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Canberra’s continued pursuit of the proposal, which would force Facebook and Google to share revenue with local media producers, could prompt the tech giants to pull some of their services.

Preserving the nuclear arms treaty will give Biden space to crack down on Moscow’s antagonistic behavior in other areas.

Coordination on issues like climate change will increase. But Washington and Brussels will likely still spar over trade, tech policy and defense spending.

Without Trump’s avid support, Israel’s normalization push in the Muslim world will likely shift away from full-scale diplomatic recognition to more specific, covert ties.

The fallout will likely include a more severe humanitarian crisis, more complicated intra-Yemeni political negotiations, and ultimately, a more entrenched civil conflict.

With no end in sight to the U.S.’s COVID-19 epidemic, Biden's proposed $2 trillion fiscal package will only go so far in addressing the economic fallout.

Clashes in the strategic town of Ain Issa will remain a threat as Ankara and its Syrian proxies seize the opportunity to bolster their position against U.S.-backed Kurdish forces.

Targeting China’s third-largest oil company highlights the South China Sea’s importance to U.S. strategy, which is unlikely to change under Biden.

Both Israel and Iran are signaling they are prepared to increase tensions in an attempt to influence Tehran's negotiations with the Biden administration.

Conte’s ruling coalition now lacks a majority in Parliament at a time when the country is still scrambling to manage the fallout from COVID-19.

Even after hearing farmers’ grievances, the new mediation committee is unlikely to propose sweeping changes to Modi’s agricultural reforms, raising the risk for more protests.

The next leader of Germany’s most popular party will also stand a strong chance of becoming the country’s next chancellor.