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Our coronavirus scoreboard: reliable sources of the latest information on a country-by-country basis (LINK). Non-COVID stories.
December 2020
COVID-19 news
Turkish scientists say they've developed a 10-second COVID-19 test that is 99% accurate — euronews — 31 December 2020
Ohio Gov: 60 percent of State's nursing home staff elected not to take COVID-19 vaccine — thehill — 31 December 2020
Doctors discovered a new way to tell which coronavirus patients will get worse — bgr — 29 December 2020
Russia admits to world’s third-worst death toll, saying fatalities are three times higher than reported — scmp — 29 December 2020
Thailand imposes new restrictions amid coronavirus outbreak — apnews — 29 December 2020
Spain to keep registry of people who refuse coronavirus vaccine — axios — 29 December 2020
German air passengers sue government over €94m COVID repatriation bill — euronews — 28 December 2020
WHO Launches Official Coronavirus App To Provide Credible COVID-19 Updates And Information — mashable — 28 December 2020
'Citizen journalist' sentenced to four years for reporting on coronavirus outbreak from Wuhan — france24 — 28 December 2020
Covid tier 3 rules in England: latest restrictions explained — theguardian — 28 December 2020
Still Disinfecting Surfaces? It Might Not Be Worth It — npr — 28 December 2020
AstraZeneca has worked out 'winning formula' to boost COVID vaccine's efficacy, says firm's boss — afp/euronews — 27 December 2020
EU nations' vaccinations begin as COVID-19 cases surpass 1% of world — upi — 27 December 2020
Hundreds of British tourists around Verbier flee quarantine in Switzerland — dw — 27 December 2020
Why The 'Only 377 Healthy People Have Died Of Covid' Argument Is Total Rubbish — huffingtonpost — 27 December 2020
Thailand experiences worst coronavirus outbreak since pandemic began — skynews — 26 December 2020
After early success, S. Korea sleepwalks into virus crisis — apnews — 26 December 2020
Latin American countries begin mass Covid-19 vaccinations — france24 — 25 December 2020
Over two million cases reported across the African continent — france24 — 25 December 2020
GOP blocks $2,000 checks as Trump leaves COVID aid in chaos — apnews — 25 December 2020
People Who Forgo COVID Vaccine Could Be Limited From Using Public Transportation in France — newsweek — 22 December 2020
Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines against UK coronavirus variant — cnn — 22 December 2020
Netherlands, Panama ban all flights from South Africa over Covid-19 mutation — reuters/straitstimes — 22 December 2020
Taiwan reports first local Covid-19 case in more than 250 days — cnn — 22 December 2020
'I couldn’t be silent': UN whistleblower on WHO Italy report — apnews — 22 December 2020
Florida data scientist who says she was ousted over COVID numbers sues state — nbcnews — 22 December 2020
Study reveals UV LED lights effectively kill human coronavirus surrogate for COVID-19 strain — medicalnewstoday — 20 December 2020
Coronavirus digest: Dutch government bans UK flights over new virus strain — dw — 20 December 2020
Bangkok hospitals prepare for Covid outbreak: The official number of cases for the past 24 hours in Thailand has now reached 576 — thethaiger — 20 December 2020
How China manipulates truth — at scale — propublica — 19 December 2020
What we know about the UK's more infectious coronavirus strain — euronews — 19 December 2020
Coronavirus digest: India's COVID cases cross 10-million mark, though decline since September's peak — dw — 19 December 2020
WHO was warned of fallout over yanked Italy report — apnews — 19 December 2020
WHO: Vaccine program gets access to nearly 2 billion doses — apnews — 18 December 2020
COVID-19 three times deadlier than seasonal influenza, large French study reveals — euronews — 18 December 2020
The Activist Translating Climate Crisis Information Across the Globe — vice — 18 December 2020
France’s President Macron tests positive for COVID-19 — apnews — 17 December 2020
She was demoted, doubted and rejected. Now, her work is the basis of the Covid-19 vaccine — cnn — 17 December 2020
WHO to investigate virus origins in China's Wuhan — bbc — 16 December 2020
Germany enters harder lockdown as virus deaths hit new high — apnews — 16 December 2020
White House security director has part of leg amputated after falling severely ill with COVID-19, fundraiser says — abcnews — 16 December 2020
Moderna's side effects — bgr — 16 December 2020
Germany enters harder lockdown as virus deaths hit new high — apnews — 16 December 2020
How have Thailand and Cambodia kept Covid cases so low? — theguardian — 16 December 2020
Coronavirus: Sweden's health officials 'misjudged' COVID-19 resurgence, says PM Stefan Lofven — ap/euronews — 15 December 2020
How the COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer compare head to head — latimes — 15 December 2020
The countries where the coronavirus has hit hardest: Belgium and Peru — axios — 15 December 2020
Wuhan market: undisclosed map of infections surfaces but significance not clear — scmp — 15 December 2020
Historic US coronavirus vaccine campaign begins today. More than 100 million people, or about 30% of the US population, could be immunized by the end of March. — reuters/jpost — 14 December 2020
China's Sinopharm vaccine: how effective is it and where will it be rolled out? — theguardian — 14 December 2020
Italy surpasses UK for worst COVID-19 death toll in Europe — pbs — 13 December 2020
Eswatini (ex Swaziland) Prime Minister, Who Tested Positive for COVID-19, Dies — reuters/usnews — 13 December 2020
Algeria president makes first appearance since COVID hospitalization — dw — 13 December 2020
'Massive train wreck': One event caused 300,000 coronavirus cases — yahoo — 13 December 2020
December EU Travel Restrictions By Country: Christmas Quarantine And Covid-19 Test Requirements — forbes — 13 December 2020
Guardian: what do we know now about where coronavirus came from? — theguardian — 12 December 2020
Switzerland imposes new Covid-19 curfew to stem rising cases — france24 — 12 December 2020
WHO accused of conspiring with Italy to remove damning Covid report — theguardian — 11 December 2020
One-day US COVID-19 deaths top 3,000, more than D-Day or 9/11 — apnews — 11 December 2020
Coronavirus: Italian scientists find perfect match of Wuhan strain in sample taken from boy in December 2019 — scmp — 11 December 2020
More Americans Have Died From Coronavirus Than in Combat During WWII — newsweek — 10 December 2020
Top Israeli health official: Masks may offer more protection from virus than vaccines — timesofisrael — 10 December 2020
Thailand is opening its borders to everyone regardless of their country's COVID situation — mashable — 9 December 2020
Ground News Blind Spot Report: 1 in 22 Americans have tested positive for COVID (no right-wing reports) — ground.news — 9 December 2020
UNCTAD: Services sector remains hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, dropping to levels last seen in the 1990s — unctad — 9 December 2020
Yes, in the U.S. your boss can fire you if you refuse to get a COVID-19 vaccine — today — 9 December 2020
Covid-19: Singapore 'cruise to nowhere' ends after passenger tests positive — bbc — 9 December 2020
ILO Governing Body calls for urgent action on seafarer COVID-19 crisis — ilo — 8 December 2020
Investment Promotion Agencies from Estonia, India and Rwanda receive UN Awards for excellence in their COVID-19 responses. — unctad — 8 December 2020
The Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency wins special recognition for mainstreaming gender in investment promotion.
Pakistan: Covid patients die due to oxygen shortage in Peshawar — bbc — 7 December 2020
Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for COVID-19, Trump says — abcnews — 7 December 2020
German Study Finds Face Masks Reduce New Covid-19 Infections By 45% — forbes — 6 December 2020
Now, Russian scientists find link between BCG vaccine & Covid-19 immunity — theprint.in/health — 6 December 2020
Suhaila Siddiq, surgeon, health minister and trailblazer for Afghan women, dies of COVID-19 complications — washingtonpost — 6 December 2020
Russia begins distributing its coronavirus vaccine in Moscow — axios — 5 December 2020
UN chief: Vaccine can’t undo damage from global pandemic — apnews — 4 December 2020
CDC Director: U.S. About to Enter Most Difficult Time in Public Health History’ — theglobalherald — 3 December 2020
Last foreign Red Cross workers leave North Korea amid coronavirus curbs — todayonline — 3 December 2020
A better hand-sanitizer against coronavirus than alcohol, and cheaper: why aren't we using it? — fastcompany — 3 December 2020
Former French President Giscard d’Estaing dies of COVID-19 at 94 — aljazeera — 3 December 2020
U.S.: Pompeo is hosting holiday parties at the State Department amid coronavirus spikes — cnn — 3 December 2020
Couple arrested for boarding United Airlines flight to Hawaii after testing positive for COVID-19 — usatoday — 3 December 2020
U.S. CDC Shortens Its COVID-19 Quarantine Recommendations to 7-10 days — npr — 2 December 2020
WHO: HIV services rebounding after pandemic shock — genevasolutions — 2 December 2020
New Orleans swingers event becomes 'superspreader' after 41 test positive for coronavirus — washingtonpost — 2 December 2020
Coronavirus digest: US unveils COVID vaccine rollout plan and more — dw — 2 December 2020
Dr. Scott Atlas resigns from Trump administration — cnn — 1 December 2020
Top race driver Lewis Hamilton tests positive for COVID-19 and will miss Sakhir GP — espn — 1 December 2020
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)
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All covid news November 2020
Non-COVID news
Journalists under threat in 2020: Ten urgent cases — dw — 31 December 2020
Belarus charges independent journalists with tax evasion — dw — 31 December 2020
The world’s largest free trade area starts up on Jan. 1, 2021: in Africa — qz — 31 December 2020
Protesters in Nepal decry dissolution of parliament — dw — 31 December 2020
From "Hillbilly Elegy" to "The Gentlemen", here are the worst films of 2020 — salon — 31 December 2020
Understanding the hysteria over Hillbilly Elegy (LINK)
India's Assam state bans all Islamic schools — reuters/theguardian — 31 December 2020
US hits German, French products with new tariffs in Airbus-Boeing dispute — dw — 31 December 2020
Boris Johnson's father seeks French citizenship — apnews — 31 December 2020
Three Labour frontbenchers quit after defying Keir Starmer on Brexit deal — theguardian — 30 December 2020
UN experts say Trump's pardon of Blackwater contractors violates international law — ohchr — 30 December 2020
Joe Biden can save restaurants with the stroke of a pen. Here’s how. — washingtonpost — 30 December 2020
Russia gives Kremlin critic Navalny an ultimatum: Return immediately or face jail — reuters/nbcnews — 29 December 2020
Donald Trump named 'most admired man' in US, ending Obama's 12-year streak — nzherald — 29 December 2020
China and EU 'on verge' of major investment deal — bbc — 29 December 2020
Catchup: The top impacts from The Davos Agenda — weforum — 29 January 2021
Greta Thunberg at #DavosAgenda: How climate experts responded to her speech — weforum — 28 January 2021
Hong Kong: 10 defendants face trial over attempt to flee country — dw — 28 December 2020
We Found The Factories Inside China’s Mass Internment Camps — buzzfeednews — 28 December 2020
Climate catastrophes cost nations billions in 2020, report finds — aljazeera — 28 December 2020
UN rapporteur on Assange: 'The US is trying to criminalize investigative journalism' — dw — 28 December 2020
During 2020, the share of engagement of content rated as "generally unreliable" published by the top 100 websites more than doubled to 17% from 8% in 2019. — mediapost — 28 December 2020
France Is Flooding Africa With Fake News — newrepublic — 28 December 2020
Trump’s Cruelty Will Cost Americans Billions For Literally No Reason — vice — 28 December 2020
The U.S. Lower House of Congress votes to override Trump’s veto of a $740 billion defense bill — vox — 28 December 2020
Honduras: Indigenous activist killed in front of family — dw — 28 December 2020
Ugandan journos stage walk out on security presser, protest abuse by security forces — africanews — 28 December 2020
Spain to allow free movement for Gibraltar workers after Brexit — aljazeera — 28 December 2020
Pope formally strips Vatican secretariat of state of assets — apnews — 28 December 2020
EU member states unanimously approve post-Brexit trade deal — axios — 28 December 2020
Game of Thrones video game tycoon dies in suspected poisoning — theguardian — 28 December 2020
Saudi Activist Loujain Al-Hathloul Jailed For 5 Years, 8 Months — afp/barrons — 28 December 2020
Reuters News Agency Condemns Arrest Of Cameraman In Ethiopia — afp/barrons — 28 December 2020
Trump signs COVID relief bill, averting government shutdown — axios — 27 December 2020
Uganda: Bobi Wine says bodyguard killed in violence ahead of poll — aljazeera — 27 December 2020
Syrian refugee camp burned to ground in northern Lebanon — dw — 27 December 2020
Several soldiers killed by gunmen in southwestern Pakistan — aljazeera — 27 December 2020
Qatar to host next round of Afghan gov’t-Taliban talks: Official — aljazeera — 27 December 2020
Top associate of Russia’s Navalny released from detention after trespassing charges — apnews — 27 December 2020
UN expert urges Thailand to stop targeting protesters with royal insult law — theguardian — 27 December 2020
Opposed to Brexit, I’ve seen nothing to change my mind — theguardian — 27 December 2020
India arrests 75 in Kashmir after local elections — aljazeera — 26 December 2020
3 UN peacekeepers killed in Central African Republic — ap/abcnews — 26 December 2020
Two Afghan police killed as Kabul hit by bomb blasts — aljazeera — 26 December 2020
Pakistani court orders release of men previously convicted, held 18 years, then acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder — cnn — 25 December 2020
From tariffs to visas: here's what's in the Brexit deal — theguardian — 24 December 2020
EU censures France over England port chaos — dw — 24 December 2020
EU bans plastic waste from being shipped to developing countries — euronews — 24 December 2020
Nigeria school abductions sparked by cattle feuds, not extremism, officials say — reuters — 24 December 2020
The End of UN-AU Peacekeeping Mission in Darfur Gives Rise to Protests — africanews — 23 December 2020
Uganda: UN food assistance programme hit as COVID-19 dries up funding — un — 23 December 2020
Press freedom more important than ever, as UN condemns killing of 59 media workers — un — 23 December 2020
Iraq: Trump pardons for Baghdad Blackwater guards ‘contributes to impunity’ says UN rights office — un — 23 December 2020
New Humanitarian 2020 in review: Investigations — thenewhumanitarian — 23 December 2020
More than 100 killed in latest ethnic massacre in Ethiopia — euronews — 23 December 2020
Can Dundar: Turkey sentences opposition journalist to 27 years in jail — dw — 23 December 2020
The UN Pension Fund’s Latest Flareups and Hazards to Whistleblowers — passblue — 23 December 2020
One way Trump could block the stimulus bill: A pocket veto — vox — 23 December 2020
Trump Pardons Paul Manafort, Roger Stone and Jared Kushner’s Father — thewrap — 23 December 2020
Trump Back At Mar-A-Lago, Raising Taxpayer Golf Tab To $151.5 Million — huffpost — 23 December 2020
Millennials are ready to run things — niemanlab — 23 December 2020
Avenir Suisse Swiss Cantonal Freedom Index 2020: the winner is Liechtenstein! — avenir-suisse — 23 December 2020
Flipboard: forgotten stories of 2020 — flipboard — 23 December 2020
U.S. Senate to return Dec. 29 for potential Trump veto override vote — thehill — 23 December 2020
Trump pardons security contractors in deadly Iraq shooting — apnews — 23 December 2020
'Good riddance', China says as Germany leaves UN Security Council — reuters/scmp — 23 December 2020
COVID-19: Switzerland to track British tourists on ski slopes — dw — 22 December 2020
FIFA files criminal complaint against Blatter over museum finance — aljazeera — 22 December 2020
UN probe in Mali sees war crimes, crimes against humanity: Report — aljazeera — 22 December 2020
Human rights court orders Turkey to release Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtaş — euronews — 22 December 2020
Sexual harassment at UN 'on the back burner', says former executive — theguardian — 22 December 2020
World could lose coral reefs within this century, UN environment report warns — devdiscourse — 22 December 2020
UN human rights expert urges Trump to pardon Wikileaks founder Assange — dailysabah — 22 December 2020
Justice Department sues Walmart, alleging it helped fuel opioid crisis — washingtonpost — 22 December 2020
UNECE mobilizes action to tackle $200bn per year damage from nitrogen — unece — 22 December 2020
A company has started drilling for oil just 150 miles off Florida’s coast, prompting a dire warning from members of Congress — South Florida sun-sentinel — 22 December 2020
Israel calls fourth election in two years after parliament dissolves over budget — dw — 22 December 2020
Ground News Blind Spots for 16-22 December 2020 — ground — 22 December 2020
Americans consumed twice as much dubious news in 2020 as they did in 2019. — vox — 22 December 2020
Rebels seize Central African Republic’s fourth-largest city five days before nationwide elections — newswires/france24 — 22 December 2020
Trump sanctions Syrian president's wife, family over ongoing civil war — thehill — 22 December 2020
U.S. Naval Academy physics exams reviewed over 'inconsistencies' — thehill — 22 December 2020
Too big to read: Giant bill a leap of faith for Congress — apnews — 22 December 2020
The New COVID Stimulus Has a Tax Break for CEO Lunches. Seriously. — vice — 21 December 2020
West Point faces worst cheating scandal in decades — bbc — 22 December 2020
U.S.: After 843 days in hiding, migrant couple emerges from church basement — mercurynews — 22 December 2020
Afghan officials: leading journalist shot dead in Ghazni province — apnews — 22 December 2020
Jared Kushner signed off on secret payments to top campaign officials, source says — salon — 22 December 2020
U.S. relief bill's passage sets off scramble to declare victory, assign blame — thehill — 22 December 2020
EPA tightens lead dust standards that environmentalists say don't go far enough — thehill — 21 December 2020
US charges Libyan bombmaker over 1988 Lockerbie explosion — france24 — 21 December 2020
Thai actress aiding protests charged with insulting monarchy — apnews — 21 December 2020
Top Hong Kong activist seeks asylum in the UK — dw — 21 December 2020
U.K. finds 2 men guilty of manslaughter in deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants — nbcnews — 21 December 2020
Essex lorry deaths: The supposed 'VIP' journey that killed 39 people — bbc — 21 December 2020
Brazilian woman forced into domestic slavery and marriage freed after 40 years — theguardian — 21 December 2020
Biden's picks: the Dangerous Fantasy of Hope Rooted in Self-Delusion — commondreams — 21 December 2020
Russian agent 'tricked into detailing Navalny assassination bid' — bbc — 21 December 2020
UN agencies finalize a framework to measure illicit financial flows — unctad — 21 December 2020
Thailand holds provincial elections in test of democracy — reuters — 20 December 2020
Xinjiang forced labour concerns threaten to derail China’s investment deal with EU — scmp — 20 December 2020
How US agencies’ trust in untested software opened the door to hackers (may be blocked: tip - save to Pocket) — scmp — 20 December 2020
'Big win for democracy': Bosnian city of Mostar gets a vote — apnews — 20 December 2020
Trump downplays impact of massive hacking, questions Russia involvement — reuters — 19 December 2020
White House Blocks a Statement Acknowledging Russia’s Role in Cyberattack — cnn — 19 December 2020
What we know – and still don’t – about the worst-ever US government cyber attack — theguardian — 19 December 2020
Biden Unveils His Climate Team, Promising To Fight 'With The Urgency It Demands' — npr — 19 December 2020
Senate Report Faults FAA And Boeing For Failures In Review Of 737 Max — npr — 19 December 2020
Trump raised $200m from false election claims. What happens to the money now? — theguardian — 19 December 2020
How To Work Remotely In The Bahamas For Up To A Year — forbes — 19 December 2020
'Humanitarian crisis': UN panel decries Covid rules that trapped crews at sea — theguardian — 18 December 2020
UN rights office calls on Thailand to amend royal insult law — reuters — 18 December 2020
FactCheck's Whoppers of 2020 — factcheck — 18 December 2020
Biden team expresses concern over 'abrupt halt' in cooperation with Pentagon — thehill — 18 December 2020
These countries host the most refugees: Turkey, Colombia and Pakistan — weforum — 18 December 2020
Zimbabwe is hemorrhaging gold. Can a key reform curb smuggling? — aljazeera — 18 December 2020
Swiss court rejects Russia’s appeal against Olympic doping ban but halves sanction — aljazeera — 17 December 2020
Suspected Russian cyber-attack growing in scale, Microsoft warns — theguardian — 18 December 2020
Trump Made Cars Pollute Again and It'll Take Biden Years to Reverse It — vice — 17 December 2020
Researchers Warn of Looming Oil Spill Four Times Larger Than Exxon Valdez if Urgent Action Not Taken — ecowatch — 17 December 2020
50 years of tax cuts for the rich failed to trickle down, economics study says — cbsnews — 17 December 2020
UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty: 'We need to build back better' — france24 — 17 December 2020
The Top Ten Ocean Stories of 2020 — smithsonianmag — 17 December 2020
EU Set to Miss Targets on Sustainability After Agreeing Fishing Quotas — theguardian — 17 December 2020
Transforming trade, backing productive capacities is key to fixing global economy — unctad — 17 December 2020
Rules eased for water from showerheads, a Trump pet peeve — apnews — 17 December 2020
US labels Vietnam and Switzerland currency manipulators: Taiwan, Thailand and India also on watchlist — aljazeera — 17 December 2020
Credit Suisse indicted over alleged ties to Bulgarian mafia — apnews — 17 December 2020
The top 10 crises the world should be watching in 2021 — rescue — 16 December 2020
Coroner rules air pollution was cause of death of girl in landmark UK case — euronews — 16 December 2020
What next for conflict-hit Burkina Faso after Kabore re-election? — aljazeera — 16 December 2020
Visitors to Palau are now required to sign an eco-pledge on arrival — euronews — 16 December 2020
At the Edge of the World (LINK)
New study on QAnon concludes two different people wrote Q's posts — mashable — 16 December 2020
WEF World Competitiveness Report: Few Economies Are Ready for Long-term Prosperity through Improved Public Services, Green Investments and Digitization — wef — 16 December 2020
Countries with advanced digital economies and digital skills have been more successful at keeping their economies running while their citizens worked from home. The Netherlands, New Zealand, Switzerland, Estonia, and the United States have performed well on this measure.
Countries with robust economic safety nets, such as Denmark, Finland, Norway, Austria, Luxembourg and Switzerland, were well placed to support those who could not work. Similarly, countries with strong financial systems such as Finland, the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Singapore, could more easily provide credit to SMEs to prevent insolvency.
Countries that could successfully plan and integrate health, fiscal and social policies have been relatively more successful in mitigating the effects of the crisis, including Singapore, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Austria and the United Arab Emirates.
Five million more Afghans will need help in 2021: UN — aljazeera — 16 December 2020
All U.K. Windrush victims to get at least £10,000 — bbc — 15 December 2020
China worst offender in record-breaking year for jailing of journalists — theguardian — 15 December 2020
Far-right activists convicted in France following Al Jazeera investigation — aljazeera — 15 December 2020
Twitter Hit With Tiny Fine for Failure to Disclose Data Breaches (0.016% of year's revenue) — decrypt.co — 15 December 2020
Paris city hall fined for putting too many women in senior roles — theguardian — 15 December 2020
Aid crisis: one might have thought that a global pandemic would have led to multilateral cooperation, the exact opposite has taken place — swissinfo — 15 December 2020
IUCN decides date for its Congress 2020 at Parc Chanot, Marseille: 3 to 10 September 2021 — iucncongress2020 — 15 December 2020
UN Human Development Report: includes a new experimental index on human progress that takes into account countries’ carbon dioxide emissions and material footprint. — genevasolutions — 15 December 2020
More than 50 countries in the “very high development” group — including Singapore, Luxembourg, Australia and the United Arab
Two men beheaded in videos from Nagorno-Karabakh war identified — theguardian — 15 December 2020
4 Experts Assess the Record of the UN’s António Guterres — passblue — 14 December 2020
12 Trump Attacks on the Environment Since the Election — ecowatch — 14 December 2020
U.N. chief proposes new envoys to mediate Libya, Mideast — reuters — 14 December 2020
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What we know about Russia's sprawling hack into federal agencies — axios — 14 December 2020
Journalists end up in jail for reporting on coronavirus crisis — dw — 14 December 2020
William Barr steps down as Trump's attorney general — theguardian — 14 December 2020
Los Angeles Times Editor Out Following Scandal-Plagued Tenure — vice — 14 December 2020
Iran sentences British-Iranian researcher to 9 years prison for "subversive" work — dw — 14 December 2020
Afghanistan Battered by COVID, Conflict, Climate Change — voanewss — 13 December 2020
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange struggling in 'atrocious' British prison conditions, says partner — euronews — 13 December 2020
Donald Trump threatens to reject defense bill despite veto-proof majority — dw — 13 December 2020
Trump’s parting gift to Morocco: recognizing its claims over Western Sahara — washingtonpost — 13 December 2020
Trump will leave office with a historically bad economic record — cnn — 13 December 2020
Ukraine seeks UNESCO status for Chernobyl to help manage visitors to nuclear site — afp/euronews — 13 December 2020
Hundreds of high school students kidnapped in Nigeria, gang in firefight with military — reuters/nbcnews — 13 December 2020
Armenians, Azerbaijan trade blame over breach of peace deal — apnews — 12 December 2020
Dozens arrested at new Paris protest against security law — france24 — 12 December 2020
Survivors recount horrific details of Mai Kadra massacre — aljazeera — 12 December 2020
Shadowy Ethiopian massacre could be ‘tip of the iceberg’ — pbs — 12 December 2020
Iran executes journalist who encouraged 2017 protests — apnews — 12 December 2020
ICC prosecutor pushes for full investigation into Ukraine war crimes — dw — 12 December 2020
Vet groups call for Wilkie’s dismissal after scathing audit — apnews — 12 December 2020
US Supreme Court rejects Texas suit over election results — dw — 12 December 2020
'Overwhelming' reports of killings of Eritreans in Tigray: UN — source — 12 December 2020
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai charged under security law — pbs — 11 December 2020
U.S. Senate approves defence bill with veto-proof majority in rebuke to Trump — cnn — 11 December 2020
No deal on Brexit trade 'very very likely', British PM Johnson says — reuters — 11 December 2020
UNCTAD’s 15th quadrennial ministerial conference (UNCTAD15) postponed from April to 3-8 October in Barbados — unctad — 11 December 2020
Jordanian Woman Techpreneur Scoops UN Business Award — unctad — 11 December 2020
Int'l Geneva applauds rising star as US Trade Representative — thegenevaobserver — 11 December 2020
Hezbollah member sentenced to life in Hariri assassination — apnews — 11 December 2020
The astonishing story of Afghanistan’s visionary moviemakers and the films we almost never got to see — canada — 11 December 2020
Switzerland's new clampdown on virus has stoked communal tensions — thelocal — 11 December 2020
International Mountain Day: UN partners tackle plastic pollution in mountainous and remote regions — brsmeas — 11 December 2020
CO2 in the atmosphere reached record high in 2020, despite 7% drop in emissions, largest since 1945 — mashable — 11 December 2020
Brandon Bernard, youngest person in U.S. to receive a death sentence in 70 years for crime as adolescent, executed — cnn — 11 December 2020
How the U.S. can pay reparations to American descendants of slaves — washingtonpost — 11 December 2020
The Companies With the Largest Plastic Footprint — statista — 10 December 2020
The Companies With the Largest Plastic Footprint — statista — 10 December 2020
UN General Assembly backs Afghan peace talks in resolution, Russia votes 'no' — ap/ctvnews — 10 December 2020
Israel-Morocco Recognition Deal Follows History of Cooperation on Arms and Spying — nytimes — 10 December 2020
Video: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to UN World Food Programme — euronews — 10 December 2020
Afghanistan violence: Journalist Malala Maiwand shot dead along with her driver — bbc — 10 December 2020
Lebanese judge charges caretaker PM in August port explosion — apnews — 10 December 2020
Jobless claims spiked in the U.S. last week, with 853,000 people seeking new benefits — washingtonpost — 10 December 2020
Hunter Biden under investigation for tax affairs, he announces — newswires/france24 — 10 December 2020
U.S. Neo-Nazi sentenced to prison in plot to threaten journalists — nbcnews — 10 December 2020
Nigeria Shell employees causing oil leaks for profit: Dutch TV — aljazeera — 10 December 2020
Ghana election: Nana Akufo-Addo wins second term — dw — 10 December 2020
Swiss Digital Days 2020 videos released: 81 videos, 25+ hours — digitaltage — 10 December 2020
4 myths about corruption: Western Europe 66%, Sub-Saharan Africa 32% — weforum — 9 December 2020
UN Report Finds World Leaders Fall Short of Meeting Paris Agreement Goal — ecowatch — 9 December 2020
Biden Defense Secretary Nominee Lloyd Austin Comes Under Fire for Industry Connections — theintercept — 9 December 2020
'They’re culpable': the countries supplying the guns that kill Mexico’s journalists — theguardian — 9 December 2020
Three arrested for allegedly attempt to blackmail Brazilian I.T. worker at U.N. Geneva (French) — 20min — 9 December 2020
Two ex-Swissair bosses pay CHF 2.7m nearly 20 years after company's economic collapse (French) — 20min — 9 December 2020
U.S.: 14 soldiers fired, suspended from Fort Hood after widespread violence, sexual harassment — foxnews — 9 December 2020
Voice of America interim director pushed out by Trump-appointed overseer in final flurry of actions to assert control — washingtonpost — 9 December 2020
United Kingdom: UN expert calls for immediate release of Assange after 10 years of arbitrary detention — ohchr — 8 December 2020
Civilians killed in air strikes in Afghanistan soars by more than 300% — bbc — 8 December 2020
UN's Palais renovation marred by management issues, says confidential audit — thegenevaobserver — 8 December 2020
The GOP Is Jamming Through the Appointment of Unqualified Trump Ally to The FCC — vice — 8 December 2020
Switzerland-Italy train travel to be suspended amid pandemic — apnews — 8 December 2020
Christchurch mosque attacks 'unpreventable' despite multiple failings, NZ inquiry finds — dw — 8 December 2020
Liberian warlord on trial in Switzerland — genevasolutions — 7 December 2020
Jungle Jabbah, Alieu Kosiah and the fight against war crimes impunity (LINK)
