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‘We cannot close the door or turn the page’: Belarusian dissidents in Lithuania fear Lukashenko’s crackdown

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been brutally cracking down on opposition both at home and abroad. Many have fled to neighboring Lithuania.

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Delta variant surge in Wuhan prompts massive city-wide testing

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UNESCO: Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger.’ Australia disagrees.

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Germany apologizes for genocide in Namibia

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Blinken continues diplomatic mission in the Middle East

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EU imposes sanctions on Belarus over Protasevich arrest

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Top of The World: The EU has agreed to impose sanctions on Belarus, in response to the forced diversion of a commercial flight to detain activist and opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. And, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the Middle East following a deadly 11-day war between Israel and Hamas and vowed to aid Gaza. Also, Tuesday marks one year since the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota.