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September 20: Pakistan Attack and Russian Oil Tariffs
In Pakistan
Dozens of people were killed and injured in an armed attack on a city in northwestern Pakistan. The assault underscores the continuing threat of militant violence in the region, where bombings and attacks remain a persistent security problem.
On Russian energy
President Trump has signed legislation allowing tariffs of up to 100 percent on imports from countries that continue buying Russian oil and other energy. The measure is intended to squeeze revenue supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine, but the White House retains broad discretion over whether and when to impose the tariffs, including on countries such as India.
In Germany
Two state elections are putting Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his conservative CDU under fresh pressure. The far-right, anti-immigration AfD is seeking further gains after its strongest-ever regional result in Saxony-Anhalt, testing whether that result was an outlier or a warning.
In DR Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo has begun Ebola vaccine trials for frontline health workers involved in the outbreak response. The trials focus on people most likely to be exposed while treating patients and containing transmission.
Off South Australia
A harmful algal bloom has killed thousands of sea dragons, pipefish and seahorses, according to ecologists and citizen-science records. More than 1,600 sea dragons, 1,400 pipefish and 160 seahorses have been documented washing ashore, in what researchers describe as the worst recorded mass mortality event for this fish family.
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