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How COVID-19 policy responses differed in Central Europe (Leonardo Iacovone, Natasha Kapil, Lukasz Marek Marc, Giovanna Marcolongo, Ilias Skamnelos, and Gallina A. Vincelette, Brookings)

The COVID-19 pandemic touched most businesses across Central Europe, but some were affected more than others. Countries implemented diverse policies to alleviate the shock...

How does student-teacher matching affect suspensions for students of color? (Travis J. Bristol, Matthew Shirrell, and Tolani Britton, Brookings)

Persistent inequities by race and ethnicity in school discipline continue to circumscribe the educational experiences of students of color. Latino and Black students are...

Amid the pandemic, Black and Latino men have experienced the largest drop in life expectancy (Andre M. Perry, Ariel Gelrud Shiro, Anthony Barr, and...

The COVID-19 virus was the third leading cause of death in 2020 after heart disease and cancer, claiming approximately 375,000 American lives. As a result...

‘Political targeting’: Hezbollah chief denounces blast judge (Kareem Chehayeb, Al Jazeera)

Hezbollah’s leader on Monday accused the judge leading the Beirut port explosion investigation of being biased and politicised. He told victims of the deadly...

Erdogan: YPG attacks on Turkish targets the ‘final straw’ (Al Jazeera)

Turkey is determined to eliminate threats originating in northern Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Monday, saying an attack by Kurdish fighters that...

Muqtada al-Sadr set to win Iraq vote, former PM al-Maliki second (Al Jazeera)

Shia Muslim religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr’s party is set to be the biggest winner in Iraq’s parliamentary election, increasing the number of seats he holds,...

Energy crunch: Qatar says LNG production ‘maxed out’ (Al Jazeera)

Qatar, the world’s largest seller of liquefied natural gas (LNG), told consumers it was powerless to cool energy prices as steelmakers in the United...

‘Looming disaster’: Oil ship leak threatens millions of Yemenis (Abubakr Al-Shamahi, Al Jazeera)

An oil spill involving a deteriorating tanker moored off the coast of Yemen could potentially disrupt food and water supplies for millions of people...

Erdogan seeks Biden meeting to discuss US warplane request (Selcan Hacaoglu, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera)

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants to use an upcoming global summit to lobby U.S. President Joe Biden to allow Ankara to buy dozens...

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