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Despite bold talk from top administration officials, there’s little reason to think the Russia sanctions package President Biden announced Thursday will do anything to alter… Read More »Biden’s Russian sanctions likely to achieve little

Axios Biden’s Russian sanctions likely to achieve little Despite bold talk from top administration officials, there’s little reason to think the Russia sanctions package President… Read More »Africa’s week in pictures: 9-15 April 2021

John Kerry became the first senior Biden administration official to touch down in China this week. He’s also been the first to sit down with… Read More »Globetrotting climate envoy Kerry makes Biden team’s first visit to China

Police officers wearing protective face masks walk past the Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin in Moscow on March 13, 2021 (AFP via Getty Images) With… Read More »Biden ‘prepared to take further actions’ if Russia continues to back interference efforts

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Nobel Peace Prize laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege warned Wednesday that the scourge of sexual violence and rape in all conflicts is… Read More »Nobel doctor calls sexual violence in conflict a `pandemic’

Axios Biden names Erika Moritsugu as senior AAPI liaison President Biden has named Erika Moritsugu as deputy assistant to the president and Asian American and… Read More »Polish leader urges U.S. to show democracy’s resilience in wake of Jan. 6

Courtesy Kimberly Jackson Carl Smith Just like his parents and grandparents before him, Alaska teenager Carl Smith lives off the land, whether it’s catching salmon… Read More »This 18-Year-Old Climate Activist Is Fighting to Save His Beloved Village in Alaska

AccuWeather Stunning satellite images show before and after volcanic eruptions The transformation of St. Vincent commenced with a cracklike thunder followed by a storm of… Read More »Israel honors Pfizer chief at Independence Day celebrations

The New York Times A Disastrous Year for Brooklyn’s Chinatown: ‘It’s Just So Hard’ NEW YORK — First came the virus, which John Chan said… Read More »A bitter custody battle and 3 young lives lost in California

CAIRO (AP) — A bus overturned while trying to pass a truck on a highway in southern Egypt on Tuesday, causing a collision that killed… Read More »20 killed, 3 injured when bus, truck crash in southern Egypt