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Headlines of the week: 1–8 January 2023
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No sign of casualties at site of strikes Russia says killed hundreds of Ukrainian soldiers — ground.news: 144 sources — 8 January 2023 (LINK)
UNHCHR welcomes probe into northern Burkina Faso massacre — dw — 8 January 2023 (LINK)
Security forces regain control after Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil's Congress: 200 arrested — ground.news: 174 sources — 8 January 2023 (LINK)
Authorities in El Paso have been tearing down migrant encampments under cover of darkness and dispatching hundreds of migrants across the border to Mexico ahead of President Biden’s scheduled visit to the overwhelmed border town on 8 January — ground.news: 8 sources → — 8 January 2023 (LINK)
China carries out combat drills around Taiwan again — ground.news: 68 sources — 8 January 2023 (LINK)
40 dead, many injured in Senegal bus crash, president says — ground.news: 146 sources — 8 January 2023 (LINK)
2 Out Of 3 Glaciers Could Be Lost By 2100 — eurasiareview — 8 January 2023 (LINK)
'Once in a century' floods in Western Australia's Kimberley leave communities isolated — ground.news: 11 sources — 8 January 2023 (LINK)
People who haven't had COVID will likely catch XBB.1.5 – and many will get reinfected, experts say — usa today /yahoo news — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
Justice ministers from around the world will gather in London to scale up the support being offered to the International Criminal Court in its investigations of alleged war crimes in Ukraine, the British government announced — ground.news: 14 sources — 8 January 2023 (LINK)
Iran executes two more men accused of killing paramilitary volunteer in protests — ground.news: 93 sources — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
Mali’s military leader Goita pardons 49 Ivory Coast soldiers. The mass pardoning comes one week after Mali sentenced 46 of the jailed Ivorian soldiers to 20 years in prison — Al Jazeera — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
Thousands of Kurds from around Europe demonstrate over killings in Paris 10 years ago — ground.news: 52 sources — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
Russia launches strikes in Ukraine in violation of self-declared ceasefire — Guardian — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
Russia's most secure cathedral was ordered to stage a midnight Orthodox Christmas service so President Vladimir Putin could worship alone — euronews — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
South Sudan journalists detained over video of President Salva Kiir 'wetting himself' last month — ground.news: 44 sources — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
William twice lunged at brother after Philip’s funeral, claims Harry — thesun.co.uk — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
How Kevin McCarthy got the votes for speaker — and why it could haunt him — NBCnews — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
— The Republican rules package released Friday includes those concessions. It will allow any one member to force a "motion to vacate" the speaker's chair and overthrow McCarthy. It makes it harder for the House to raise spending, taxes and the debt limit. And Perry said the agreement includes "conservative representation" across the House, including by adding members of the right flank to key committees.
— The deal is poised to enhance the power of far-right Republicans at the expense of moderates who want to advance legislation that can win the approval of a Democratic-controlled Senate and President Joe Biden. It could make McCarthy’s task of passing must-do bills like funding the government and lifting the debt ceiling much harder under a slim majority if a group of five Republicans can effectively force him out at any time.
After Selling 'Soul to Sedition Caucus,' McCarthy Finally Elected Speaker — commondreams ← — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
George Santos, the 34-year-old New York Republican who's confessed to lying about part of his background, was sworn into the House early Saturday amid several investigations into his campaign and calls for him to resign. — ground.news: 6 sources — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
Ant Group says Jack Ma to relinquish control of company — ground.news: 74 sources — 7 January 2023 (LINK)
US returns looted antiquity to Palestinian Authority for first time ever: an Iron Age ivory "cosmetic spoon" that is almost 3,000 years old — CNN — 6 January 2023 (LINK)
Scientists develop a vaccine that destroys AND prevents untreatable brain cancer which killed Beau Biden and John McCain: so far tested only on mice — dailymail.co.uk * — 6 January 2023 (LINK)
Nineteen suspected gang members and 10 military personnel died during events surrounding the arrest of Mexican drug cartel leader Ovidio Guzman in the northern state of Sinaloa, Defense Minister Luis Cresencio Sandoval said — ground.news: 91 sources — 6 January 2023 (LINK)
FTX's US Leadership, Bahamas Liquidators Say They've 'Resolved' Most of Their Issues — coindesk — 6 January 2023 (LINK)
First woman and LGBTQ person elected Massachusetts governor sworn in — NBCnews — 6 January 2023 (LINK)
Brazilian Amazon deforestation up 150% in Bolsonaro's last month — ground.news: 20 sources — 6 January 2023 (LINK)
Abramovich's trusts reorganised in favour of his 7 children before Russia sanctions — ground.news: 26 sources — 6 January 2023 (LINK)
True Movie Stories that Lied To You, including about Edgar Allan Poe in Pale Blue Eye — looper — 6 January 2023 (LINK)
Why was Roman concrete so durable? Scientists finally have an answer after 2,000 years! — studyfinds — 6 January 2023 (LINK)
— The key to the ancient concrete’s durability was one ingredient: pozzolanic material, such as volcanic ash from the area of Pozzuoli, on the Bay of Naples. Ancient samples contain small, distinctive, millimeter-scale bright white mineral features. They were common component of Roman concretes. The white chunks — often called “lime clasts” — come from lime, another key ingredient in ancient concrete mix. Although previous studies have disregarded these features as a sign of sloppy mixing practices, or poor-quality raw materials, the new study theorizes that the tiny lime clasts gave the concrete its self-healing capability. Studying samples of the ancient concrete, MIT researchers determined that the white substances were made out of various forms of calcium carbonate. Further analysis provided clues that they had been formed by extreme temperatures. This would be the expected result of an exothermic reaction produced by using quicklime instead of the slaked lime in the concrete mixture. The research team now believes that "hot mixing" was the real key to the concrete’s super-durable nature.
Human gene linked to bigger brains was born from seemingly useless DNA: Researchers discover how DNA sequences must mutate to free their RNA to make proteins — science.org — 5 January 2023 (LINK)
— a study identifies mutations that transform seemingly useless DNA sequences into potential genes by endowing their encoded RNA with the skill to escape the cell nucleus — a critical step toward becoming translated into a protein. The study’s authors highlight 74 human protein genes that appear to have arisen in this de novo way — more than half of which emerged after the human lineage branched off from chimpanzees. Some of these newcomer genes may have played a role in the evolution of our relatively large and complex brains. When added to mice, one made the rodent brains grow bigger and more humanlike, the authors report this week in Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Silvergate cuts 40% of staff after covering US$8.1B withdrawals in FTX collapse — source — 5 January 2023 (LINK)
Gender Parity Endured Among Top UN Posts in 2022, but Gaps in Lower-Level Jobs Persist: a gender gap exists in entry-level positions in the Secretariat, which saw a decrease in women filling such jobs — passblue — 5 January 2023 (LINK)
FactChecking the House Speaker Election: lots of 'alternative facts' — factcheck.org — 5 January 2023 (LINK)
U.S. and Germany sending armored vehicles to Ukraine — ground.news: 75 sources — 5 January 2023 (LINK)
Ukraine rejects Putin's Orthodox Christmas ceasefire proposal — Al Jazeera — 5 January 2023 (LINK)
Putin orders cease fire in Ukraine over Orthodox Christmas — ground.news: 346 sources — 5 January 2023 (LINK)
EU countries agree to demand COVID-19 test for travellers coming from China — ground.news: 117 sources — 4 January 2023 (LINK)
Vietnamese boy trapped in 35-metre concrete pillar on New Year's Eve confirmed dead — Guardian — 4 January 2023 (LINK)
WHO pressures China to come clean on Covid — genevasolutions — 4 January 2023 (LINK)
Russia is bombarding Ukraine with drones guided by U.S.-made technology, and the chips are still flowing — cbsnews — 4 January 2023 (LINK)
Iranian actress jailed for supporting protests is released — axios — 4 January 2023 (LINK)
French privacy watchdog fines Apple $8.4m over personalized ads — investing.com — 4 January 2023 (LINK)
Lionel Messi lifted FAKE World Cup trophy in most liked Instagram photo of all time — irishmirror — 4 January 2023 (LINK)
What will be on the COP 28 agenda? Here are 7 issues to watch — devex — 4 January 2023 (LINK)
- Loss and damage
- Climate finance
- Just Energy Transition Partnerships
- Early warnings
- Global Stocktake
- Global goal on adaptation
- Food systems
