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    What Europe Expects From The Biden Administration

    Jan 20, 2021
    The Biden administration has a lot of work ahead to repair alliances, particularly in Europe. NPR takes a look at what the U.K. and European Union expect from an incoming administration.
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    Middle East

    Biden Expected To Work To Repair U.S. Relations With Palestinian Leadership

    Jan 20, 2021
    The Trump administration dramatically shifted U.S. policy toward Israel and the Palestinians in favor of Israel. President Biden is expected to try to repair U.S. relations with the Palestinians.
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    Asia

    Hindus Offer Prayers For Harris In Her Grandfather's Village In Southeast India

    Jan 20, 2021
    Kamala Harris is the first woman and the first person of color to become U.S. vice president. People in India celebrated Harris as the first person of South Asian descent to hold that office.
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    Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, pictured at the White House in December, was among the 28 Trump administration officials sanctioned by China.
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    China Slaps Sanctions On 28 Trump Administration Officials, Including Mike Pompeo

    Jan 20, 2021
    In a statement released just minutes after President Biden took office, China's foreign ministry said it was sanctioning those "who have seriously violated China's sovereignty."
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    Inauguration Day: Live Updates
    President Joe Biden is directing the U.S. to rejoin the international Paris Climate Agreement, which aims to cut global greenhouse gas emissions. Here, activists rally on Dec. 12, 2015.
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    Biden Moves To Have U.S. Rejoin Climate Accord

    Jan 20, 2021
    President Biden signed an executive order to have the country reenter the Paris Climate Agreement, less than four months after formally withdrawing.
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    Inauguration Day: Live Updates
    The U.S. Army Band plays "Pershing's Own" during the inauguration. Leaders, former officials and citizens expressed optimism with the dawn of the new U.S. administration.
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    World Leaders Express Hope As Biden And Harris Are Sworn In

    Jan 20, 2021
    Leaders, former officials and citizens expressed optimism with the dawn of the new U.S. administration. China's state news agency tweeted: "Good Riddance, Donald Trump!"
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    Inauguration Day: Live Updates
    The inauguration kolam project is "not just a welcoming of a new administration. It's this idea that so many people came together with all of their stories," says Sowmya Somnath, one of the organizers.
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    In D.C., A Traditional South Indian Welcome Awaits Joe Biden And Kamala Harris

    Jan 20, 2021
    With 1,800 pieces submitted by the public, volunteers are putting together a kolam, a traditional South Indian art form used as a sign of welcome.
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    Global Health

    Putin Uses Russia's COVID-19 Vaccine To Increase Its Global Influence

    Jan 20, 2021
    Putin oversaw efforts to develop a vaccine, and now he's rushing to get it to his fellow citizens. It's also being used to increase Russia's influence in eastern Europe, the Balkans and elsewhere.
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    Middle East

    Examining The Diplomatic Deal Between Israel, United Arab Emirates

    Jan 20, 2021
    As part of the bigger picture in the agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Israel is redefining peace as something that does not require concessions in land.
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    Africa
    A man holds a desert locust in his hand in Kenya's Rift Valley. Farmers in central Kenya fear the locusts will strip vegetation from the rangeland where their livestock graze.
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    Locust Swarms Threaten Parts Of East Africa

    Jan 19, 2021
    Swarms of locusts have reached dangerous levels in parts of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. They're reproducing rapidly in part because of unusual rainfall patterns.
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    Opinion
    National Guard troops reinforce the security zone on Capitol Hill in Washington early Tuesday, before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president on Wednesday.
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    Here's How America's Crisis Feels Too Familiar To This Immigrant Who Has Covered War

    Jan 19, 2021
    No, Washington, D.C., is not Baghdad, despite now having a Green Zone of its own. But the events of Jan. 6 make the comparison more apt than any of us would wish.
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    Goats and Soda
    An official has a blood pressure test before receiving the Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, developed in China, at a hospital in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on January 15.
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    China's Sinovac Vaccine Is Rolling Out Around The World. Will It Work?

    Jan 19, 2021
    Research suggests the vaccine prevents disease only 50% of the time. But it could still have a big impact. And many countries are betting on it.
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    Asia
    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks last week at the National Press Club in Washington. He said on Tuesday that China has committed genocide against its Muslim Uighur population.
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    Pompeo Accuses China Of Genocide Against Muslim Uighurs In Xinjiang

    Jan 19, 2021
    "I believe this genocide is ongoing," Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a forceful statement issued on his last full day representing the U.S. to the world.
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    Biden Transition Updates
    President-elect Joe Biden listens as his Secretary of State nominee Antony Blinken speaks in Wilmington, Del., in November. According to his prepared testimony, Blinken will tell senators at his confirmation hearing Tuesday, "Humility and confidence shou
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    Secretary Of State Nominee Antony Blinken Promises 'Humility And Confidence'

    Jan 19, 2021
    "Humility and confidence should be the flip sides of America's leadership coin," Blinken will testify at his Senate confirmation hearing, vowing to work for the "greater good."
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    Politics

    Legacy Of Muslim Travel Ban Will Be Hard For Biden To Erase

    Jan 19, 2021
    President-elect Biden has pledged to quickly end the Trump administration's travel ban on Muslim-majority countries. But immigrant advocates say the lasting effects of policy will be harder to undo.
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    Europe

    Merkel's Political Party Picks Armin Laschet As New Leader

    Jan 18, 2021
    Angela Merkel has been one of Germany's most popular leaders. She's stepping down at the end of this year. Over the weekend, her party chose a new leader and possible successor to her.
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    About 80% Of Japanese Think Olympic Games Should Be Canceled Or Postponed, Poll Shows

    Jan 18, 2021
    With much of Japan in a state of emergency due to the pandemic, public opinion is turning against holding the Tokyo Olympics. But organizers insist that there is no question of canceling the games.
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    Former U.S. Ambassador To Russia On The Arrest Of Russian Opposition Leader

    Jan 18, 2021
    NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, about the arrest of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny and its implications for global relations with Russia.
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    Latin America
    A Honduran migrant woman carries a child on her back as they travel with other migrants by foot along a highway in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on Saturday, in hopes of reaching the U.S. border.
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    Migrant Caravan: Thousands Move Into Guatemala, Hoping To Reach U.S.

    Jan 18, 2021
    Some of the Honduran migrants in the caravan say they are hoping to see a change in U.S. asylum policy when President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    People walk in Wuhan on Jan. 10, the eve of the first anniversary of China confirming its first COVID-19 death. Chinese officials said on Monday that its economy managed to grow 2.3% in 2020.
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    China Says Its Economy, Recovering From The Pandemic, Grew 2.3% Last Year

    Jan 18, 2021
    China's is likely the only major economy to have expanded in 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic gripped the world.
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    World
    Opposition leader Alexei Navalny is escorted out of a police station in Khimki, outside Moscow, following the court ruling that ordered him jailed for 30 days.
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    After Arrest, Kremlin Critic Navalny Calls On Supporters To 'Take To The Streets'

    Jan 18, 2021
    Alexei Navalny was arrested Sunday after arriving back in Russia from Germany, where he had been recovering from nerve agent poisoning. A judge ordered that he remain in custody for 30 days.
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    Europe

    Kremlin Critic Detained After Returning To Russia Following Poisoning

    Jan 18, 2021
    Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained upon arrival in Moscow on Sunday — five months after he had been poisoned. He had been recuperating in Germany since the summer.
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    Health

    Data Challenges Efficacy Of Vaccine Made By Chinese Company

    Jan 18, 2021
    Many nations are betting on a vaccine made in China to immunize their populations. Clinical trial data from Brazil shows it's only 50% effective — less than the 78% previously reported.
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    World

    Kremlin Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Detained Upon Russia Return

    Jan 17, 2021
    Kremlin critic and opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained shortly after landing in Moscow on Sunday, months after he was poisoned by a rare nerve agent.
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    Europe
    Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained on Sunday upon his arrival in Moscow. He had spent nearly the last five months recovering in Germany after being poisoned in August.
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    Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Detained After Returning To Russia Following Poisoning

    Jan 17, 2021
    Russian authorities detained the country's top opposition leader after he landed in Moscow on a flight from Berlin. Navalny had been gone nearly five months since he was poisoned last August.

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