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Demonstrators with Tigray flags and posters march on the National Mall. Team Biden Balks on Africa Sanctions
As U.S. President Joe Biden ramps up sanctions on Russia, suspected war criminals in Africa escape unscathed.
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A general view shows a United Nations Security Council meeting at the UN headquarters in New York on September 30, 2022. Helsinki Commission Recommends Kicking Russia Off U.N. Security Council
Not so fast, experts say.
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A member of the Zimbabwe Republic Police is seen in front of an electoral poster of President Emmerson Mnangagwa Cafe Meeting Turns Into Tense Car Chase for U.S. Senate Aides in Zimbabwe
Leading lawmaker calls on Biden to address Zimbabwe’s “dire” authoritarian turn after the incident.
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Sen. Lindsey Graham (left) speaks with Sen. Chris Coons U.S. Foreign Aid Pilot Program Sparks Fight With Congress
A “game-changing” bill hits an impasse over programs in Haiti and Libya.
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A signboard for TotalEnergies EP Myanmar is seen past a shuttered gate in Yangon on Jan. 22, after energy giants TotalEnergies and Chevron said they would leave Myanmar following pressure from human rights groups to cut financial ties with the junta since last year's military coup. U.S. Eyes New Energy Sanctions on Myanmar After Execution of Activists
Oil and gas are a critical economic lifeline for Myanmar’s military junta.
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U.S. State Department State Department to Appoint New Envoy for Global Racial Justice
The appointment comes as the department grapples with correcting its own spotted record on diversity and inclusion.
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David Satterfield speaks in Iraq. U.S. Envoy for East Africa to Call It Quits
David Satterfield is expected to leave his post after just a few months on the job, leaving a big vacuum at a bad time.
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A Chinese flag flies behind razor wire Congress Splits Over How to Address LGBT Rights in China
A landmark report on human rights in China was delayed six months over a behind-the-scenes impasse on LGBTQ rights.
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A woman pushes a baby carriage past the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv U.S. Envoy Offers Limited Lifelines to Local Ukraine Embassy Staff
State Department tells local employees it left behind that the U.S. will continue paying them for “as long as possible.”
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World Food Program Executive Director David Beasley at the U.N. Office in Geneva. WFP Women Fault Food Agency’s Boys’ Club
Hundreds of employees at the World Food Program protest the dominant role of men in responding to world’s humanitarian emergencies.
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World Food Program Chief David Beasley U.N. to Keep Beasley at WFP as Food Crises Roil the World
The head of the United Nations’ top food agency will get a job extension now that Russia’s invasion has put food security at risk for millions.
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Ukrainian soldiers stand guard on a road north of Kyiv. Ukrainian Staff at U.S. Embassy, Left Behind, Say U.S. Is Backtracking on Promises of Support
“It looks as if some officials have already given up on Ukraine,” local staff told the State Department.
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Ukrainian servicemen receive a U.S. shipment of anti-tank Javelin missiles. U.S. Commission Urges Biden to Designate Ukraine, Georgia as Major Non-NATO Allies
The move would facilitate military and economic support for Kyiv as it battles a brutal Russian offensive.
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Vice President Kamala Harris (left), President Joe Biden (center) and US Secretary of State Tony Blinken (right) participate in a virtual bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. Biden Eyes Adding Top Foreign-Policy Strategist
Thomas Wright of Brookings has made a career studying the international order. Now he might get to fix it.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin oversees the test launch of the Avangard hypersonic missile. Biden Halts Russian Arms Control Talks Amid Ukraine Invasion
Officials said the talks had become an arena for Russia to complain about NATO.
