Draghi’s Challenging To-Do List in Italy—and the EU
Giovanna De Maio Wednesday, March 3, 2021
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United States
U.S. Urges Ethiopia to End Hostilities in Tigray
By The Editors | Reuters
U.S. House Democrats Urge Biden to Revert to Obama-Era Cuba Detente
By Sarah Marsh | Reuters
Venezuela’s Guaido, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Discuss ‘Return to Democracy’
By The Editors | Reuters
U.S. and Asia Allies Plan COVID Vaccine Strategy to Counter China
By Demetri Sevastopulo & Amy Kazmin | Financial Times (subscription required)
China Is Not Ten Feet Tall
By Ryan Hass | Foreign Affairs
United States
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Russia Over Poisoning of Navalny
By The Editors | Reuters
Biden Meets With Mexican President Amid Growing Pressure on Immigration
By Anne Gearan, Mary Beth Sheridan, Nick Miroff & Kevin Sieff | The Washington Post
U.S. to Take Hard Line on Chinese Trade Practices, Administration Says
By Yuka Hayashi | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Processing of Asylum-Seekers Expands at U.S.-Mexico Border
By María Verza | Associated Press
Africa
France Tells Chad to Open Probe After Deaths at Opposition Figure’s Home
By The Editors | Reuters
Africa
Jihadis Attack Town, Humanitarian Posts in Northeast Nigeria
By Haruna Umar | Associated Press
All Sides Commit Abuses in Mozambique Conflict, Says Report
By Andrew Meldrum | Associated Press
Ethiopia Releases Media Workers Detained in Tigray
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
Why Nigeria’s Crypto Crackdown Is Misguided
By Abubakar Popoola | African Arguments
Hundreds of Girls Abducted From Nigerian School Are Freed, Official Says
By Mike Ives | The New York Times
Africa
Ethiopia: Four Media Workers Arrested in Conflict-Wracked Tigray
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
Chad Opposition Leader Quits Presidential Race After Shootout
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
One of Zimbabwe’s Vice Presidents Quits Amid Sex Scandal
By Farai Mutsaka | Associated Press
How Uganda’s Election Reexposed Regional Faultlines
By Liam Taylor & Haggai Matsiko | African Arguments
The Americas
Ten Rebels Killed, Three Captured in Colombia Military Bombing
By The Editors | Reuters
The Americas
Guatemala Begins Reshaping Court; Corruption Concerns Grow
By Sonia Pérez D. | Associated Press
Mexico Senate Passes Energy Bill Favoring State, Fossil Fuel
By AP Editors | Associated Press
Court Testimony: Venezuelan Intelligence Monitored Citgo Executives in U.S.
By Luc Cohen & Brian Ellsworth | Reuters
In El Salvador, Broken Promises Have Forced the Establishment Out
By Will Freeman & Lucas Perelló | Foreign Policy
Defective Birth Control Blamed for Scores of Unplanned Pregnancies in Chile
By Ernesto Londoño | The New York Times
The Americas
Honduras: Accused Mastermind of Berta Caceres Murder to Go on Trial Next Month
By Nina Lakhani | The Guardian
In Peru, Sterilization Case Against Fujimori Goes to Court
By AP Editors | Associated Press
Ecuador’s Exporters Caught Between U.S. and China After Debt Deal
By Gideon Long & Demetri Sevastopulo | Financial Times (subscription required)
Asia-Pacific
Myanmar Security Forces Shoot Dead 13 Anti-Coup Protesters Despite Calls for Restraint
By The Editors | Reuters
Top Law Officer Denies Rape Claim as a Reckoning in Australia Grows
By Damien Cave | The New York Times
Asia-Pacific
Rio Tinto Chairman Becomes Latest High-Profile Departure After Caves Blast
By Melanie Burton | Reuters
Three Women Working for a News Outlet Are Gunned Down in Afghanistan
By Zabihullah Ghazi & Thomas Gibbons-Neff | The New York Times
Chinese BRI Investment Isn’t All Bad—or Good
By Nilanthi Samaranayake | Foreign Policy
Europe
Hungary’s Ruling Fidesz Leaves Largest EU Parliamentary Group
By Marton Dunai & Gabriela Baczynska | Reuters
Germany Places Far-Right AfD Party Under Surveillance for Extremism
By Katrin Bennhold | The New York Times
Europe
Interior Minister: France Bans Far-Right, Anti-Migrant Group
By The Editors | Reuters
Macron Admits French Forces ‘Tortured and Murdered’ Algerian Freedom Fighter
By The Editors | France 24 & AFP
Russian Sputnik V Vaccine Splits Slovakia Ruling Coalition
By Karel Janicek | Associated Press
Armenian PM Says Open to Snap Elections With Certain Conditions
By The Editors | Reuters
Belarus Court Sentences Journalist to Six Months in Prison
By The Editors | Reuters
Europe
EU Top Court Defends Right of Polish Judges to Appeal Nominations
By The Editors | Reuters
The EU Will Propose a Vaccine Passport System for Europe
By Monika Pronczuk | The New York Times
Middle East & N. Africa
Rockets Hit Iraq Base Hosting U.S. Troops
By Jared Malsin & Ghassan Adnan | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Vaccinated Pope Francis Heads to Iraq Amid COVID Outbreak
By Chico Harlan & Louisa Loveluck | The Washington Post
Turkish Court Probes Pro-Kurdish Party as Pressure for Ban Grows
By Orhan Coskun & Daren Butler | Reuters
Middle East & N. Africa
The Middle East’s Next Conflicts Won’t Be Between Arab States and Iran
By Vali Nasr | Foreign Policy
Criminal Inquiries Loom Over Assad’s Use of Chemical Arms in Syria
By Marlise Simons | The New York Times
Israeli Court Says Converts to Non-Orthodox Judaism Can Claim Citizenship
By Patrick Kingsley | The New York Times
United States
March 3, 2021
U.S. Urges Ethiopia to End Hostilities in Tigray
By The Editors | Reuters
U.S. House Democrats Urge Biden to Revert to Obama-Era Cuba Detente
By Sarah Marsh | Reuters
Venezuela’s Guaido, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Discuss ‘Return to Democracy’
By The Editors | Reuters
U.S. and Asia Allies Plan COVID Vaccine Strategy to Counter China
By Demetri Sevastopulo & Amy Kazmin | Financial Times (subscription required)
Court Testimony: Venezuelan Intelligence Monitored Citgo Executives in U.S.
By Luc Cohen & Brian Ellsworth | Reuters
Rockets Hit Iraq Base Hosting U.S. Troops
By Jared Malsin & Ghassan Adnan | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
China Is Not Ten Feet Tall
By Ryan Hass | Foreign Affairs
March 2, 2021
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Russia Over Poisoning of Navalny
By The Editors | Reuters
Biden Meets With Mexican President Amid Growing Pressure on Immigration
By Anne Gearan, Mary Beth Sheridan, Nick Miroff & Kevin Sieff | The Washington Post
U.S. to Take Hard Line on Chinese Trade Practices, Administration Says
By Yuka Hayashi | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Processing of Asylum-Seekers Expands at U.S.-Mexico Border
By María Verza | Associated Press
With Iran and U.S. at Loggerheads Over Deal, U.N. Nuclear Agency Chief Warns Inspections Should Not Be Used as a ‘Bargaining Chip’
By Loveday Morris | The Washington Post
Say It Ain’t So, Joe
By Fred Ryan | The Washington Post
Africa
March 3, 2021
U.S. Urges Ethiopia to End Hostilities in Tigray
By The Editors | Reuters
France Tells Chad to Open Probe After Deaths at Opposition Figure’s Home
By The Editors | Reuters
Jihadis Attack Town, Humanitarian Posts in Northeast Nigeria
By Haruna Umar | Associated Press
All Sides Commit Abuses in Mozambique Conflict, Says Report
By Andrew Meldrum | Associated Press
Ethiopia Releases Media Workers Detained in Tigray
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
Why Nigeria’s Crypto Crackdown Is Misguided
By Abubakar Popoola | African Arguments
March 2, 2021
Hundreds of Girls Abducted From Nigerian School Are Freed, Official Says
By Mike Ives | The New York Times
Ethiopia: Four Media Workers Arrested in Conflict-Wracked Tigray
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
Chad Opposition Leader Quits Presidential Race After Shootout
By The Editors | Al Jazeera
One of Zimbabwe’s Vice Presidents Quits Amid Sex Scandal
By Farai Mutsaka | Associated Press
How Uganda’s Election Reexposed Regional Faultlines
By Liam Taylor & Haggai Matsiko | African Arguments
The Americas
March 3, 2021
U.S. House Democrats Urge Biden to Revert to Obama-Era Cuba Detente
By Sarah Marsh | Reuters
Venezuela’s Guaido, U.S. Secretary of State Blinken Discuss ‘Return to Democracy’
By The Editors | Reuters
Ten Rebels Killed, Three Captured in Colombia Military Bombing
By The Editors | Reuters
Guatemala Begins Reshaping Court; Corruption Concerns Grow
By Sonia Pérez D. | Associated Press
Mexico Senate Passes Energy Bill Favoring State, Fossil Fuel
By AP Editors | Associated Press
Court Testimony: Venezuelan Intelligence Monitored Citgo Executives in U.S.
By Luc Cohen & Brian Ellsworth | Reuters
In El Salvador, Broken Promises Have Forced the Establishment Out
By Will Freeman & Lucas Perelló | Foreign Policy
March 2, 2021
Biden Meets With Mexican President Amid Growing Pressure on Immigration
By Anne Gearan, Mary Beth Sheridan, Nick Miroff & Kevin Sieff | The Washington Post
Processing of Asylum-Seekers Expands at U.S.-Mexico Border
By María Verza | Associated Press
Defective Birth Control Blamed for Scores of Unplanned Pregnancies in Chile
By Ernesto Londoño | The New York Times
Honduras: Accused Mastermind of Berta Caceres Murder to Go on Trial Next Month
By Nina Lakhani | The Guardian
In Peru, Sterilization Case Against Fujimori Goes to Court
By AP Editors | Associated Press
Ecuador’s Exporters Caught Between U.S. and China After Debt Deal
By Gideon Long & Demetri Sevastopulo | Financial Times (subscription required)
It’s Not Just El Salvador. Democracies Are Weakening Across Central America
By Patricio Navia & Lucas Perelló | Americas Quarterly
Asia-Pacific
March 3, 2021
U.S. and Asia Allies Plan COVID Vaccine Strategy to Counter China
By Demetri Sevastopulo & Amy Kazmin | Financial Times (subscription required)
Myanmar Security Forces Shoot Dead 13 Anti-Coup Protesters Despite Calls for Restraint
By The Editors | Reuters
Top Law Officer Denies Rape Claim as a Reckoning in Australia Grows
By Damien Cave | The New York Times
Rio Tinto Chairman Becomes Latest High-Profile Departure After Caves Blast
By Melanie Burton | Reuters
Three Women Working for a News Outlet Are Gunned Down in Afghanistan
By Zabihullah Ghazi & Thomas Gibbons-Neff | The New York Times
China Is Not Ten Feet Tall
By Ryan Hass | Foreign Affairs
Chinese BRI Investment Isn’t All Bad—or Good
By Nilanthi Samaranayake | Foreign Policy
March 2, 2021
U.S. to Take Hard Line on Chinese Trade Practices, Administration Says
By Yuka Hayashi | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
China’s Electoral Reform ‘Earthquake’ Set to Upend Hong Kong Politics
By James Pomfret & Clare Jim | Reuters
Myanmar’s Neighbors Press for Suu Kyi’s Release, Restoration of Democracy
By The Editors | Reuters
Myanmar’s Military Deploys Digital Arsenal of Repression in Crackdown
By Hannah Beech | The New York Times
Pakistani Court Grants Bail to Christian in Blasphemy Case
By Babar Dogar | Associated Press
Why Erdogan Has Abandoned the Uyghurs
By Kuzzat Altay | Foreign Policy
Jack Ma Personifies the Contradiction of China’s Ideology
By Jamil Anderlini | Financial Times (subscription required)
Europe
March 3, 2021
Hungary’s Ruling Fidesz Leaves Largest EU Parliamentary Group
By Marton Dunai & Gabriela Baczynska | Reuters
Germany Places Far-Right AfD Party Under Surveillance for Extremism
By Katrin Bennhold | The New York Times
Interior Minister: France Bans Far-Right, Anti-Migrant Group
By The Editors | Reuters
Macron Admits French Forces ‘Tortured and Murdered’ Algerian Freedom Fighter
By The Editors | France 24 & AFP
Russian Sputnik V Vaccine Splits Slovakia Ruling Coalition
By Karel Janicek | Associated Press
France Tells Chad to Open Probe After Deaths at Opposition Figure’s Home
By The Editors | Reuters
March 2, 2021
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Russia Over Poisoning of Navalny
By The Editors | Reuters
Armenian PM Says Open to Snap Elections With Certain Conditions
By The Editors | Reuters
Belarus Court Sentences Journalist to Six Months in Prison
By The Editors | Reuters
EU Top Court Defends Right of Polish Judges to Appeal Nominations
By The Editors | Reuters
The EU Will Propose a Vaccine Passport System for Europe
By Monika Pronczuk | The New York Times
Morocco Freezes Ties With German Embassy Amid Sahara Tension
By Tarik El Barakah | Associated Press
Middle East & North Africa
March 3, 2021
Macron Admits French Forces ‘Tortured and Murdered’ Algerian Freedom Fighter
By The Editors | France 24 & AFP
Rockets Hit Iraq Base Hosting U.S. Troops
By Jared Malsin & Ghassan Adnan | The Wall Street Journal (subscription required)
Vaccinated Pope Francis Heads to Iraq Amid COVID Outbreak
By Chico Harlan & Louisa Loveluck | The Washington Post
Turkish Court Probes Pro-Kurdish Party as Pressure for Ban Grows
By Orhan Coskun & Daren Butler | Reuters
The Middle East’s Next Conflicts Won’t Be Between Arab States and Iran
By Vali Nasr | Foreign Policy
March 2, 2021
Criminal Inquiries Loom Over Assad’s Use of Chemical Arms in Syria
By Marlise Simons | The New York Times
Israeli Court Says Converts to Non-Orthodox Judaism Can Claim Citizenship
By Patrick Kingsley | The New York Times
With Iran and U.S. at Loggerheads Over Deal, U.N. Nuclear Agency Chief Warns Inspections Should Not Be Used as a ‘Bargaining Chip’
By Loveday Morris | The Washington Post
Morocco Freezes Ties With German Embassy Amid Sahara Tension
By Tarik El Barakah | Associated Press
Say It Ain’t So, Joe
By Fred Ryan | The Washington Post
Why Erdogan Has Abandoned the Uyghurs
By Kuzzat Altay | Foreign Policy
America Will Be ‘Back’ if It Helps Vaccinate the World
Howard W. French
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
A New Chief Prosecutor, and New Challenges, for the ICC
The Editors
Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Environmental Ruin Could Make Postwar Syria Unlivable
Kira Walker
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
‘The Deaths Can’t Be Erased’: Tamils and the Fight for Justice in Sri Lanka
Jeevan Ravindran
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Bolsonaro’s Sudden Interference in the Economy Could Sink Brazil
Frida Ghitis
Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021
Ethiopia-Sudan Border Skirmishes Spark Fears of a Wider War
Yasir Zaidan
Monday, March 1, 2021
