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NATO ministers meet at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, in 2010. As NATO talks with Russia over Ukraine meet a dead end, Russia is threatening to deploy troops to Cuba and Venezuela. Poland’s foreign minister, Zbigniew Rau, warned that Europe faced its greatest risk of war in 30 years. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison) Photo used under CC BY

Russia may send troops to S. America if talks fail

Russia has refused to rule out a military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela if talks with the West on European security and Ukraine fail to go its way, while warning the latest discussions with NATO were hitting a dead end.

Guardian

Fear grips Ukrainian villages near Russia

Al Jazeera

Russian-led troops begin leaving Kazakhstan

Russian-led troops sent to help Kazakhstan’s government quell violent protests have begun leaving the country, according to Russia’s defense minister.

ABC News

China faces omicron test weeks ahead of Olympics

Most access to a major city adjacent to Beijing was suspended as China tried to contain an outbreak of the omicron variant, which poses a test to its “zero-tolerance” COVID-19 policy.

Associated Press

China’s Tianjin omicron outbreak grows

Reuters

Sudan’s protests violently dispersed; 2 killed

Sudanese security forces fired live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protesters in the capital of Khartoum as thousands took to the streets against the coup.

Associated Press

Nobel committee: PM must end Tigray conflict

The committee that awards the Nobel Peace Prize appealed to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the award in 2019, to halt the conflict unfolding in the country’s northern region of Tigray.

Reuters

Strike paralyzes Lebanon as economy worsens

Schools, universities and many shops were closed in Lebanon as a general strike by public transportation and labor unions paralyzed the crisis-hit Mideast nation.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Hundreds in India protest controversial act

Hundreds of people have walked 43 miles in India’s northeast to demand the repeal of a controversial act that grants special powers to Indian troops.

Al Jazeera

Are Bolivia’s gold mines poisoning its people?

The government has been criticized for apparent inaction as evidence mounts that mercury contamination is causing illness in fishing communities.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Will NATO engage with Russia’s demands?

Russia blames NATO for undermining Ukraine’s security and has sent a wish-list of security demands to Washington – most of which have already been slammed as “non-starters.”

Al Jazeera

US fears Russia planning ‘false flag’ operation in Ukraine

Deutsche Welle

Life on the front line in Ukraine’s Donbass region

Deutsche Welle

Protesters try to storm Bulgaria’s parliament

Anti-vaccine protesters tried to storm the Bulgarian parliament and briefly scuffled with police officers during a massive rally against coronavirus restrictions in downtown Sofia.

CNN

Myanmar’s ousted leader faces 5 new charges

Myanmar’s military-installed government has filed five new corruption charges against ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi in connection with granting permits to rent and buy a helicopter.

NPR

Myanmar believes new ASEAN chair will rule fairly

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

NASA is exploring the deepest oceans on Earth

Could our understanding of the deep ocean help unlock the mysteries of outer space? NASA’s space mission is leading us to unexplored depths of our own planet.

BBC

Water vapor found in other planet’s atmosphere

Scientists said the findings demonstrate how studying the chemical makeup of exoplanet atmospheres can help astronomers learn how the planets came to be.

NBCNews.com

China rolling out digital currency for Olympics

China is preparing to roll out the digital yuan to visitors from overseas at the upcoming Beijing Winter Olympics, in what will be the first key test of the token’s appeal among foreigners.

Asia Times Online

GLOBAL HEALTH

Omicron creating ‘red-tier’ health care situation

Almost one in five health care workers have quit their jobs since February 2020, leading to concerns about the quality of patient care.

NBCNews.com

Omicron spread fuels staff shortages in UK

Public services in the UK face major challenges due to staff shortages brought on by the rapid spread of the omicron coronavirus variant.

Deutsche Welle

French teachers go on strike over handling of pandemic

Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Julian Borger):

What have Ukraine talks achieved, and is war now more likely?

Guardian

Column (Dnyanesh Kamat):

Taliban’s foreign policy poses risks at home and abroad

Asia Times Online

Column (Rabah Arezki):

It is time for Africa to focus on getting vaccines in arms

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

All-female garage shifting attitudes in Nigeria

A workshop in northern Nigeria aims to provide jobs for women in an industry dominated by men and challenge traditional gender roles in this conservative and highly insecure region of the country.

Guardian

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Two of the women leading change in NGOs

A man is twice as likely to rise to the top of an international non-governmental organization than a woman. Here are two exceptions.

BBC

Red Cross: Blood donations critically needed

Blood donations are absolutely critical right now as the United States faces the worst blood shortage in more than a decade, according to the American Red Cross website.

CNN

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Seasonal workers criticize UK labor scheme

Seasonal workers in the UK on a post-Brexit pilot scheme to harvest fruit and vegetables were subjected to “unacceptable” welfare conditions, according to a government review.

Guardian

The plight of 500K Turkish garbage collectors

Turkey’s in-need communities have been suffering since the country’s economic crash — including 500,000 garbage collectors. Their wages are being consumed by inflation.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Illegal Amazon gold seeps into supply chains

Much like the brown and black tributaries that feed the Amazon River, gold illegally mined in the rainforest mixes into the supply chain and melds with clean gold.

Associated Press

Nepal’s honey industry crushed by weather

Heavy rains and long droughts are robbing bees of food and killing the insects, drying up Nepal’s supply of honey.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Elephants dying from eating plastic waste

Conservationists and veterinarians are warning that plastic waste in an open landfill in eastern Sri Lanka is killing elephants in the region, after two more were found dead.

CBS News

Photo of the Day

A herd of hungry wild elephants in eastern Sri Lanka has become totally dependent on eating plastic waste out of an open landfill - a practice that has killed around 20 in the last eight years. (Photo by Tharmapalan Tilaxan) Photo used under CC BY

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