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COVID-19 news
Nearly 40 million at heightened risk of violence, discrimination and rights abuses as Covid spawns a 'coping crisis' — reliefweb — 30 November 2020
Skiing may not spread coronavirus but slopes still risky, says U.N. — pbs — 30 November 2020
Switzerland and the pandemic: Does the economy matter more? (LINK)
IMF: Greek debt sustainable despite pandemic-linked spike — apnews — 30 November 2020
What changes after covid-19? I’m betting on everything. — washingtonpost — 30 November 2020
Turkey’s new virus figures confirm experts’ worst fears — apnews — 29 November 2020
"The healthcare system is near collapse as hospitals are overstretched and staff are burned out and contract tracers are struggling to keep up."
Moderna designed a covid-19 vaccine in just two days thanks to mRNA technology — entrepreneur — 29 November 2020
US hits four million monthly Covid-19 cases as Fauci warns of holiday surge — theguardian — 29 November 2020
A year after Wuhan alarm, China seeks to change Covid origin story — theguardian — 29 November 2020
Trump's Touted 'Coronavirus Drug' Linked To Psychiatric Disorders — huffpost — 29 November 2020
This is how we prevent future pandemics, say 22 leading scientists — weforum — 27 November 2020
Total Covid-19 Cases In U.S. May Be Eight Times Higher Than Reported, Scientists
Estimate — forbes — 26 November 2020
New early coronavirus symptoms have been discovered: nasal dryness- study — jpost — 26 November 2020
Coronavirus live news: Swedish royals self-isolating after positive test; Germany extends
partial lockdown — theguardian — 26 November 2020
Signs You've Already Had COVID,
According to Doctors — eatthis — 26 November 2020
Sudan's Former PM Sadiq Al-Mahdi Dies Of Coronavirus —
afp/barrons — 26 November 2020
2020
This new tool helps you calculate your event’s risk of COVID-19 — weforum — 25 November 2020
Nationwide
coronavirus surge pushes hospitals to the edge — cbsnews — 25 November 2020
No
skiing in France before January, says Macron — reuters — 24
November
Covid-19: World's top latex glove
maker (in Malaysia) shuts factories after almost half workers test positive — bbc — 24 November 2020
Small social gatherings scapegoated for virus spreading — nytimes — 23 November 2020
"For some politicians, it’s easier to point to the individual actions of private citizens rather than enact
the politically fraught public health rules that may actually make a difference, like closing businesses and
mandating mask-wearing."
Russia's cases, fatalities surge; world death toll nears 1.4 million — upi — 22 November 2020
Two School Districts Had Different Mask Policies. Only One Had a Teacher on a
Ventilator. — propublica — 22 November 2020
Coronavirus: United States soars past 12 million cases as virus spreads rapidly — AP/scmp — 22 November 2020
CDC recommends preflight testing for those planning to fly internationally — washingtonpost — 22 November 2020
Airflow
studies reveal strategies to reduce indoor transmission of COVID-19 —
eurekalert — 22 November 2020
Staying six feet apart "offers little protection from pathogen-bearing aerosol droplets sufficiently small
to be continuously mixed through an indoor space."
Trump addresses virtual G-20 summit, heads out to golf course before session on
pandemic — thehill — 21 November 2020
WHO pandemic envoy slams Swiss Covid response —
swissinfo — 21 November 2020
Mexico reaches 100,000 COVID deaths — dw
— 21 November 2020
Donald Trump Jr tests
positive for coronavirus — bbc — 21 November 2020
COVID-19 patients have immunity for six months, study finds — euronews — 20 November 2020
Rich countries block COVID-19 drugs rights waiver at WTO — aljazeera — 20 November 2020
AI Predicts Highest Risk U.S. Counties During Covid-19 Surge — directrelief — 20 November 2020
US seeing unprecedented coronavirus spread, White House says — cnn — 20 November 2020
India’s coronavirus cases surpass 9 million —
aljazeera — 20 November 2020
Mexico Covid-19 deaths exceed 100,000, making it fourth country to pass grim
milestone — news wires/france24 — 20 November
2020
Swiss government promises one billion francs for Covid hit businesses — lenews — 19 November 2020
Lockdowns In Europe Avoidable, School Closures Not Effective - WHO Europe — news18 — 19 November 2020
One of California Gov. Newsom's children quarantines after potential exposure from
classmate at school — politico — 20 November 2020
W.H.O.
Rejects Antiviral Drug Remdesivir as a Covid Treatment — nytimes
— 19 November 2020
African continent hits 2 million confirmed coronavirus cases — abcnews — 19 November 2020
Danish Prime Minister selects new minister following mink culling scandal — euronews — 19 November 2020
The mystery of Bristol's soaring Covid-19 infection rate — source — 19 November 2020
Please Ignore the ‘Mouthwash Kills COVID’ Story —
vice — 17 November 2020
North Dakota Hits Highest COVID-19 Mortality Rate In The World — huffpost — 16 November 2020
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson self-isolating after coronavirus exposure — nbcnews — 16 November 2020
WHO dashboard documents record daily Covid-19 cases —
france24 — 15 November 2020
Pandemic leads tens of thousands of international students to delay plans to enter U.S.
colleges, survey shows — washingtonpost — 16 November
2020
Hackers sponsored by Russia and North Korea are targeting COVID-19 researchers — arstechnica — 14 November 2020
Far-Right Anti-Vaxxers Are Targeting the German Co-Developer of the COVID Vaccine — vice — 13 November 2020
Catchup: Restaurants, gyms, hotels pose highest COVID-19 risk, new U.S. study
says — cbsnews — 12 November 2020
Masks do protect wearers from Covid-19 after all, US CDC finally admits — scmp — 12 November 2020
Ukraine's President Zelenskyy hospitalised after contracting coronavirus — aljazeera — 12 November 2020
U.S. hospitalizations hit all-time high with 145,000 new infections — washingtonpost — 12 November 2020
France worst affected country in Europe — dw
— 12 November 2020
Pacific isles among the last virus-free places —
apnews — 12 November 2020
Trump rails against 'medical deep state' after Pfizer vaccine news comes after Election
Day — washingtonpost — 12 November 2020
Danish government stops order to cull millions of mink over COVID-19 mutation (video) — cbsnews — 12 November 2020
Italy tightens COVID-19 restrictions for five hard-hit regions — axios — 11 November 2020
Pfizer's COVID-19 Vaccine Has a 90 Percent Efficacy Rate: What Does That Mean? — newsweek — 11 November 2020
Pfizer, Eli Lilly Breakthroughs Provide Hope for Ending Pandemic (paywalled: tip -
save to Pocket) — bloomberg — 10 November 2020
Brazil suspends trials of China's Sinovac coronavirus vaccine, citing 'serious adverse
event' — cnn — 10 November 2020
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy tests positive for COVID-19 — aljazeera — 9 November 2020
U.S. reports 130,000 new coronavirus cases, fourth straight daily record — reuters — 8 November 2020
French COVID-19 deaths top 40,000 — reuters/msn
— 8 November 2020
Biden to announce coronavirus task force as part of presidential transition — cnn — 7 November 2020
Italy hits record 39,800 daily coronavirus cases —
pbs — 7 November 2020
France posts record number of new coronavirus cases at more than 60,000 — reuters/france24 — 6 November 2020
National Geographic: The WHO is hunting for the coronavirus’s origins. Here are the new
details: Challenges NYTimes election day account —
nationalgeographic — 7 November 2020
BBC correspondent: 'Long Covid has
left me exhausted for seven months' — bbc — 7 November
2020
UN summit in December to push action on COVID-19 pandemic — apnews — 6 November 2020
WHO
looks at mink farm biosecurity globally after Danish coronavirus cases — reuters — 6 November 2020
In
COVID clampdown, China bars travellers from Britain, France, India —
reuters — 5 November 2020
United States tops 100,000 new coronavirus cases in a day for first time — washingtonpost — 5 November 2020
Paris bans nightime food and drink delivery to tackle worsening COVID-19 crisis — reuters — 5 November 2020
Pandemic puts Indonesia into recession; 1st time in 20 years — AP/wbrz — 5 November 2020
Four
Italian regions, including Milan, put under lockdown — AP/yahoo
— 4 November 2020
Coronavirus rules for care homes are too strict and not science-based — newscientist — 4 November 2020
Denmark to
cull up to 17M minks after coronavirus mutation spreads to humans —
globalnews — 4 November 2020
UK records highest death toll in six months and 20,000 new cases — Reuters/metro — 3 November 2020
Coronavirus: Italy has highest daily death toll in six months, Hungary, Netherlands set
new measures — euronews — 3 November 2020
61,000+
U.S. Kids Caught COVID-19 Last Week — thedailybeast — 3
November 2020
As
U.S. votes, New York Times publishes report that "the World Health Organization concealed concessions to
China" and let it "take charge" on coronavirus: newest section here — nytimes — 3 November 2020
Trump says he's ready to oust Fauci — msnbc
— 2 November 2020
Walmart abandons shelf-scanning robots, lets humans do work — wsj — 2 November 2020
WHO director goes into self-quarantine after contact with person exposed to
COVID-19 — abcnews — 2 November 2020
Germany launches 4-week partial shutdown to curb coronavirus — AP/pbs — 2 November 2020
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Non-COVID news
UN to Issue First-Ever Global Report on Harmful Algal Blooms — eurekalert — 30 November 2020
Catchup: Plastic in paradise: Goldman prize winner's fight to protect Bahamas — theguardian — 30 November 2020
French parliament drops draft law curtailing right to film police — france24 — 30 November 2020
Moldova's new president calls for Russian troops to withdraw from territory — bbc — 30 November 2020
'Any and all possible offenses': Trump pardon grants Flynn a sweeping reprieve — politico — 30 November 2020
"Some legal experts described Trump‘s move as perhaps the broadest act of clemency since President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon in 1974."
Michael Flynn’s pardon, echoes of Moscow, and time for a new start (LINK)
US: Joe Biden picks Janet Yellen for treasury chief: could be first women to hold the post — dw —30 November 2020
Fakhrizadeh: Hit squads, car bombs and remote-controlled guns: three theories – and we'll never really know the truth. — jpost — 30 November 2020
Brexit: Ministers unveil next steps in England's farming policy: more trees, meadows and wetlands - and fewer sheep and cows — bbc — 30 November 2020
Ministers say it represents the most fundamental shift in farming policy for 50 years.
First major trial on Swiss territory for war crimes to open on 3 December (in French) — heidi — 30 November 2020
Jungle Jabbah and the fight against war crimes impunity (LINK)
White Island volcano: NZ officials charge 13 parties over tragedy — bbc — 30 November 2020
Joe Biden picks all-female senior White House communications team: first time in US history — dw — 30 November 2020
Biden to require walking boot after fracturing his foot — politico — 29 November 2020
Trump underperformed in most counties where he held large rallies — nbcnews — 29 November 2020
White Island volcano: NZ officials charge 13 parties over tragedy — bbc — 30 November 2020
Fox News Host Pulls Apart Election Lies Trump Spouted On Network Hours Earlier — huffpost — 29 November 2020
Media condemnation after photojournalist wounded during Paris protest — aljazeera — 30 November 2020
Afghan officials say 34 killed in separate suicide bombings — apnews — 29 November 2020
France, UK agree fresh deal to curb Channel migrant crossings — newswires/france24 — 29 November 2020
Montenegro and Serbia expel each other’s ambassadors — aljazeera — 28 November 2020
Thousands protest French law restricting rights to film, photograph police — upi — 28 November 2020
Ethiopian government begins offensive in Tigray capital city — apnews — 28 November 2020
Thai protesters flood street with rubber ducks in 'coup prevention' drill — theguardian — 28 November 2020
Trump moves to strip job protections from White House budget analysts as he races to transform civil service — washingtonpost — 28 November 2020
Suspected North Korean hackers targeted COVID vaccine maker AstraZeneca - sources — reuters — 27 November 2020
Iran’s top nuclear scientist killed, Zarif says 'serious indications' of Israeli role — source — 27 November 2020
Ethiopia’s Abiy meets African Union envoys, rejects talks with Tigray leaders — france24 — 27 November 2020
Trump administration moves ahead on gutting bird protections — apnews — 27 November 2020
The Fall of African Football's Most Powerful Man — vice — 27 November 2020
These are the most expensive cities to live in around the world: Zurich top, Geneva 7th — weforum — 27 November 2020
Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Thailand frees
Iranians 'in swap with academic' who dated Israeli — bbc
— 26 November 2020
Hundreds
sentenced to life in prison in Turkey's attempted coup trial — cnn
— 26 November 2020
U.N. study shows women working harder, getting poorer during pandemic — upi — 26 November 2020
U.N. Panel: Technology in Policing Can Reinforce Racial Bias — nytimes — 26 November 2020
Second Swiss firm tied to U.S. intelligence allegedly sold encrypted spying devices — swissinfo — 26 November 2020
It is time to decolonise the World Bank and the IMF —
aljazeera — 26 November 2020
Trump says
he’ll leave White House if Electoral College votes for Biden — globalnews
— 26 November 2020
Trump administration removes experts from Defense Policy Board — cnn — 26 November 2020
The 10 best cities to live in the world as an expat: Valencia, Alicante and Lisbon
tops — yahoo — 26 November 2020
Ethiopian PM says troops ordered to move on Tigray capital — apnews — 26 November 2020
UN warns of 'very critical' shortages in Ethiopia’s Tigray region — aljazeera — 26 November 2020
Trump pardons ex-National Security
Adviser Flynn — bbc — 26 November 2020
Cambodia opens mass trial of opposition activists —
apnews — 26 November 2020
South Korean leader of online sexual blackmail ring sentenced to 40 years: uncovered by
university journalism students — cnn — 26 November 2020
Thailand's $1bn ketamine bust probably just chemicals after all — afp/theguardian — 26 November 2020
Here's the type and amount of exercise you need, WHO advises — cnn — 25 November 2020
Thai protesters push on despite charges of royal defamation — apnews — 25 November 2020
Far-right political terrorism 'is surging' in Western countries, report warns — euronews — 25 November 2020
Azerbaijan president vows to revive Kalbajar region, ceded by Armenia in Nagorno-Karabakh
truce — AP/theglobeandmail — 25 November 2020
UK supermarket and fast food chicken linked to deforestation in Brazil — theguardian — 25 November 2020
Trump Cancels Appearance at GOP Event in Pennsylvania Alleging Voter Fraud — usnews — 25 November 2020
Ethiopian PM rebuffs mediation attempts as Tigray deadline nears — theguardian — 25 November 2020
Trump Races to Weaken Environmental and Worker Protections, and Implement Other Last-Minute
Policies, Before Jan. 20 — propublica — 25 November
2020
New Rule Would Allow U.S. to Use More Methods for Executions: firing squads,
electrocution — nytimes — 25 November 2020
DOJ set
to execute 5 federal prisoners before Inauguration Day — cnn
— 25 November 2020
Biden
becomes first presidential candidate to win more than 80 million votes —
cnn — 25 November 2020
Pennsylvania Certifies Biden As Winner Of Presidential Vote — huffpost — 24 November 2020
Foreign
aid to Afghanistan could reach $12 billion over four years, some with conditions — reuters — 24 November 2020
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma pleads guilty in criminal case — apnews — 24 November 2020
Swiss authorities suspect terrorism in Lugano stabbings —
dw — 24 November 2020
Tigray force: Ethiopia mechanised division ‘completely destroyed’ — aljazeera — 24 November 2020
‘126 Heartbeats for Geneva International’: Stories from civil society — genevasolutions — 24 November 2020
"Geneva was the only place in the world where they could do their project and make a difference."
News bias tracker for Google Chrome browsers offered by Ground News — google — 24 November 2020
One review: "Good idea - flawed implementation: inaccurate ratings and limited coverage. I tested this app on my Facebook feed. It failed to comment on the majority of political posts, as it seems limited to only mainstream media articles. The things it flagged as 'left wing bias' were mostly wrong -- e.g. the UK Government (gov.uk) was flagged as "100% left-wing biased". I wish!"
Amid Rising Insecurity and COVID-19, Meet Afghanistan’s Funding Needs — Refugees
International — refugeesinternational — 23 November
2020
"With an estimated 35 million Afghans in need of a social safety net, this is no time for austerity."
Biden picks John Kerry as climate czar, Janet Yellen as treasury secretary — nbcnews — 23 November 2020
"Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden's pick for Homeland Security, would be the first Latino and the first immigrant to serve in the role."
Trump Administration Finally Clears Way For Biden Transition To Begin — huffpost — 23 November 2020
Nagorno-Karabakh: Thousands displaced by war return home — source — 22 November 2020
Congo warlord sentenced
to life for war crimes — reuters — 23 November 2020
US officially withdraws from Open Skies transparency pact —dw — 23 November 2020
Belarus: Thousands continue anti-president protests in Minsk — dw — 22 November 2020
Ethiopia PM gives Tigray 72 hour ultimatum to surrender —
dw — 22 November 2020
Judge throws out Trump bid to stop PA vote certification — apnews — 22 November 2020
Trump administration finalizes rule that could make thousands more organs available for
transplant — washingtonpost — 21 November 2020
Israeli scientists say they found a way to reverse the human aging process — jpost — 21 November 2020
Biggest African Economy Now In Recession as Oil Output Drops (paywalled: tip - save to
Pocket) — bloomberg — 21 November 2020
Biden's margin of
victory over Trump surpasses 6 million votes — cnn — 21
November 2020
Coming to Thailand? Check your insurance and ASQ fine print — thethaiger — 21 November 2020
Judge slaps down Trump appointee who has sought to reshape Voice of America and related
agencies — washingtonpost — 21 November 2020
Republican Senate signals it will confirm Biden Cabinet if choices "mainstream" — source — 20 November 2020
U.N. prepares for up to 200,000 Ethiopian refugees in Sudan — pbs — 20 November 2020
Ethiopia claims two key towns seized from Tigray fighters — aljazeera — 20 November 2020
Belarus: Thousands attend funeral of killed protester Raman Bandarenka — dw — 20 November 2020
WTO, Geneva’s Youth Discuss Future of Trade and Environment — iisd — 20 November 2020
Trump and his allies have won zero out of the 21 lawsuits they've filed since Election
Day — businessinsider — 20 November 2020
Trump
unveils plan linking drug payments to cheaper overseas prices — politico
— 20 November 2020
The looming health catastrophe that could be more deadly than COVID-19 — weforum — 20 November 2020
A billion
people have no legal identity - but a new app plans to change that —
weforum — 20 November 2020
The
Built Environment and Fashion Industries Are Primed to Lead the Recovery — wef/ecowatch — 20 November 2020
Intl. organization launches new petition against Bahamas oil exploration — politico — 20 November 2020
Key moment in 14th
century reveals our effect on the natural world — inverse — 20 November 2020
Biden just announced new White House senior staff – here they are — americanmilitarynews — 20 November 2020
More than a dozen killed in Uganda protests over arrest of opposition leader — news wires/france24 — 20 November 2020
French Caribbean islands poisoned by a
carcinogenic pesticide — bbc — 20 November 2020
Hurricane Iota death toll rises in Central America as Honduran president pleads for
help — reuters/theglobeandmail — 20 November 2020
Hurricane Iota death toll rises in Central America as Honduran president pleads for
help — reuters/theglobeandmail — 20 November 2020
Egypt escalates campaign of arrests after activists meet foreign diplomats — dw — 20 November 2020
Giant rubber ducks become symbol of Thai pro-democracy rallies — theguardian — 20 November 2020
In a worsening Ethiopian war, Eritrea is the mystery player (paywalled: tip - save to
Pocket) — theglobeandmail — 20 November 2020
WHO chief Tedros denies Ethiopia’s claims he backs Tigray rebels in conflict — afp/scmp — 20 November 2020
Facebook
labeled 180 million posts as 'false' since March. Election misinformation spread anyway — mashable — 20 November 2020
EXPLAINER: A look at Trump’s long-shot legal challenges —
apnews — 20 November 2020
Hafiz Saeed,
26/11 Mastermind, Sentenced to 10-Year Jail by Pakistan Court in Two Terror Cases — yahoo — 19 November 2020
Fact-checking the craziest news conference of the Trump presidency — washingtonpost — 19 November 2020
Giuliani Claims Allies of Venezuelan Government Manipulated Ballots in Latest Push to Overturn
Election Results for Trump — newsweek — 19 November
2020
Judge halts federal execution of man in Texas teen’s killing — apnews — 20 November 2020
New York authorities investigating millions in tax write-offs from the Trump
Organization — cnn — 20 November 2020
AOC Slams Nikki Haley for Suggesting Police Budgets Come From Federal Government: 'I Know
You're Confused About Actual Governance' — newsweek — 20
November 2020
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis:
Fact-checking misleading images — bbc — 20 November
2020
Joe Biden confirmed as Georgia winner after recount —
theguardian — 20 November 2020
Trump administration in 'staggering' isolation at UN on health issues — theguardian — 19 November 2020
Mike Pompeo becomes first top US diplomat to visit an Israeli settlement — ap/euronews — 19 November 2020
Erin Brockovich Slams Joe Biden's EPA Transition Team Pick: 'Are You Kidding Me?' — huffpost — 19 November 2020
Biden nears record 80m votes as Trump persists in trying to overturn result — theguardian — 19 November 2020
Buzzfeed to buy Huffington Post as
digital media struggle financially — bbc — 20 November
2020
Wheel-Flash’s minimalist bike reflectors could potentially save thousands of lives each
year — yankodesign — 19 November 2020
CEOs abandon Trump — axios — 19 November
2020
Senate confirms Trump's youngest judicial pick as GOP breaks tradition — axios — 19 November 2020
India only G20 nation doing its 'fair share' to meet 2 degree goal — dw — 19 November 2020
Australia: Troops carried out unlawful killings in Afghanistan — aljazeera — 19 November 2020
Asylum
Seeker Who Lost His Son on Trek to Greece Is Charged in His Death: Rights groups warn that the charges set
a worrying precedent — nytimes — 18 November 2020
Self-proclaimed ‘prophet’ hands himself over to Malawi police — aljazeera — 18 November 2020
NOAA Research Shows Climate Crisis Primary Cause of 98% of Dead Florida Coral Reef — commondreams — 18 November 2020
Alain Werner of Geneva-based Civitas Maxima recognised for his fight in protecting victims of
war crimes — genevasolutions — 18 November 2020
Jungle Jabbah and the fight against war crimes impunity (LINK)
US dropping case against former Mexican defense secretary — apnews — 17 November 2020
Senate Blocks President Trump's Controversial Nominee To The Federal Reserve Board — npr — 17 November 2020
Trump fires head of DHS election security agency who vouched for 2020 vote security — apnews — 17 November 2020
Trump Rushes To Sell
Oil Drilling Leases in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — ecowatch
— 17 November 2020
Bill Gates says more than 50% of business travel will disappear in post-coronavirus
world — cnbc — 17 November 2020
What Obama got very wrong about the media —
washingtonpost — 17 November 2020
Hurricane Iota makes landfall in Central America as Cat 5 storm, bringing catastrophic
winds — france24 — 17 November 2020
Countries most at risk from climate change being left behind, says IFRC: World Disasters
Report (LINK) — genevasolutions/ifrc — 17 November 2020
Peru names third president in a week — axios
— 17 November 2020
Biden draws from campaign to fill key White House roles —
thehill — 17 November 2020
Ethiopia bombs Tigray capital as it rejects mediation calls — aljazeera — 16 November 2020
Poland and
Hungary block EU budget plan — dw — 16 November 2020
Anti-landmines treaty: 'a humanitarian success story’: only Myanmar used them in 2019 — genevasolutions — 16 November 2020
Email reveals 65 virus cases, with 1 cluster, in WHO Geneva staff — apnews — 16 November 2020
WWF Receives $100 Million for Nature-based Climate Solutions from the Bezos Earth
Fund — source — 16 November 2020
Cambodia: UN experts
alarmed by civil society crackdown, attacks on defenders — ohchr
— 16 November 2020
Trump asked for options for attacking Iran last week, but held off, source says — theglobeandmail — 16 November 2020
At
least 1,000 people detained in Belarus in a single day following protester's death — cnn — 16 November 2020
Peru now has no president as crisis takes chaotic turn —
apnews — 16 November 2020
Bolsonaro-backed candidates sink in Brazil’s local elections — france24 — 16 November 2020
The 3 winners of the World Economic Forum New Champions awards — source — 16 November 2020
Citizen journalist facing jail in China for Wuhan Covid reporting — theguardian — 16 November 2020
Once-Reformist Crown Prince Takes the Helm as PM in Bahrain (paywalled: tip - save to
Pocket) — bloomberg — 16 November 2020
Africa’s internet economy is booming but it needs more homegrown software developers — qz — 16 November 2020
Rocket attacks on Eritrea spark fears of dangerous escalation of Ethiopia war — theglobeandmail — 16 November 2020
Islanders And Protestors Reject UN Shipping Climate Proposal As 'Greenwashing' — forbes — 16 November 2020
Moldova pro-EU candidate wins presidency — dw
— 15 November 2020
Western Sahara independence leader declares the end of a 29-year-old ceasefire with
Morocco — cnn — 15 November 2020
Azerbaijan agrees to extend deadline for Armenian forces to leave ceded territory — euronews — 15 November 2020
Afghanistan: 'Mastermind' behind Kabul University attack arrested — dw — 14 November 2020
Typhoon Vamco devastates the northern Philippines, leaving scores dead — dw — 14 November 2020
Thousands rally in Georgia’s Tbilisi against election results — aljazeera — 14 November 2020
With protests muzzled, Hong Kong takes aim at the press —
washingtonpost — 14 November 2020
Cummings gone: UK PM’s top aide leaves with immediate effect — aljazeera — 14 November 2020
Trump's own people turn on him: Acting DHS secretary refuses order to fire top security
official — salon — 14 November 2020
Al Qaeda's No. 2, Accused in U.S. Embassy Attacks, Was Killed in Iran — nytimes — 13 November 2020
Switzerland starts 'rolling review' of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine — jpost — 13 November 2020
Zambia to default on foreign debt, finance minister says — aljazeera — 13 November 2020
Croatia: Former PM Sanader found guilty of corruption, again — sentenced to 8 more
years — dw — 13 November 2020
Five judges elected to UN’s International Court of Justice — dw — 13 November 2020
Fourth
Pentagon official to depart in 24-hour purge — cnn — 13
November 2020
Two Homeland Security officials forced to resign by White House — cnn — 12 November 2020
Report: Swiss government long in dark until 2019 over CIA front company though intelligence
services knew for nearly 20 years (English): original French report — axios — 13
November 2020
Tripadvisor Labels Thai Hotel With Warning — After Guest Does Jail Time For Leaving Bad
Review — forbes — 13 November 2020
What is Newsmax?
Everything you need to know about the obscure pro-Trump TV network. —
mashable — 13 November 2020
UN: 870K measles cases in 2019, highest number in 23 years — apnews — 12 November 2020
At least 74 drown after migrant boat breaks down off Libya coast — AP/euronews — 12 November 2020
Dalai Lama
Urges Global Climate Action in New Book — ecowatch — 12
November 2020
Europe's
Teenage Drug Use Hotspots Revealed By New Study — vice — 12
November 2020
How the coronavirus pandemic altered the watchmaking industry — euronews — 12 November 2020
One third of Swiss prone to believing conspiracy theories — lenews — 12 November 2020
Aid groups unable to supply Ethiopia's Tigray region, UN warns — reuters/theguardian — 12 November 2020
Why hurricanes are
retaining power after they strike land — mashable — 12
November 2020
Greece is slashing some income taxes to lure remote workers from abroad — cnbc — 12 November 2020
China's delayed launch for world’s largest carbon trading scheme scheduled for 2025 — reuters/weforum — 12 November 2020
Defiant Hong Kong opposition
condemned by China — bbc — 12 November 2020
Russian Pink Diamond Sets Record Price at Sotheby’s in Geneva — bloomberg — 12 November 2020
Forget Russia—Iranian Hackers Behind Malicious New Cyber Attacks, Warns New Report — forbes — 12 November 2020
Geneva Health Forum: Spirit of 'reverse innovation' drives new digital health
technologies — genevasolutions — 12 November 2020
Australia to prosecute troops for war crimes in Afghanistan — apnews — 12 November 2020
Barcelona launches 10-year plan to reclaim city streets from cars — theguardian — 11 November 2020
DCAF: A ground-breaking
initiative turns 10 — dcaf — 11 November 2020
Libya peace talks reach 'breakthrough' agreement to hold elections — france24 — 11 November 2020
Organized crime in the fisheries
sector threatens a sustainable ocean economy — nature — 11
November 2020
Trump
voters are flocking to a TV channel that claims Biden is not president-elect — cnn — 11 November 2020
WHO told to step up investigations into Covid-19 virus origin — genevasolutions — 11 November 2020
Iran's explanations on uranium stockpile 'not credible', UN nuclear watchdog says — france24 — 11 November 2020
Development banks pledge climate action but keep fossil fuels — aljazeera — 11 November 2020
Azerbaijan’s drones owned the battlefield in Nagorno-Karabakh — and showed future of
warfare — washingtonpost — 11 November 2020
Switzerland agrees to more financial transparency from 2021 — swissinfo — 11 November 2020
Bahrain’s Long-Serving Prime Minister, accused of corruption in Arab Spring, Dies in Mayo
Clinic at Age 84 — bloomberg — 11 November 2020
Biden Has
Finally Won Arizona, Turning It Democratic For The First Time In Decades — buzzfeednews — 11 November 2020
Australia: Police expose global child sex abuse ring — dw
— 11 November 2020
Study confirms racism and police brutality in Germany —
dw — 11 November 2020
Misinformation channels claim Biden is no longer President-elect. — cnn — 11 November 2020
Day after defense secretary fired, top Pentagon policy official resigns — abcnews — 11 November 2020
Boris Johnson's Congratulations To Biden Also Contains An Erased Message For Trump — huffpost — 11 November 2020
In battleground states, few counties flipped even when states did — nbcnews — 11 November 2020
Biden not getting intelligence reports because Trump officials won't recognize him as
president-elect — nbcnews — 10 November 2020
What 'blue wave'? Why pre-election polls faltered again —
csmonitor — 10 November 2020
A gaping hole in the GOP’s voter fraud push —
washingtonpost — 10 November 2020
Evidence suggests at least 3 state Senate candidates in Florida were plants funded by
Republican dark money — local10 — 10 November 2020
LA Times to pay $3M to settle journalist discrimination case — apnews — 10 November 2020
Prince Charles: 10 actions we must take to drive the green recovery — weforum — 10 November 2020
Trump Just Fired One of the Country's Top Climate Scientists — vice — 10 November 2020
6 lawsuits Donald
Trump is going to have to deal with when he leaves office — cnn
— 10 November 2020
Thousand fleeing fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region cross into Sudan — france24 — 10 November 2020
CERN artwork authentication technology wins ArtTech award: The
technology has already made it possible to authenticate paintings by masters such as Raphael, Edvard Munch and
Vincent van Gogh. — genevasolutions — 10 November 2020
Red Cross launches massive, multi-country operation and CHF20m appeal as horror of Hurricane
Eta emerges — ifrc — 10 November 2020
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia say sign deal to end Nagorno-Karabakh conflict — reuters/jpost — 10 November 2020
Peru's Congress votes to oust president Vizcarra amid pandemic crisis — apnews — 10 November 2020
Trump campaign continues legal fight in key battleground states — euronews — 10 November 2020
Infographics vs. Post-Truth: The New Disregard for Information — gestalten — 10 November 2020
DOJ's election crimes chief resigns after Barr directs prosecutors to probe voter fraud
claims — nbcnews — 10 November 2020
Facebook takes down a widespread network of pages tied to Stephen Bannon for pushing
misinformation — washingtonpost — 10 November 2020
What Is Parler? Everything You Need To Know About The Conservative Social Network — mashable — 10 November 2020
Catchup: UNRWA boss: The Agency has not yet secured sufficient funding under the Programme
Budget to fully pay the salaries of all our staff for the month of November 2020. — unrwa — 9 November 2020
Evo Morales returns to Bolivia, ending year in exile —
apnews — 9 November 2020
Myanmar: Suu Kyi's NLD party claims victory in polls — dw
— 10 November 2020
UNDP Shortlists 28 Growth Stage Impact Ventures for the SDGs — impakter — 9 November 2020
U.K. NHS signs up for Tim Berners-Lee pilot to reinvent web — irishtimes — 9 November 2020
Rwanda genocide 'financer' to face UN tribunal at The Hague — aljazeera — 9 November 2020
Injection prevents women from
contracting HIV, study finds — aljazeera — 9 November
2020
U.S. criticised for
police brutality, racism at U.N. rights review — reuters — 9
November 2020
Trump says Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been 'terminated' — cnbc — 9 November 2020
White House removes leader of major climate report —
thehill — 9 November 2020
Trump administration sued for failing to update efficiency standards for 25
appliances — thehill — 9 November 2020
Trump administration faces suit over removal of endangered species protections for gray
wolves — thehill — 9 November 2020
The long love affair between Fox News and Trump may be over. Here’s how it all soured last
week. — washingtonpost — 9 November 2020
Top congressional Republicans still haven't acknowledged Biden's victory — cnn — 9 November 2020
Claims that dead people voted went viral. These are the facts — cnn — 8 November 2020
UN-backed conference is latest effort at peace for Libya — dw — 9 November 2020
Lonely Planet's
best cities: London tops but Dubai, Singapore and Abu Dhabi are there —
lonelyplanet — 9 November 2020
The former CEO of Google has applied to become a citizen of Cyprus — vox — 9 November 2020
Tim Berners-Lee startup launches privacy-focused service to secure your data — cnet — 8 November 2020
A SOLID defender of Internet users (LINK)
Kenyan journalist
reports on US election like Americans report on other elections —
threadreaderapp — 8 November 2020
PM who won Nobel peace prize takes Ethiopia to brink of civil war — theguardian — 8 November 2020
Tropical Storm Eta lashes Florida after slamming Cuba, and 100 missing or dead in
Guatemala — nbcnews — 8 November 2020
Thai protesters
defy police water cannons to deliver protest letters for king — AP/yahoo
— 8 November 2020
If we could change for Covid-19, we can change for the climate, says Naomi Klein — straitstimes — 8 November 2020
Third world war a risk in wake of pandemic, says UK defence chief — theguardian — 8 November 2020
UAE overhauls laws to bolster women’s rights, decriminalize alcohol — nypost — 7 November 2020
Trump refuses to accept Biden victory, promises legal challenges — thehill — 7 November 2020
Trump quietly fires three agency heads amid presidential vote count — nypost — 7 November 2020
Facebook, Twitter tested by Trump's false victory claims — cnet — 7 November 2020
Trump Legal Team Holds News Conference At Drab Garden Centre "between Adult Book Store and
Crematorium" — slate — 7 November 2020
Gun-waving St. Louis couple sues news photographer for photos on private road — ctvnews — 7 November 2020
An Afghan Woman Mayor loses Father in attack meant for her — nytimes — 7 November 2020
Bomb attack kills former Afghan TV presenter —
channelnewsasia — 7 November 2020
U.S. Aid Agency to Grant $20 Million to Fund Sudan Wheat Purchases — reuters/usnews — 7 November 2020
Belarus opens first nuclear power plant amid criticism from Lithuania — AP/euronews — 7 November 2020
EU slaps sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus, his son and his advisers — AP/euronews — 7 November 2020
Guinea top court declares Alpha Conde elected president —
aljazeera — 7 November 2020
Ivory Coast opposition leader arrested for setting up rival government — aljazeera — 7 November 2020
Athens'
first mosque in nearly 200 years opens for Friday prayers — cnn
— 7 November 2020
Move over Silicon Valley, these five countries are the new startup hub: Singpore, Israel,
South Korea, Kenya, Brazil — theprint — 7 November 2020
Second-highest-ranking official at USAID ousted to keep Trump appointee in job — cnn — 7 November 2020
Former energy Chair Chatterjee on demotion by Trump: 'I don't give a f@&!' — thehill — 7 November 2020
US election: Trump emails Americans demanding money to defend election - half goes to paying
off his debt — nzherald — 7 November 2020
U.S. Postal Service delivers 40,000 more ballots after court-ordered sweep — thehill — 6 November 2020
Giving a voice back to the voiceless: a call to empower refugees — genevasolutions — 7 November 2020
The US went more than 2 months before amassing its first 200,000 COVID-19 cases — its latest
200,000 have come in just the past 2 days: (paywalled: tip - save to Pocket) — source — 7 November 2020
Hotspots in four countries on brink of famine, UN warns —
— 6 November 2020
Climate change and
food demand could shrink species' habitats by almost a quarter by 2100 —
sciencedaily — 6 November 2020
Prominent Zimbabwe journalist remains behind bars for tweet on gold smuggling — aljazeera — 6 November 2020
Swiss government rejects call to abolish the crime of blasphemy — lenews — 6 November 2020
Twitter Permanently Suspends Steve Bannon Account After Beheading Comments — npr — 6 November 2020
America added 638,000 jobs last month but is still down 10 million since the pandemic
started — cnn — 6 November 2020
Counties with worst virus surges overwhelmingly voted Trump — apnews — 6 November 2020
Israel razes most of Palestinian Bedouin village in West Bank on U.S. election day in largest
demolition in years, United Nations official says — cbc — 5
November 2020
E.S. Reddy, Who
Led U.N.'s Efforts Against Apartheid, Dies at 96 — nytimes — 5 November 2020
UN Habitat:
World Cities Report 2020 (PDF) — unhabitat — 5 November
2020
Solar power could provide energy for the world’s most vulnerable. Here are 5 ways to pay for
it — weforum — 5 November 2020
MIT: It
might not feel like it, but the election is working — technologyreview
— 5 November 2020
U.S. election maps are wildly misleading, so this designer fixed them — fastcompany — 5 November 2020
Blockchain in journalism: Winds of change carry media to new frontiers — cointelegraph — 5 November 2020
