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These 9 Countries Have Kept Their Borders Closed Since 2020! — fodors — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

The Bill For a COVID Test In Texas Was A Whopping $54,000 — npr — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

YouTube bans all anti-vaccine misinformation — nytimes — 29 September 2021 (LINK)

How badly unvaccinated Republicans are misinformed, in one stat — washingtonpost — 27 September 2021 (LINK)

A 3D Printed Vaccine Patch Offers Vaccination Without A Shot — eurasiareview — 25 September 2021 (LINK)

Covid is officially America's deadliest pandemic as U.S. fatalities surpass 1918 flu estimates — cnbc — 20 September 2021 (LINK)

Entry into Switzerland more difficult from 20 September — lenews — 17 September 2021 (LINK)

Zermatt COVID-19 cases now in peak that hit Saas-Fee in mid-August: 75 cases, up from 24: schools and kindergartens, particularly — Walliser Bote — 16 September 2021 (No LINK)

Upper Valais is nearly twice has affected as lower Valais: 276 per 100K inhabitants, vs 152. Double-shot infections: 2.5 per 1K.

WHO Reports 'First Substantial' Drop In Global COVID-19 Cases in 2 months but U.S. Stays Elevated — huffpost — 15 September 2021 (LINK)

Data shows Covid booster shots are 'not appropriate' at this time, U.S. and international scientists conclude — cnbc — 13 September 2021 (LINK)

60 Percent of Virus Experts Wouldn't Do These 6 Things Right Now, Data Shows — bestlifeonline — 12 September 2021 (LINK)

Go on a non-essential international trip (59%). Go to an indoor wedding or other religious service (59%). Eat indoors in a restaurant (67%). Go to a movie theater (81%). Send an vaccinated teen to school without a mask (89%). Send an unvaccinated child to school without a mask (100%).

WHO says Africa's already thin vaccine supply to drop by 25% — apnews — 9 September 2021 (LINK)

WHO chief urges halt to booster shots for rest of the year to aid poorer countries — ap / pbs — 8 September 2021 (LINK)

WHO just identified a new COVID variant and it may be more resistant to vaccines — theladders — 2 September 2021 (LINK)

President Biden Signs Bill To Avert Partial Government Shutdown — ap / newsy — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

WIPO list of world's most innovative countries: Switzerland top for 11th time — weforum — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

South Korea climbed from 10th in 2020 to 5th in 2021. China at 12 is up from 14 in 2020 and 2019 and 17 in 2018. China was also named the most innovative upper middle-income country ahead of Bulgaria (overall rank 35), while Vietnam (overall rank 44) came first for lower middle-income countries, followed by India (overall rank 46).

Swiss Post launches Switzerland's first crypto stamp on 25 November — post.ch — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

Ethiopia expels seven U.N. officials, accusing them of 'meddling' — reuters — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

Swiss air pollution exceeds new WHO guidelines — source — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

Cutting-edge thinking: The Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator Summit — thegenevaobserver — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

UNCTAD report on data-driven digital economy — unctad — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

" Only 20 per cent of people in least developed countries (LDCs) use the Internet; when they do, it is typically at relatively low download speeds and with a relatively high price tag attached. Moreover, the nature of use differs. For example, while up to 8 in 10 Internet users shop online in several developed countries, that figure is less than 1 in 10 in many LDCs. Further, within countries, there are significant divides between rural and urban areas, as well as between men and women. The largest gender divides are observed among LDCs and in the African region."

Top Republicans and Trumpists rub shoulders with extremists in secretive rightwing group, leak reveals — theguardian — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

Olympic gold medalist pleads guilty in Capitol riot and will help prosecutors in future cases — cnn — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

Joe Manchin, America's Climate Decider in Chief, Is a Coal Baron — thenation — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

French ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy convicted in campaign financing case — pbs — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

A Secret Google Geofence Warrant Helped Catch the Capitol Riot Mob — wired — 30 September 2021 (LINK)

Alleged reprisals and intimidation against 240 who cooperated with UN — un — 29 September 2021 (LINK)

Right Livelihood Award champions environmentalists and rights activists — genevasolutions — 29 September 2021 (LINK)

The Award recognizes four environmentalists and activists from Canada, Cameroon, Russia and India.

Yemeni humanitarian organization wins UN refugee award — genevasolutions — 29 September 2021 (LINK)

The largest ever study into physical activity and physical fitness found intense workouts can improve a person's fitness more, compared to milder forms of exercise like walking — weforum — 29 September 2021 (LINK)

World Bank: Changing the Narrative - Trade is Part of the Solution to Climate Change — worldbank — 29 September 2021 (LINK)

Trump operation replaces Lewandowski after claims of sexual impropriety — thehill — 29 September 2021 (LINK)

A grueling day in Elizabeth Holmes' trial ended with evidence that Theranos tests sucked — theverge — 29 September 2021 (LINK)

Woman charged with starting California's Fawn Fire while trying to boil water — cnn — 29 September 2021 (LINK)

UN General Assembly ends with no speeches from Afghanistan or Myanmar — dw — 28 September 2021 (LINK)

For the First Time, Most Americans Say Global Warming Is Currently Harming US — truthout — 28 September 2021 (LINK)

New Taliban-appointed chancellor bans women from Kabul University — axios — 28 September 2021 (LINK)

The 11 Worst Business Ideas of the Past 40 Years: And how to fix them — inc — 28 September 2021 (LINK)

Sustainability Standards: A new deal to build forward better — ITC — 27 September 2021 (LINK) press release

ITC State of Sustainable Markets report — ITC — 27 September 2021 (LINK)

New version of ITC trade standards map — ITC — 27 September 2021 (LINK)

Panic buying leaves up to 90% of fuel pumps dry in major British cities — reuters — 27 September 2021 (LINK)

Iceland elects its first majority female parliament — axios — 26 September 2021 (LINK)

The mysterious case of America's dying songbirds — cnet — 26 September 2021 (LINK)

Israeli prof. elected president of Europe's nuclear research organization CERN — timesofisrael — 25 September 2021 (LINK)

Witness: Taliban hang dead body in Afghan city's main square: 'executed kidnapper' — apnews — 25 September 2021 (LINK)

The Taliban's Persistent War on Salafists in Afghanistan — jamestown.org — 24 September 2021 (LINK)

Support for Nuclear Ban Treaty Is Rising. Nuclear Nations Are on the Defensive — truthout — 24 September 2021 (LINK)

'Death sentence': low-lying nations implore faster action on climate at U.N. — reuters — 24 September 2021 (LINK)

China frees International Crisis Group's Michael Kovrig after more than 1,000 days' detention as well as fellow Canadian Michael Spavor — crisisgroup — 24 September 2021 (LINK)

DOJ recommends four months in jail for military veteran in Capitol riot case — axios — 24 September 2021 (LINK)

Justice Department attorneys wrote in a sentencing memo that though the man's military service is "laudable," it "renders his conduct on January 6 all the more egregious."

Sustainability is Destroying the Planet — an environmental scientist's contrarian view — aninjusticemag — 24 September 2021 (LINK)

"Today, the term 'sustainability' has been exploited by big polluter companies' commercial interests. Sustaining our current consumption levels, the current economic and social system will drive it to a sudden collapse."

World Bank's Does What You Export Matter? (2012) available for download free from open knowledge — openknowledge — 24 September 2021 (LINK)

NGOs Frozen Out of U.N. Building — foreignpolicy — 23 September 2021 (LINK)

Haitian Migrant Crisis Is Such a Mess That Biden's Envoy Just Quit — thedailybeast — 23 September 2021 (LINK)

Trumpists and the 6 January insurrection — heathercoxrichardson — 23 September 2021 (LINK)

UN health agency sets higher, tougher bar for air quality — apnews — 22 September 2021 (LINK)

Downhill from 2016: Grand Bahama growth "stunted" after back-to-back hurricanes, notes IDB report — ewnews — 22 September 2021 (LINK)

First Complete Map of World's Shallow Tropical Coral Reefs Published—And It Tracks Bleaching — scubadiving — 22 September 2021 (LINK)

Bombshell revelations of Trumpist dangers to U.S. democracy — heathercoxrichardson — 22 September 2021 (LINK)

UN releases funds to save Afghan health system from collapse — aljazeera — 22 September 2021 (LINK)

'Hotel Rwanda' hero sentenced to 25 years on terror charges — lapresse.us — 21 September 2021 (LINK)

Biden pledges to double U.S. climate change aid; some activists unimpressed — reuters — 21 September 2021 (LINK)

Over 50 Companies Reporting on Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics as International Support Grows — weforum — 21 September 2021 (LINK)

An initial analysis of the first 45 reports from companies shows how companies are building skills for the future, with over $1.5 trillion invested in training. They also indicate that companies are innovating for better products and services, with over $20 trillion spent on R&D and $23 trillion in cumulative multi-year innovation investments. Lastly, they are contributing to their communities and social vitality with nearly $140 trillion in taxes.

Before Gabby Petito, Hundreds Of Indigenous Girls Went Missing In Wyoming To Little Media Attention — newsone — 21 September 2021 (LINK)

How can young people change the world? Top tips from a youth activist — weforum — 21 September 2021 (LINK)

Sustainable Gardening: Lessons from Chelsea Flower Show's First Organic Garden — gardenista — 21 September 2021 (LINK)

Amnesty lists Taliban roll back of civil liberties — aljazeera — 20 September 2021 (LINK)

U.S. use of drones in combat — heathercoxrichardson — 19 September 2021 (LINK)

"Nothing is moving": Only one country in the world (The Gambia) has submitted plans that will mitigate climate change by 2030, watchdog finds — cbsnews (video) — 16 September 2021 (LINK)

Liar, Liar, the World is on Fire: Big Finance's Whistle-blowers Bring Hope for Swiss Regulation — thegenevaobserver — 16 September 2021 (LINK)

WEF annual meeting returns to Davos in 2022 — swissinfo — 16 September 2021 (LINK)

"The annual meeting netted the Swiss economy around CHF80 million ($87 million) in 2020, with businesses and hotels taking in some CHF63 million in revenues."

Trump 2? Michael Flynn — heathercoxrichardson — 16 September 2021 (LINK)

Hundreds of Afghan diplomats are still living abroad, with many saying money is running out as they fear for families' safety. — aljazeera — 16 September 2021 (LINK)

France calls killing of Islamic State leader big victory — apnews — 16 September 2021 (LINK)

Simone Biles, top US gymnasts excoriate FBI for ignoring Nassar sex abuse — france24 — 16 September 2021 (LINK)

Nine ways you can help to save insects from extinction — sciencefocus — 16 September 2021 (LINK)

UN urges moratorium on use of AI that imperils human rights — apnews — 16 September 2021 (LINK)

Mercer family played bigger role in 2020 election than thought, giving nearly $20 million to dark-money GOP fund — cnbc — 15 September 2021 (LINK)

A 40-year friend of a Capitol Police officer reported him to the FBI for disclosing the secure location of lawmakers on January 6, report says — businessinsider — 15 September 2021 (LINK)

Study: More than half of young people think 'humanity is doomed' — grist.org — 14 September 2021 (LINK)

"It's the first study to find that climate anxiety is connected to government inaction."

UN rights chief reveals new initiative to protect environmental defenders — genevasolutions — 14 September 2021 (LINK)

Young conservationists call for help to take their seat at the table — genevasolutions — 14 September 2021 (LINK)

Costa Rican economist Rebeca Grynspan took up her new role as secretary-general of UNCTAD on 13 September for a four-year term — unctad — 13 September 2021 (LINK)

Donors pledge $1.2B for Afghanistan as UN warns of catastrophe — dailysabah — 13 September 2021 (LINK)

UN rights boss warns of looming crisis in Afghanistan — genevasolutions — 13 September 2021 (LINK)

U.S. intelligence chief warns that countries pose a greater terror threat than Afghanistan — nytimes — 13 September 2021 (LINK)

Climate change could move 200 million people by 2050, World Bank report says — pbs — 13 September 2021 (LINK)

'Credible' claims that Taliban killing Afghan ex-government workers and relatives, says UN — euronews — 13 September 2021 (LINK)

How much will our oceans warm and cause sea levels to rise this century? We've just improved our estimate — theconversation — 13 September 2021 (LINK)

"Our analysis shows that without dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, by the end of this century the upper 2,000 metres of the ocean is likely to warm by 11-15 times the amount of warming observed during 2005-19. [...] This warming will cause sea levels to rise by 17-26 centimetres."

Record number of environmental activists murdered — bbc — 13 September 2021 (LINK)

A slice of the Pentagon's internet space that was taken over by a Florida company minutes before Trump left office has been returned, but the mystery remains — businessinsider — 12 September 2021 (LINK)

Biden Declassifies Secret FBI Report Detailing Saudi Nationals' Connections To 9/11 — npr — 12 September 2021 (LINK)

"The report [...] painted a starkly different portrait than the one described by the 9/11 Commission Report in 2004."

Afghanistan: Taliban announce new rules for women and girls' education — dw — 12 September 2021 (LINK)

The West is getting Afghanistan wrong – again — aljazeera — 12 September 2021 (LINK)

'Al-Qaeda is coming back'. 'The Taliban is fragmented'. 'The Taliban triumphed due to foreign support'. 'The US withdrew too soon'.

Taliban response to Afghan protests increasingly violent, UN says — reuters — 10 September 2021 (LINK)

UN raises alarm on Taliban crackdown on dissent, journalists — apnews — 10 September 2021 (LINK)

Momentous' Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining Urged by Global Biodiversity Summit — commondreams — 10 September 2021 (LINK)

1 In 3 Tree Species Face Extinction — eurasiareview — 10 September 2021 (LINK)

Thailand: Suicide Only Way Out For Desperate Tour Guides — eurasiareview — 10 September 2021 (LINK)

Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad convicted of forgery in Geneva trial — reuters — 10 September 2021 (LINK)

Britain's Prince Andrew served with lawsuit from Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre — theguardian — 10 September 2021 (LINK)

Financial Trouble at the Human Rights Council — thegenevaobserver — 9 September 2021 (LINK)

Biden ousts Conway, Spicer, other Trump appointees from military academy boards — abcnews — 9 September 2021 (LINK)

Researchers complete first-ever detailed map of global coral — pbs — 8 September 2021 (LINK)

US seen funding Afghan humanitarian aid, but not the Taliban — aljazeera — 4 September 2021 (LINK)

Afghanistan: What rise of Taliban means for Pakistan — bbc — 4 September 2021 (LINK)

Osprey pair nest in Switzerland for first time since 1914 — rts (French) — 4 September 2021 (LINK)

Male raised in Fribourg prison.

"Stunning": Read the dissents on the Supreme Court Texas abortion ban ruling — axios — 2 September 2021 (LINK)

The background to Roe vs Wade in the light of Texas's new law — heathercoxrichardson — 2 September 2021 (LINK)

Droughts have killed the most people in the world's worst natural disasters over the last 50 years — businessinsider — 1 September 2021 (LINK)

IPCC Findings Illustrate Need for Banks and Insurers to Divest From Fossil Fuels — truthout — 1 September 2021 (LINK)

The Sacklers, Who Made Billions From OxyContin, Win Immunity From Opioid Lawsuits — npr — 1 September 2021 (LINK)

Cryptocurrency Can Help Save Afghanistan, Says Ethereum, Cardano Co-Founder — decrypt — 1 September 2021 (LINK)

AI resources in journalism — journalismai — 1 September 2021 (LINK)