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The first round of Ecuador’s presidential and National Assembly elections will be held today. Today’s elections were called because President
READ MORETurkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu will today visit Northern Cyprus to meet with Turkish Cypriot leadership. Key to today’s visit
READ MOREUN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Alena Douhan will today begin a 13-day visit to Venezuela to assess the effects
READ MOREA trilateral working group comprised of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan will meet today for the first time. The group was
READ MOREThe 2021 Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS), hosted virtually by the Netherlands, will conclude today. A key focus of this year’s
READ MORETobago will today hold elections for the Tobago House of Assembly (THA). Established in 1980, the THA is a 12-seat
READ MOREThe Turkish Navy will launch TCG Istanbul, its first indigenously designed and produced frigate, today. The I-class vessel is the
READ MOREThe US State Department will today label Yemen’s Houthi Ansarallah movement as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). US Secretary
READ MORECommercial flights between Cairo and Doha will resume today for the first time since 2017. Service was suspended in June
READ MOREGermany’s centre-right ruling party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), will today elect a new leader as part of its 33rd
READ MOREThe Central Bank of Brazil will today release its December inflation rate. At its last meeting on December 9, Brazil’s
READ MOREThe Russian government will impose a tax on the export of key agricultural products from today. The tax will target
READ MOREA joint US-Israeli delegation is expected to arrive in Morocco today to discuss the recently established normalisation agreement between Israel
READ MOREBelarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya will begin a three-day visit to Spain today. Over the course of her visit, Tikhanovskaya
READ MORERussian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak will today travel to Saudi Arabia to engage in oil talks with Saudi Energy
READ MOREKuwait’s National Assembly will open for the first time since general elections were held on December 5. The election saw
READ MORERussian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will today begin a two-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina. Originally scheduled to travel to
READ MOREThe UK, the UN and France will host a virtual summit on fighting climate change today. UK Prime Minister Boris
READ MOREEgyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will today conclude his three-day official visit to France. The visit has sparked criticism from
READ MORELawmakers of the Knesset House Committee will meet today to discuss a bill to dissolve parliament, an event that would
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