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Bloomberg Biden Putting Tech, Not Troops, at Core of U.S.-China Policy (Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is moving to put semiconductors, artificial intelligence and next-generation… Read More »Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: BBC reporter Girmay Gebru detained by military

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia on Monday became the first country in the Americas to receive a shipment of coronavirus vaccines from the United Nations-backed… Read More »Colombia 1st in Americas to get vaccines from UN program

The Conversation What the mythical figure of Şahmeran in Turkey represents and why activists use it A pro-LGBTQ poster at Bosphorus University in Turkey with… Read More »Kosovo ties with Israel face strong resistance from Turkey

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Sunday it remains open to talks with Iran over the 2015 nuclear deal despite Tehran’s rejection of an… Read More »US still open to Iran nuclear talks after Iran’s rejection

CAIRO (AP) — Authorities in western Libya on Sunday released two local journalists who had been detained in the capital last week following a news… Read More »Libya authorities free journalists detained after PM presser

Bloomberg UAE Steps Back From Wars as Biden Reasserts Mideast Role (Bloomberg) — The United Arab Emirates is scaling back its role in foreign conflicts,… Read More »Iran rejects nuclear talks with U.S., for now

(Adds Blinken comment) * State media says army forced to take action * Police fire stun grenades, tear gas, then open fire * Rights group… Read More »WRAPUP 1-At least 18 protesters killed in Myanmar in worst violence since coup

In our series of letters from African journalists, Sierra Leonean-Gambian writer Ade Daramy mines an archive of photos featuring US President John F Kennedy, who… Read More »John F Kennedy: When the US president met Africa’s independence heroes

By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, Feb 27 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s United Nations envoy in New York vowed to fight on Saturday after the junta fired… Read More »Myanmar’s U.N. ambassador vows to fight after junta fired him

The Daily Beast Biden’s Syria Airstrikes May Feel Like Trump Déjà Vu. Here’s What’s Different. Bloomberg/GettyAmerican airstrikes on Iran-linked paramilitaries in Syria this week were… Read More »Myanmar’s military rulers reportedly fire U.N. ambassador after emotional anti-coup speech