๐ World News for February 8, 2021
English-language news from every country on the planet EXCEPT for the United States
Crime and Punishment
๐ฆ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฒ Australian "advisor" to Aung San Suu Kyi breaks off interview when he is arrested by police in Myanmar
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Police arrest 6 kidnappers in Abuja, rescue victims
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: 18-year-old woman murders her mother with boiling water in Benue State
๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan: Kidnapped childโs family demands his release, blocks roads in Mazar-e-Sharif
๐ฟ๐ผ Zimbabwe: Cop arrested for stealing his own vehicle in Bulawayo
๐ฏ๐ต Japan: Three robbers pretending to be police officers were arrested in Yokohama
๐ฏ๐ด Jordan: Egyptian man arrested for premeditated murder of fellow Egyptian in Amman
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia: British woman who murdered her husband in 2018 to be set free
๐ฒ๐พ Rohingya women and child refugees caught arriving illegally in Malaysia
๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia: 49-year-old man arrested for raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter
๐น๐น Trinidad: Cops find more human remains during Aripo sweep
๐น๐น Trinidad: Hundreds of people participate in anti-crime march
๐ฟ๐ฆ South African women turn to guns to fight off rapists
๐ง๐ธ The Bahamas: Soldier arrested for raping a woman at military base
Guns
๐ฑ๐พ Libya: Public protest in Hun calls for the withdrawal of all foreign mercenaries
๐ฑ๐พ๐ธ๐ฉ Sudan rebel leader claims his forces were on Libyan soil but not anymore
๐ธ๐ด Two people killed, five injured in two separate attacks in Somalia
๐ธ๐ด Somalia: Police tighten security after blasts in Mogadishu
Un/Diplomacy
๐ง๐ช๐ฑ๐พ Belgium wants to seize โฌ49 million of Libya's frozen assets
๐จ๐ณ๐ต๐ญ The Philippines won't protest China's coast guard law at the UN
๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฒ Zambia snubs Namibia's request for autopsy reports on seven Namibians killed by Zambian police
๐ง๐ผ๐ณ๐ฆ Botswana: President Masisiโs Namibia problem
๐ฎ๐ท๐ท๐บ Iran protests Russia's use of a fake name for the Persian Gulf
๐ฆ๐บ๐จ๐ณ Australian journalist arrested in China for supplying state secrets
๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ธ Israel to ask allies to pass 'discreet message' to ICC to not open war crimes probe in Palestine
๐ช๐น๐ธ๐ฉ Researcher calls on Ethiopians to foil hidden-hand of enemies' agendas
๐ต๐ฌ Bougainville leader hails new understanding with Papua New Guinea
Politics
๐ฎ๐ฑ Why Netanyahu just embraced Israel's version of Marjorie Taylor Greene
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda: Bobi Wine amends petition, says Museveni should have stepped down before race
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda: Museveni's lawyers oppose the amendment to Kyagulanyi's presidential petition
๐บ๐ฌ Uganda: Bobi Wine, Besigye differ on the role of the West
๐ญ๐น Haiti says security forces prevented coup attempt
๐ญ๐น Haiti: Judge among 23 people arrested in โcoup attemptโ
๐ญ๐น Haiti: Top judicial council ends President Moรฏse's mandate
๐ญ๐น Haiti: President Moise accuses Judge Dabresil of conspiracy
๐ฏ๐ต Japan: With the Olympics at stake, sexist boss is seen as too influential to push aside
๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Scotland: Peter Murrell returns to Alex Salmond inquiry at Holyrood today
๐น๐น Trinidad: Opposition UNC party wants a complete overhaul of the judicial system
๐ช๐ธ Spain: As vote looms, Catalan separatism loses its spark
๐ฒ๐ฒ Massive crowds protest again in Myanmar against the coup
๐ธ๐ด Somalia vote under threat as leaders in deadlock
๐ฑ๐พ Libya's new interim PM Dbeibah urges reconstruction of the war-torn country
๐ช๐จ Andres Arauz wins the first round of elections in Ecuador
๐ง๐ฆ Dealing with the Bosnian conundrum
Tyranny
๐น๐ณ Tunisia: Thousands protest in Tunis despite police blockade
๐ณ๐ฌ Why we banned cryptocurrency transactions - the Central Bank of Nigeria
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Whatโs the big deal about cryptocurrencies?
๐ณ๐ฌ Is the Nigerian government using the cryptocurrency ban to punish dissenting young people?
๐น๐ญ Thai Army apologizes after conscript goes on a shooting rampage
๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark: "Men in Black" protest against the lockdown, vaccine passports
๐จ๐ฑ Chile: The killing of a street artist in Panguipulli by police unleashes protests
๐จ๐ฑ Chile bids farewell to street artist killed by police
Abuse
๐ฉ๐ช Germany: Catholic nuns โrentedโ orphaned boys to priests and businessmen for sexual exploitation
๐จ๐ญ Just 50 years ago, women couldn't vote in Switzerland
Herders vs. Farmers
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigerian herders crisis: Act now to avert civil war, Nobel Laureate Soyinka tells Buhari
๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria: Revisiting Zamfara's 'cows for guns' amnesty pact
Plants and Animals
๐ฒ๐พ Ensuring the sustainability of Malaysiaโs forests
๐ฐ๐ท South Korea: Seoul to test pet cats, dogs for COVID-19
๐ณ๐ฟ New Zealand: Injured owls nurtured back to health in Timaru
๐จ๐ณ China's plan for medical domination
Silicon Overlords
๐ฑ๐ฆ๐บ Google reverses course in Australia
Propaganda
๐ช๐ฌ Egypt frees journalist after four years in pre-trial detention for publishing "fake news"
Discovery
๐ Three spacecraft will reach Mars in quick succession
๐๐ฆ๐ช UAE's 'Hope' probe to be first in a trio of Mars missions
๐ Horrors! Darwin discovered to be a sexist!
Climate
๐ฎ๐ฉ Batik dye causes blood-red flood in Jenggot, Indonesia
๐ฎ๐ณ 200 people are missing in India after flash flooding caused by a glacier collapse
Other
๐จ๐ฉ DR Congo records first Ebola death in three months
๐จ๐ฉ A resurgence of Ebola in North Kivu in DR Congo
๐ธ๐ด Somalia: At least 10 children dead after Shabelle cholera outbreak
๐ฐ๐ท For-profit universities in South Korea are going bankrupt
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