In an era of perpetual military engagements, from drone strikes in distant deserts to naval confrontations in contested seas, one glaring absence
President Biden held a phone call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, only their second since Biden took office, in an attempt initiated by the U.S. to stabilize the bilateral relationship and coax Beijing into more substantive engagement amid deepening competition.
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A new report has found a correlation between the influx of Chinese capital into a country and a negative impact on its environment and the quality of governance.
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The first international commercial flight from Kabul carried more than 100 people out of Afghanistan with cooperation from the Taliban, in the first such departure since a U.S.-led evacuation ended more than a week ago.
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Two journalists for Kabul-based newspaper Etilaat-e Roz were detained by Taliban militants while covering a protest for women's rights on September 7.
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The European Commission has today disbursed €157 million to Cyprus in pre-financing, equivalent to 13% of the grant and loan component of the country's financial allocation.
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President Biden on Thursday unveiled a series of steps to combat the newly surging pandemic, including the announcement of a forthcoming federal rule that all businesses with 100 or more employees have to ensure that every worker is either vaccinated for COVID-19 or submit to weekly testing for the coronavirus.
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he share of Americans who is required by their employer to get vaccinated against COVID-19 took a jump up in August to 19 percent, according to a Gallup poll.
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Air pollution is a multifaceted problem – representing the world’s leading environmental risk to health and costing the globe an estimated $8.1 trillion in 2019 , 6.1 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP).
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