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An undersea volcano near the island of Hunga Tonga erupts in March 2009. On January 14, a massive volcanic eruption struck near Hunga Tonga, causing tsunamis in Tonga, New Zealand and all the way to the Americas. (Photo by Snapboot) Photo used under CC BY

Eruptions, tsunamis slam coast of main Tonga island

An underwater volcano near Tonga has erupted for the third time in four days, potentially threatening the ability of surveillance flights to assess the damage to the Pacific island nation.

CNN

Flights sent to assess damage after Tonga volcanic eruption

PBS

Satellite pictures show huge Tonga volcano blast

YouTube

Global employment won’t recover before 2023

Global employment will not recover to pre-pandemic levels until at least 2023, according to a report by the International Labour Organization, which projects 207 million unemployed in 2022.

Al Jazeera

Russia moves troops closer to Ukraine border

Russia has begun moving troops to Ukraine’s northern neighbor Belarus for joint military exercises, named United Resolve, in a move likely to increase fears in the west that Moscow is preparing for an invasion.

Guardian

Brussels fears Europe is ‘closest to war’ in decades

BBC

N. Korea test fires fourth missile in two weeks

North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles into waters off the coast of Japan, the latest in an unusual flurry of tests. It is North Korea’s fourth missile launch in two weeks.

BBC

US calls on North Korea to halt ‘unlawful and destabilizing’ missile launches

Yahoo! News

Sudanese forces open fire, killing 7 protesters

Sudanese security forces opened fire on protesters, killing at least seven people and wounding around 100 others in the country’s capital in one of the deadliest days since an October military coup.

Associated Press

Taliban says Afghan girls will return to school

Girls’ schools across Afghanistan will hopefully reopen by late March, a senior Taliban leader has said, offering the first timeline for the resumption of high schools for girls since the group retook power in mid-August.

Al Jazeera

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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