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"Russia has failed in its biggest goals, but those failures may be reversed. Ukraine's successes are
This week, Pakistan holds national elections. Voters in the world's fifth most populous nation go to
For the first episode of 2024, the new president of Brookings, Cecilia Rouse, sits down with The Cur
As the Israeli offensive in Gaza moves south toward Khan Younis, and as some hostages come home whil
Corrupt regimes around the world threaten global democracy and security. On this episode of The Curr
President Biden and President Xi met on Wednesday in San Francisco during the APEC summit at a time
Thousands of migrants are heading north through Mexico toward the U.S. border. The number of Border
On October 30th, President Joe Biden issued an executive order on "safe, secure, and trustworthy art
A new Department of Labor rule aims to expand protections for retirement savers by updating standard
Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) has served just six years in the House of Representatives before being ele
The war between Israel and Hamas militants operating out of Gaza has produced horrific images, but a
President Biden visited Israel as a show of U.S. support and announced new humanitarian aid to Gaza,
Hamas' surprise attack on Israel this weekend is drawing comparisons to 9/11 and the 1973 Yom Kippur
This week, the House of Representatives ousted Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, a position he
The 2023 U.N. General Assembly saw increased calls from countries of the "Global South" for a greate
This past weekend, India hosted its first G-20 summit, the annual gathering of leaders from the worl
On Wednesday night, eight contenders for the Republican Party presidential nomination appeared on a
The coup that ousted Niger's President Mohamed Bazoum in a late July follows a string of similar mil
Israel's Knesset passed a bill that strips Israel's Supreme Court of the power to declare government
The Supreme Court's decision ending race-based admissions policies at colleges and universities leav
