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Opponents of U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on travel to the U.S. from specified Muslim-majority countries demonstrated at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017. (Photo by Masha George) Photo used under CC BY

States, tech firms urge upholding travel liberty

Restoring President Donald Trump’s ban on immigrants from seven mainly Muslim countries would “unleash chaos again,” lawyers for Washington and Minnesota say in urging retention of a temporary restraining order. Technology firms join in, saying the travel ban is harmful to their businesses.

BBC

Trump refugee order likely headed to Supreme Court

FOX News

Trump lashes out at judge who blocked order: ‘If something happens blame him’

The Hill

Trump calls Putin, US similar on extralegal killings

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to equate U.S. actions with the authoritarian regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin in an interview, saying, “There are a lot of killers. You think our country‘s so innocent?” Trump made the remark during a Fox News interview, saying he respected his Russian counterpart.

cnn

Trump’s full interview with Bill O’Reilly of Fox News

FOX News

Republicans distance selves from comments

Yahoo! News

Netanyahu urges Britain to join Iran sanctions

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged “responsible nations” to join new sanctions against Iran, but Britain defended a deal sealed between major powers and Tehran.

Reuters

Syrian Army cuts important ISiS supply route

Syrian government forces have advanced towards so-called Islamic State’s last major stronghold in Aleppo province, cutting off the main supply route into al-Bab.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Rape charges urged vs. Myanmar commanders

Human Rights Watch called for Myanmar to punish army and police commanders if they allowed troops to rape and sexually assault Rohingya Muslim women and girls.

Channel NewsAsia

Inside the Rohingya Resistance: The rebels who provoked Myanmar’s crackdown

CNN

5 things you may not know about Rosa Parks

In honor of what would be her 104th birthday, here‘s a look at some lesser-known facts about Rosa Parks’ life before she became a public figure and civil rights icon.

NBCNews.com

USDA removes online animal abuse databases

The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service cited privacy concerns in removing the documents, but one animal welfare activist said he believes the department is caving to pressure from groups that didn’t like the information being so easily accessible.

CNN

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Le Pen aims for Trump-style upset in France

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen kicked off her presidential campaign with a promise to shield voters from globalization and make their country “free,” hoping to profit from political turmoil to score a Donald Trump-style upset.

Reuters

Defying sanctions, Iran holds exercise

In apparent defiance of the new sanctions imposed by the Trump administration, Iran held a military exercise to test missile and radar systems. The aim of the exercise was to “showcase the power of Iran’s revolution and to dismiss the sanctions,” Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards website said.

FOX News

Yes, all this happened. Trump’s first 2 weeks as president

NPR

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

World’s longest flight to take off from Qatar

Qatar Airways Flight QR 920 is scheduled to leave Doha and cross 10 time zones before arriving in Auckland, New Zealand.

The Peninsula

Long-lost continent found under Indian Ocean

An ancient continent that was once sandwiched between India and Madagascar now lies scattered on the bottom of the Indian Ocean.

New Scientist

Human-pig embryos aimed at making organs

In experiments aimed at finding ways to grow new human organs inside animals, researchers recently succeeded in making embryos that contained both pig and human and pig cells.

LiveScience

Elon Musk envisions brain-computer systems

LiveScience

GLOBAL HEALTH

Zika vaccine candidate works in mice, monkeys

A new Zika vaccine candidate has the potential to protect against the virus with a single dose, according to a research team. Preclinical tests showed promising immune responses in both mice and monkeys.

ScienceDaily

Special section:

Zika in 30 seconds: What you need to know today

Stat News

Mystery brain disease in India tied to fruit

Since 1995, hundreds of poor children in Muzaffarpur, India have mysteriously suffered seizures and feelings of brain fogginess. No one knew what was causing the acute brain disease, but the timing of the outbreaks implicated the lychee fruit.

Gizmodo

Flu spreads across 40 states

Health officials across the U.S. are still urging people to get their flu vaccines as the virus continues to spread in 40 states and Puerto Rico and has been associated with 15 child deaths.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Two children, two faiths, one message

The photo has been widely shared on social media. California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom wrote, “This is the America that is worth every second of the fight ahead.”

CNN

Viral protest photo helps rabbi spread message of hope

Vox

Needing surgery, Iranian baby allowed in

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said that an Iranian infant banned from entering the U.S. for life-saving heart surgery under President Donald Trump’s executive order will now be allowed to travel for the emergency procedure.

Associated Press

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Donors give ACLU $35M to fight travel ban

The organization has also seen an increase in individuals calling in to offer support. While monetary donations and attendance at rallies are still encouraged, volunteers are urged to put their skill sets to the best use.

NonProfit Times

NY amends Nonprofit Revitalization Act

New York’s Nonprofit Revitalization Act was hailed as a landmark overhaul when it was passed in 2013. Three years later, Empire State lawmakers revised certain aspects of the law regarding independent directors, related party transactions and audit committees.

NonProfit Times

Trump wants to let churches endorse

President Donald Trump has renewed his call to eliminate a rule that prohibits tax-exempt nonprofits, particularly churches, from making political endorsements.

NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

Morocco harnesses the power of the sun

The southern sun bakes down upon Morocco’s 580-megawatt solar plant, in line to be the largest in the world upon its completion in 2018. This $9 billion plant positions Morocco as a global leader in sustainable energy development. Still, locals say they are being left in the dark.

Al Jazeera

Philippines shuts mines to save environment

The Philippines ordered the closure on Thursday of 23 mines, mainly nickel producers that account for about half of output in the world’s top nickel ore supplier, in a government campaign to fight environmental degradation by the industry.

Asia Times Online

BUSINESS

Tech firms fight Trump’s travel ban in court

A group of nearly 100 technology companies are banding together to fight the Trump administration’s controversial travel ban. In a joint amicus brief filed in the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, the firms challenged President Donald Trump’s executive order.

MarketWatch

‘America 1st’ policy spooks Indian IT firms

U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning to companies shipping jobs overseas has rattled the Indian software services sector, which is already battling a slowdown.

Asia Times Online

Photo of the Day

Sanitation workers collect garbage in Bacolod City, Philippines, on Jan. 19, 2017. (Photo by Brian Evans) Photo used under CC BY

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