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Tens of thousands of people, young and old, marched in 100+ cities and towns in Russia during January in support of Alexei Navalny. The turnout is unusual in a country where political protests in the past 20 years have been concentrated in big cities. (Photo by Sergey Korneev) Photo used under CC BY

Russians protest economy, arrest of dissident Navalny

Protests have broken out across Russia over the arrest of Alexei Navalny. But Navalny is not the only inspiration for the demonstrations. Russians are “unhappy with the economic situation in-country, which has worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic."

TIME

US takes Yemen’s Houthi rebels off terror list

The United States has moved to delist Yemen’s Houthi rebels as a terrorist organization, removing a block that humanitarian groups said jeopardized crucial aid as the country’s warring sides cautiously welcomed a push for peace by President Joe Biden.

Asia Times Online

Vaccine apartheid raises global COVID death toll

Residents of poorer countries in the global south will received COVID vaccines much later than those in the affluent West. As a result of this “vaccine apartheid,” the world will have a strikingly higher death toll in the coming years.

Quartz

Israel: Vaccine almost halved cases among over-60s

Reuters

What is ‘vaccine nationalism’?

Al Jazeera

Extraordinary patient offers surprising clues to origins of coronavirus variants

NPR

People displaced by Nagorno-Karabakh return

For the first time in nearly three decades, displaced Azerbaijanis would be able to return to the lands that they’d lost. But it soon became clear that it would be a long time before they could live there permanently.

National Geographic

330K Chinese facing drinking water shortages

China reports that close to 2000 square miles of arable land had been affected by drought, leaving 330,000 people in rural areas without a sufficient supply of potable water.

South China Morning Post

HUMAN RIGHTS

Victims of Mexican massacre are Guatemalans

Mexico has identified nine more Guatemalan victims who were among the 19 people killed in a massacre in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas last month, authorities said.

Reuters

Russia expels Western diplomats over Navalny rally

ABC News

Idlib refugee camps hit hard by cold, floods, fire

Cold weather, fires and floods in northwestern Syria have worsened the plight of tens of thousands of domestic refugees, destroying their tents, food and belongings.

Deutsche Welle

The dilemma of declaring a famine

BBC

What life is like in Indian farmers protest camps

CNN

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Pope to Myanmar leaders: Serve common good

Pope Francis came down against military leaders in Myanmar following the coup there, expressing his “solidarity with the people” of the country and asking leaders to serve the common good and seek “democratic” harmony.

Reuters

In Pictures: Defiance as thousands rally in Myanmar

Al Jazeera

United Arab Emirates’ spies monitored emails

UAE spies hacked devices belonging to Qatar’s royal family and intercepted private communications between then-U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasser.

Al Jazeera

China issues anti-monopoly rules, hits big tech

China’s market regulator released new anti-monopoly guidelines that target internet platforms, tightening existing restrictions faced by the country’s tech giants.

Reuters

Nigerians speak out against new SIM card registration policy

CNN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Technology enables spinach to send emails

Researchers at MIT have devised a way to allow chemical signals from spinach plants to transmit an email. The system could help provide an early warning system for explosives or pollution.

AXIOS

Polluting the night sky: The dark side of light

Too much artificial light is bad for ecosystems and human health. How damaging is light pollution for the environment and our bodies?

Deutsche Welle

Rival Mars probes approach final destination

The skies above Mars will witness some startling aeronautical displays in the next few days when three rival space robot probes reach the red planet after journeying for millions of miles across space.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Why pandemic is 10 times worse than you think

A research team at Columbia University has built a mathematical model that gives a much more complete — and scary — picture of how much of the coronavirus is circulating in our communities.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Pope appoints more women to Vatican posts

Pope Francis has appointed two women to Vatican posts previously held only by men, in back-to-back moves giving women more empowerment in the male-dominated Holy See.

Reuters

Rescue dog goes home after decade in shelter

For 11 years, Wiggles had food, a backyard and plenty of laps to sit on at her animal shelter in Godfrey, Illinois, but no family. This week, Wiggles, now 14, was finally adopted.

CNN

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Free medical clinic in Milan serves migrants

The People’s Medical Clinic, which has met the community’s needs for 25 years, is under pressure as the pandemic grips.

Al Jazeera

Nonprofit changes lives, provides clean water

Around five years ago, Sterling Heights, Michigan resident David Lomasney launched a nonprofit that helps deliver medical supplies and provide clean water to people living in Latin America.

C&G Newspapers

ENVIRONMENT

Underwater noise pollution disrupts ocean life

Over the past couple of hundred years, humans have progressively altered the ocean soundtrack.

Time

Plastic pirates fight Germany’s waste

Millions of tons of plastic pollute the environment each year. Now, schoolchildren in Europe are helping scientists map the plastic waste that lands in rivers.

Deutsche Welle

Parisians want to recover buried river

The Bièvre flowed through Victor Hugo’s Paris. But by the early 20th century the Bièvre had become so odiferous and polluted that it was buried underground. Now, conservation efforts may bring the historic river back.

National Geographic

Can bugs help solve our plastic problem?

Plastic needs hundreds of years to decompose - and even then, it‘s not completely gone. We’re left with microplastics that continue to pollute our environment. But what if nature could help?

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Americans struggle to get food assistance

During COVID, food banks have been swamped, serving people who don‘t get SNAP benefits and millions more whose SNAP benefits don’t provide enough food.

NBCNews.com

Produce company helps local farmers

THX Dreams is a produce company that promotes the dignity of farm workers. By purchasing their products, customers become key contributors to fulfilling their dreams.

A Plus

Photo of the Day

Tuareg on the dune of Timerzouga, a place named Tadrart in the town of Djanet, 20km from the Algerian-Libyan border. The Tuareg people are a large Berber ethnic confederation. (Photo by Hamdanmourad) Photo used under CC BY

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