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Sunday, January 31, 2021
Trump Names Two Members of Impeachment Defense Team
By BY MAGGIE HABERMAN AND WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3j2VV...
Saudi human rights under new spotlight in Biden era
After free reign under President Trump, will the kingdom now be held more to account?
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Now and then: Iceland's vanishing glaciers
See how much Iceland's Skaftafellsjokull glacier has retreated over the past 30 years.
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Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: What a blind man's death reveals
Asmelash Woldeselassie has given his eyesight, left arm and now his life to a succession of wars in Tigray.
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Three lives, one message: Stop killing Mexico's transgender women
In Mexico, the second most dangerous country to be transgender, trans women fight to be protected.
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Romania's young history fans battle to save imperial spa resort
Volunteers try to breathe new life into a Romanian resort once a playground for European elites.
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Saba Sahar: 'I survived a Taliban assassination attempt'
Afghan film director Saba Sahar is one of the few to survive from a recent wave of targeted killings.
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Life in a Day 2020: Kevin Macdonald says documentary 'reinforces everyone's similarities'
British director Kevin Macdonald's new documentary of personal videos from around the world giving a snapshot on 25 July 2020.
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Have US police departments become too militarised?
President Biden is reportedly looking to restrict local police from receiving surplus military gear.
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Impostor syndrome: 'I feel like I don't deserve my success'
An influencer and a corporate professional from India share their experiences of impostor syndrome.
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77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election
By BY JIM RUTENBERG, JO BECKER, ERIC LIPTON, MAGGIE HABERMAN, JONATHAN MARTIN, MATTHEW ROSENBERG AND MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3r9O6...
Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi 'detained by military', NLD party says
It comes amid tensions between the civilian government and the military, stoking fears of a coup.
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Saturday, January 30, 2021
Coronavirus in Algeria: 'No-one could travel to say goodbye to grandpa'
Algeria's coronavirus restrictions mean that people in the diaspora are unable to properly mourn.
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Covid: The pandemic's young widows and widowers
"The grief creeps up on you," says Pamela who is raising two children alone after losing her husband.
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Japan whale hunting: 'By-catch' rule highlighted after minke death
The death of a whale which got trapped in a net off Japan has once again exposed the hunting divide.
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Could a vaccine get rid of malaria for good?
Seventeen-year-old Victoline explores progress to tackle the disease in her home country, Kenya.
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Lebanon ambulance driver: 'Hospitals can't take our Covid patients'
Lebanon's hospitals are turning away patients as the country buckles under Covid and economic collapse.
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The variant that emerged in South Africa has been reported in Maryland.
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Swedish Covid nurse to watch entire film festival alone in lighthouse
Swedish nurse Lisa Enroth will spend a week living alone in a lighthouse watching 60 movies.
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Friday, January 29, 2021
Australian Open to allow up to 30,000 fans to attend per day
Up to 30,000 fans a day will be allowed to attend the Australian Open, Victoria's minister for sport has announced.
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Covid: Argentina imposes new tax on wealthiest
A one-off tax on Argentina's richest people will pay for medical supplies and help for businesses.
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Russian anti-Putin anger spreads: 'We have to protest'
Russia is seeing some of the biggest demonstrations for a decade over the imprisonment of Alexei Navalny.
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The exiles: Hong Kong at a crossroads
Pro-democracy protesters face a tough decision over continuing to fight or fleeing to the UK.
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Amsterdam drugs: Tourists face ban from cannabis cafes
The mayor of Amsterdam has angered coffee shop owners, who fear that drug gangsters could step in.
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Jonas Gwangwa The South African jazz icon who stood up to apartheid
Remembering iconic trombonist and exiled anti-apartheid activist Jonas Gwangwa who has died aged 83.
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Coronavirus: What's behind Latin America's oxygen shortages?
Some Latin American countries struggle with insufficient oxygen as Covid-19 continues to spread.
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Surfing duck: Pet becomes local celebrity at Australian beach
The duck - called Duck - has become renowned locally for his daily forays into the sea.
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G.M. Announcement Shakes Up U.S. Automakers’ Transition to Electric Cars
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Black Lives Matter foundation wins Swedish human rights prize
Organisers of the Olof Palme prize praise the group for promoting "peaceful civil disobedience".
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Thursday, January 28, 2021
Daniel Pearl: US 'outraged' after Pakistan's court acquits men accused of murder
The American journalist was abducted and beheaded while working on a story in Pakistan in 2002.
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Why roller skating is making a comeback
It's become so popular in the past year that there's now a worldwide shortage of skates.
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Navalny defiant as judge dismisses appeal
The prominent anti-Putin campaigner decried his detention as "illegal" in a video link hearing.
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