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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

Drug addiction a big challenge facing Taliban

Homeless Afghans addicted to drugs gather underneath bridges to take drugs and are often rounded up, beaten and forcibly taken to treatment centers by the Taliban to avoid visible casualties in harsh winter conditions.

Al Jazeera

Mexican abortion advocates help women in US

Decades ago, Mexican activists drove women into the United States to terminate their pregnancies at clinics. Now it’s women in the U.S. who are facing more challenges to accessing abortion services.

Associated Press

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Russia demands NATO expansion, military ban

Russia has denied that it intends to attack its neighbor but demanded guarantees from the West that NATO will not expand to Ukraine or other former Soviet nations or place its troops and weapons there.

Associated Press

Fear and defiance on Ukraine’s frontline

Guardian

Ukraine intelligence shows 127K Russian troops

CNN

EU decries violence against Sudan protesters

The European Union’s foreign policy chief said Sudan’s military rulers have shown an unwillingness to negotiate a peaceful settlement to the country’s ongoing crisis.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Why India’s fossil wealth has remained hidden

India has some of the most spectacular fossils on the planet, from vast beds of dinosaur eggs to strange prehistoric creatures new to science. But many are just sitting in the ground.

BBC

Kenya targets loan apps abusing customer data

Digital lenders have boosted access to credit in Kenya but some are using ‘predatory’ practices to profit from the poor, consumers and authorities say.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Icelandic company is turning CO2 into stone

On top of a volcano in Iceland, a new project is trying to prevent the most devastating consequences of the climate crisis by sucking up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and injecting it into the ground.

CNN

Why airlines fear 5G will upend travel this week

AT&T and Verizon will postpone new wireless service near some airports planned for this week after the nation’s largest airlines said the service would interfere with aircraft technology and cause flight disruptions.

Associated Press

GLOBAL HEALTH

Pakistan launches vaccine campaign for women

Health authorities in Karachi have kick-started the campaign to erase the gap in the rates of inoculation between men and women in Pakistan’s largest city.

Deutsche Welle

Kashmir health workers brave cold to vaccinate remote villages

Al Jazeera

Manila’s ‘no vax, no ride’ policy comes into play

The Philippines’ so called “no vax, no ride” policy, which bans people who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 from riding public transport in the country’s capital region, has come into effect.

Al Jazeera

Report warns of impact of pesticides on health

The 2022 Pesticide Atlas published by environmental groups and the Heinrich Böll Foundation warns of the disastrous effect of pesticides on the health of farmers and consumers alike.

Deutsche Welle

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Matthew Sussex):

Is Putin’s endgame now war?

Asia Times Online

Column (Nabil Ahmed):

The pandemic is birthing billionaires and killing the poor

Al Jazeera

Column (Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim and Rob and Melani Walton):

To protect vital ecosystems, turn to those living in them

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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GOOD NEWS

Jamaican bobsled team headed to Olympics

The tiny island nation has qualified a team in the men’s four-man bobsled event for the first time since the Nagano Olympics in 1998.

Today

Animal shelters are flooded with donations

The donations were encouraged by the popular “Betty White Challenge” on social media, which asked fans to donate to shelters on January 17, what would have been the animal-loving star’s 100th birthday.

CBS News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

CEO with Down syndrome runs own company

Collettey’s Cookies was founded by Collette Divitto in 2016 and helps others with disabilities get jobs.

CBS News

Bronx mom creates bookstore on wheels

Manhattan has more than 70 brick-and-mortar bookstores, but the Bronx only has one. Latanya Devaughn’s genius invention of “Bronx Bound Books” brings a bookstore to every block, even if just for a day.

Good Morning America

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Humanitarian crisis leaves Yemenis dependent

A military coalition led by Saudi Arabia has been at war with the Houthis in Yemen for seven years. The conflict has left about two-thirds of Yemen’s population dependent on foreign aid.

Deutsche Welle

Rise in teen pregnancy in sub-Saharan Africa

The NGO World Vision says as many as one million girls across sub-Saharan Africa may not return to school due to pregnancy.

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Ecuador expands Galapagos Marine Reserve

Ecuador has finalized an agreement with Costa Rica and Colombia to expand the Galapagos Marine Reserve.

Deutsche Welle

Climate crisis threatens Bangladesh forest

Villagers rely more on the forest’s resources, threatening its ecosystem – and leaving them more vulnerable to cyclones.

Guardian

Snow falls in Sahara Desert in NW Algeria

Snow has fallen in the Sahara Desert in north-western Algeria as temperatures plummeted to below freezing.

BBC

Photo of the Day

Since the military took over Sudan on Oct. 25, removing the country’s civilian-led government, civilians have been protesting the coup and more than 70 have been killed doing so. (Photo by Hans Splinter) Photo used under CC BY

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