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Ivory Coast – Ivory Coast’s Ouattara to meet former president and rival Gbagbo (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara is due to meet his predecessor, Laurent Gbagbo, for the first time since forces loyal to them...
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Niger – Gunmen on motorbikes raid Niger village, kill 14 (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Armed men on motorbikes have killed at least 14 civilians in an attack in western Niger, near the restive border with...
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Tunisia – Turmoil in Tunisia: Is democracy at risk? (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The birthplace of the Arab Spring is in crisis. Tunisia’s president has sacked the prime minister and put a freeze on parliament...
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Europe/Lebanon – EU calls on Lebanon to form government quickly (Euractiv, AFP, Reuters)

Euractiv writes: The European Union on Monday (26 July) urged Lebanon’s political elite to form a government without delay, following the nomination of Lebanese...
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Europe/Energy Poverty/Climate Change – Critics warn carbon price proposal would exacerbate energy poverty (Euractiv)

Nikolaus J. Kurmayer writes for Euractiv: Energy poverty could be exacerbated as prices rise under the European Commission’s proposed revamped emissions trading scheme, the...
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Koreas – South, North Korea have restored hotlines as leaders seek to rebuild ties (Euractiv, Reuters)

Euractiv writes: South and North Korea have restored hotlines that Pyongyang severed a year ago when ties deteriorated sharply, with renewed efforts by the...
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Tunisia – Tunisia president sacks defence minister amid political turmoil (Euractiv, AFP)

Euractiv writes: Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the defence minister Monday (26 July), a day after ousting the prime minister and suspending parliament, plunging...
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Facebook/Vaccine Misinformation – Facebook can lead users down vaccine misinformation rabbit hole (Euractiv)

Molly Killeen writes: New research into vaccine misinformation on Facebook shows that the platform’s content recommendation algorithm can lead users towards, rather than away...
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Europe/Google – EU gives Google 2 months to improve hotel, flight search results (Euractiv, Reuters)

Euractiv writes: Alphabet unit Google has two months to improve the way it presents internet search results for flights and hotels and explain how...
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Russia – Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s website blocked by regulator before election (Euractiv, Reuters)

Euractiv writes: Russian authorities blocked access to jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny’s website on Monday (26 July) in the run-up to a parliamentary election,...
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USA/Campus Sustainability/Climate Change – Higher Education Webinar: Campus Sustainability and Climate Change Mitigation (CFR)

Speaker Raghu Raghavan Director of Sustainability and Associate Director of the Miller Worley Center for the Environment, Mount Holyoke College Presider Irina A. Faskianos Vice President, National Program and...
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Ethiopia – The Conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray Region (CFR)

Speaker Michelle Gavin Senior Fellow for Africa Studies, Council on Foreign Relations Presider Irina A. Faskianos Vice President for National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations go to CFR: The...
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Tunisia – Kais Saied’s power grab in Tunisia (Brookings)

Sharan Grewal writes: On July 25, Tunisian President Kais Saied froze the parliament, dismissed the prime minister, and announced he will temporarily rule by decree. Flanked...
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USA/Mexico – A porpoise to serve: Rescuing the vaquita and the US-Mexico relationship (Brookings)

Kristin Nowell and Vanda Felbab-Brown write: There’s little to celebrate this International Save the Vaquita Day (July 24) — at last count, in 2019, only nine of the little...
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USA/Libya – U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland’s Visit to Tripoli (US Department of State)

U.S. Special Envoy and Ambassador to Libya Richard Norland visited Tripoli, Libya July 26 where he met with interim Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dabaiba, attended...
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USA/Iraq – Joint Statement on the U.S.-Iraq Strategic Dialogue (US Department of State)

The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America and the Republic of Iraq. The delegations of...
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