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May 7, 2021: GEOPOLITICS

China Suspends Economic Dialogue with Australia as Relations Strain

BEIJING/SYDNEY (Reuters) – China “indefinitely” suspended on Thursday all activity under a China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, its state economic planner said, the latest setback for strained relations between the two countries.

May 7, 2021: ASIA

Myanmar’s Anti-Junta Unity Government Forms ‘Defense Force’

Reuters – Myanmar’s National Unity Government (NUG), set up by opponents of army rule, said on Wednesday it had formed a “people’s defense force” to protect its supporters from military attacks and violence instigated by the junta.

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May 2021

May 7 Geopolitics China Suspends Economic Dialogue with Australia as Relations Strain

May 7 Asia Myanmar’s Anti-Junta Unity Government Forms ‘Defense Force’

May 6 Africa Ethiopia ‘at a Crossroads’ amid Spiraling Ethnic Conflict

May 5 Science & Technology Coral Reefs Prevent More Than $5.3 Billion in Flood Damage, Study Finds

May 5 Americas As Pandemic Ebbs, an Old Fear is New Again: Mass Shootings

May 4 Americas Mexico City Metro Overpass Collapse Kills 23

May 3 Society & Lifestyles ‘Mountain of Opioid Pills’ from Distributors Fueled Crisis, Lawyer Says in Case Against Big Pharma

May 3 Europe At 100 Years Old, Northern Ireland Is Still in an Identity Crisis

April 2021

Apr 30 Weather & Environment Scientist: Extent of DDT Dumping Off California Coast Is “Staggering”

Apr 30 Middle East Afghan War Map Shows Taliban Stronger After 20 Years

Apr 28 Australia & South Pacific Amid Threats from China, Australia Spends Half a Billion on Defense Upgrades

Apr 28 Health Issues ‘Cannon Fodder’: Medical Students in India Feel Betrayed

Apr 26 International Surge in Violence Rattles Haiti as Poverty, Fear Deepens

Apr 23 Health Issues Why India Is Facing an Oxygen Crisis as COVID Cases Mount

Apr 23 Weather & Environment U.S., Other Countries Deepen Climate Goals at Earth Day Summit

Apr 23 Geopolitics UK Lawmakers Pass Motion Saying China Committing Genocide

Apr 22 Middle East Syrian Missile Explodes in Area Near Israeli Nuclear Reactor, Israel Retaliates

Apr 21 Geopolitics Vladimir Putin Warns West of Harsh Response if it Crosses Russia’s ‘Red Lines’

Apr 20 Africa Rebels Vow to Take Capital after Chadian President Killed

Apr 19 Geopolitics China Says U.S.-Japan Actions Are Stoking Division

Apr 19 Crime & Punishment Riot Declared in Portland Protests After Police Kill Man

Apr 16 Geopolitics End of an Era: Raul Castro Confirms His Resignation

Apr 16 Crime & Punishment Police: 8 Dead in Shooting at FedEx Facility in Indianapolis

Apr 15 Geopolitics U.S. Sanctions Russia for ‘Malign’ Acts, Moscow Reacts Angrily

Apr 15 Middle East Iran’s President Rouhani Says 60 Percent Enrichment is an Answer to Attack at Natanz Site

Apr 14 International U.S. Intel Report: Virus Impact to Cause Global ‘Aftershocks’

Apr 13 Weather & Environment Save Farmers or Fish? West Coast Drought Forces Decision for Scarce Water

Apr 12 Americas Protests Erupt After Police Shoot Black Man in Minneapolis Traffic Stop

Apr 12 Middle East Iran Blames Israel for Sabotage at Natanz Nuclear Site, Vows Revenge

Apr 9 Middle East Iran Has Produced 120 Pounds of 20 Percent Enriched Uranium Since January

Apr 9 Africa For Locust-weary Africans, a Dry Spell Brings Hope

Apr 9 Politics President Biden Orders Gun Control Actions—But They Show His Limits

Apr 8 Europe Northern Ireland Leaders Call for Calm After Violence Escalates

Apr 8 Science & Technology Study: U.S. Pesticide Use Falls but Harms Pollinators More

Apr 7 Europe Vladimir Putin Signs Law That Could Keep Him in Kremlin Until 2036

Apr 7 Weather & Environment Indonesia Landslides Death Toll Rises to 140, Dozens Missing

Apr 6 Middle East Benjamin Netanyahu Asked to Form New Government, But Faces Long Odds

Apr 6 Africa Gunmen Free More Than 1,800 Inmates in Attack on Nigerian Prison

Apr 5 Terrorism & Security Capitol Attack Raises Questions of Security Versus Public Access

Apr 5 Weather & Environment Global Rainforest Loss ‘Relentless’ in 2020

Apr 2 Weather & Environment Another California Drought Four Years After Last

Apr 2 Geopolitics U.S. Trade War Pushing China to Steal Tech, Talent, Taiwan Says

Apr 2 Health Issues COVID Pandemic Increased Stillbirth and Maternal Death Rates

Apr 1 Religion First Time Since World War II: Less than Half of Americans Are Members of Houses of Worship

March 2021

Mar 31 Africa ‘You Don’t Belong’: Land Dispute Drives New Exodus in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Mar 31 Health Issues Anti-Smoking Progress Slows Amid COVID-19 Pandemic

Mar 30 Geopolitics Iran and China Sign 25-year Cooperation Agreement

Mar 29 Middle East Before the Ever Given: A Look at the Crises that Closed Suez

Mar 29 Asia “Mass Murder”: Funerals Become Scenes of Myanmar Resistance and Violence

Mar 26 Weather & Environment Tornado Outbreak Rips Across Deep South; At Least 5 Dead

Mar 26 Americas Washington Steps up Family Expulsions as U.S.-Mexico Border Arrivals Keep Climbing

Mar 26 Weather & Environment Africa’s Elephants Now Endangered by Poaching, Habitat Loss

Mar 25 Europe Brexit Reality Stokes Fears for the Peace in Northern Ireland

Mar 25 Weather & Environment Forecast for Spring: Nasty Drought Worsens for Much of U.S.

Mar 25 Geopolitics What Do North Korea’s Missile Tests Mean for U.S. Relations?

Mar 24 Weather & Environment Volcano Erupts Near Iceland’s Capital

Mar 24 Politics After Israel’s Tight Election, Who Matters and What Happens Next?

Mar 23 Analysis Analysis: U.S. Sanctions on Russia Will Send a Signal, If Not Deter

Mar 23 Asia Several Dead, Thousands of Homes Burn as Fire Sweeps Rohingya Camp

Mar 23 Crime & Punishment Colorado Shooting Leaves 10 Dead in Latest Mass Tragedy

Mar 22 Weather & Environment Is it Snowing Microplastics in Siberia? Russian Scientists Take Samples

Mar 19 Science & Technology Scientists in U.S. and Canada Set to Battle Murder Hornets

Mar 19 Weather & Environment With ‘Big One’ Coming, Quake Alert System Expands West Coast Coverage

Mar 19 Middle East Taliban Expect U.S. Withdrawal, Vow to Restore Islamic Rule

Mar 19 Politics What Is the Senate Filibuster and Why Change It?

Mar 19 Geopolitics U.S., Chinese Diplomats Clash in First High-level Meeting of Biden Administration

Mar 18 Middle East More Dead Sea Scrolls Discovered in Israel

Mar 17 Crime & Punishment Georgia Massage Parlor Shootings Leave 8 Dead

Mar 17 Europe Britain to Expand Nuclear Warhead Stockpile by Over 40 Percent as Global Threats Rise

Mar 15 Asia China’s Worst Sandstorm in Decade Symptom of Deforestation

Mar 12 Politics President Biden’s First 50 Days: Where He Stands on Key Promises

Mar 12 Asia Ten Years On, Grief Never Subsides for Some Survivors of Japan’s Tsunami

Mar 12 Health Issues Global Rise in Childhood Mental Health Issues amid Pandemic

Mar 12 Economy & Personal Finance U.S. Budget Deficit Hits Record $1.05 Trillion After 5 Months

Mar 12 Middle East Syrian Youth Still Paying High Price for Decade of War

Mar 12 Science & Technology New Space Race: China, Russia to Build Lunar Research Station

Mar 12 Asia 'Shoot Till They Are Dead'—Some Myanmar Police Say Fled to India After Refusing Orders

Mar 10 Marriage & Family Brazil Women Suffer in Silence as COVID-19 Sparks Domestic Terror

Mar 9 Weather & Environment Two-thirds of Tropical Rainforest Destroyed or Degraded Globally

Mar 8 Africa At Least 20 Dead, 600 Wounded in Equatorial Guinea Blasts

Mar 5 Religion Pope Visits Iraq amid Christian Persecution by ISIS

Mar 5 Society & Lifestyles Despite Less Drivers on Roads, U.S. Traffic Deaths Spike

Mar 5 Middle East Report: U.S. Wasted Billions on Cars, Buildings in Afghanistan

Mar 5 Geopolitics Pew Survey: American Attitudes Toward China Hardening

Mar 4 International 17 Percent of Food Production Globally Wasted, UN Report Estimates

Mar 4 Asia North Korea May Be Trying to Extract Plutonium, Photos Show

Mar 3 Africa U.S. Is ‘Gravely Concerned’ by Reports of Abuses in Ethiopia

Mar 2 Africa Thousands Flee Rebel Violence in Central African Republic

Mar 2 Middle East Israeli PM Netanyahu Accuses Iran of Attacking Cargo Ship

Mar 1 Asia ‘How Many Dead Bodies?’ Asked Myanmar Protester Killed on Bloodiest Day

February 2021

Feb 26 Europe Trash Fills Bosnia River Faster than Workers Can Pull It Out

Feb 26 Society & Lifestyles Research: Eating Refined Grains Increases Risk of Heart Attack, Early Death

Feb 26 Africa Gunmen Abduct 317 Schoolgirls in Increasingly Lawless Northwest Nigeria

Feb 26 Weather & Environment Why Mt. Etna’s Latest Eruptions Awe Even Those Who Study Volcanoes

Feb 26 Middle East U.S. Bombs Iran-backed Militia in Syria, Retaliation for Rocket Attack

Feb 25 Middle East Iran Supreme Leader: Will Enrich Uranium to 60 Percent Purity if Needed

Feb 24 Middle East Violence Against Civilians Surges in Afghanistan After Peace Talks: U.N. Report

Feb 24 Americas At Least 160 Confederate Symbols Were Taken Down in 2020

Feb 23 Society & Lifestyles Concern Over Rich-Poor Divide Increases During Pandemic

Feb 23 Africa Italian Ambassador Killed in Attack on Congo Convoy

Feb 22 Asia Myanmar Protests Swell After Junta Raises Specter of Force

Feb 22 Weather & Environment Texas Freeze Led to Release of Tons of Air Pollutants as Refineries Shut

Feb 19 Economy & Personal Finance Analysis: Europe Braces for Pandemic Reality to Hit Banks

Feb 19 Middle East Ten Years After Uprising, Some Bahrainis Still Counting the Cost

Feb 19 International Pandemic Woes Seen Swelling Global Ranks of Child Soldiers

Feb 19 Geopolitics Russia Bets on COVID-19 Weakening the West, Report Says

Feb 18 Science & Technology Q&A: What’s Happening Between Facebook, Google and Australia?

Feb 18 Middle East Iran Says U.S. Move to Seize Oil Shipment Is ‘Act of Piracy’

Feb 17 Middle East As War Rages, Over 2 Million Yemeni Children May Starve in 2021

Feb 16 Science & Technology NASA Rover Faces ‘Seven Minutes of Terror’ Before Landing on Mars

Feb 16 Americas On Parkland Anniversary, President Biden Calls for Tougher Gun Laws

Feb 15 Terrorism & Security France Fights Hold of Islamist Radicals with Raids, Laws

Feb 15 Politics After Impeachment Acquittal, Could Donald Trump Still Be Held Liable?

Feb 12 Health Issues How Are Experts Tracking Variants of the Coronavirus?

Feb 12 Economy & Personal Finance UK Economy Suffered Its Biggest Drop Since 1709

Feb 12 Middle East Murders of Women Spark Anger in Lebanon as Domestic Violence Doubles

Feb 12 Science & Technology Computer Hack Exposes Vulnerability of Cash-Strapped U.S. Water Plants

Feb 11 Geopolitics President Biden: China Should Expect `Extreme Competition’ from U.S.

Feb 11 International UN Kicks Off Selection of Next Secretary-General

Feb 10 Marriage & Family The Secret to Successful Children? Study Finds It Is Loving Your Spouse

Feb 10 Health Issues In Pandemic, More People Choose to Die at Home

Feb 9 International What Is Behind Haiti’s Political Strife?

Feb 9 Asia How North Korea Skirts Sanctions to Make Billions, Build Nukes

Feb 8 Geopolitics EU Countries Expel Russian Diplomats in Navalny Dispute

Feb 8 Weather & Environment Search On for More Than 200 After India Glacier Fractures, Sweeping Away All Before It

Feb 5 Health Issues Study Finds Childhood Diet Has Lifelong Impact

Feb 5 Middle East Iran Deepens Breach of Nuclear Deal at Underground Enrichment Site

Feb 5 Economy & Personal Finance US Productivity in Q4 Falls by Largest Amount in 39 Years

Feb 5 Health Issues Hard-hit Czech Republic Reaches 1 Million Confirmed Cases

Feb 5 Geopolitics West Concerned by Closer Russia-China Ties, Top NATO General Says

Feb 4 Asia Thousands Flee Hong Kong for UK, Fearing China Crackdown

Feb 3 Africa Ethiopia Conflict: Tigray Opposition Parties Assert 50,000-plus Civilian Deaths

Feb 3 Education Pressure Builds on Schools to Reopen During Pandemic

Feb 2 Asia Russia Arrests Over 5,100 at Protests Backing Kremlin Critic Navalny

Feb 2 Crime & Punishment FBI: 2 Agents Killed, 3 Wounded, Suspect Dead in Florida

Feb 1 Asia Myanmar Military Seizes Power, Detains Elected Leader Aung San Suu Kyi

January 2021

Jan 29 International World Food Program Chief Warns of Vulnerable Supply Chains

Jan 29 Middle East Unrest Grows in Crisis-hit Lebanon amid Coronavirus Lockdown

Jan 29 Science & Technology Empty Seas: Oceanic Shark Populations Dropped 71 Percent Since 1970

Jan 29 Europe Auschwitz Marks Anniversary Virtually as Survivors Fear End of an Era

Jan 28 Middle East Splintered Coalition Reflects Fate of Egypt’s Uprising a Decade On

Jan 28 Asia Explainer: Why India’s Farmers Are Revolting Against PM Modi

Jan 27 Economy & Personal Finance Job Losses from Virus 4 Times as Bad as 2009 Financial Crisis

Jan 27 Crime & Punishment Burned Bodies Found Near Mexico-U.S. Border Thought to Be Migrants

Jan 26 Society & Lifestyles Arizona, 15th State with Legal Pot, Begins Recreational Sales

Jan 26 Asia China Tackles Pandemic with Mass Construction Once Again

Jan 25 Asia China-Taiwan Tensions Rise Days into Biden Presidency

Jan 22 Analysis Tokyo Olympics Q&A: 6 Months Out and Hints of Cancellation

Jan 21 Middle East Twin Suicide Bombings Rock Central Baghdad, at Least 32 Dead

Jan 21 Asia Indian Police Bust Baby-trafficking Ring in Financial Capital

Jan 19 Weather & Environment Changing Color of U.S. Rivers Shows Algae, Pollution Increasing

Jan 19 Africa ‘Extreme Urgent Need’: Starvation Haunts Ethiopia’s Tigray

Jan 18 Americas Guatemalan Security Forces Begin Clearing U.S.-bound Migrant Caravan

Jan 15 Economy & Personal Finance U.S. Unemployment Claims Jump to 965,000 as Virus Takes Toll

Jan 15 Health Issues Explainer: What WHO Researchers in Wuhan Are Trying to Learn

Jan 15 Science & Technology Scientists Decry ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’ for World’s Insects

Jan 15 Asia Toxic Air in India Linked to Large Number of Miscarriages

Jan 14 Africa ‘The World is Watching’: Ugandans Vote in Tense Election

Jan 13 Health Issues ICUs Clogged on the Way In, Morgues on the Way Out in California’s COVID Crisis

Jan 11 Geopolitics U.S. Plans to Designate Yemen’s Houthi Movement as Foreign Terrorist Group

Jan 11 Weather & Environment At Risk: Protecting Biodiversity Focus at World Summit

Jan 8 Society & Lifestyles U.S. Sports Bet Revenue Could Hit $3B in 2021

Jan 8 Middle East Gulf Arab Leaders Sign Declaration to Ease Rift with Qatar

Jan 8 Asia Hong Kong Arrests 53 for Plot to ‘Overthrow’ Government in Latest Crackdown on Dissent

Jan 6 Americas Protesters Storm U.S. Capitol, Lawmakers Evacuated

Jan 6 Health Issues Will COVID-19 Vaccines Work on the New Coronavirus Variant?

Jan 5 Europe With Little Ado, a Divided United Kingdom Casts Off into the Brexit Unknown

Jan 5 Geopolitics Iran Starts 20 Percent Uranium Enrichment, Seizes South Korean Ship

Jan 4 International How Can the World Boost Efforts to End Child Labor in 2021?

Jan 1 Africa African Free Trade Bloc Opens for Business, but Challenges Remain

Jan 1 Economy & Personal Finance A Historic Oil Price Collapse, with Worries Headed into 2021

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