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Brazil plunges into crisis as a second wave and deadly new variant overwhelms hospitals

Healthcare workers wait in the rain as a patient suspected of having COVID-19 is brought by ambulance to the public HRAN Hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, March 8, 2021.

Former Brazilian President Lula attacks Bolsonaro as his path to a political comeback clears

(CNN) Former Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday launched a stinging attack against President Jair Bolsonaro's handling of Covid-19, days after a judge cleared the way for his political comeback. The former President, better known as ...

US-China meeting in Alaska to test Biden's balancing act with Beijing

Secretary of State Antony Blinken unveiled the meeting Wednesday, the same day he accused the country of carrying out genocide against its Muslim minority communities and pointedly ruled out granting concessions to Beijing in order to reduce its carbon ...

Blinken Will Meet Chinese Officials After Asia Tour Next Week

The New York Times

The New York Times

In his first foreign trip, the secretary of state will visit Japan and South Korea before the first in-person diplomatic encounter between the United States and China in several months.

To punish Saudi Arabia with the "Khashoggi Ban," Biden mirrored a plan developed under Trump

Dubbed the "Khashoggi Ban" by the State Department, the measure issued visa restrictions on 76 Saudis and their families. The plan had initially been drafted by the Trump administration, which shelved it over fears of alienating the key Middle Eastern ally.

Myanmar coup: 'We were told to shoot protesters', say police who fled

image captionThese officers are among the first defectors to share eyewitness accounts of what they say is happening inside Myanmar. Police officers from Myanmar have told the BBC they fled across the border into India after refusing to carry out the orders ...

UN: Too little of recovery spending fights climate change

Nations are spending unprecedented amounts of money to bounce back from the pandemic and the economic shock it triggered, but less than one dollar out of five spent so far will help fight global warming and heal nature, a new United Nations report says.

Tanzanian President John Magufuli 'in Kenyan hospital with Covid'

Tanzania's President John Magufuli is being treated in hospital in Kenya and is in a critical condition, opposition leader Tundu Lissu has told the BBC, citing well-placed sources. He has had coronavirus and a cardiac arrest, Mr Lissu said. Mr Magufuli, who ...

Second death of official from Aung San Suu Kyi's party raises fears of Myanmar military detention

The National League for Democracy's (NLD) Zaw Myat Lynn died in custody on Tuesday after he was arrested in the biggest city Yangon, Reuters reported, citing ousted parliamentarian Ba Myo Thein.

Brexit: What will happen when EU-GB grace periods expire?

Grace periods for implementing post-Brexit checks on goods going from Great Britain to Northern Ireland are at the centre of tensions between the EU and UK. The UK has unilaterally increased these grace periods, which allow for lighter touch controls on ...