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Headlines of the week: 9–15 January 2023
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At least 68 dead after plane carrying 72 crashes near Nepal airport, the country's deadliest airplane accident in three decades — ground.news: 419 sources — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Peru Declares State of Emergency in Lima and 3 more regions Over Protests — ground.news: 54 sources — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Suspected Islamists kill at least 5 people in east Congo church bomb attack — ground.news: 75 sources — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Former Afghan female lawmaker and bodyguard shot dead by assailants at home in Kabul: Mursal Nabizada was among the few female parliamentarians who stayed in Kabul after the Taliban seized power in August 2021 — ground.news: 38 sources — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
More Heavy Weapons For Ukraine 'In The Near Future': NATO Chief — ground.news: 5 sources — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Tens of thousands of Spanish health workers protest for better future against conservative regional government — ground.news: 17 sources — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Thousands of Tunisians rally against president on revolution anniversary — ground.news: 61 sources — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Have face masks become less effective at managing COVID? — sciencefocus — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
— Throughout the end of 2021, children and adults who declared they "always" wore a face covering at work or school were less likely to test positive for COVID-19 compared to those who "never" or "sometimes" wore a mask. As you may expect. However, from January to May 2022, this trend faded. The likelihood that somebody who never or sometimes wore a mask would test positive was extremely similar to the chance a person who always wears a face mask would test positive. In other words, from January to May 2022, the risk of getting a COVID infection was nearly the same for those who did and didn't wear a mask. But...
Davos 2023: nature
How can Davos accelerate COP15 momentum on nature and biodiversity? — weforum — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Davos 2023: nature
How can Davos accelerate COP15 momentum on nature and biodiversity? — weforum — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Davos 2023: ocean
How to create a healthy ocean that benefits everyone — weforum — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Davos 2023: protests
Climate activists protest over 'big oil hijacking debate' — ground.news: 10 sources — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
— The annual meeting of global business and political leaders in Switzerland starts on Monday. It will be attended by some 1,500 business leaders, including major energy firms like BP, Chevron and Saudi Aramco. Scores of climate activists have gathered in Davos to protest against the role of big oil companies at the World Economic Forum (WEF). Global threats including climate change are on the agenda.
China reports almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths since early December — ground.news: 145 sources — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
The Top 10 Best and Worst-Performing Commodities of 2022: coal +157%, gold +1%, magnesium -54% — visualcapitalist.com — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Former FTX US President lashes out at 'insecure' SBF in 49-part Twitter thread rant — cointelegraph — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Opera star Placido Domingo faces new accusations of misconduct in early 2000s — ground.news: 28 sources — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
Elon Musk Breaks World Guinness Record for Biggest Wealth Loss: $182 billion since November 2021: now worth $138 billion — greekreporter.com — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
China reports almost 60,000 COVID-related deaths since early December — ground.news: 145 sources — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 possibly more likely to infect those who are vaccinated, New York officials say — foxnews / Yahoo news — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
British-Iranian national Alireza Akbari 'executed' in Iran — ground.news: 247 sources — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
Russia launched a massive missile strike into Ukraine on 14 January. So intense was the attack, Moldovans reported missile debris was found in their country. — ground.news: 2 sources — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
LAPD under scrutiny after death of 31-year-old visiting Black teacher, cousin of Black Lives Matter co-founder, who was repeatedly shocked with Taser — cbsnews — 15 January 2023 (LINK)
— Video shows him shouting from the ground: "They're trying to George Floyd me... They're trying to kill me" and "Help, please — I'm not resisting, I'm not resisting."
Prince Harry's 'Spare' sets record as fastest-selling nonfiction book of all time — nypost — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
Davos 2023: predictions
6 experts at Davos share what's on the horizon for 2023 — weforum — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
- "The coming year will demand an adroit private sector and a deft public one, and strong stomachs all around. Breakthrough technologies, like artificial intelligence, renewable electrification and deep tech will provide opportunities for research and development, innovation, and deployment-at-scale, as well as large-scale benefits to productivity, lower prices and decarbonisation."
- "Bioengineering is the next 'general purpose technology'. Like the steam engine and the internet before it, bioengineering has the potential to influence an entire economy and to alter society through political, economic and social structures."
- " In political decision-making, human rights must be as important as economic benefits or security. This approach should be applied in foreign policy too."
- Global warming: "We urgently need science-based targets for all planetary boundaries to avoid cascading impacts of interconnected tipping elements. What would have been an imposing, yet achievable task, when first set by the international community in Paris in 2015, has now become near insurmountable. There is little room for offsetting."
- "With increasing political tensions across the globe there is an opportunity for the science and innovation community to join hands with the business community to look for ways to bridge political divisions."
- "International agreement under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to protect 30% of the ocean, provides a powerful new impetus for action."
White House says more classified documents found at Biden's home — ground.news: 236 sources — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
Brazil's former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, who was in charge of public security in Brasilia during the invasion of government buildings a week ago, was arrested in Brasilia on Saturday on suspicion of "omission" and "connivance" — ground.news: 55 sources — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
Salvadoran environmental defenders detained for decades-old crimes — Guardian — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
— Activists worry the arrests are a move by the cash-strapped government to open the country to now banned metals mining
30 dead, 73 wounded and 43 still missing as Dnipro apartment block struck in wave of Russian strikes — ground.news: 24 sources — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
Tens of thousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu government's plans to overhaul the legal system and weaken the Supreme Court — ground.news: 147 sources — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
British woman, 45, killed on Mont Blanc after sudden avalanches buries her under snow: partner and guide unharmed: around 80 people die on the Mont Blanc massif every year — ground.news: 23 sources — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
Pope Francis presides at funeral for controversial Cardinal George Pell who described is papacy as a "catastrophe" — ground.news: 40 sources — 14 January 2023 (LINK)
Katie Porter allegations of racist rhetoric, staff abuse ignored by most media as she launches Senate bid: CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC have avoided the toxic workplace claims against Porter, per transcripts — source — 16 January 2023 (LINK)
Treasury Secretary Yellen Urges Swift Action to Increase Spending Limit, Avert Default on US Obligations on 19 January — source — 13 January 2023 (LINK)
— She warned that "failure to meet the government's obligations would cause irreparable harm to the U.S. economy, the livelihoods of all Americans, and global financial stability."
UAE names oil company chief to lead UN COP28 climate talks — ground.news: 131 sources — 13 January 2023 (LINK)
ExxonMobil Predicted Climate Change With "Shocking Accuracy" In 1980s years before it turned around and publicly attacked climate science and scientists — iflscience — 13 January 2023 (LINK)
Jeff Beck Dies Of Bacterial Meningitis — What You Need To Know About The Disease — iflscience — 13 January 2023 (LINK)
Bitcoin Mining Is Proving To Be A Lifeline For Africa's Oldest National Park — bitcoin magazine — 13 January 2023 (LINK)
PassBlue: UN for the week ending 13 January 2023 — source — 13 January 2023 (LINK)
A Professor Deconstructs Our Attraction To Tyrannical Leaders — forbes ● — 13 January 2023 (LINK)
— This instinct, according to Agata Mirowska, is informed by cultural, religious, societal, and familial factors. Answer: Reflect on your attraction. Focus on results, not personality. Assess if your endorsement is based on limited information. Consider socially constructive ways to accomplish the same goals.
