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The Biden administration aims to remove Iran from a U.N. Commission on women

7:23am December 14, 2022

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Linda Thomas-Greenfield about efforts to remove Iran from the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women over its treatment of female protesters.

Protesters hold up a white piece of paper against censorship during a protest against China's strict zero COVID measures on November 27, 2022 in Beijing.

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Twitter bots surfaced during Chinese protests. Who's behind them remains a mystery

5:19am December 14, 2022

by Huo Jingnan

Researchers noticed accounts spewing out suggestive images. Some observers wondered if it was a Chinese government tactic to drown out the news, but the reality appears to be more complicated.

FILE- Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong, who visited the island nation of Vanuatu to sign a security deal as part of an ongoing competition with China for influence in the Pacific.

Australia vies with China for Pacific influence, signs new security deal

1:00am December 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

Australia has signed a new security deal with island nation Vanuatu as part of an ongoing competition with China for influence in the Pacific.

Passengers in protective gear are directed to a flight at a Capital airport terminal in Beijing, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022.

China reduces COVID-19 case number reporting as virus surges

12:30am December 14, 2022

by The Associated Press

China's National Health Commission is scaling down its daily COVID-19 report starting Wednesday after a sharp decline in PCR testing even though daily cases are hitting record highs.

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South Africa's president dodges impeachment, but his political future is in question

4:44pm December 13, 2022

NPR's Juana Summers talks with political commentator Justice Malala about the fate of South Africa's president Cyril Ramaphosa.

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The U.S.-Africa leaders summit begins, eight years after the first one

4:44pm December 13, 2022

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S.-Africa leaders summit started Tuesday in Washington, more than eight years after the first one. What's going to happen at the three-day gathering?

An honor guard watches the airplane carrying Senegalese President Macky Sall land at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland ahead of the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on Monday. The summit is taking place this week in Washington, D.C.

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The U.S. welcomes leaders from Africa, where China and Russia are making inroads

3:29pm December 13, 2022

by Emmanuel Akinwotu

African leaders are converging in Washington for a summit that's the centerpiece of President Biden's effort to reset and improve U.S. ties with African countries.

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People look at flowers placed on the Promenade des Anglais at the scene of a truck attack on July 18, 2016, in Nice, southern France. A French court on Tuesday convicted eight people charged in connection with the Bastille Day attack that killed 86 people.

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8 in France are convicted of their roles in a Bastille Day truck attack that killed 86

1:12pm December 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

A French court convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastille Day in Nice.

A hotel building sits charred after an attack in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. The militant Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for a coordinated attack on the Chinese-owned hotel in Afghanistan's capital that left three assailants dead and at least two of the hotel guests injured as they tried to escape by jumping out from a window.

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China urges citizens to leave Afghanistan after Kabul attack

11:37am December 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

China advised its citizens in Afghanistan to leave the country "as soon as possible," following a coordinated attack by Islamic State militants on a Chinese-owned hotel in the heart of Kabul.

Indians hold placards as they shout slogans during a protest against China in Mumbai, on Tuesday. Soldiers from India and China clashed last week along their disputed border, India's defense minister said.

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India reports a military clash with China at their border

11:23am December 13, 2022

by The Associated Press

Soldiers from India and China clashed last week along their disputed border, India's defense minister said. The Indian army said troops on both sides suffered minor injuries.