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<p> • Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/qvgggbrdrngtmmmvtvnbhtjrcwtbbjdvhvmdwhfmsddmh_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">pledged</a> proper security for this weekend’s postponed presidential election.</p><br /><br />
<p> • Botswana is <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/hswccgpfpnczvvvszsngmzlpdqzgglfsmsvfqmwvbffvf_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">considering</a> lifting its 2014 hunting ban, imposed to preserve declining populations of elephants and other wildlife.</p><br /><br />
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<p> • Mexican environmental activist Samir Flores Soberanes was shot to death ahead of a referendum on a pipeline project he had vocally <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/qfhggbrdrngtmmmvtvnbhtjrcwtbbjdvhvmdwhfmsddwn_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">opposed</a>. </p><br /><br />
<p> • The United States <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/rvlggqblbjgpccckpkjqwphbsrpqqhlkwkclrwvcnllrc_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">approved</a> the extradition to Colombia of Andrés Felipe Arias Leiva, the country’s former minister of agriculture, who faces a 17-year prison sentence for corruption.</p><br /><br />
<p> • Brazilian prosecutors <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ybmkkztvtmknsssfnfmzcnptwlnzzpvfcfsvlcgsqvvll_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">opened</a> a money laundering investigation into President Jair Bolsonaro’s son, Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro. </p><br /><br />
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<p> • U.N. experts <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/tmlvvgrprwvklllbkbwgjkdrtzkggdpbjblpzjclhppzh_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">called</a> for an investigation after a video showed Indonesian security forces in the eastern region of Papua using a live snake to menace a suspect under interrogation. </p><br /><br />
<p> • Liu He, China’s top trade negotiator, is <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/glyrrhpmpwrdccckdkwhndjpfydhhjmknkcmyntcgmmyk_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">set to meet</a> with Trump in Washington on Friday.</p><br /><br />
<p> • Japan is <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ezybbkwqwdbfrrrtftdkpfvwcsfkkvqtptrqsphryqqsb_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">fighting</a> its most widespread measles outbreak since 2008. Most cases involve people connected to Miroku Community Kyusei Shinkyo, a religious group that shuns vaccinations.</p><br /><br />
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<p> • A German court <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/ddrccnwjwgcftttrfrgnsflwbpfnnljrsrtjpsmthjjpm_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">imposed</a> a fine on gun company Heckler & Koch for illegal deliveries to Mexico.</p><br /><br />
<p> • A no-deal Brexit could <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/bcgggtmzmdgypppjyjdtbysmnlyttszjbjpzlbqpfzzlc_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">pose</a> challenges for Britain’s food supply.</p><br /><br />
<p> • The European Economic and Social Committee, an EU body that brings together workers’ and employers’ groups, <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/sskmmdhphjmtbbbctcjdltzhgrtddzpclcbprlkbvpprl_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">imposed</a> new rules allowing it to sanction members accused of sexual harassment. </p><br /><br />
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<p> • The United Arab Emirates <a style="color:#ea1414;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:none;" href="http://click1.crm.foreignpolicy.com/kddvvgqpqtvjlllrjrtgfjbqzhjggbprfrlphfslmpphp_qpvmsvvmntmggnhvspfd.html">signed</a> $5.4 billion worth of arms and military equipment deals at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi.</p><br /><br />
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