๐ World News for February 10, 2021
English-language news from every country on the planet EXCEPT FOR the United States
Crime and Punishment
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico: 12 officers ordered to stand trial for the massacre of 19 migrants in Tamaulipas
๐ณ๐ด Norway: Five people charged in Boligbygg corruption case
๐ฏ๐ต Japan: High school student arrested for sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl at a shopping mall
๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji: 69 police officers were charged with crimes in 2020
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap 3 travelers in Osun
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Bandit leader behind Kankara boys abduction surrenders
๐ฌ๐พ Guyana: Police officer robbed of his motorcycle at knife-point
๐ฆ๐บ Australian High Court rules prisoners can be kept in jail forever
๐ต๐ธ New ICC ruling โopens the doorโ for justice in occupied Palestine
Guns
๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช๐พ๐ช Yemen:ย Houthis will cease attacks on Saudi Arabia only on one condition
๐จ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ท๐ท๐บ Iran, China, and Russia to carry out joint maneuvers in the Indian Ocean
๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique sees militia violence dwindle as the military gains steam
Un/Diplomacy
๐ช๐บ๐พ๐ช European Parliament proposes an initiative for a ceasefire in Yemen
๐ช๐บ๐ท๐บ Russia is ready to mend ties with the EU
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand's Prime Minister says decision to leave Pacific Islands Forum "regrettable"
๐ป๐บ Vanuatu: Regenvanu calls for action to help Pacific regionalism
๐ฆ๐ซ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan-Afghan border fencing work reviewed
๐ต๐ฐ Five Afghan and Indian spies remanded in Pakistan
๐ท๐บ๐น๐ท Train from Turkey arrives in Russia for the first time
๐จ๐บ African Union condemned the US blockade against Cuba
๐ช๐ฌ๐ต๐ธ Egypt reopens border crossing to the Gaza Strip
Politics
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya: Hustler ideology good for economic growth
๐ฟ๐ผ The case for a Zimbabwean revolution: Mnangagwaโs empty promises and blatant lies
๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea: Opposition leader Mamadi Conde sentenced to five years in prison
๐น๐ท Turkey unveils space program with a mission to the moon
๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia to get a completely new city for $16 billion
๐ธ๐ง Solomon Islands: PM pays final tribute to Paul Tovua
๐ฒ๐ฒ Fraught talks preceded coup by Myanmar army
๐ญ๐น Haiti's president tries to oust judges close to opposition amid political gridlock
๐ฌ๐พ ExxonMobil and partners pump $100 million into Guyana
๐ต๐ฌ Papua New Guinea: Second major LNG gas project finally approved
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland: Alex Salmond inquiry thrown into turmoil following MSPsโ negative dossier vote
๐ธ๐ฉ Sudanโs new cabinet to be sworn in after protests
๐ง๐ฟ Belize: Tough decisions ahead for the new government
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda: Substantiality: The test which will lift or sink Kyagulanyiโs petition
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda: MPs considering a constitutional amendment to recognize the Maragoli tribe
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand: Health Ministry conducting an urgent review into the Otago water contamination crisis
Tyranny
๐น๐น PCA reviews video of Bharatt murder suspect beaten to death by Trinidad police
๐ฌ๐ง British pianist forced to pay fine for dumping leaves in woods
๐ง๐ง Nurses stage sick-out in Barbados
๐ช๐น Ethiopia: Government approves 'first step' towards Tigray emergency assistance
๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe: Hwange villagers, Chinese investors in stand-off over coal project
Abuse
๐ฏ๐ต Japanese opposition lawmakers dress in white to protest Mori's sexist remarks
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand: Maori Party leader "allowed" to speak in Parliament without wearing a necktie
Pirates
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigerian soldier killed in Bayelsa by suspected oil pirates
๐ธ๐น Pirates attack oil tanker in the Gulf of Guinea
Herders vs. Farmers
๐ณ๐ฌ Sunday Igboho says the Nigerian government has frozen his bank accounts
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Southeast governors not serious with open grazing laws
Plants and Animals
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya: Why 11 rhinos died during relocation to Tsavo park
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya: Tourism, fishing sectors hit as Lake Nakuru chokes on filth
Silicon Overlords
๐ฑ Facebook hires ex-NATO press officer and social media censor Ben Nimmo as intel strategist
Propaganda
๐ต๐ฑ Poland: Historians lose Holocaust libel suit
๐บ๐ฆ Three other countries besides Ukraine which censor TV channels
๐จ๐ณ Claims of Chinese 'debt-trap diplomacy' are propaganda
๐จ๐ณ Covid origins still a complete mystery as WHO's pretend investigation in China comes to an end
๐บ๐ณ The WHO's Covid shame
๐จ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ง How China bought Britain's universities
Discovery
๐ Evidence of Iron Age settlement discovered on a remote Scottish island
๐๐ฆ๐ช Hope probe enters orbit around Mars
๐ Is Westernization fact or fiction? The case of Japan and the US
Climate
๐ณ๐ต Rising heat and snow-bare peaks chill Nepal's mountain economy
Other
๐ธ๐ฟย eSwatini is tired of putting Western medicine on a pedestal
๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji: Mother identifies the body of her missing 3-year-old child
๐น๐ญ Thailand: Fire roars through Karen refugee camp
๐ธ๐ธ South Sudan issues new banknotes
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: 'Noma, a disease that should not exist anymore'
๐ฐ๐ช Despite the ban, plastic bags now more popular than ever in Kenya
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