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Russian President Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping met Feb. 4 at the start of the Winter Olympics to sign a joint statement calling on NATO to rule out expansion in eastern Europe, denouncing the formation of security blocs in the Asia Pacific region, and criticizing the Aukus trilateral security pact between the U.S., UK and Australia. (Photo by Presidential Executive Office of Russia) Photo used under CC BY

Russia, China urge NATO to rule out an expansion

China’s Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin of Russia have signed a joint statement calling on the west to “abandon the ideologized approaches of the cold war,” in Beijing at the start of the Winter Olympics.

Guardian

Ukrainians face fear of war on the border

Deutsche Welle

Everything to know about the Beijing Olympics

The 2022 Winter Olympics have kicked off under a cloud of COVID restrictions, diplomatic boycotts and questions over China’s treatment of Uighurs.

Al Jazeera

US attempting to speed up at-risk Afghan evacuations

A lack of flights and the search for a new U.S. reception center are among the hurdles facing the White House as it races to speed up the evacuation of at-risk Afghans.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Single suicide bomber responsible for Kabul airport massacre

USA TODAY

How EU could cripple Myanmar’s military junta

A year after the military coup, the EU is reportedly preparing a fresh round of sanctions on Myanmar. Rights groups have called for the lucrative natural gas sector to be targeted, but the decision has been delayed.

Deutsche Welle

Post-prison fight, Kurds ask for help against IS

The battle for Gweiran Prison is over; it took 10 days, but U.S.-backed, Syrian Kurdish-led forces finally defeated the militants who attacked the facility. But the impact continues to reverberate.

Associated Press

At least 21 dead in Pakistan after more clashes

Pakistani troops battled separatist militants for a third day in the troubled province of Balochistan, where hundreds of residents in a town near the Iranian border remained trapped by shellfire and heavy fighting.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

IS women in Syria, police clash; one child killed

Women held in a camp housing families of Islamic State group militants in northeast Syria tried to kidnap their Kurdish guards, an opposition war monitor said.

Associated Press

India boycotts Beijing Olympics at last minute

Beijing’s move to hand the Olympic torch to a PLA solider wounded in the 2020 Himalayan border clash sparks a diplomatic revolt in Delhi.

Asia Times Online

Ugandan forces allegedly tortured activists

The European Union and the United States are raising alarm over torture allegedly perpetrated by Uganda’s security forces, with a prominent writer and government critic saying that he is a recent victim.

Associated Press

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Israeli police probed over illegal hacking claims

Israel’s government will set up a commission of inquiry to examine reports the police used spyware made by NSO Group to hack the phones of public figures without authorization.

BBC

Macron and Putin meet to diffuse Ukraine crisis

In the tense standoff between Russia and Ukraine, French President Emmanuel Macron has emerged as a central figure in Europe’s diplomatic efforts to diffuse potential conflict.

CNN

Biden meets with German chancellor, urges united front amid tensions with Russia

ABC News

New US findings on potential Russian invasion of Ukraine

NBCNews.com

Stolen crypto funding N. Korea missile program

North Korean cyber-attacks have stolen millions of dollars worth of cryptocurrency to fund the country’s missile programs, a UN report briefed to media says.

BBC

Where leader’s killing leaves Islamic State terror

Islamic State maintains relevance despite a decline in its Iraq and Syria strongholds. Meanwhile, affiliates elsewhere have taken up the slack.

Asia Times Online

Islamic State leader hid out among Syria’s displaced

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Haiti braces for instability on grim anniversary

Schools and businesses across Haiti shuttered their doors and large numbers of police patrolled the streets as the country braced for a grim anniversary.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Paralyzed man walks again after new treatment

A man who was paralyzed in a motorcycle accident in 2017 has regained the ability to walk after doctors implanted electrodes in his spine to reactivate his muscles.

Guardian

How an app can help fight homelessness in US

Built specifically for the US Housing and Urban Development PIT count, Counting Us is a GPS-enabled surveying tool used to gather PIT count data in 50 regions across the U.S.

Wired

GLOBAL HEALTH

Study finds omicron booster is not necessary

U.S. government researchers have said they pitted the current Moderna COVID-19 booster shot against an omicron-specific booster in a study in monkeys. The results showed no significant differences.

Deutsche Welle

Pakistan cousin marriages prove to be high risk

Scientists say inbreeding is causing an unusually high number of genetic mutations to spread in Pakistan, leading to disabilities in children of consanguineous marriages.

Deutsche Welle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Is Macron the West’s new Putin-whisperer?

CNN

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The prehistory of the 2022 Beijing Games

Asia Times Online

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Cultural liberation remains an important task for Africans

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Queen Elizabeth II marks 70 years on throne

It’s been 70 years since Elizabeth II became the queen of the United Kingdom, making her the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.

NBCNews.com

Parents name son after doctor who saved mom

A couple in Texas have paid the ultimate tribute to a doctor who went above and beyond to help their family last year.

ABC News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

French Gates says feedback will guide giving

Melinda French Gates has signaled she will do more to listen to the guidance of nonprofit leaders with direct experience in the problems they are trying to solve rather than basing her giving decisions largely on data and metrics.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

How Tonga eruption left many needing money

A rupture in Internet services has made it difficult for Tongans to receive funds from abroad to buy essential supplies like gas and drinking water.

BBC

Puerto Rico to increase teachers’ salaries $1K

Puerto Rico’s governor announced that all public school teachers will receive a temporary $1,000 monthly salary increase starting in July as he promised to make it permanent.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Top companies exaggerating climate progress

Many of the world’s biggest companies are failing to meet their own targets on tackling climate change, according to a study of 25 corporations, including Apple, Google, Amazon and IKEA.

BBC

Call to reroute ships to protect blue whales

Scientists and conservation groups are calling for one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes to be rerouted in an effort to protect the world’s largest animal.

Guardian

Olympic ice rinks spotlight greenhouse gases

The ice rinks at the Beijing Olympics will also be putting a major environmental problem on the world stage — the potent greenhouse gases often lurking in refrigerators, air conditioners and other cooling systems.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Queen Elizabeth II took the British throne on Feb. 6, 1952. Seventy years later, she has become one of only four monarchs to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee. (Photo by Raph_PH) Photo used under CC BY

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