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Biden announces deadline for pulling US troops out of Afghanistan

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People chant slogans against the government’s decision to start releasing massive amounts of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea, during a rally outside the prime minister’s office in Tokyo, April 13, 2021.

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President Joe Biden announced a new deadline to pull American troops out of Afghanistan for Sept. 11, 2021. It’s an important development in the push to end a nearly 20-year war. And, the tension between Russia and Ukraine continues to build as tens of thousands of Russian troops have amassed along Ukraine’s border. Now Ukraine, the US and Europe are on alert. Also, the government of Japan announced on Tuesday plans to release treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean.

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An end to US troop deployment in Afghanistan
A stadium is set up as a vaccination drive site in France.
French citizens can choose a preferred jab. Some say ‘vaccine shopping’ leads to waste.
Special Coverage
The global stakes of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine 
The Aegean Sea is shown from Lesbos. Increasingly, migrants and advocates claim, Greek authorities are illegally pushing back to Turkey people who are making the journey to Greece in the Aegean Sea. 
‘People are being abandoned in the middle of the sea’: Claims that Greece pushes back migrants to Turkey are rising
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As Russia continues to amass troops on Ukraine’s border, how will Ukraine and the West respond?
A child looks up at a TV screen with several apps to choose from at his home in New Delhi, India.
India’s ‘streaming dream’ may dim with new digital regulations
Special Coverage
Almost 2,000 paleoburrows have been found across South America, mostly in the Brazilian states of Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, which border Uruguay and Argentina.
Get a glimpse of southern Brazil’s paleoburrows — dug by prehistoric animals
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Torch relay continues for Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics 
Japan to release Fukushima wastewater 
Archive recordings from Dijibouti’s political party band