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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS |
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Ø Rizwan Saeed Sheikh assumes responsibilities as Pakistan’s new envoy to US Ø Blinken says Israel has accepted U.S. bridging proposal, calls on Hamas to do the sam Ø Blinken Travels to Israel Amid Push for Gaza Cease-Fire https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/18/world/middleeast/blinken-israel-gaza-hamas.html Ø Report: U.S.-Australia-Japan Trilateral Cooperation on Strategic Stability in the Taiwan Strait Ø Biden’s Ukraine Strategy Is Missing in Action https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/21/biden-ukraine-war-strategy-congress-military-aid/ Ø Democrats’ Gaza Policy Is Repelling Arab American Voters https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/08/21/michigan-biden-harris-gaza-uncommitted-arab-vote/ Ø Pakistan’s UN female peacekeeper wins award for gender advocacy work Ø At UN, Pakistan urges ‘new thinking’ to effectively prevent conflicts, build peace Ø ‘Break the cycle of violence’ through prevention and peacebuilding, Security Council told https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1153416 Ø Gaza: Latest evacuation orders leave civilians dangerously close to frontline https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/08/1153406 Ø Lebanon: Crisis deepens amid escalating conflict and funding shortfalls |
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RUSSIA & EUROPE |
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Ø EU Diplomacy Chief says EU-China trade war unavoidable — South China Morning Post https://tass.com/world/1832537 Ø Russia, China have large-scale cooperation plans for many years to come — Putin https://tass.com/economy/1832073 Ø Russia Pushes Forward in Ukraine’s East as Kursk Offensive Slows https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/22/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-kursk-incursion-pokrovsk.html Ø Russia faces manpower woes after failing to stop Ukraine’s Kursk incursion Ø Diplomatic tightrope for Modi as he visits Kyiv after Moscow https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2e9zrywq9o Ø Mpox risk low but imported cases may increase in Europe: EU agency Ø Heat deaths in Europe may triple by end of the century, study finds Ø Belarus says Ukraine amassing troops at border amid incursion into Russia Ø Putin offers to mediate Azerbaijan-Armenia peace deal on trip to Baku Ø Ukraine targets Moscow in ‘one of largest ever’ drone attacks https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/8/21/ukraine-targets-moscow-in-one-of-largest-ever-drone-attacks |
