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Republican lawmakers slam Clubhouse for allowing Iran’s foreign minister to promote ‘propaganda’
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Zarif spoke on Clubhouse on March 31 to defend a new pact between Iran and China, while several thousand people tuned in. The conservative lawmakers add the conversation also speaks to the agenda of Big Tech. "The Ir...
Trevor Bauer has ball removed from Dodgers-Athletics game, MLB likely to inspect for foreign substance
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A baseball was removed from the field during Wednesday’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Oakland Athletics following Bauer’s first inning on the mound to inspect it as a part of MLB’s recent crackdown on for...
Japan’s Prime Minister will be first foreign leader to visit US under Biden, administration official says
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Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan will be the first foreign leader to visit the United States since President Joe Biden took office and the global coronavirus pandemic halted much international travel, accordin...
Peru’s foreign minister resigns in furor over secret vaccination of government officials
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Peru's foreign minister has stepped down amid a furor over government officials being vaccinated against the coronavirus, even before the country began rolling out doses to health care workers. President Francisco S...
Harris to start ‘regular’ lunches with Blinken in bid to beef up foreign policy chops
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Vice President Kamala Harris will have her first private lunch with Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday, meetings that are expected to continue with regularity, according to two administration officials. The...
Biden admin launches review of Trump decision to designate Yemen’s Houthis as foreign terrorist organization
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Washington The State Department has initiated a review of the Trump administration's decision to designate Yemen's Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organization (FTO), a spokesperson told CNN Friday. It is a swif...
Foreign fighters were meant to leave Libya this week. A huge trench being dug by Russian-backed mercenaries indicates they plan to stay
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Construction on an enormous trench across Libya, dug by Russian-backed mercenaries Wagner, is raising fears that foreign fighters will not withdraw from the country by Saturday, as a UN-brokered peace deal insists. ...
Zimbabwe’s foreign minister dies after contracting Covid-19
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Zimbabwe's foreign minister, Sibusiso Moyo, has died at a local hospital after catching Covid, said government spokesman George Charamba, on Wednesday. Moyo was the army officer who went on state television on Nove...
US to designate Houthis as a foreign terrorist organization
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Washington The State Department will notify Congress of its intent to designate Houthi rebels as a foreign terrorist organization, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday, despite intense pushback from US diplomat...
Japan will ban entry to foreign nationals after Covid-19 variant detected in country
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Japan will ban foreign nationals from entering the country starting Monday through the end of January after several cases of the new Covid-19 variant were recorded in the country, according to Japan's public broadca...
State Department is preventing Biden from accessing messages from foreign leaders
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Washington A stack of messages from foreign leaders to President-elect Joe Biden are sitting at the State Department but the Trump administration is preventing him from accessing them, according to State Department o...
New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern appoints country’s first Indigenous female foreign minister
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New Zealand appointed its first Indigenous female foreign minister Monday to represent what's shaping up to be one of the most diverse parliaments in the world. Nanaia Mahuta, who is Māori, the Indigenous people of ...
How Biden plans to undo Trump’s ‘America First’ foreign policy and return US to world stage
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Washington After four years of norm-bending, treaty-disrupting and alliance-shaking foreign policy from the Trump administration, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is promising to return the US to its more ...
Trump administration pushes for last-minute foreign policy wins in final campaign sprint
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Washington Less than two weeks from Election Day, the Trump administration is working hard to secure foreign policy victories aimed at providing a last-minute boost in the polls. Should Democratic hopeful and former ...
GOP fundraiser Broidy pleads guilty to conspiracy charge in foreign lobbying effort
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Elliott Broidy, a top Republican fundraiser involved in President Donald Trump's 2016 inaugural committee, pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy relating to a secret lobbying campaign to influence the Tr...
Armenia and Azerbaijan agree on a ceasefire, Russian foreign ministry says
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Armenia and Azerbaijan have agreed to a ceasefire in their conflict over the enclave of Nagorno Karabakh, according to a readout published by the Russian Foreign Ministry. The ceasefire will start Saturday at noon (...