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USS Harry S. Truman is pictured in the Mediterranean in 2010. The aircraft carrier, along with its strike group and air wing, has joined patrolling activities across the Mediterranean Sea, the first time since the Cold War that a full U.S. carrier group has come under NATO command. NATO is reinforcing its eastern borders against a possible Russian attack on Ukraine. (Photo by Jennifer Lodge) Photo used under CC BY

NATO reinforces borders as Ukraine tensions mount

NATO is reinforcing its eastern borders, and the U.S. is considering the deployment of thousands more troops to the region, as fears grow of a possible “lightning” attack by Russia to seize the Ukrainian capital.

Guardian

EU warns against ‘nervous breakdown’ over Ukraine

Al Jazeera

Can US, Europe stop Russia from attacking Ukraine?

CNBC

Children held by IS in besieged Syria prison

Fears are growing over the fate of hundreds of children believed to be held by Islamic State jihadist extremists inside the besieged Ghwayran prison in Hasaka in northeast Syria.

BBC

Poorest nations paying the highest debt service

Developing countries are paying more to service their debt than at any other time in the past 20 years, with a heavier burden coming if the U.S. raises interest rates this year.

Reuters

Don’t assume pandemic near end, WHO warns

The head of the World Health Organization warned that it was dangerous to assume the omicron variant would herald the end of COVID-19’s acutest phase, exhorting nations to stay focused to beat the pandemic.

Reuters

Can we live with COVID?

Al Jazeera

2 more killed as Sudanese forces crack down

Two demonstrators were killed when Sudanese security forces fired live rounds and teargas during protests of thousands of people against military rule, medics said.

Reuters

Burkina Faso army says it has seized power

Burkina Faso’s army announced it took control of the country, deposing President Roch Kabore, dissolving the government and parliament, suspending the constitution and shuttering its borders.

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Saudi airstrike on Yemen prison kills at least 60

An airstrike on a prison in northern Yemen killed at least 60 people and wounded 200 more, as Saudi-led reprisals to a Houthi drone attack on the United Arab Emirates intensified.

Guardian

Drone footage shows scale of destruction after airstrike on Yemen prison

Guardian

EU urges stronger borders against migrants

Ministers from European Union nations asked for more action to protect the bloc’s external borders as well as for rules to return migrants to their homelands.

Associated Press

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

US offers Russia summit to stop slide to war

The U.S. has offered to hold a summit between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin as a last-ditch effort to stop the slide to a new war in Europe.

Guardian

How an armed conflict could play out for Ukraine

Asia Times Online

The message behind N. Korea’s missile tests

Experts have put forth various reasons for the recent test launches by North Korea, but none of them represent a serious game-changer.

Asia Times Online

China, Russia block US bid to sanction North Koreans at UN

Al Jazeera

Security and China dominate US-Japan talks

The leaders of the U.S. and Japan agreed in a virtual meeting to boost cooperation on pressing economic and security issues, including China’s growing might, North Korea’s missiles and Russia’s aims in Ukraine.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Tonga volcano plume reached halfway to space

An indicator of the great power of the volcanic eruption in Tonga is the height reached by its plume. UK scientists examining weather satellite data calculate it to be around 35 miles above Earth’s surface.

BBC

Scientists racing to understand the fury of Tonga’s volcano

Wired

Europe in middle of messy nuclear slowdown

Germany has almost finished phasing out nuclear plants, and aging infrastructure is leading neighbors down the same path. But will green energy goals suffer?

Wired

GLOBAL HEALTH

What does it mean for COVID-19 to be endemic?

Diseases are endemic when they occur regularly in certain areas according to established patterns, while a pandemic refers to a global outbreak that causes unpredictable waves of illness.

Associated Press

Special section:

The coronavirus pandemic is far from over

Deutsche Welle

Omicron undermining care for other problems

The omicron surge this winter has not only swamped U.S. hospitals with record numbers of patients with COVID-19, it has also caused frightening moments for people trying to get treatment for other ailments.

Associated Press

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Clara Thompson):

What Germany’s climate movement got right: Breaking rules

Al Jazeera

Column (Jack Erickson):

China’s expanding influence in the Pacific

Asia Times Online

Column (Jeannette Cwienk):

Nuclear energy too costly for humans — and the planet

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Teen pilot completes solo round-world record

A teenage pilot has become the youngest woman to fly solo around the world following a five-month challenge.

BBC

Coach tells players to shovel snow for elderly

A western Pennsylvania high school football team is getting praised after their coach canceled a weightlifting session and told them to shovel driveways for those in need following a snow storm.

CBS News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

FAO has plan to avert hunger crisis in Africa

More than $138 million is needed to assist rural communities affected by extended drought in the Horn of Africa, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization has said.

allAfrica.com

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Poverty in West Africa rises nearly 3 percent

The proportion of people in West Africa living on less than $1.90 a day jumped from 2.3 percent to 2.9 percent in 2021, while the debt burden of countries increased amid slow economic recovery.

UN News

COVID-19 spike worsens Africa’s severe poverty, hunger woes

NPR

Canada, US, allies meet to discuss aid for Haiti

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said immediate action is needed to fix the security situation in Haiti and that additional aid was a central topic of a virtual meeting with allies.

ABC News

ENVIRONMENT

Giant pristine coral reef discovered off Tahiti

Marine explorers have discovered a “pristine” 2-mile coral reef at depths of 100 feet off the coast of Tahiti, French Polynesia.

BBC

False banana offers hope for warming world

Scientists say the plant enset, an Ethiopian staple, could be a new superfood and a lifesaver in the face of climate change. The banana-like crop has the potential to feed more than 100 million people.

BBC

Photo of the Day

A woman extracts the edible part from an enset, the staple food crop in Ethiopia. Enset, or “false banana,” has the potential to feed more than 100 million people in Africa as the climate crisis worsens. (Photo by Italian boy) Photo used under CC BY

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