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Demonstrators march in Aktobe, Kazakhstan, this week. Police said they had killed dozens of rioters and arrested more than 2,000 people in the countrywide uprising. (Photo by Esetok) Photo used under CC BY

Russia sends paratroopers to crisis-hit Kazakhstan

Fresh violence has erupted in Kazakhstan‘s main city after Russia rushed in paratroopers to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow’s closest former Soviet allies.

Reuters

Live updates on Kazakhstan uprising

Al Jazeera

US, Germany say Russia poses big challenge

The United States and Germany have said plainly that Russia’s military buildup near Ukraine’s border poses an “immediate and urgent challenge” to European security and that invasion would draw severe consequences.

Associated Press

Deadly omicron variant spreading exponentially

The World Health Organization has warned against describing the omicron variant of COVID-19 as mild, saying it is killing people across the world.

BBC

Map:

Global cases of COVID-19

CDC

Deported Tigrayans held in detention sites

Thousands of Tigrayans are being deported from Saudi Arabia and held in secret detention sites in Ethiopia, where they are being mistreated and forcibly disappeared.

Guardian

Sudanese security forces kill 3 in new protests

Sudanese security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition this week, killing at least three people as thousands took to the streets to protest the military takeover of the country.

Associated Press

N. Korea claims second successful missile test

North Korea has claimed to have conducted the second successful test flight of a hypersonic missile, days after leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his military forces.

NPR

HUMAN RIGHTS

Russia threatening Kazakhstan independence

Russian leader Vladimir Putin is using a similar playbook in Kazakhstan to one that he has used over almost a decade to threaten the sovereignty of Ukraine.

Asia Times Online

Honduran sanctuary for female rights defenders

In one of the world’s most dangerous regions for environmental and human rights activists, La Siguata offers a safe space for women suffering trauma as a result of their work.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Myanmar jails former leader for 4 more years

A Myanmar court has sentenced ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi to four more years in prison after her government was overthrown in a coup by the army in 2021.

Deutsche Welle

Hun Sen taking Myanmar matters into his own hands

Asia Times Online

Russia downplays potential threat to Ukraine

Russian officials have said during high-level talks in Geneva that they have no intention of invading Ukraine, a top U.S. diplomat says.

BBC

US pushed back on Russian security proposals in Geneva meeting

Reuters

Tensions high on Russia-Ukraine border

CNN

UN starts talks in Sudan to resolve crisis

The United Nations said it was starting consultations in Sudan to try to salvage the country’s move to democracy after a military coup.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

DNA can now be pulled from the air we breathe

Scientists are now able to collect and analyze DNA pulled from thin air. The groundbreaking new techniques used to do it could transform the way endangered animals and natural ecosystems are studied and protected.

CNN

Huge fossilized ‘sea dragon’ found in UK

In February 2021, Joe Davis came across the fossilized remains of a 10-meter-long sea predator called an ichthyosaur. And it was the largest of its type ever discovered in the UK.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Chile launches fourth COVID vaccine dose

Chile has started its campaign to give fourth doses to immunocompromised people, a regional first, as infections rise driven by the fast spread of the omicron variant.

Reuters

New coronavirus variant discovered in France

The World Health Organization has said the new coronavirus variant B.1.640.2, first detected in France, is not a variant of concern. WHO scientist Abdi Mahmud said that the WHO has been monitoring the variant since November.

Deutsche Welle

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Bernd Riegert):

Putin gets his way as West scrambles

Deutsche Welle

Column (Nikola Mikovic):

Russia keeps Iran waiting on advanced weapons

Asia Times Online

Column (Shaun Walker):

Putin taking a risk in Kazakhstan and may hope for reward

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Pfizer already creating an omicron vaccine

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said a vaccine that targets the omicron variant of COVID will be ready in March, and the company’s already begun manufacturing the doses.

CNBC

Modern to trial booster for omicron

Al Jazeera

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

$15B from Gates tops 2021 biggest gift list

The power philanthropists Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates announced in May that they were divorcing and then gave a jaw-dropping $15 billion to their foundation in July.

Associated Press

Palestinians call NGO aid cutoff ‘unjust’

The Palestinian Authority has summoned the Dutch representative to object to the Netherlands’ decision to halt funding to a Palestinian civil society group that Israel banned as a “terrorist group” in October 2021.

Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Brazil’s charcoal industry fueled by slavery

Brazil’s charcoal industry - to fuel steel mills and barbecues - is built on labor rights abuses and wood illegally cut from the endangered Cerrado, inspectors say.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Hunger, poverty still stalk desperate Afghans

Almost 24 million people in Afghanistan, about 60 percent of the population, suffer from acute hunger. As many as 8.7 million are coping with famine.

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Last 7 years reportedly the hottest on record

The last seven years were the world’s hottest on record, with the first analysis of global temperature in 2021 showing it was 1.2C above pre-industrial levels.

Guardian

Hurricane Ida, Europe floods made 2021 costly for disasters

Associated Press

Global warming from 1880 to 2020

NASA

Climate change will increase kidney stones

As the world warms due to climate change, more of us will suffer from kidney stones due to hot temperatures and dehydration, research has shown.

Yahoo! News

Photo of the Day

Firefighters battle a 2007 Nevada wildfire. The last seven years have been the hottest on record due to the climate crisis. Europe broke temperature records, multiple countries battled intense wildfires and severe floods caused multitudes of deaths. (Photo by Sparks Tribune) Photo used under CC BY

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