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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala was appointed to be the next director-general of the World Trade Organization. She is the first African and the first woman to lead the body, which governs trade rules between nations. Members of the WTO have said this is a very significant moment for the WTO. (Photo by WTO/Jay Louvion) Photo used under CC BY

New leader thinks WTO can change the world

On its surface, the mandate of the World Trade Organization is relatively circumscribed: to make and enforce the rules of the road for global trade and resolve problems when they arise. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has much loftier goals for the organization she will helm starting next week.

TIME

Okonjo-Iweala first woman, African WTO boss

BBC

Libya clutches at new hope years after uprising

On the 10th anniversary of a revolution that unseated Moammar Gadhafi in Lybia, some hope that things might be different. Since last October, the UN-brokered truce between the nation’s factions has largely held.

Deutsche Welle

France, W. Africa step up efforts against extremism

Leaders from West African nations and France agreed to step up the fight against Islamic extremists in the Sahel region by deploying a new battalion from Chad, maintaining a strong French military presence and gradually building up a European task force.

Associated Press

COVID-19 vaccine trial in children has begun

In a key step toward ending the pandemic, kids as young as 6 years old will be included in the clinical trial of a COVID-19 vaccine. The University of Oxford has launched a new study with children for the first time ever.

CBS News

WHO team found no ‘credible link’ between Wuhan labs, COVID-19

NPR

WHO mission finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

CNN

US ‘gravely damaged’ COVID cooperation, China says as feud erupts over WHO probe

NBCNews.com

Yemen’s Houthi rebels threaten displacement

An offensive by Yemen’s Houthi group to take Marib city, the last stronghold of the internationally-recognized government, threatens to displace thousands and complicate a diplomatic push to end the war.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Women in Dubai still have few rights under law

In the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap report, the UAE was ranked 120th in the world out of 153. And while the UAE does have an anti-discrimination law, sex and gender aren’t included in its definition of discrimination.

BBC

Gunmen abduct dozens of Nigerian students

Dozens of schoolchildren, teachers and their relatives have been abducted by gunmen in central Nigeria after an attack on a boarding school, the latest in a rising wave of mass abductions and attacks.

Guardian

Calls grow to relocate Beijing Winter Games

With the Beijing Winter Games less than a year away, the International and Canadian Olympic Committees are looking closely at human rights abuses in China, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said as calls to move the 2022 Games continue to grow.

Yahoo! News

Myanmar cuts internet as protests continue

Armored vehicles appeared in Myanmar’s largest city and the internet was shut down as protesters continued to protest against the military coup.

The Independent

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Ecuador suspends recount in presidential polls

Ecuador’s National Electoral Council has suspended a recount of votes from the first round of the presidential election requested by left-wing Indigenous candidate Yaku Perez, who alleges fraud denied him a place in the runoff.

Al Jazeera

Haitians protest drive toward dictatorship

Thousands of people have rallied in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, accusing the government of trying to establish a new dictatorship and denouncing international support for President Jovenel Moise.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Million-year-old mammoth DNA discovered

Scientists now have evidence that mammoths were roaming the earth more than 1 million years ago with the discovery of the oldest-dating skeletal fragments ever found.

ABC News

1st human trials for COVID get green light in UK

Healthy, young volunteers will be infected with coronavirus to test vaccines and treatments in the world’s first COVID-19 “human challenge” study, which will take place in the U.K.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Native Americans embrace vaccine

The federal Indian Health Service says it has administered nearly 385,300 doses of COVID-19 vaccines. At a rate of about 18,490 per 100,000, that’s higher than all but five U.S. states.

Associated Press

Gaza gets its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment

Reuters

Guinea notes 4 Ebola deaths, declares epidemic

Guinea has officially declared it has an Ebola epidemic after at least three people have died and four others have been infected in the West African nation.

TIME

Latinos face barriers in getting vaccine

From elderly Cuban Americans in Florida to farmworkers in California, Latinos face daunting barriers to getting COVID-19 vaccines, creating risks for public health as the coronavirus mutates and spreads.

Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Mark Muhannad Ayyash):

The path to peace in Israel-Palestine is through decolonization

Al Jazeera

Column (Neville Sarony):

Endemic misogyny holding back Nepal’s progress

Asia Times Online

Column (Devi Sridhar):

How the COVID pandemic could end – and what will make it happen faster

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Couples in Thailand marry on elephants

Fifty-nine couples got married while riding elephants on Sunday, in an annual Valentine’s Day mass wedding ceremony at a botanical garden in a province east of Bangkok.

Reuters

Volunteer paramedics patrol Venezuela capital

Venezuela’s deepening crisis has gutted emergency ambulance services. This prompted volunteer paramedics to step into the void and offer life-saving services on the tough streets of Caracas.

Associated Press

Best friends find out they’re biological sisters

Two best friends learned after almost a decade of friendship that their strong resemblance and, perhaps in part, their unbelievable bond, is because they are, in fact, biological sisters.

Inside Edition

Student’s nonprofit bakes for those in need

A high school student in California who‘s been giving away her baked goods to local homeless shelters since she was 13 has launched a nonprofit to mobilize other teens to do the same — and it’s now grown to 8 states.

SFiST

Minnesota non-profit offering equine therapy to first responders

NBCNews.com

ENVIRONMENT

Himalayan glaciers collapse as climate warms

A devastating break of a glacier in the Himalayas on Feb. 7 left dozens dead and more than 100 missing after it smashed into multiple dams, collecting debris and energy as it made its way down the flank.

ABC News

Air pollution raises risk of infertility in China

The analysis of 18,000 couples in China found that those living with moderately higher levels of small-particle pollution had a 20% greater risk of infertility, defined as not becoming pregnant within a year of trying.

Guardian

Zimbabwe mango growers look to the sun

Gokwe South was once known as a cotton-growing region, but over the past decade increasingly erratic weather, low cotton prices and inflation have pushed many farmers to look for alternative fast-growing cash crops.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Boat kills baby of endangered whale species

An endangered baby whale belonging to the North Atlantic right whale species has been found dead on a Florida beach with signs it was struck by a boat.

The Independent

Red Sea coral reefs ‘under threat’ from oil deal

Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Hunger spurs Zimbabweans to break lockdown

Even before the spread of COVID-19, millions of Zimbabweans were facing food shortages due to the combined effects of a devastating drought and a deepening economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

Indian businesses rethink worker benefits

As Kerala‘s industrial heartland cranks back to life post-lockdown, orders are returning to its printing presses, workshops and chemical plants. But to bosses’ dismay, workers are in no hurry to come back from their villages.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

Citizens of Myanmar gather in Yangon on Feb. 6 to protest the military coup and demand the release of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Another hundred thousand people poured on to the streets in Myanmar on Wednesday to voice their anger at the coup and reject an army claim that it has majority support. (Photo by Alireza Zahraee) Photo used under CC BY

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