China Hong Kong rushed to pass new national security laws to broaden the scope of the laws China imposed on the territory in 2020: now journalists, academics, and employees of multinational companies …

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Coming Up This Week EU foreign ministers are meeting today in Brussels. They're expected to discuss a new military aid package for Ukraine, as well as fresh sanctions on both Hamas and violent Israel …

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Israel / GazaHamas sent Israel a new ceasefire proposal offering to release the children, elderly, sick, and female hostages - even "female recruits" - in exchange for a ceasefire and the release of 1 …

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Happy Pi Day! In honor of my favorite holiday, here are some superb pie charts: Now for the news. China The U.S. House overwhelmingly (352-65) passed a bill that would ban TikTok in the U.S. unless …

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Haiti The Kenyan-led peacekeeping force that outgoing PM Henry negotiated to try to quell the violence in Haiti is pausing its deployment there...because of the escalation of violence in Haiti after …

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Coming Up This Week Today is the start of the holy month of Ramadan in Saudi Arabia and several Gulf countries; while Iranians, Jordanians, and many Asian-Pacific Muslims will begin their month of fa …

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