S. Presidential Plans

Daily News Brief October 7, 2024 Top of the AgendaVigils, Protests, and Broadened War Mark One Year Since Hamas Attack Communities are holding vigils in Israel and around the world today for the people Hamas killed and took hostage in its October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. Some weekend demonstratio…
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October 5, 2024 at 11:00 AM

The World This Week: Marking one year after October 7

Q&A with Steven A. Cook on the escalating conflict in the Middle EastThe World This Week October 5, 2024 As a subscriber to the Council on Foreign Relations, we’re sending you a special edition of The World This Week, our newsletter showcasing highlights from across CFR each week on Fridays. If …
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October 4, 2024 at 1:05 PM

EU Tariffs on Chinese EVs | Israel Weighs Iran Retaliation | U.S. Counters Russian Hackers

Daily News Brief October 4, 2024 Top of the AgendaEU Approves Tariffs of Up to 45 Percent on Chinese EVs After Contested Vote The European Commission said today it earned the necessary support in a closed-door vote of member states for plans to impose tariffs on Chinese battery-operated electric ve…
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October 3, 2024 at 1:06 PM

Israel Calls For Lebanon Evac | African, Asian Firms To Make HIV Drug | Helene’s Destruction

Daily News Brief October 3, 2024 Top of the AgendaIsrael Orders More Evacuations in Lebanon as Strikes Continue on Iranian Proxies Israel warned residents of more than twenty towns in southern Lebanon to evacuate their homes immediately today amid its direct ground clashes with Hezbollah in the are…
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October 2, 2024 at 1:17 PM

Israel Weighs Response to Iran | Russia Seizes Ukraine’s Vuhledar | U.S. VP Debate

Daily News Brief October 2, 2024 Top of the AgendaIsrael Vows Retaliation After Iran Attacks With Nearly Two Hundred Missiles Israel vowed retaliation after Iran launched nearly two hundred missiles at the country yesterday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying Iran would “pay for”…
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October 1, 2024 at 1:09 PM

IDF Enters Lebanon | Port Strike Threatens Supply Chains | Mexico’s First Female President

Daily News Brief October 1, 2024 Top of the AgendaIsrael Sends Ground Troops Into Lebanon in Continued Targeting of Hezbollah Israel’s military launched ground raids into southern Lebanon early today as part of what Israel called “limited, localized, and targeted” raids against Hezbollah in the cou…
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September 30, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Hezbollah Braces for Potential Ground War | Far-Right Victory in Austria | UN Vote on Haiti

Daily News Brief September 30, 2024 Top of the AgendaIsraeli Continues Strikes on Lebanon Following Nasrallah’s Death An Israeli strike hit a building inside Beirut’s city limits today for the first time in nearly a year of war; the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine said the strike kill…
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September 27, 2024 at 1:05 PM

Ishiba to Lead Japan | Netanyahu’s UNGA Visit | Zelenskyy Meets U.S. Presidential Hopefuls

Daily News Brief September 27, 2024 Top of the AgendaJapan’s Former Defense Minister Ishiba Shigeru Wins Leadership Race In Japan’s most contested race in years, a nine-way competition for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s spot ended in victory for Ishiba Shigeru. He defeated Economic Security Ministe…
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September 26, 2024 at 1:03 PM

Israel-Hezbollah Truce Prospects | $8 Billion in U.S. Aid to Kyiv | Sudan Army Op in Khartoum

Daily News Brief September 26, 2024 Top of the AgendaU.S., France, Other Allies Call For Immediate Three-Week Truce Between Israel and Hezbollah Countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates backed the joint statement negotiated yesterday on the sidelines of the UN General A…
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September 25, 2024 at 1:05 PM

UNSC Gathers on Lebanon | China Tests Ballistic Missile | Calls for Europe Migration Deal

Daily News Brief September 25, 2024 Top of the AgendaUN Security Council Holds Meetings on Lebanon, Ukraine As World Leaders Gather The UN Security Council is turning its attention to war in the Middle East today after holding a special session on the war in Ukraine yesterday. Ukrainian President V…
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September 24, 2024 at 1:01 PM

World Leaders Weigh Wars at UNGA | China’s Stimulus | U.S.-UAE Defense Ties

Daily News Brief September 24, 2024 Top of the AgendaUNGA Leaders’ Debate Opens In a Scene of Multiple Conflicts World leaders including U.S. President Joe Biden will weigh in on the state of world politics at the UN General Assembly in New York, with a backdrop of multiple wars underscoring today…
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September 23, 2024 at 1:05 PM

Israel-Hezbollah Escalation | UN’s Pact for the Future | France Rolls Out New Government

Daily News Brief September 23, 2024 Top of the AgendaIsrael Calls for Evacuations in Lebanon, Launches New Wave of Strikes After continued cross-border fire yesterday between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, residents of southern Lebanon and some parts of Beirut received messages today…
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September 20, 2024 at 1:02 PM

UN Meets on Mideast | Quad Leaders in Delaware | Canada’s Rare Earth Processing Plant

Daily News Brief September 20, 2024 Top of the AgendaUN Security Council Holds Emergency Meeting on Israel-Hezbollah Escalation The UN Security Council will discuss a week of the most intense hostilities in Lebanon and northern Israel in almost a year of war; they have included a barrage of explodi…
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September 19, 2024 at 12:59 PM

Fed’s Post-Pandemic Rate Cut | Second Bout of Lebanon Blasts | Haiti Gets Closer to Vote

Daily News Brief September 19, 2024 Top of the AgendaGlobal Stocks Rise After First Federal Reserve Rate Cut Since 2020 The U.S. Federal Reserve’s closely watched decision yesterday to reduce interest rates by half a percentage point was the first of its kind since the COVID-19 pandemic. The Fed ha…
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September 18, 2024 at 1:08 PM

Attack on Hezbollah Pagers | Gavi Steps Up on Mox | Cuba Clamps Down on Businesses

Daily News Brief September 18, 2024 Top of the AgendaHezbollah Vows Retaliation After Pager Explosions Across Lebanon At least twelve people were killed and nearly three thousand wounded after electronic pagers that had been distributed to Hezbollah operatives exploded across Lebanon yesterday. Hez…
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September 17, 2024 at 1:07 PM

Israel’s Stance on Hezbollah | TikTok Makes Its Case | Von Der Leyen Unveils New Team

Daily News Brief September 17, 2024 Top of the AgendaIsrael Says Stopping Hezbollah Attacks in Its North Is Now an Official War Goal The announcement today by Israel’s security cabinet comes after months of cross-border bouts of fire between Israeli forces and Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah i…
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September 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Second Assassination Attempt on Trump | U.S. Aid to Bangladesh | Houthi Strike in Israel

Daily News Brief September 16, 2024 Top of the AgendaFBI Probes Apparent Second Assassination Attempt Against Trump U.S. authorities detained a man suspected of “what appears to be an attempted assassination” on former President Donald Trump yesterday, as the FBI called it. The man was taken into …
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September 13, 2024 at 1:08 PM

North Korean Uranium Enrichment Plant | China-Gulf Ties | WHO Approval for Mpox Jab

Daily News Brief September 13, 2024 Top of the AgendaNorth Korea Releases Rare Photos of Uranium-Enrichment Facility The images released today show leader Kim Jong Un visiting what Korean state media said was a uranium enrichment plant at an unspecified location. North Korea’s nuclear weapons prog…
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September 12, 2024 at 12:59 PM

New U.S., UK Aid for Ukraine | U.S. Backs African UNSC Seats | Peru’s Alberto Fujimori Dies

Daily News Brief September 12, 2024 Top of the AgendaU.S., UK Pledge Nearly $1.5 Billion in New Support for Ukraine U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and United Kingdom (UK) Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced the aid on a joint visit to Kyiv yesterday. The new support includes funding fo…
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September 12, 2024 at 12:02 PM

Must-Have Foreign Policy Reads From CFR

Pick up the latest CFR Book from Max Boot, ”Reagan: His Life and Legend.“ Essential Reads From Foreign Policy Experts Discover the Latest CFR Books Learn more …
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September 11, 2024 at 1:13 PM

Harris, Trump Debate Clash | Mali’s Wagner Ambush | Mexico’s Controversial Judicial Move

Daily News Brief September 11, 2024 Top of the AgendaHarris, Trump Spar Over Ukraine, Tariffs, and Immigration in Presidential Debate Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump expressed their differences on foreign policy issues in last night’s presidential debate, the first si…
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September 10, 2024 at 1:04 PM

U.S. Says Iran Sent Missiles to Russia | CHIPS Act in India | Strike in Gaza Humanitarian Zone

Daily News Brief September 10, 2024 Top of the AgendaWashington Accuses Iran of Sending Russia Ballistic Missiles to Use in Ukraine The Kremlin has received shipments of short-range ballistic missiles from Tehran, and Washington will respond by moving to punish those involved, U.S. Secretary of Sta…
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September 9, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Venezuelan Opposition Candidate Flees | Summit on AI in Combat | Blinken in UK

Daily News Brief September 9, 2024 Top of the AgendaVenezuela’s Opposition Candidate Flees to Spain in Post-Election Crisis Spain granted asylum to Edmundo González Urrutia, a candidate in Venezuela’s July election that the United States says won the most votes, but whom Venezuelan authorities had …
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September 6, 2024 at 1:04 PM

Kishida’s Farewell Visit to Seoul | UN Panel on Sudan | Prisoners Freed in Nicaragua

Daily News Brief September 6, 2024 Top of the AgendaJapan, South Korea Call for Continued Positive Ties on Kishida’s Last Official Visit Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol said their countries agreed to keep up the momentum in strengthening relations as K…
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September 5, 2024 at 1:07 PM

Mpox Vaccines Arrive in DRC | France’s New PM | U.S. Charges of Russian Influence Operation

Daily News Brief September 5, 2024 Top of the AgendaFirst Mpox Vaccines to Arrive in Outbreak Epicenter of DRC More than ninety-nine thousand doses of the mpox vaccine are scheduled for delivery today in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (…
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September 4, 2024 at 1:02 PM

Kyiv Cabinet Reshuffle | Migrant Deaths in English Channel | China-Canada Trade Tensions

Daily News Brief September 4, 2024 Top of the AgendaUkraine’s Foreign Minister Resigns in Largest Government Reshuffle Since War Broke Out Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba was among the some half a dozen senior Ukrainian officials who submitted their resignations in the largest cabinet shake-up since…
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September 3, 2024 at 1:04 PM

Netanyahu’s Steadfast Cease-Fire Stance | Pope’s Asia Trip | UN Mediates Libya Dispute

Daily News Brief September 3, 2024 Top of the AgendaNetanyahu Maintains Stance on Cease-Fire Condition After Street Protests Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would not bend on a demand that Israel maintain control over a southern Gaza Strip corridor along the Egypt border, spe…
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August 30, 2024 at 1:08 PM

Polio Vaccination to Begin in Gaza | Philippines-Vietnam Defense Pact | Iran’s Nuclear Stockpile

Daily News Brief August 30, 2024 Editor’s Note: There will be no Daily News Brief on Monday, September 2 in observance of Labor Day. Top of the AgendaUN: Israel, Hamas Agree to Pause Gaza Fighting for Polio Vaccine Drive United Nations agencies plan to begin a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza on …
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August 29, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Sullivan’s Bridge to Beijing | Chinese Lending in Africa | Canada’s 2023 Wildfire Emissions

Daily News Brief August 29, 2024 Top of the AgendaSullivan Wraps Trip to China as Pacific Island Nations Talk Policing U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and held rare talks with a top Chinese general as part of his visit to manage bilateral relations…
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August 28, 2024 at 1:09 PM

Ukraine Briefs NATO on War | Chinese Hack on U.S. Firms | Spain, West Africa Migration Talks

Daily News Brief August 28, 2024 Top of the AgendaUkraine Briefs NATO on Status of War, Hints at Plan to End It Ukraine is briefing North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ambassadors today on the status of the war with Russia, a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would pr…
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August 27, 2024 at 2:00 PM

Tracking Foreign Policy Ahead of the 2024 U.S. Election

Stay up to date with CFR’s election resources.The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy The U.S. Election and Foreign Policy After a tumultuous summer, the U.S. presidential candidates are now seeking to unify their bases around their vision for the future. The Council on Foreign Relations offers a ful…
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August 27, 2024 at 1:14 PM

Sullivan in Beijing | Modi’s Calls With Biden, Putin | Sudan Dam Collapse

Daily News Brief August 27, 2024 Top of the AgendaJake Sullivan Makes First Visit to China by U.S. National Security Advisor in Eight Years Sullivan began a three-day visit to Beijing today that continues a push to stabilize U.S.-China relations since they hit a low point in early 2023. Chinese For…
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August 26, 2024 at 12:55 PM

Israel, Hezbollah Attacks | Mpox Vaccine Donations | France Detains Telegram CEO

Daily News Brief August 26, 2024 We’d love to hear from you. Take our five-minute survey to let us know how we’re doing and help us make the Daily News Brief better.Top of the AgendaIsrael, Hezbollah Say They Seek to Contain Escalation After Major Cross-Border Fire Israel and the Iran-backed Lebane…
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August 23, 2024 at 1:01 PM

Modi in Kyiv | Harris Talks Foreign Affairs | Study Grades Climate Policy Effectiveness

Daily News Brief August 23, 2024 We’d love to hear from you. Take our five-minute survey to let us know how we’re doing and help us make the Daily News Brief better.Top of the AgendaIndia’s Modi Holds ‘Constructive’ Talks on War With Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed…
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August 22, 2024 at 12:53 PM

Hostilities on Israel’s Northern Border | India’s Modi in Poland | China Probes EU Dairy Imports

Daily News Brief August 22, 2024 We’d love to hear from you. Take our five-minute survey to let us know how we’re doing and help us make the Daily News Brief better.Top of the AgendaIsrael-Hezbollah Hostilities Intensify as Negotiators Continue Push for Gaza Deal Israel bombed ten areas of Lebanon…
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August 21, 2024 at 12:47 PM

Drone Attack on Moscow | Taiwan Hosts Security Forum | Ghana Breaks Ground on Oil Project

Daily News Brief August 21, 2024 We’d love to hear from you. Take our five-minute survey to let us know how we’re doing and help us make the Daily News Brief better.Top of the AgendaRussia Repels One of Largest Air Attacks on Moscow Since Start of War Russia shot down ten drones over the Moscow are…
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August 20, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Deal on Afghan Resettlement | Malaysia-India Ties | EU Tariffs on Teslas From China

Daily News Brief August 20, 2024 We’d love to hear from you. Take our five-minute survey to let us know how we’re doing and help us make the Daily News Brief better.Top of the AgendaPhilippines to Temporarily Host Afghans Awaiting Resettlement in United States The Philippines will temporarily host …
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August 19, 2024 at 1:02 PM

Blinken in Israel | Sudan Reopens Aid Route | DNC Kicks Off

Daily News Brief August 19, 2024 We’d love to hear from you. Take our five-minute survey to let us know how we’re doing and help us make the Daily News Brief better.Top of the AgendaBlinken Meets With Israeli Leaders as Hamas Claims Tel Aviv Bombing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s offic…
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August 16, 2024 at 12:54 PM

Ukraine’s Push Into Russia | Thailand’s Youngest-Ever PM | Mpox Detected Outside Africa

Daily News Brief August 16, 2024 We’d love to hear from you. Take our five-minute survey to let us know how we’re doing and help us make the Daily News Brief better.Top of the AgendaUkraine Says It Set Up Military Office in Russia’s Kursk Region Kyiv has established a command center in Russia’s Kur…
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August 15, 2024 at 1:02 PM

Mpox Global Emergency | Seoul’s Reconciliation Pitch | Forty Thousand Killed in Gaza

Daily News Brief August 15, 2024 Top of the AgendaWHO Declares Mpox Global Health Emergency, Warns of Further Spread The mpox outbreak that has spread to at least thirteen African countries and killed more than five hundred people constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the …
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August 14, 2024 at 1:00 PM

Japan’s Kishida Bows Out | Hamas Skips Cease-Fire Talks | Mpox’s Spread in Africa

Daily News Brief August 14, 2024 Top of the AgendaJapan’s Prime Minister to Step Down Next Month Prime Minister Kishida Fumio announced he will not seek reelection as head of his party, triggering a leadership contest for his replacement after his term ends next month. Kishida acknowledged the ruli…
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August 13, 2024 at 1:01 PM

Heat-Related Deaths in Europe | Putin, Abbas Meet | Africa’s Call for UN Representation

Daily News Brief August 13, 2024 Top of the AgendaEurope Saw More Than Forty-Seven Thousand Heat-Related Deaths in 2023, Study Finds The wildfires prompting evacuations in Greece this week are the latest sign of how rising temperatures have upended life in Europe. More than forty-seven thousand peo…
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August 12, 2024 at 12:54 PM

U.S. Ups Mideast Deployments | Ukraine’s Territorial Advances | Trump Campaign Reports Hack

Daily News Brief August 12, 2024 Top of the AgendaU.S. Military Bolsters Mideast Presence Amid Warnings of Iranian Attack U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered a guided missile submarine to the Middle East and expedited the travel of a carrier strike group equipped with F-35C fighter jets to …
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August 9, 2024 at 12:54 PM

U.S.-Qatar-Egypt Appeal on Gaza Talks | New Thai Opposition Party | Sudan Negotiations

Daily News Brief August 9, 2024 Top of the AgendaLeaders of United States, Egypt, Qatar Issue Joint Call for Gaza Cease-Fire Talks The three leaders called on both Israel and Hamas to “resume urgent discussion” on August 15 to “close all remaining gaps” to reaching a cease-fire and hostage release …
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August 8, 2024 at 1:02 PM

Ukrainian Forces Battle in Russia | Foiled Taylor Swift Concert Attack | Mpox Alerts Health Experts

Daily News BriefAugust 8, 2024 Top of the AgendaUkrainian Cross-Border Offensive Prompts Evacuations in Russia’s Kursk Ukrainian and Russian forces are in their third day of clashing after a Ukrainian unit made a rare incursion and broke through the border into the Russian region of Kursk, promptin…
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August 7, 2024 at 1:02 PM

Hamas Names Sinwar Political Leader | Walz’s Debut | China’s Curbs on Fentanyl

Daily News BriefAugust 7, 2024 Top of the AgendaHamas Elevates Planner of October 7 Attacks to Top Leadership  Hamas announced yesterday that it elevated Yayha Sinwar, the Gaza-based leader of its military wing, to the group’s top leadership position yesterday. The move follows the assassination la…
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August 6, 2024 at 1:16 PM

U.S. Personnel Wounded in Iraq | Harris Reportedly Taps Walz for VP | Japanese Stocks Rebound

Daily News BriefAugust 6, 2024 Top of the AgendaRocket Attack on Iraq Base Wounds U.S. Personnel Several U.S. service members were hurt in a suspected rocket attack yesterday on the main base hosting U.S. forces in Iraq, unnamed U.S. officials told multiple news outlets. U.S. Secretary of Defense L…
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August 5, 2024 at 1:04 PM

Bangladesh PM Resigns | Global Stock Volatility | F-16s Arrive in Ukraine

Daily News BriefAugust 5, 2024 Top of the AgendaBangladesh Prime Minister Resigns, Flees Country Amid Mass Protest Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country today following nationwide antigovernment demonstrations, ending fifteen years in power. The country’s army chief said that an interim gover…
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August 2, 2024 at 12:56 PM

Freed Prisoners Home From Russia | Mideast Escalation Warnings | Famine Declared in Sudan

Daily News BriefAugust 2, 2024 Top of the AgendaAmericans Arrive Home After Multi-Country Prisoner Swap Three Americans arrived on U.S. soil last night after being freed from Russia in the largest prisoner swap between the two sides since the end of the Cold War. The deal involved an exchange of tw…
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August 1, 2024 at 1:04 PM

9/11 Plotters Plead Guilty | Potential Russia-U.S. Prisoner Swap | Israel Confirms Hamas Military Leader Death

Daily News BriefAugust 1, 2024 Top of the AgendaAlleged 9/11 Plotters Agree to Plea Guilty Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two of his accomplices who have been in U.S. custody at the Guantánamo Bay detention center since 2003 and are accused of masterminding the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks agr…