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Headlines of the week: 23–31 January 2023
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UN found no managerial misconduct at WHO in Congo sex scandal — reuters — 31 January 2023 (LINK)
Experts seek investigation of Wagner Group, Mali forces — reuters — 31 January 2023 (LINK)
Hungary seen as most corrupt country in the EU, study finds — politico — 31 January 2023 (LINK)
PayPal to lay off 2,000 employees — axios — 31 January 2023 (LINK)
— This would come on top of the 68,000 tech workers who already have lost their jobs so far in 2023, according to tracking site Layoffs.fyi. The PayPal move will impact around 7% of its global workforce, with specific reductions to be disclosed in the "coming weeks". Schulman said in a message to employees that laid-off employees will receive "generous packages", but did not get more specific.
Revolut to hire 1,700 more staff as London fintechs defy global jobs cull — standard.co.uk — 31 January 2023 (LINK)
DeSantis Moves to Ban CRT From Florida's Public Higher Education — rollingstone ← — 31 January 2023 (LINK)
10 AI prompts for journalists using chatGPT — linkedin — 31 January 2023 (LINK)
El Chapo's Son Had an Anti-Aircraft Gun In His Bedroom — vice.com — 31 January 2023 (LINK)
— Ovidio Guzmán, who was captured on Jan. 5 after a gunfight that lasted for more than 10 hours, had nearly 50 weapons stored in his bedroom, says the government.
World 'dangerously unprepared' for future pandemics, says IFRC — genevasolutions — 30 January 2023 (LINK)
— The IFRC noted that, in 2021, 378 disasters were recorded — higher than the 20-year average of 337 disasters per year. This did not include disease outbreaks.
The organisation issued two reports jointly on Monday — the World Disasters Report and the Everyone Counts report — to make recommendations on how to mitigate future health crises on the scale of Covid-19.
Scientists issue stark warning as Europe on the verge of 'catastropic drought' — irishmirror — 30 January 2023 (LINK)
— Over the past four or five years, there has been no notable rise in these groundwater levels — meaning they remain at a low level
Progressive International's Havana Declaration Outlines Vision for Building Just World Economy — commondreams.org ← — 30 January 2023 (LINK)
—The Havana Congress on the New International Economic Order was attended by more than 50 scholars and policymakers from 26 countries
Dutch electronics giant Philips to cut 6,000 jobs worldwide — ground.news: 27 sources — 30 January 2023 (LINK)
Adani slams US short seller Hindenburg's 'attack on India' as stock rout hits $70 billion — cnn — 30 January 2023 (LINK)
Navalny says inmate who spent 24 hours with flu, COVID patients placed in his cell for 5th time — novayagazeta.eu — 30 January 2023 (LINK)
— In January, Navalny fell ill in the punishment cell. "Unfortunately, the bioweapon worked. Navalny is now in the punishment cell with high temperature, fever, and cough. We are trying to get medicine through to him," his lawyer Vadim Kobzev then noted. The prison administration refused to hospitalise Navalny, and the essential medicine was long not accepted.
Kobzev reported only on 12 January that the politician had started receiving flu medicine. According to the lawyer, an open letter signed by the medical community of Russia made a serious impact.
Trump sues journalist Bob Woodward over release of interview recordings — thehill — 30 January 2023 (LINK)
The Dangers of AI Writing and How to Spot AI-Generated Text — makeuseof.com — 30 January 2023 (LINK)
Israel appears to have been behind drone strike on Iran factory, U.S. official says — ground.news: 34 sources — 29 January 2023 (LINK)
Russian shelling kills 5 in tough eastern Ukraine combat — ground.news: 14 sources — 29 January 2023 (LINK)
South Africa: Gunmen Kill Eight At Birthday Party — ground.news: 34 sources — 29 January 2023 (LINK)
Swiss named longevity champions: 81.9 years, just ahead of Icelanders, Norwegians and Japanese — swissinfo — 29 January 2023 (LINK)
Company controlled by Asia's richest person loses $51 billion in value in one week after a short seller accused the company of engaging in a "brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme" — ground.news: 43 sources — 28 January 2023 (LINK)
Pope Francis has clarified his recent comments about homosexuality and sin: In an interview published earlier, the pope said being homosexual was "not a crime ... but it's a sin". — ground.news: 60 sources — 28 January 2023 (LINK)
Petr Pavel: Ukraine supporter and war hero is the new Czech president — CNN — 28 January 2023 (LINK)
3 dead, 1 missing as rain pounds New Zealand's largest city — AP — 28 January 2023 (LINK)
Taliban tells universities to block women from taking entrance exams — ap / cbc.ca — 28 January 2023 (LINK)
Half Moon Bay shooting: Killing of 7 at California farms sparked over $100 repair bill, DA says — foxnews — 29 January 2023 (LINK)
Swiss developed a lethal incendiary agent like napalm, thought to be Soviet — swissinfo — 28 January 2023 (LINK)
Rethinking Humanitarianism: Will the elite ever give up power? A view from Davos — thenewhumanitarian — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
SBF's mom, Caroline Ellison, and former FTX executives are not cooperating with the investigation into the disgraced crypto exchange, filing says — finance.yahoo.com — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
Justice Department announces new arrests in plot to kill New York-based journalist directed from Iran — CNN — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
British teenager who made far-right hate videos 'influencing' Buffalo shooter jailed for 11 years — CNN — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
Nestle unveils $100 million Colombia investment to grow capacity — reuters / investing.com — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
Man charged in Jan. 6 assault on officer Brian Sicknick sentenced to 80 months — ground.news: 8 sources: 0 → — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
Alan Cumming: Actor and US Traitors host hands back OBE over 'toxicity of empire' and treatment of indigenous people — ground.news: 26 sources — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
More than one-third of the Amazon forest is degraded, much more than previously believed, study says — ground.news: 32 sources — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
McDaniel wins reelection as RNC chair in contentious election against Trump attorney — ground.news: 79 sources — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
World Bank reshuffles senior leadership ahead of reforms — devex — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
Russia strikes Ukraine's cities hours after Western countries pledge tanks to Kyiv — CNN — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
Russian authorities must revoke Meduza news site's "undesirable" designation — IPI — source — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
Myanmar opium cultivation surged 33% under military rule last year, reversing 6-year tren — UN report — ground.news: 40 sources — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
Haiti police riot after crime gangs kill 14 officers — ground.news: 49 sources — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
Top UN woman urges Muslims: Move Taliban into 21st century — AP — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
— Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, a former Nigerian Cabinet minister and a Muslim, said at a news conference that four Taliban ministers, including the foreign minister and a deputy prime minister, spoke "off one script" during meetings with her delegation last week.
She said the officials sought to stress things that they say they have done and not gotten recognition for — and what they called their effort to create an environment that protects women. "Their definition of protection would be, I would say, ours of oppression," Mohammed said.
Man sentenced to death in Mali for 3 UN peacekeeper killings in 2019 — AP — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
Generative AI market size to hit $110.8bn and other AI stats every marketer should know — thedrum — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
— 5: The number of days that passed after the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022 for the generative AI model to reach more than one million users.
Congressman gives speech written by AI (video) — CNN — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
Can ChatGPT review restaurants? Our food critic tests it out — chicagotribune — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
— When I asked if it had ever been to a restaurant I knew would have loads written about it online, ChatGPT wrote back: "As an AI, I do not have physical presence and therefore I haven't been to any physical location." But when I asked it to write a restaurant review of Alinea, it didn't hesitate.(more)
International Geneva urged to become global data hub with Project Rosling — swissinfo — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
Thai court jails man for 28 years over monarchy comments — ground.news: 25 sources — 26 January 2023 (LINK)
WEF: How the global media covered Davos 2023: a record number of mentions from influential global media on the core topics of debate in Davos and the announcements and updates on key impact initiatives — weforum — 25 January 2023 (LINK)
Davos 2023: Awash with ocean action and inspiration: From art installations to music, dynamic dialogues to poetry on panels, ocean action made waves across the Meeting. — weforum — 25 January 2023 (LINK)
— In a world-first, the Global Collaboration Village at Davos hosted the first-ever multilateral meeting in the metaverse, including remote participation. This drove action on ocean health and seafood waste by gathering experts and leaders from finance, food and retail sectors to discuss and plan around a virtual underwater conference table.
One key step forward during 2022 was the landmark achievement of the global framework for nature, at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity COP15 in Montreal, Canada -- with a commitment from all countries to protect 30% of the land and ocean by 2030. The Davos session 30x30 Ambition: Next Steps after Montreal highlighted the key imperatives and financing needs and how they could be met to reach this bold yet essential target.
Three sites 'in danger' added to UNESCO World Heritage List, including Odessa — ground.news: 65 sources — 25 January 2023 (LINK)
Why News Literacy Is Important — flipboard — 25 January 2023 (LINK)
How George Soros funds 'fact checkers' to silence dissent — nypost → — 25 January 2023 (LINK)
Finland Most Resistant to 'Fake News,' Report Finds — usnews — 27 January 2023 (LINK)
Pope Francis: 'Homosexuality not a crime' (first pope to say so) and laws that criminalize homosexuality are 'unjust' — ground.news: 323 sources — 24 January 2023 (LINK)
France repatriates 15 women, 32 children from Syria jihadist camps — ground.news: 61 sources — 24 January 2023 (LINK)
UN aid chief in Kabul seeking to reverse ban on Afghan women workers — AP — 24 January 2023 (LINK)
Afghanistan: Freezing weather kills at least 124 people — ground.news: 34 sources — 24 January 2023 (LINK)
Inside the UN's chaotic flight from Taliban takeover — devex — 24 January 2023 (LINK)
— "The United Nations' security response to the Taliban's lightning 2021 overthrow of the United States-backed Afghan government was plagued by poor planning and a breakdown in communication, exposing a fundamental lack of staff trust in the organization's ability to protect them at a time of extreme crisis."
