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Israel announces partnership with U.A.E., Which throws cold water on it

Ronen Bergman and Ben Hubbard, The New York Times Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu touted a rare public opening between the two...

Things to know: Trump suspends H1B, other visas till 2020-end. What it means

Business Standard In an attempt to aid the coronavirus-battered economy, US President Donald Trump has suspended the entry of certain...

China Laps the U.S. in Latin America with Covid Diplomacy

Mac Margolis, Bloomberg Long before the novel coronavirus hit Latin America, the United States was losing ground in its own hemisphere to...

UN expresses concern over thousands of foreigners trapped in northeast Syria's camps

Anadolou Agency, Daily Sabah United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet on Monday expressed grave concern over...

Mapping for Diplomacy: A Virtual “Mapping for Global Health” Mapathon

Tom Gertin, U.S. Department of State On April 28, 2020, MapGive held its second annual "Mapping for Diplomacy" event in partnership with...

US diplomats staged photo to pressure China over nuclear talks: Report

David M. Hreszenhorn, POLITICO Russian newspaper says Americans used photo of Chinese flags and empty seats to highlight Beijing’s...

DeepMind sets AI loose on Diplomacy board game, and collaboration is key

R. Dallon Adams, TechRepublic Artificial intelligence systems have become increasingly well-adapted to a host of basic board games. Now,...

Science diplomacy has come of age in the time of coronavirus

Ruqayya Alblooshi, Gulf News As the world battles to contain COVID-19, scientists and researchers take the centre stage. As the defining...

China continues non-interference diplomacy in Syria amidst of Corona Pandemic

Jayshree Borah, Modern Diplomacy Earlier on May this year, the UNSC’s Security Council briefings on Syria, the US ambassador to UN Kelly...

India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway win seats on UN Security Council

Jack Arnholz, ABC India, Ireland, Mexico and Norway won non-permanent seats on the coveted United Nations Security Council -- the...

COVID-19: Implications for businesses

Matt Craven, Linda Liu, Mihir Mysore, Shubham Singhal, Sven Smit, and Matt Wilson, McKinsey & Company The coronavirus outbreak is having...

What's the science on the Emirates Mars Mission?

Zulfikar Abbany, DW The United Arab Emirates (UAE) launches its first mission to Mars, the 'Al-Amal', 'Hope' Mars Mission from Japan's...

The importance and opportunities of transatlantic cooperation on AI

Joshua P. Meltzer, Cameron F. Kerry, and Alex Engler, Brookings Artificial intelligence (AI) is a potentially transformational technology...

India-China clash: Two sides blame each other for deadly fighting

BBC News The Indian and Chinese foreign ministers have exchanged protests over clashes in a disputed Himalayan border area which led to...

Who's a bot? Who's Not?

Siobhan Roberts, New York Times It sometimes seems that automated bots are taking over social media and driving human discourse. But some...

Dropping the democratic facade

Zselyke Csaky, Freedom House A growing number of leaders in Central and Eastern Europe have dropped even the pretense of playing by the...

Digital diplomacy: States go online

Philipp Grüll, Euractiv Digitalisation does not stop at diplomacy. Embassies are increasingly communicating via Twitter, foreign...

Virus Delays Passports for 1.7 Million Americans

Lara Jakes and Tacey Rychter, The New York Times The State Department says it could take up to eight weeks to process passport...

Fighting for U.S. Values Abroad, Black Diplomats Struggle With Challenges at Home

Robbie Gramer, Foreign Policy Protests against racism are shedding light on a silent moral crisis within parts of America’s diplomatic...

USPTO looks to move RPA bots from employees’ laptops to ‘centralized’ platform

Jory Heckman, Federal News Network As the pandemic increases the volume of work for federal employees to address, agencies fielding...