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  • Meeting of the EU General Affairs Council

    • Daily Brief
    • April 20, 2021

    The EU General Affairs Council will convene an informal virtual meeting today. Discussions will focus on post-Brexit EU-UK relations, rule

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  • Germany delays relaxing COVID-19 restrictions

    • Daily Brief
    • April 18, 2021

    Germany has postponed easing its COVID-19 restrictions, originally scheduled to be relaxed today, as infection rates spike across Europe. Chancellor

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  • Japan to extend expiring sanctions against North Korea

    • Daily Brief
    • April 13, 2021

    Japan has extended economic sanctions on North Korea that were set to expire today. The sanctions–imposed in 2006 and extended on April

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  • Constitutional referendum begins in Kyrgyzstan

    • Daily Brief
    • April 11, 2021

    Kyrgyzstan will hold a referendum on proposed constitutional amendments today. President Sadyr Japarov—elected in January—signed a law approving the vote

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  • Greenland to hold parliamentary general elections

    • Daily Brief
    • April 6, 2021

    Greenlanders will head to the polls today to elect the 31 representatives of parliament, known as the Inatsisartut. Participating are

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  • President Biden’s climate envoy to visit UAE

    • Daily Brief
    • April 4, 2021

    The US Presidential Climate Envoy John Kerry will arrive in the UAE today to take part in a climate dialogue

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  • Chinese foreign minister to conclude West Asian tour

    • Daily Brief
    • March 30, 2021

    Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will today conclude a week-long trip to nations across West Asia. On his tour, Wang

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  • EU to host conference on the Future of Syria

    • Daily Brief
    • March 29, 2021

    The EU will host the fifth Brussels Conference on “Supporting the future of Syria and the region” virtually today. The conference

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  • Three days of presidential debate begins in Peru

    • Daily Brief
    • March 28, 2021

    Peru will begin three days of presidential debates today in the lead-up to April 11 general elections. Over the course

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  • European Council scheduled to discuss economic policy

    • Daily Brief
    • March 23, 2021

    The General Affairs Council of the European Union will today convene at the EU headquarters in Brussels to discuss economic

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  • Expiring US travel restrictions with Canada, Mexico extended

    • Daily Brief
    • March 21, 2021

    Restrictions on non-essential travel across the US-Mexico and US-Canada land borders originally scheduled to expire today have been extended through

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  • Armenia to hold large-scale military exercises

    • Daily Brief
    • March 16, 2021

    The Armenian military will today begin the first of four days of large-scale military exercises. The exercises will coincide with

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  • European Council to assess Georgian political mediation

    • Daily Brief
    • March 15, 2021

    European Council President Charles Michel will today meet the leaders of Georgia’s ruling and opposition parties in Brussels to assess

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  • Two German state parliament ballots to be conducted

    • Daily Brief
    • March 14, 2021

    German state parliamentary elections will be held today in Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland-Pfalz. The elections mark the beginning of Germany’s “super

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  • ASEAN scheduled to meet amid Myanmar’s political crisis

    • Daily Brief
    • March 9, 2021

    The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) will convene today for a virtual military operations meeting hosted by Brunei

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  • Malaysian parliamentary session cancelled

    • Daily Brief
    • March 8, 2021

    A session of the Malaysian Parliament originally scheduled to convene today to discuss the 12th Malaysian Plan has been cancelled

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  • Bolivia holds regional elections

    • Daily Brief
    • March 7, 2021

    Regional and municipal elections will be held today across Bolivia. The elections are viewed as a test of support for

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  • Turkish seismographic ship to conclude Aegean exploration

    • Daily Brief
    • March 2, 2021

    The TCG Cesme, a Turkish seismographic research vessel, will conclude its Aegean Sea voyage today. Ostensibly launched to conduct scientific

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  • Belarus enforces harsher penalties for protesting

    • Daily Brief
    • March 1, 2021

    Effective today, the Belarusian government will increase fines and prison sentences for participants in unauthorised protests. Nationwide anti-government demonstrations and

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  • Mandate of UN tribunal for Lebanon expires

    • Daily Brief
    • February 28, 2021

    Today marked the original expiration date of the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). However, the mandate was extended after

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