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September 14, 2023

Iran
Anniversary of Mahsa Amini’s Death, UN Summits On Climate and Development, Russia Recruits Cubans, and More

One year after the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of Iran’s morality police prompted widespread domestic protests, the Islamic Republic appears to have rebounded while keeping a prominent intern…

Podcast Iranian singer Gissoo Shakeri tears pictures of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as Iranian community members and supporters of the National Council of Iran take part in a protest in solidarity with Iranian people, in Paris, France on February 12, 2023.

May 19, 2022

U.S. Foreign Policy
Biden Visits Japan and South Korea, Annual World Health Assembly, and More

U.S. President Joe Biden visits Japan and South Korea, the seventy-fifth World Health Assembly takes place in Geneva, and Australians vote in a general election.

Podcast US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport May 6, 2021, in Kenner, Louisiana.

September 7, 2023

North Korea
India’s G20 Summit, 9/11 in Chile and the U.S., Kim Jong Un and Putin Draw Closer, and More

Leaders of major global economies meet in New Delhi, India for the annual Group of Twenty (G20) summit to solve the most pressing economic challenges; on September 11th, Chile marks fifty years since…

Podcast Russian President Vladimir Putin greets North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un before a meeting on April 25, 2019 in Vladivostok, Russia.

November 18, 2021

Elections and Voting
Elections in Chile and Venezuela, Stoltenberg Talks NATO’s Future, and More

Chile holds a general election, Venezuelans vote in closely observed local and regional elections, and NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg speaks on the alliance’s future.

Podcast People line up to cast their votes in an election drill ahead of the November regional elections for governors and mayors, in Caracas, Venezuela October 10, 2021.

September 23, 2021

Diplomacy and International Institutions
Quad Leaders Gather, Germany Holds Elections, and More

The first in-person summit of the Quad—Australia, India, Japan, and the United States—takes place; Germany’s general election is set to produce a successor to Angela Merkel; and Japan’s ruling party …

Podcast A billboard advertising for a jobs recruiting firm shows German Chancellor Angela Merkel and reads: "Thanks for 16 years of hard work" next to a smaller election poster for the German Greens Party ahead of federal parliamentary elections on September 19, 2021 in Berlin, Germany.

July 20, 2023

Ukraine
Black Sea Grain Blockade, Spain’s Snap Elections, Hollywood Strikes’ Broader Impact, and More

Russia’s rejection of extending the Black Sea Grain Initiative threatens global food security; Spain holds an early general election amid signs of a resurgent populist right; Comic-Con and the media …

Podcast Wheat grains are seen inside a storage damaged by a Russian missile strike in Zaporizhzhia