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FILE - In this March 30, 2020 file photo, Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza, wearing protective gloves as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, holds a Venezuelan and Chinese flag as medical specialists and supplies arrive from China at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in La Guaira, Venezuela. While the pandemic has opened the door to much-welcomed Chinese aid in Latin America and Caribbean, it’s also made it harder for governments to pay their bills to Beijing, due to a deep recession last year wiped out nearly a decade’s worth of growth, according to International Monetary Fund data. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
Chinese loans to Latin America plunge as virus strains ties

By Joshua Goodman Feb. 22, 2021 12:02 AM EST

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends at a meeting of Central Committee of Worker’s Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korean, Monday, Feb. 8, 2021. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
UN experts say North Korea still modernizing nuclear arsenal

By Edith M. Lederer Feb. 08, 2021 10:08 PM EST

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2020 file photo, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, center right, walks with Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center-left, at the Prime Minister's office in Addis Ababa. President Donald Trump has largely neglected Africa, with one glaring exception: the tussle between two of the continent's most powerful countries, Ethiopia and Egypt, over a massive dam project on a tributary of the Nile. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via AP, File)
Nation by nation, the world watches Election Day in the US

By The Associated Press Nov. 03, 2020 10:20 AM EST

U.S. Rep. Denny Heck, D-Wash., poses for a photo, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020, in Olympia, Wash. Heck is running against Washington Sen. Marko Liias, D-Lynnwood, for Washington state Lt. Governor in the upcoming election. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Democrats Liias, Heck seek lieutenant governor's office

By Gene Johnson Oct. 24, 2020 12:18 PM EDT

This 2020 photo provided by his campaign shows Bryant "Corky" Messner, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in the Sept. 8, 2020, New Hampshire primary election.(Amanda Biundo/Corky for Senate Campaign via AP)
Messner's law firm represented state-run Chinese insurer

By Holly Ramer Oct. 06, 2020 12:45 PM EDT

Bangladeshi garment workers block a road demanding their unpaid wages during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, April 16, 2020. Hundreds of Bangladeshi workers who produce garments for global brands protested in Dhaka and blocked a highway outside the capital on Thursday to demand unpaid wages during a nationwide lockdown that has forced most factories to suspend operations. (AP Photo/Al-emrun Garjon)
Bangladesh garment workers seek unpaid wages as orders stop

By Julhas Alam Apr. 16, 2020 09:22 AM EDT