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European Countries See Spikes In Coronavirus Cases

4:33pm September 23, 2020

Health officials in a number of European countries are reporting sharp increases in coronavirus infections and are warning of more hospitalizations and deaths in the months ahead.

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U.N. General Assembly Splits On U.S. Human Rights Policy Reevaluation

4:33pm September 23, 2020

by Michele Kelemen

Human rights groups are alarmed by the Trump administration's efforts to reinterpret international human rights rules.

Volunteer Kaitlyn Schultz spends her Saturdays tending to some 50 cats on this Rabat rooftop.

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When You Spot A Stray, Who You Gonna Call? In Rabat, ADAN Is Likely The Answer

2:31pm September 23, 2020

by Rebecca Rosman

Even before the pandemic, it was relatively uncommon in Morocco to keep house pets. ADAN was founded 16 years ago by Ahmed Tazi and his sister Habiba, who also largely fund and run it, to help strays.

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A photo of Alexei Navalny posted on his Instagram account. Navalny wrote that it was taken Wednesday, the day after he was discharged from a Berlin hospital following more than a month of treatment for poisoning.

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Russian Opposition Leader Alexei Navalny Discharged From Berlin Hospital

1:36pm September 23, 2020

by Rob Schmitz

Navalny spent 32 days in Berlin's Charité Hospital, 24 of them in intensive care. Independent lab tests in three countries confirmed he had been poisoned by a Soviet-era nerve agent.

Lidia Yermoshina (left), chairperson of the Belarusian Central Election Commission, hands over a presidential ID to President Alexander Lukashenko during an inauguration ceremony Wednesday at Independence Palace in Minsk.

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Belarus President Is Secretly Inaugurated Weeks After Disputed Election

12:23pm September 23, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Alexander Lukashenko declared a landslide victory in Aug. 9 polls widely seen as fraudulent. He was sworn in for a sixth term Wednesday in a secret ceremony in the capital, according to state media.

The Greek island of Kastellorizo, shown here at sunset from the top of an ancient castle, is a little over a mile away from the Turkish shore. Known for its architecture, turquoise sea and friendship with the neighbor Turks, it's recently become a pawn in

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'Not Our World': This Greek Island Wants An End To Greece And Turkey's Feud

11:45am September 23, 2020

by Joanna Kakissis

Kastellorizo has become a pawn in a dispute between Greece and Turkey over maritime borders and offshore resources. But as the governments' standoff continues, islanders speak of peace and harmony.

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Public opinion surveys show that Chinese and U.S. respondents show increasingly negative attitudes toward each other's countries. In China, reported levels of satisfaction with the Chinese government have grown.

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As U.S. Views Of China Grow More Negative, Chinese Support For Their Government Rises

11:14am September 23, 2020

by Emily Feng

Recent trends in public sentiment run parallel to deteriorating U.S.-China relations. In China, the pandemic "increased people's satisfaction and support for their government," says a sociologist.

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Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America, Laila Lalami

Americans Who Can't Enjoy Full Rights Deemed 'Conditional Citizens' In New Book

8:21am September 23, 2020

by Aarti Shahani

In her first non-fiction work, Laila Lalami says these Americans want the country to succeed, but can't avoid the gulf between purported values of equality and the realities of systematic oppression.

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Critics Question U.S. Decision To Revoke Chinese Students' Visas

7:22am September 23, 2020

by Emily Feng

The U.S. canceled 1,000 visas given to Chinese students it alleges have ties to the Chinese military. The dramatic step is to counter what officials say is a concerted Chinese espionage effort.

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Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, shown at a news conference last November, says he sees the possibility of closer relations with the U.S.

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Formal Ties With U.S.? Not For Now, Says Taiwan Foreign Minister

9:11pm September 22, 2020

by John Ruwitch

Two high-ranking Trump administration officials have been to the island recently. The visits come against a backdrop of deepening mistrust and deteriorating relations between the U.S. and China.