The Kenya government will send close to 1,000 peacekeeping police officers under a UN mission to Haiti, aimed at helping the country’s transitional authorities restore order. For weeks, gangs in Haiti had been carrying out deadly co-ordinated attacks, demanding the resignation of the then Prime Minister Ariel Henry. He agreed to step down in March.…
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https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/05/23/multimedia/23dc-prexy-jgmf/23dc-prexy-jgmf-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgPresident Biden welcomed President William Ruto of Kenya and said he intended to designate his country as a “major non-NATO ally.”
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DetailsA survey of Black Americans shows a majority want the United States to call for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.
https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e21a651b2921099f653c7241d8511c76673afcc5/60_0_1800_1080/master/1800.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3dbf6a9bc0786fe8b4798629f4790975The US Senate has voted resoundingly by 79 to 18 to approve $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as a bipartisan super-majority united to send the long-stalled package to Joe Biden’s desk for signature. The bill was approved after proceedings that were hailed by the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, as ‘one of…
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https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/us-military-robot-training-war-machine-california-8295793.jpgIn future wars, U.S. generals want to send robots to face the enemy’s first bullets.
https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/04/06/multimedia/06rwanda-kagame-2-zflk/06rwanda-kagame-2-zflk-mediumSquareAt3X.jpgThirty years after a devastating genocide, Rwanda has made impressive gains. But ethnic divisions persist under an iron-fisted president who has ruled for just as long.
https://foreignpolicy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/taiwan-navy-ship-tsai-GettyImages-2105340826.jpgIn their 100th column, Matt and Emma revisit clashes over Taiwan, Ukraine, Iran—and how to deter an alien invasion.
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