The last-gasp Brexit deal negotiations, explained
The Brexit deal talks will live to see another few days. Until Sunday, at least. The European Union and the United Kingdom are trying — and failing — to come…
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Ethiopia’s humanitarian crisis, explained by top aid official Jan Egeland
Nearly 50,000 refugees from Ethiopia have fled to Sudan in recent weeks, according to the United Nations. They are crossing the border from Ethiopia’s Tigray region, which has been engulfed…
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Spending Review 2020: Rishi Sunak’s Main Points Explained
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, presented his 2020 Spending Review to parliament on 25th November. The review comes as the battle against Coronavirus rages on and the economic…
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Trump’s troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and Iraq, explained
President Donald Trump is planning to withdraw more US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq, bringing a few thousand more service members home but still falling short of his promise to…
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The delay in the presidential transition, explained
President-elect Joe Biden has named the members of his agency review team, the people on his transition team who are supposed to go into federal agencies to help prepare the…
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10 million US Covid-19 cases: Outbreaks in the Americas and Europe, explained
Last New Year’s Eve, a hint of what the world might be in for in 2020 arrived in the form of an Associated Press story about 27 people in Wuhan,…
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Kyrgyzstan’s political crisis and power vacuum, explained
Gunfire in the capital. Deadly clashes between protesters and state security forces. Annulled elections. A nasty fight for political power. And a president who’s effectively been missing in action through…
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China’s climate change commitment to become carbon neutral by 2060, explained
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Imagine China — the world’s top emitter of carbon, which in 2019…
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The DHS whistleblower’s shocking complaint, and what to make of it, explained
Top Trump administration officials at the Department of Homeland Security repeatedly ordered subordinates to suppress or change US intelligence reports on critical national security issues — including election interference by…
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DNC: Joe Biden’s foreign policy, explained
If Joe Biden wins in November, he will face a slew of global crises on the first day of his presidency — many of them caused or at least exacerbated…
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