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Plush monkeys are big sellers at souvenir shops like this one in Singapore as the Eastern world begins celebrating the Year of the Monkey. (Photo by Dickson Phua) Photo used under CC BY

Year of Monkey welcomed with dancing, fireworks

From Beijing to Hong Kong, from Thailand to North Korea, people gathered at temples and in city squares to celebrate the start of the Year of the Monkey with music, dance and fireworks.

Telegraph.co.uk

Hong Kong ‘Fish ball revolution’ erupts in violence

ABC News

Occasion somber in quake-rattled Taiwan

NPR

See celebrations across the world

BBC

UN group drafts aviation emission standards

Global aviation leaders have agreed to the world’s first carbon dioxide emissions standards for new aircraft in production and new plane programs starting in 2020.

Reuters

Obama seeks $1.8B to battle Zika virus

President Obama will ask Congress for $1.8 billion in emergency funding to combat the Zika virus through mosquito control programs, vaccine research, education and improving health care.

USA TODAY

4 questions the NH primary will answer

New Hampshire voters go to the polls, and they will resolve a lot of questions. Here are four things the first-in-the-nation primary will tell us.

NPR

N. Korea rocket launch may spur US to build up Asian missile defenses, straining relations

North Korea’s latest rocket launch might kick off a buildup of U.S. missile defense systems in Asia, further straining U.S.-China ties and hurting relations between Beijing and Seoul.

Reuters

UN fears for civilians if troops encircle Aleppo

Hundreds of thousands of civilians could be cut off from food if Syrian government forces encircle rebel-held parts of Aleppo, the United Nations said, warning of a massive new flight of refugees from a Russian-backed assault.

Reuters

In Syria, war crimes don’t take sides, UN report says

TIME

Call for special counsel in Clinton email probe

Loretta Lynch of the Justice Dept. is in the spotlight. Even if no evidence of wrongdoing is found, Clinton’s many critics are unlikely to take the word of an appointee of Obama’s and will doubt that justice has been served.

The Hill

Hillary Clinton’s emails: 5 questions answered

NPR

Myanmar speculation mounts over Suu Kyi

The Burmese parliament has announced it will begin electing a president March 17. The delay comes amid a transition of power from military control to the party of Aung San Suu Kyi.

BBC

IN-DEPTH

Is Nigeria’s Buhari targeting graft or enemies?

Since President Muhammadu Buhari took office last year, he has made clear that he will no longer tolerate the graft that has siphoned billions from Nigeria’s economy. But some say he’s settling scores with old adversaries.

Christian Science Monitor

Users, foes fume as DC tests limits of pot law

Almost a year has passed since it became legal to smoke, but not sell, marijuana in Washington, D.C., and pot users and foes alike are chafing under a compromise that leaves smokers unsure how to obtain their weed.

Reuters

Despite gaffes, Clinton run is revolutionary

Hillary Clinton’s surrogates help project a vision of a talented woman finally succeeding where none before had been able to. They sometimes get it horribly and unnecessarily twisted up in generational and gender politics.

New York Magazine

Sanders presidency bodes well for income, jobs

CNNMoney

TERROR

Russians arrest 7 in ISIS-related terror plot

Russian security services have arrested seven people accused of plotting terror attacks on behalf of ISIS in major Russian cities, the country’s FSB intelligence agency said.

ABC News

Widow of ISIS leader charged with kidnapping

NBCNews.com

Canada to end airstrikes against ISIS

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will cease all coalition airstrikes against ISIS by Feb. 22, while it beefs up other military efforts, including the number of training forces deployed on the ground.

CBC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Pope Francis’ scheduled visit spotlights Mexico’s failure to ease social ills

Francis has already denounced corruption, violence and drug-trafficking in Mexico ahead of his visit, and he is expected to address those same themes when he delivers his homily in Ecatepec.

Fox News

Choice group slams ad for humanizing fetus

One of the most bizarre Super Bowl commercials came from Doritos: In it, a fetus propels itself out of its mother’s womb to get its hands on some of the nacho-flavored corn chip. NARAL Pro-Choice America was not amused.

U.S. News & World Report

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Heroin crisis shadows New Hampshire primary

National politics, as it does every four years, has taken center stage here. Yet there is no ignoring the crisis that has been raging for years in the communities where presidential hopefuls are now stumping for votes.

USA TODAY

Zuma violated constitution on home costs

President Zuma is ready to pay back some of the state funds used to upgrade his home, his lawyer said, as he urged South Africa’s highest court not to issue any ruling that opposition parties could exploit for political gain.

Bloomberg

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Global stocks approach bear market

The rout in risky assets continues. Global stocks have slumped 3.5 percent in the past three days, leaving the MSCI All Country World Index about 1 percent from a bear market.

Bloomberg

Negative rates in US? Here’s why it could happen

CNBC

Pfizer outlines post-merger management slate

Pfizer Inc. has unveiled its slate of executives who will run the combined company after it closes its roughly $150 billion inversion deal to buy Allergan PLC. The combined company will be named Pfizer PLC.

Fox Business

Chipotle eyes image makeover

The Denver company is trying to recover from four food-scare incidents that left dozens of its customers ill and drastically cut into its sales and earnings.

Boston Herald

Columns And Op-Ed

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GOOD NEWS

Funniest Twitter slams of Coldplay’s act

Chris Martin and his band didn’t impress most Twitter users with their kaleidoscopic, overly earnest and relatively ho-hum set at Levi’s Stadium. So bemused Super Bowl 50 viewers tweeted out some choice comments.

USA TODAY

Baltimore uses police mediation to heal city

Residents who file complaints against police are invited to mediation sessions along with officers named in the complaint.

NBCNews.com

NGO AND NONPROFIT

Israeli Knesset to vote on divisive NGO bill

The Israeli Knesset is preparing to advance a controversial bill targeting NGOs that receive funding from foreign governments, amid accusations of a crackdown on human rights groups critical of Israeli policy.

Al Jazeera

UNICEF NGO chief calls Syria crisis ‘horrific’

For Caryl Stern, the child of Holocaust survivors and president & CEO of the US Fund for UNICEF, witnessing the refugee crisis in Syria can be especially difficult and personal.

Jerusalem Post

Syrian refugees stymied in quest for new life

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Has U.S. hit epic turning point in energy?

The U.S. is setting new milestones that suggest a fundamental shift in its energy economy. This means an energy mix that’s increasingly efficient and clean with fewer heat-trapping carbon emissions.

National Geographic

Drought is the new normal for US Southwest

A new study found that the southwestern American region will be drier going forward. Regardless of the reasons why, there is plenty of innovation out there to help the region adapt to this new reality.

Christian Science Monitor

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Giving report shows uneven growth

Blackbaud’s latest report indicates that nonprofits are still seeing an uptick in post-Recession giving.

NonProfit Quarterly

Barr Foundation expanding beyond Boston

The Barr Foundation, a Boston mainstay with $1.6 billion in assets, announced last week it would leap beyond the city limits and expand its focus to include New England projects and selective grants nationwide.

Inside Philanthropy

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Roaches inspire robots that help in disasters

Robots modeled after cockroaches could be the future of natural disaster response, as they would be able to reach the most inaccessible and dangerous areas of a disaster site.

University Herald

Not another net-neutrality story

Facebook suffers a blow from regulators in India, proving that the fight for an open web is more than an abstraction.

The Atlantic

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A street market in Ko Samui, a Thai island community. (Photo by Sunny Lapin) Photo used under CC BY

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