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People take part in a solidarity protest with Ukraine and against a Russian invasion in front of the Russian embassy in Berlin on Feb. 22. After gathering troops near the Ukraine border for weeks, Russia has moved nearly all of them into invasion-ready positions on Feb. 23. (Photo by Leonhard Lenz) Photo used under CC BY

Russia moves most troops into invasion positions

A senior U.S. defense official has said that Russia has moved nearly 100 percent of its troops into position needed for an invasion.

Guardian

Ukraine to enter state of emergency at midnight

BBC

What sanctions have been imposed on Russia?

Al Jazeera

Putin orders troops to Ukraine after recognizing breakaway regions

Reuters

Putin gets no support from UN Security Council over Ukraine

Associated Press

Poverty, fear drive exodus from former Syria IS capital

Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the self-proclaimed IS caliphate and home to about 300,000 people, is now free, but many of its residents try to leave.

Associated Press

Angola‘s refugees on ’a journey with no end’

Southwest Angola has been experiencing its worst drought for the past 40 years. It has forced thousands of people to flock to Namibia after failed harvests and rising food prices worsened food shortages across the region.

Al Jazeera

Tigrayans in UN force fear return to Ethiopia

The United Nations is failing to fully support hundreds of ethnic Tigrayan members of a U.N. peacekeeping force as they fear returning home to Ethiopia and facing potential detention amid the country’s Tigray conflict.

Associated Press

Democratic nations are in decline worldwide

For the first time since 2004, the Bertelsmann Transformation Index has recorded more autocratic states than democracies around the world. Civil society activists often represent the last bastion of resistance.

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Migrants cope with freezing weather, violence

Violent and illegal pushbacks of asylum seekers by Hungarian authorities are reported on the rise at the Serbian border.

Al Jazeera

Gun violence engulfs Israel’s Arab community

The number of Palestinians killed rises year on year as firearms stolen from the Israeli military proliferate on the streets.

Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Putin recognizes rebel regions as independent

Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as independent entities, defying Western warnings against such a move and upping the ante in a crisis many fear could unleash a major war.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

The story behind Ukraine’s separatist regions

Associated Press

Russia planning to target dissidents in Ukraine

NBCNews.com

Increased shelling in eastern Ukraine

Deutsche Welle

Police fire tear gas outside Nepal’s parliament

Nepal police fired rubber bullets and tear gas as hundreds protested against a controversial $500 million U.S. aid grant.

CNN

Sound and fury echo at the Munich conference

Western officials jointly warned Russia against a Ukraine invasion at this year’s Munich Security Conference, while China aired a surprising pro-Western view on the standoff.

Asia Times Online

Myanmar junta seeks to toss out genocide case

Myanmar’s military junta has appeared in place of the detained Aung San Suu Kyi at the UN’s top court, where it sought to throw out a case alleging that it committed genocide against the country’s Rohingya minority.

Guardian

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Backyard astronomers creating space portraits

Astrophotography is a hobby, an art, and sometimes a science. It has thousands of passionate practitioners around the world.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine officials warn of coming cyberattacks

Ukrainian authorities said they had seen online warnings that hackers were preparing to launch major attacks on government agencies, banks and the defense sector.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Chinese satellite spotted cleaning up debris

A Chinese satellite was spotted in late January grabbing another long-dead satellite and days later throwing it into a “graveyard” orbit 300 kilometers away, where objects are less likely to hit spacecraft.

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Iran returns donated vaccines made in the US

Iran has returned 820,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines donated by Poland because they were manufactured in the United States.

Associated Press

Hong Kong says anti-virus controls may tighten

Stringent anti-virus controls that ban public gatherings in Hong Kong of more than two people might be tightened to stop a surge in infections, as 14 deaths and more than 6,000 new cases were reported.

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Matthew Schmidt):

The one thing that could deter Putin

CNN

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Why is the White House stealing $7B from Afghans?

Guardian

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Afghan crisis: Former foes resist partnership for aid

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Meet Orion, Time Magazine’s ‘Kid of the Year’

Two years ago, 11-year-old Orion Jean won the National Kindness Speech contest. He has since used the prize money to start his own initiative, “Race to Kindness.”

ABC News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Backyard gardens empower women in Ghana

Alberta Akosa’s NGO Agrihouse Foundation in Ghana encourages women to plant their own backyard gardens, which allows them to feed their families and secures them an income.

Deutsche Welle

US halts nearly $160M in aid to Burkina Faso

The United States has halted nearly $160 million in aid to Burkina Faso after determining that the January ouster of President Roch Kabore constituted a military coup, triggering aid restrictions under U.S. law.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Landmines prevent Iraqis from returning home

With several million pieces of mines and explosives lying under the rubble and soil across Iraq, many internally displaced people prefer living in camps to returning home.

Deutsche Welle

Death toll in Brazil’s mudslides, floods hits 176

The death toll from last week‘s mudslides and floods in the Brazilian city of Petropolis has now reached 176, with more than 110 people still missing.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ENVIRONMENT

Ethiopia generating power from River Nile dam

The $4.2 billion dam, located in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region, has been a source of contention between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan since its construction started in 2011.

BBC

Wildfires burn farms and wildlife in Argentina

After a scorching heatwave, Argentina suffers raging wildfires that burn a vast swath of land across its northern region.

Al Jazeera

Tree-clearing criminals fuel Colombia wildfires

Government officials are hunting suspects accused of setting wildfires – but genuinely slowing rising deforestation will require a more proactive government presence in threatened areas, analysts warn.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

World leaders met Feb. 18-20, 2022, at the Munich Security Conference to discuss world security issues. The prospect of war in Europe overshadowed all other topics. (Photo by Office of the Vice President of the United States) Photo used under CC BY

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