๐ World News for February 23, 2021
English-language news from every country on the planet EXCEPT FOR the United States
Crime and Punishment
๐ฌ๐ง Britain: Earl of Strathmore jailed for sexual assault at Glamis Castle
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: Hawks arrest suspected trader in prehistoric art
๐ฌ๐พ Guyana: Man remanded to prison for harboring Mazaruni prison escapees
๐ฑ๐พ Libya: Six human smugglers arrested
๐ณ๐ด Norway: 18-year-old charged with attempted murder in Oslo
๐ธ๐ฑ Sierra Leone: More revelations of alleged corruption in the office of the Chief Minister
๐ฏ๐ฒ Jamaica: Over 200 murders already this year
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand: Man jailed after a six-hour assault on a pregnant woman
Guns
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Smuggled diary tells the story of women abducted by Boko Haram
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Boko Haram will soon infiltrate killer-herdsmen, bandits
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Battle of supremacy rages in Boko Haram/ISWAP camps
๐จ๐ฉ DR Congo: Italian ambassador among 3 killed in attack on UN convoy
๐ฎ๐ฑ When the Israeli woman crossed the Syrian border, soldiers were looking the wrong way
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ธ๐พ Who knew that Israel was kidnapping Syrian shepherds?
๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique: Terrorists strike Quionga
Un/Diplomacy
๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ช UAE and Qatar hold first meeting since Gulf detente
๐ช๐น๐ฉ๐ช German-Ethiopian relations suffer over Tigray
๐ฑ๐พ๐น๐ท Turkish firm builds the biggest concrete factory in Libya
๐ซ๐ท๐น๐ท Turkey's French teachers caught in diplomatic crosshairs
๐ฎ๐ท๐น๐ฏ Iranโs Interior Minister arrives in Tajikistan for bilateral talks
๐ฏ๐ต๐ฒ๐บ Japan extends ยฅ30 billion in loans to Mauritius after oil spill
๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar people's wishes must be respected: Indonesian foreign minister
๐ฎ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ Indiaโs muted response to Myanmar military coup seen as a strategic move
๐ช๐น๐ธ๐ฉ Ethiopia seeks AU support in resolving border row with Sudan
๐ช๐น๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan 'insulted' by Ethiopia's accusation on border tiff
Politics
๐บ๐ฌ Bobi Wine withdraws case challenging Ugandaโs presidential election
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: Zondo asks Constitutional Court to jail Zuma for two years for continued defiance
๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa: The Zondo Commissionโs findings must not be allowed to go the way of the TRCโs
๐ฌ๐ช Garibashvili โ Georgiaโs former, soon to be new PM
๐ฌ๐ช Why did a political crisis break out in Georgia and how serious is it?
๐ฌ๐ช Georgia: Police raid opposition HQ, arrest leader
๐ซ๐ท France: Outcry after migrant children placed in a detention center
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland: Alex Salmond claims senior SNP staff plotted to have him imprisoned
๐ฉ๐ฒ Dominica: Government confident it can deliver geothermal power plant by 2022
๐ญ๐น Haiti: Moise downplays his country's crisis at UN
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia: Island reclamation plan divides residents
๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia: Do we even need the intelligence services?
๐ด The Abkhaz Orthodox Church's bid for independence
๐ฌ๐ง Britain: Boris Johnson's Isle of Man roundabout plan โnot credibleโ, top architect warns
๐ฌ๐ง UK: The utterly useless Keir Starmer
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia halts deportation of Myanmar asylum seekers
Tyranny
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda: Total Oil won't let villagers bury their dead
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda: Trial of civilians in military courts violates human rights
๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan: Quarantine more deadly than the virus itself
๐ฎ๐ช Ireland: Teenage students are suffering under lockdown
๐บ๐ณ Pandemic used as 'pretext' to crush dissent, U.N. says
๐ฑ๐ธ Lesotho: Time to decolonize, redefine global health
๐ช๐ธ Spain: 109 people arrested over rapper Pablo Hasรฉl protests
Abuse
๐ณ๐ด Norway: 46% of women in the military have experienced sexual harassment
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: NTA, NCAC join forces to combat rape epidemic
๐ถ๐ฆ German beach volleyball duo boycott Qatar over bikini issue
๐ฌ๐ท Greece: Theatre director accused of rape taught refugee children
Plants and Animals
๐ฐ๐พ Cayman Islands: Deadly coral disease moves closer to Seven Mile Beach
๐น๐ญ Thailand: FDA wants cannabis put on its list of essential medicines
๐ณ๐ฟ Stranded whales refloated in New Zealand but concerns remain
Climate
๐ฐ๐ช Kenya: Call for ban on plastic bottles as oceans choke on pollution
Silicon Overlords
๐ฑ๐ช๐ธ Google in talks with Spanish publishers
๐ฑ๐ฆ๐บ Facebook to restore Australia news pages as deal reached on media law
Propaganda
๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodiaโs internet clampdown: a โgreat firewallโ, or no worse than the west?
๐ง๐ฎ Burundi: Government lifts sanctions on local radio station
๐ฐ๐ช Dirty tricks were used to censor a report on gambling in Kenya
๐น๐ฉ Chad: Man sentenced to three years in jail for posting about President Dรฉby's health
๐ฒ๐ฟ Mozambique: Zitamar editor Tom Bowker expelled as part of a press crackdown
๐ท๐ผ Rwanda: The dictator who fooled the West
Discovery
๐ End of Neanderthals linked to flip of Earthโs magnetic poles
โ๏ธ Letters from Adolf Hitler's father give a rare glimpse into his upbringing
๐ญ Ghost particle from shredded star reveals cosmic particle accelerator
๐ฆ๐บ Kangaroo painting Australia's oldest aboriginal rock art
Money
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda: Man invents 3D printed money identifier for the visually impaired
๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan floats currency as it races to stop cash crunch
Other
๐ธ๐ช Sweden sees its lowest population growth in 15 years
๐ฏ๐ต Japan recorded fewer deaths in 2020 for the first time in 11 years
๐ณ๐ด Norway: Munch wrote โmadmanโ sentence on โThe Screamโ
๐น๐น Trinidad: Taxi drivers to raise standards after Bharattโs death
๐ฌ๐ฎ Gibraltar: Two seafarers remain critical as repairs to damaged cargo ship are completed
๐ฎ๐น Italy 'misled WHO on pandemic readiness' weeks before Covid outbreak
๐ซ๐ท France: Marie-Antoinetteโs personal theatre gets a lockdown makeover
๐ต๐ณ Pitcairn: A sailor's incredible survival story of 16 hours adrift
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