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THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA & THE UNITED NATIONS |
| Ø Pakistan rejects its ‘biased and arbitrary’ placement by US on religious freedom watch list
Ø U.S. and China hold defense talks ahead of Taiwan election https://www.cnas.org/press/in-the-news/u-s-and-china-hold-defense-talks-ahead-of-taiwan-election Ø Amid growing scrutiny of Qatar, U.S. renews military base agreement Ø The Israeli right undermines Biden’s Middle East agenda https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/01/10/israel-right-biden-middle-east-blinken/ Ø Blinken Returns to Middle East as Tensions Grow With Israel https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/05/us/politics/blinken-israel-gaza-war.html Ø Blinken Calls for ‘Practical Pathway’ to a Palestinian State Ø Pakistan Finds a New Scapegoat https://www.foreignaffairs.com/pakistan/pakistan-finds-new-scapegoat Ø Russia’s War against Ukraine: European Union Responses and U.S.-EU Relations https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IN/IN11897 Ø Security Council strongly condemns Houthi attacks on Red Sea shipping https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/01/1145382 Ø ‘No end in sight’ to Ukraine war, UN political chief warns https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/01/1145372 Ø General Assembly meets over Gaza veto by US in Security Council https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/01/1145352 Ø Full text: https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1145022 Ø World Economic Situation and Prospects 2024 Ø World Employment and Social Outlook https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/—dgreports/—inst/documents/publication/wcms_908142.pdf |
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RUSSIA & EUROPE |
| Ø GSP+ helps double Pakistan exports to EU: envoy
https://www.dawn.com/news/1804622/gsp-helps-double-pakistan-exports-to-eu-envoy Ø NATO pledges billions of euros in military aid for Ukraine in 2024 https://tass.com/world/1730773 Ø As Europe Weathers Cold Snap, Fears of Russia Power Cutoff Fade Ø EU Red Sea Shipping Turmoil Leads to a Drop in European Goods Trade Ø Russia becomes Europe’s first economy despite ‘pressure from all sides,’ Putin says https://tass.com/economy/1730891 Ø Russia doubles down on fast, cheap, unguided bombs to attack Ukraine Ø Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria sign memorandum on combatting mine threat in Black Sea https://tass.com/defense/1731063 Ø Russia requests UN Security Council to convene on Friday over strikes on Yemen https://tass.com/politics/1731379 Ø US stops arms supplies to Ukraine — White House https://tass.com/world/1731395 Ø Zelenskyy says Western hesitation on aid emboldens Putin |
