Coming Up This WeekSouth African security forces are on high alert expecting nationwide protests and a strike today. July’s riots killed at least 300 people and caused an estimated 50 billion ($3.3 bi …

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Israel Violence between Gaza and Israel boiled over into ethnic violence on Israeli streets. Israel arrested 280 people accused of rioting, and locked down the city of Lod for the first time in decad …

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Afghanistan Gen. Mark Milley, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, expressed halfhearted confidence in the ANSF, describing Afghan forces as “reasonably well equipped, reasonably well trained, reasonably …

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Iran Diplomats working between the U.S. and Iran during indirect nuclear talks in Vienna say there’s been “indisputable progress.” In addition, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister said there was an “agree …

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U.S. The U.S. Census Bureau reported a (very specific) total U.S. population of 331,449,281 in 2020. That’s only a 7.4% increase from 2010 to 2020—the slowest growth rate since the 1930s—thanks to a …

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U.S. Today is Earth Day, and the start of Pres. Biden’s virtual climate change summit of world leaders. Biden plans to pledge to cut U.S. emissions in half by 2030, which theNYTsays “ would require t …

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