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Russian troops perform field exercises in 2017. Ahead of prospective talks with the U.S. over the possible threat of an invasion of Ukraine, Russia started combat training, including mock battles, near the Ukrainian border. (Photo by Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation) Photo used under CC BY

Russia holds tank drills near Ukraine border

Russia staged live-fire exercises near the Ukrainian border while sounding a downbeat note over the prospects for talks with the U.S. that Washington hopes will remove the possible threat of an invasion of Ukraine.

Reuters

Diplomatic talks with Russia on Ukraine: What you need to know

CBS News

Kazakh leader says Russia to pull out troops

The president of Kazakhstan announced that a Russia-led security alliance will soon start pulling its troops out of the Central Asian nation after completing its mission. The troops were deployed last week at the president’s request amid grave public unrest.

Associated Press

WHO: Repeated boosters won’t halt omicron spread

Repeating booster doses of the original COVID vaccines is not a viable strategy against emerging variants, the World Health Organization said.

Al Jazeera

COVID loses 90% of ability to infect within 20 minutes in air

Guardian

19 killed in latest drone strikes in Tigray region

Nineteen people have been killed in drone strikes in Ethiopia’s Tigray, in the latest reported attacks in the war-stricken region, just as President Biden raised concerns about airstrikes with the Ethiopian prime minister.

Guardian

N. Korea’s Mach 10 missile is a game-changer

North Korea has test-fired a missile that South Korea confirmed flew at hypersonic speeds. A closer look points to an ominous trend in the state’s military capabilities that is shattering decades of conventional strategic wisdom.

Asia Times Online

US giving Afghans $308M in humanitarian aid

The United States announced $308 million in additional humanitarian assistance for Afghanistan, offering new aid to the country as it edges toward a humanitarian crisis since the Taliban takeover nearly five months ago.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Afghan women lament hardship under Taliban

For Afghan women, economic challenges engulfing the country have been compounded by further restrictions on their freedoms, employment, education and even movement.

Al Jazeera

Kabul’s markets full of food, but no one has money

BBC

Those fleeing Lebanon accuse Greece of abuse

Dozens of people in Lebanon attempted to sail to Italy on October 26, but they never reached their destination. Al Jazeera spoke to three of the passengers.

Al Jazeera

Blockade creates ‘hell’ in Ethiopia’s Tigray

Tigray is under what the United Nations calls a de facto blockade that is preventing life-saving medicine and food from reaching millions.

Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Journalists in Hong Kong reel from assault

An exodus of journalists and editors from Hong Kong’s much-acclaimed news outlets in the last couple of years have alarmed free speech campaigners in the city and beyond.

Guardian

China aims to avoid an omicron Olympics

China’s capital Beijing will not be locked down before the Winter Olympics. Athletes and participants, who will be managed under a tight “closed-loop system” to avoid spread.

Asia Times Online

NATO open to talks with Russia on Ukraine

The U.S. and its allies sat down with Russian envoys amid heightened tensions over Russia’s troop buildup near Ukraine. While no gaps were bridged, NATO said it was ready for more talks with Moscow.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

YouTube a ‘conduit of online disinformation’

Fact-checking organizations around the world say YouTube is not doing enough to prevent the spread of misinformation on the platform.

BBC

Gravity could solve clean energy’s drawback

Finding green energy when the winds are calm and the skies are cloudy has been a challenge. Storing it in giant concrete blocks could be the answer we’ve been looking for.

Wired

GLOBAL HEALTH

Pig heart transplanted into human patient

In a nine-hour procedure, surgeons transplanted the heart taken from a 1-year-old pig into a 57-year-old man. The pig was gene-edited, bred and killed for this purpose.

Deutsche Welle

Ethical issues around pig heart transplants

BBC

US Navy to drain underground Hawaii fuel tank

After initially resisting, the U.S. Navy will comply with Hawaii’s order to remove fuel from a massive underground storage tank facility near Pearl Harbor blamed for contaminating drinking water, officials said.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Nisar Majid and Guhad Adan):

Somalia may be on the verge of another famine

Al Jazeera

Column (Konstantin Eggert):

Putin will maintain US, NATO talks before making next move

Deutsche Welle

Column (MK Bhadrakumar):

Kazakhstan becomes toxic graveyard for US diplomacy

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Maya Angelou first Black woman on US quarter

The late prolific poet and civil rights activist, who died at the age of 86 in 2014, has become the first Black woman to be featured on the U.S. quarter.

People

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Motel provides free rooms to those in need

The Lincoln Tunnel Motel is famous on TikTok – not because it’s glamorous, but because it provides free rooms to those in need.

CBS News

Artist supports food banks by turning bowls

Mike Mittelman’s Bowls for Food effort has raised more than $20,000 to fight food insecurity. The Massachusetts man creates wooden bowls to send to those who donate to food banks.

WCVB News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Soaring cost of living hitting Sri Lankans hard

Sri Lanka is facing an unprecedented economic crisis. Its foreign exchange reserves dropped to around $1.6 billion by the end of November, only enough to pay for just a few weeks of imports.

BBC

Drought leaves Afghanistan region destitute

People living in Afghanistan‘s northwestern Badghis province have suffered years of drought. Their suffering has been compounded by the freefalling Afghan economy and the bottlenecks in international aid.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

What to expect from the sixth mass extinction

Humans alive today are witnessing the beginning of the first mass extinction in 65 million years. What does biodiversity loss mean for us and the environment?

Deutsche Welle

Finding solutions to biodiversity

YouTube

The biodiversity crisis needs its net zero moment

Wired

Aircraft and fuel key to illegal Amazon mining

Environmental and Indigenous rights groups estimate some 20,000 illegal miners are present on the Yanomami Reserve in Brazil that is roughly the same size as Portugal.

Associated Press

Climate change destroying homes in the Arctic

Cracked homes, buckled roads and ruptured pipelines are likely to become common in and near the Arctic as warming temperatures cause frozen ground to thaw.

BBC

Photo of the Day

Women cross a market in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. Since the Taliban’s seizure of power, the country has plunged into unprecedented economic crisis. Many Afghan women are having trouble putting food on their tables. (Photo by U.S. Federal Government) Photo used under CC BY

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