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Observers fear the annual World Economic Forum will serve only to again expose the differences between East and West, the U.S. and the EU, and business and activists in combating the most burning threats at the start of the third decade of the 21st century. (Photo by Ministério da Indústria, Comércio Exterior e Serviços) Photo used under CC BY

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Climate change tops issues at economic forum in Davos

Global decision-makers are gathering in Davos, Switzerland, for their annual meeting, with challenges facing the planet – from climate change to conflict in the Middle East – as imposing as the Alps that surround the resort.

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Asia Times Online

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Oxfam: 5 shocking facts about inequality

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World Economic Forum

WHO sets emergency meeting as virus spreads

The World Health Organization said a key emergency committee would meet this week to discuss a new SARS-like virus spreading across China. The WHO panel will meet in Geneva to determine whether to declare the outbreak an international public health emergency.

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Poverty, resentment drive protests in Iraq

Paradoxically, poverty drives protests in Iraq, one of the world’s most oil-rich countries. Coupled with the resentment of dire living conditions is the distrust of politicians whom protesters accuse of failing to root out corruption that denies them jobs and services.

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Arab Weekly

UN, Germany push for peace efforts in Libya

Several major powers signed a landmark agreement to limit foreign interference in the war in Libya after reports of arms, troops and cash flooding into Libya from foreign allies have caused concerns of spiraling violence.

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Al Jazeera

Hundreds hurt in violent Beirut demonstrations

At least 350 people, including protesters and police, were injured as fresh demonstrations turned violent in Beirut. Citizens are protesting political paralysis that has led to a catastrophic economic downturn.

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Syrians enlist in Libya war day after Berlin talks

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Asia Times Online

Migrant split up at Guatemala-Mexico border

Chaos ensued on the Guatemala-Mexican border after thousands of migrants attempted to cross the Suchiate River, which divides the countries, after not being permitted to pass as a group into Mexico.

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Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

80 soldiers killed in Yemen camp attack

At least 80 Yemeni soldiers attending prayers at a mosque were killed and 130 others injured in ballistic missile and drone attacks by Iran-backed Houthi rebels, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen reported Sunday.

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CNN

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Paris protesters try to enter theatre attended by Macron

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Struggles in returning Rohingya to Myanmar

Myanmar says it has created safe conditions for the Rohingya’s return, but Bangladesh and the United Nations say that fighting in Rakhine and a lack of human rights guarantees make a return for the refugees dangerous.

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Reuters

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Migrants scuffle with Mexican troops along border river

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Associated Press

Iraq unrest resumes; 6 killed

Four protesters and two police officers were killed and scores were wounded in Baghdad and other cities in clashes with security forces, as anti-government unrest resumed after a lull of several weeks.

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Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

World powers commit to arms embargo in Libya

World leaders attending the Libya peace summit in Berlin agreed on Sunday to uphold a UN arms embargo and end military backing for the North African country’s warring factions.

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Iran will quit nuclear treaty if case goes to UN

Iran says it could quit the global nuclear NPT if European countries refer it to the U.N. Security Council over a nuclear agreement, a move that would overturn diplomacy in its confrontation with the West.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mosquitoes engineered to repel dengue virus

Scientists have synthetically engineered mosquitoes that halt the transmission of the dengue virus. Biologists developed a human antibody for dengue suppression in the insects that spread dengue fever.

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ScienceDaily

‘One-size-fits-all’ cancer treatment in works

A newly discovered type of killer immune cell has raised the prospect of a “universal” cancer therapy, scientists say.

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The Independent

GLOBAL HEALTH

Animals at risk in giant global industry

The global trade in live farm animals has more than quadrupled in size over the past 50 years, but patchy regulation means animals may be put at risk on some journeys, or exposed to cruelty when they reach their destination.

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Guardian

Coronavirus cases spike as more cities hit

The number of people infected with a new virus in China tripled. There are now more than 200 cases, mostly in Wuhan, though the respiratory illness has also been detected in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

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BBC

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US to screen airline passengers from China for new illness

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Chinese scientists are buying return tickets

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Reforestation is not necessarily about planting more trees

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Big oil is the new big tobacco. Congress must use its power to investigate

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GOOD NEWS

5-year-old boy donates gifts to kids in need

In a video to his birthday party guests, Tyler asked for bedding so he could donate it to Sleep in Heavenly Peace, an organization that builds, assembles and delivers beds to children in need.

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MSN

Virginia educator teaches kids to love reading

Reamer is a rare bright spot when children’s reading proficiency is plunging nationwide. Two-thirds of 4th and 8th graders in the US do not meet basic federal standards for reading proficiency, in a decade of poor performance.

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MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Faith-based nonprofit helps families in crisis

Based in Chicago and founded in 2003, Safe Families for Children galvanizes networks of churches to assist parents experiencing crises that prevent them from caring for children.

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MSN

ENVIRONMENT

Irreversible forest losses in Australia

Australia’s forests are burning at a rate unmatched in modern times and scientists say the landscape is being permanently altered as a warming climate brings profound changes to the island continent.

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Associated Press

China bans single-use plastic in major cities

China, one of the world’s biggest producers of plastic waste, is set to introduce a ban on all non-degradable plastic bags and single-use straws in major cities by the end of the year.

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Is China addicted to coal?

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BBC

Bangladeshi boatmen mourn receding waters

Bangladesh has 700 rivers integral to the country’s culture, but many of them are dying. Driven by changing weather patterns and the country’s relentless push towards development the crisis has become critical.

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Guardian

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

22 men are richer than all of Africa’s women

Economic inequality is widening across the world and women in particular are feeling its effects as care work remains undervalued, according to a new report by anti-poverty charity Oxfam.

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Al Jazeera

Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision misunderstood

Experts who have researched MLK say much of what he truly thought is misunderstood or ignored, or has been supplanted by warm and fuzzy fiction.

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NBCNews.com

Malaysia returns plastic waste to rich countries

Malaysia has returned 150 shipping containers of plastic waste to rich countries like the U.S., U.K., France and Canada, saying it won‘t be the world’s “garbage dump” after the country was inundated with illegal plastic waste.

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