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The Biden administration says a Chinese company that produces a key ingredient in solar panels will be barred from the U.S. market as part of a broader effort to halt commerce tied to the country’s repressive campaign against Uyghurs and other minorities

Romania’s national vaccination committee chief announced tens of thousands of doses of AstraZeneca vaccine are set to expire and will likely have to be destroyed

The European Union has slapped economic sanctions on Belarus in response to what the EU called the “escalation of serious human rights violations” including the detention of journalist Raman Pratasevich

The director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says at least 20 countries across the continent of 1_3 billion people are in the grip of a “very devastating” third wave of COVID-19 infections and the Delta variant first identified in India “may have played a very significant role.”

The final edition of Hong Kong’s last remaining pro-democracy paper sold out in hours, as readers scooped up all 1 million copies of the Apple Daily

The state of Alaska is trying to dispose of a 58-year-old ferry, and even has offered to give it free to the government of the Philippines

The British government is facing accusations of mixed messaging that could threaten its own plan to fully lift lockdown restrictions in England next month with its decision to allow more than 60,000 inside Wembley Stadium for the latter stages of soccer’s European Championship

The United States and Germany are struggling to resolve a major dispute over a Russian gas pipeline even as the Biden administration seeks to improve relations with western Europe that had been strained during Donald Trump's presidency

The British government is facing accusations of mixed messaging that could threaten its own plan to fully lift lockdown restrictions in England next month with its decision to allow more than 60,000 inside Wembley Stadium for the latter stages of soccer’s European Championship

Britain’s top diplomat has met with his Cambodian counterpart as he pushes for closer economic relations to Southeast Asia, part of the country’s new focus on the region

American authorities have seized a range of Iran’s state-linked news websites they accuse of spreading “disinformation."

The U.K. has launched negotiations to join a trans-Pacific trade bloc as it looks to explore new opportunities following its departure from the European Union and strengthen its strategic interests in Asia

The U.K. has launched negotiations to join a trade partnership in and around the Pacific Ocean, as it explores new opportunities around the world following its departure from the European Union

The Supreme Court has decided unanimously that the NCAA cannot enforce rules limiting education-related benefits that colleges offer to student athletes — things like computers and paid internships

The United States, the European Union, Britain and Canada have joined forces to impose sanctions on several officials in Belarus over the forced diversion of a Ryanair flight to Minsk last month

The European Union is imposing sanctions on several senior officials and organizations in Myanmar over the military coup in February and the security crackdown that followed

Britain’s top diplomat is in Southeast Asia on a three-nation visit as his country looks to promote closer ties and trade with the region following the U.K.'s exit from the European Union

European Union foreign ministers have agreed to impose sanctions on scores of officials and several organizations in Belarus and prepared a series of economic measures aimed at hitting President Alexander Lukashenko and his allies

Taiwan says it will continue operating its de facto consulate in Hong Kong in spite of visa difficulties for its staffers while also providing consular services online

The European Union's top diplomat says the bloc's foreign ministers are set to approve a fresh set of sanctions against scores of officials in Belarus and prepare a series of new measures aimed at hurting the country’s economy

Iran’s state TV says the country's sole nuclear power plant has undergone a temporary emergency shutdown

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has solemnly sworn to navigate his country out of deepening economic troubles as he concluded a major ruling party meeting, acknowledging food shortages and urging officials to prepare for both dialogue and confrontation with the U.S. North Korea’s state media released Kim’s comments shortly before President Joe Biden’s special representative for North Korea, Sung Kim, arrived in South Korea on Saturday for talks over stalled nuclear diplomacy with the North

The White House says President Joe Biden will announce 300 million COVID-19 shots have been administered in the 150 days since he took office on Jan. 20

The official COVID-19 death toll in Brazil is about to hit 500,000, the second highest in the world behind the United States