๐ World News for February 18, 2021
English-language news from every country on the planet EXCEPT for the United States
Crime and Punishment
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: How bandits killed a student and abducted 42 people from Kagara school
๐ณ๐ฌ Why are kidnappings becoming increasingly frequent in Nigeria?
๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel: Man arrested for murdering his 76-year-old mother
๐ฎ๐ณ Who is arrested India 'toolkit' activist Disha Ravi?
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: Letter bomb injures three at Lidl's headquarters
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia: Foreigner arrested over claims of killing men and drinking their blood in Indonesia
๐ฌ๐พ Guyana: Two men remanded for murder of an elderly priest
๐ฏ๐ต Japan: 29-year-old police sergeant commits suicide in police station bathroom
๐ต๐พ Three men beheaded during prison riot in Paraguay
Guns
๐บ๐ฆ Why is Ukraine still not in NATO?
๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฌ๐งย Azerbaijani, British military experts hold a meeting
๐ณ๐ฆ Namibia: War orphans demand restitution from South Africa
๐ณ๐ฌ Government to begin repatriation of Nigerian refugees from Cameroon, Niger, Chad
๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan: Special forces free 24 prisoners from the Taliban in a rescue operation
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea: Defense Minister apologizes over the border security breach
๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฌ๐ช๐น๐ท Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey: a new military alliance on the horizon?
๐จ๐ด Colombia: A new massacre leaves 5 people dead and one injured
๐ช๐น Ethiopia's Tigray region hit by a power blackout
Un/Diplomacy
๐ฉ๐ช๐ต๐ฑ Germany is concerned about Polandโs nuclear energy plans
๐ง๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฉ Sultan of Brunei received Indonesian Foreign Minister
๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐น Jordan FM and Portugal FM holds talks
๐ฌ๐ฑ Greenland: Icelandic company violating the terms of its fishing license
๐ต๐ญ The Philippines installs more sovereign markers on uninhabited islands
๐ช๐น๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan recalls ambassador to Ethiopia amid rising tensions
Politics
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: New head of CDU misfires with comments about "helpless children"
๐ฉ๐ช When will Germany grow up?
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya: Raila faults MPs' plan to outlaw 'hustler' tag
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Niger Governor visited Kagara school hours after the abduction
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Buhari, Bello meet over Kagara school kidnapping
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria may be heading for disintegration, says former president
๐ฌ๐ช Georgia: Court approves arrest warrant for opposition leader
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ 1 in 12 people in Scotland have experienced homelessness
๐จ๐พ Cyprus must increase renewable energy or face fines
๐ฒ๐ฒ Anti-coup hackers target Myanmar government as protesters jam Yangon roads
๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji: Ali calls on PM Bainimarama to retract statement against Dr. Chand
๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji: PM Bainimarama calls on Dr. Chand to resign from USP
๐ซ๐ฏ Fiji: Government acted like a โthief in the nightโ in USP deportation
๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho: ABC implodes
๐ช๐จ Ecuador's electoral authorities refuse vote recount
๐ณ๐ช Niger: Mahamane Ousmane hopes for a second chance at the presidency
Tyranny
๐จ๐ณ Why did we all copy China?
๐ด Lockdown fatigue and fear of far-right catalyze Catalonia protests
๐ด Barricades burn in Catalan streets amid protests over jailed rapper
๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico: Opium poppy farmers in Guerrero accuse soldiers of theft and violence
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟย Scotland: Free speech on trial? Glasgow man pleads not guilty to 'offensive' tweet about Captain Tom
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: How SARS tortured my brother to death
๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka: Government suffocating dissent and obstructing justice for historic crimes
๐จ๐ฒ Lockdowns exacerbating the humanitarian crisis in Cameroon
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda: Families plead for release of abducted relatives
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda: Police say they know nothing about abductions
๐ฌ๐ง UK university students wasted ยฃ1bn in a year on empty accommodation
Abuse
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland: Destruction of Mother and Baby Home tapes represents 'an imbalance of power'
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland: Mother and baby homes: Some witnesses were not told recordings would be destroyed
๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ท Harvard professor faces backlash over WWII sex slave claims
Plants and Animals
๐ Great Yellow bumblebee discovered in Scotland
๐ณ๐ด Norway: 49-year-old man sentenced for illegal pig castration
๐ฆ Monarch butterflies arrive in Mexico
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan: Imported food prices up 52%
๐ธ Unusual breeding behavior reported in treefrogs for the first time
๐ฒ๐ฉ Are Moldova's farmers finally set for a shot at EU markets?
๐บ Once-in-a-lifetime pink flowers bloom from burned landscapes in Australia
Silicon Overlords
๐ฑ๐จ St. Lucia: Free Wi-Fi for residents of Basseterre
๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ณ Amazon documents reveal the company's secret strategy to dodge India's regulators
๐ฑ๐ฆ๐บ Facebook news goes dark in Australiaย
๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฟ Facebook blackout could happen in New Zealand
Propaganda
๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique deports British journalist Tom Bowker
๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia sets up a China-style internet firewall
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia: Founder of Sugarbook app arrested
๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia: Press freedom is indeed a muddy and sometimes bloody business
Discovery
๐ Egypt autopsy offers new clues 3,600 years after a pharaoh's murder
๐ฌ Quantum collaboration gives new gravity to the mysteries of the universe
๐ฌ New images of DNA reveal it is surprisingly jiggly
Other
๐ง๐ฏ The fight to save Beninโs colonial mansions
๐ฑ๐พ Eight bodies of missing Sudanese family found in the deserts of Libya
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Three dead, 3,600 displaced as fire ravages IDP camp in Maiduguri
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: No water, no sanitation, no electricity, but for these families, this is โparadiseโ
๐น๐ญ There are one million unregistered people in Thailand
๐ฌ๐พ Guyana: Boat with decomposed bodies still not found
๐ฌ๐พ Guyana: Mysterious death of police constable being investigated
๐ฐ๐ท All migrant births in South Korea to be registered
๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique's health system is under triple threat
๐ง๐ด Bolivia: Central Bank returns coup leader's IMF loan
๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan: External debt servicing cost $7 billion in first half of year
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand: Police yet to determine the cause of death for the person found onย Murdering Beach
๐ณ๐ฟ Record low number of births in New Zealand
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