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Apr 24, 2025 The Daily Brief

Mass Expulsions from the US to Panama; Quick Takes: COP30 Brazil; Australia; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

Asylum seekers embrace upon arriving in Panama City, Panama
Apr 23, 2025 The Daily Brief

Indiscriminate Israeli Attacks on Lebanon; Quick Takes: Texas, US; Indonesia; Tunisia; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

The remnants of a destroyed a two-story building after an Israeli strike on November 1, 2024, in the al-Salah neighborhood in Younine, Lebanon.
Apr 22, 2025 The Daily Brief

Vietnam’s Crackdown on Dissent; Quick Takes: Earth Day; UAE; US; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Illustration of police arresting a man
Apr 17, 2025 The Daily Brief

Trump’s Economic Chaos; Quick Takes: Zimbabwe; Brazil; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!

US President Donald Trump displays a chart with proposed US tariffs at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2025.
Apr 16, 2025 The Daily Brief

Crackdown Against Perceived Critics; Quick Takes: Kyrgyzstan; Germany; Tanzania; Readers’ Recommendations.

Protesters hold up placards and Tunisian flags
Apr 14, 2025 The Daily Brief

China’s Abusive Surveillance Tactics; Quick Takes: US/El Salvador; Mozambique; EU/PA Dialogue; Readers’ Recommendations.

A Tibetan Buddhist monk and a woman share a mobile phone outside the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China, on June 1, 2021.
Apr 10, 2025 The Daily Brief

Global Healthcare Falls Short; Quick Takes: South Sudan; Iran; China/Vietnam; Readers’ Recommendations; Weekly Quiz!; Support Our Work!

A client waits to be seen by a doctor during an HIV clinic day at TASO Mulago service center in Kampala, Uganda, February 17, 2025.
Apr 9, 2025 The Daily Brief

Bogus Arguments of Abusive Governments; Quick Takes: US; Thailand; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

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Apr 8, 2025 The Daily Brief

Old War, New Victims; Quick Takes: Gambia/US; Burkina Faso; Readers’ Recommendations; Support Our Work!

Nidal Ahmad stands near his olive farm in Aleppo, Syria on March 4, 2025. Its location near a former Syrian Army military camp has prevented him from harvesting crops for years. Last December, Nidal returned to check on his land and lost his foot in a landmine explosion.