Foreign Affairs

June 8, 2020
As the coronavirus accelerates in Haiti, top doctor says no need to test

The deadly novel coronavirus is so prevalent in Haiti, where a fever has been raging for weeks, that a top authority on public health is now saying there's no need...

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June 8, 2020
Panda escapes from enclosure at Danish zoo; returned safely

One of Copenhagen Zoo's giant pandas escaped from its enclosure early Monday and roamed the park before staff were able to sedate it and bring it back. Xing Er, a...

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June 8, 2020
Building works re-start in Paris’ fire-ravaged Notre Dame

Works have restarted in Paris' fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral after a hiatus linked to the coronavirus pandemic. On Monday morning operations began to dismantle scaffolding that was already in place...

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June 8, 2020
Pautas para viajes en avi–n durante la pandemia

Destinos turisticos populares como Grecia y Egipto comenzaron a delinear sus planes sobre como podria reanudarse lentamente el turismo tras semanas de paralisis, mientras se perfila como podran ser los...

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June 8, 2020
North Korea says it’s cutting communications with South Korea

North Korea will shut down a liaison office it shares with South Korea by noon on Tuesday, along with other official communication lines including a hotline between its leader Kim...

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June 8, 2020
North Korea says it’s cutting communications with South Korea

North Korea will shut down a liaison office it shares with South Korea by noon on Tuesday, along with other official communication lines including a hotline between its leader Kim...

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June 8, 2020
Amid pandemic, Iran doubles down on social media ‘modesty,’ arrests hundreds

Reihane Taravati, a Tehran resident, knows all too well the dangers involved in posting videos and photos on social media websites in Iran. The 29-year-old social media influencer has been...

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June 8, 2020
New Zealand eliminates COVID-19 with zero active cases reported

New Zealand reported zero active cases of Covid-19 for the first time since the pandemic reached its shores, indicating it has achieved its aim of eliminating the virus. The South...

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June 8, 2020
North Korea halts communication at joint office with South Korea

North Korea was not answering the phone at a liaison office with South Korea for the first time since it opened in 2018 after saying it was abolishing the project...

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June 8, 2020
Amazon rainforest fire season starts with outlook for record burn

A month from now, the skies over parts of Brazil will fill with smoke. It's fire season in the Amazon, and the planet's largest rain forest is heading for another...

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June 8, 2020
AP PHOTOS: Protests spotlight racial scars around the world

Just like coronavirus, racism pays no attention to borders. Across the world, people representing a broad spectrum of society have marched as one to protest racial injustice and police brutality...

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June 7, 2020
Africa’s essential truckers say they face virus stigma

They haul food, fuel and other essential supplies along sometimes dangerous roads during tough economic times. But Africa's long-distance truckers say they are increasingly being accused of carrying something else:...

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June 7, 2020
10-foot great white shark kills surfer in Australia

A 60-year-old surfer was attacked and killed by a 3-meter (10-foot) great white shark off the coast of northern New South Wales state on Sunday, officials said. The man received...

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June 7, 2020
Thousands rally in Europe against racism, police brutality

Thousands of people took to the streets of Barcelona, Madrid and Rome on Sunday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, which has drawn large protests against racism and...

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June 7, 2020
Detentions, injuries after anti-racism protests in Europe

After a day of anti-racism protests across Europe, Berlin police said 93 people were detained in connection with a demonstration in the German capital — most of them after the...

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June 7, 2020
China denies cover-up, rejects ‘politicization’ of coronavirus

China lambasted suggestions that it hid information about the coronavirus outbreak, saying in a newly published white paper that it has acted transparently and informed the world of developments in...

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June 7, 2020
U.K.’s Johnson looks beyond virus as poll ratings extend slide

Boris Johnson will set out his plans for rebuilding the U.K. economy after the coronavirus as he seeks to stem the hemorrhaging of support for his government's response to the...

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June 7, 2020
Libya says it will retake two cities before talks to end war

Libya's military will continue its offensive against an eastern strongman backed by Russia until it retakes two strategic cities and prevents Russia from establishing a base in the country, Interior...

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June 7, 2020
Thousands join second day of anti-racism protests across Britain

Thousands joined a second day of demonstrations against racism and police brutality in cities across Britain on Sunday, with protesters in Bristol pulling down the statue of a slave trader...

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June 7, 2020
Sweden’s PM is rebuked as COVID-19 deaths ignite political anger

The prime minister of Sweden was forced to defend his COVID-19 strategy after opposition parties mounted a scathing attack on his government amid signs its handling of the pandemic has...

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June 7, 2020
India sets another record single-day jump in virus cases, tops Spain

India registered 9,971 new coronavirus cases in a fresh single-day record jump, passing Spain as the country fifth worst-hit by the pandemic, government data released Sunday showed. The spike comes...

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June 7, 2020
Low-wage maquiladora workers are dying young in Mexico from coronavirus

At 33, Silvia Lorena Abrego Hernandez never thought about being a widow. Her 35-year-old husband, Jose Luis Cebrero Cisneros, drove an armored truck that transported money to and from maquiladoras...

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June 7, 2020
AP PHOTOS: Magic in Greek moonlight as outdoor cinemas open

They're like enchanted pleasure gardens concealed in the depths of the city that open their gates for a few months every year. And like so much else, Greece's open-air cinemas...

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June 7, 2020
Brazil govt yanks virus death toll as data befuddles experts

Brazil's government has stopped publishing a running total of coronavirus deaths and infections in an extraordinary move that critics call an attempt to hide the true toll of the disease...

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June 7, 2020
Haitians force Netflix to drop episode of History 101 that stigmatizes community

The streaming service Netflix on Saturday removed the ninth episode of its History 101 documentary series after it provoked angry protest from Haitian Americans who launched a social media, email...

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June 6, 2020
Moscow book fair brings out Pushkin fans, lockdown-weary

Muscovites clad in facemasks and gloves ventured into Red Square for an outdoor book market Saturday, a small sign of gradual efforts to open the Russian capital back up amid...

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June 6, 2020
One man lays wreaths in Normandy on this unusual D-Day

The essence of war remembrance is to make sure the fallen are never forgotten. All it takes is a wreath, a tiny wooden cross, a little token on a faraway...

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June 6, 2020
The loneliest of D-Day remembrances is hit by pandemic

At daybreak on Saturday, Charles Shay stood lonesome without any fellow veteran on the very same beach where he waded ashore 76 years ago, part of one of the most...

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June 6, 2020
Russian Orthodox priest tends to Moscow’s COVID-19 patients

The Rev. Vasily Gelevan bends over a COVID-19 patient at her apartment to administer Holy Communion and say words of comfort while clad in a hazmat suit. The bedside ministry...

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June 6, 2020
Prince William reveals he’s been a helpline volunteer

Britain's Prince William has revealed that he has been anonymously helping out on a crisis helpline during the coronavirus lockdown. The Duke of Cambridge's work with Shout 85258 — an...

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June 6, 2020
Trump’s troop plan stuns Germany and rocks the postwar order

President Donald Trump's directive to pull 9,500 troops from Germany hits home hard for friends of America like Edgar Knobloch, whose Bavarian town has been home to U.S. service members...

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June 6, 2020
Australians defy COVID curbs in Black Lives Matter rallies

Thousands of Australians gathered in the nation's major cities to protest racial discrimination against indigenous Australians and to express support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. In...

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June 6, 2020
Thousands of anti-racism protesters in Paris defy police ban

Thousands of anti-racism protesters gathered in several French cities on Saturday, including the capital, Paris, where they defied a police ban. Protests also took place in Lyon, Lille and Rennes,...

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June 6, 2020
Brazil’s COVID data blackout is a tragedy, ex-health chief says

Brazil is limiting the amount of data it publishes about COVID-19 cases and deaths as the government of President Jair Bolsonaro grows uncomfortable with the country's status as a global...

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June 6, 2020
Taliban roadside bombing kills 11 in northeastern Afghanistan

KABUL – A roadside bomb in Afghanistan's northeastern Badakhshan province killed 11 local police officers, officials said on Saturday. A local police commander, along with his 10 men, was rushing...

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June 6, 2020
Black Lives Matter rallies start in Australia amid court ban

The first of several Black Lives Matter protests across Australia on Saturday got underway against a backdrop of possible clashes between demonstrators and police in Sydney, after a court sided...

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June 5, 2020
White House claims violence incited at Floyd protests linked to Venezuela’s Maduro

The White House said Friday it has information that individuals linked to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro have incited violence at protests in the United States spurred by George Floyd's death....

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June 5, 2020
French forces kill al-Qaida’s North African commander

French forces have killed Abdelmalek Droukdel, the leader of al-Qaida's North Africa affiliate, the France's defense minister announced late Friday, in what would be a major victory for France after...

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June 5, 2020
Hong Kong’s last British leader: China’s agenda ‘Orwellian’

The last British governor of Hong Kong criticized the Chinese government on Friday over proposed national security legislation, calling it part of an “Orwellian" drive to eliminate opposition in violation...

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June 5, 2020
Floyd case restokes anger over death of black man in France

Churning U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd have revived anger in France over police violence, systemic racism and the complicated case of Adama Traore, a black Frenchman who...

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