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Representatives from the Democratic Republic of Congo (RDC) and the United States will cooperate to fight forced child labor. On March 3rd, the labor ministries of both nations signed a memorandum of understanding to safeguard the rights of Congolese workers.
AFRICA
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Nations Sign Agreement to Protect Employees
March, 06 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDZsCIJFZvo
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Trapped in Ukraine, medical Students from Ghana, Nigeria and other parts of Africa say “We want to go home.” Students allege that Ukranian and Russian soldiers are actively trapping them in Sumy, a city at the edge of war-torn Ukraine and Russia. The young people say they are running out of food and water.
EUROPE
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Kids Running out of Supplies in War Zone Beg for Help
March, 05 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_J8WycSlEIry
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New Zealand police forcibly ejected anti-mandate protesters from the grounds of parliament amid a series of violent clashes. Demonstrators had been camping out on the lawn of Parliament for three weeks prior to the operation (Youtube).
ASIA
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Injuries Abound as Police Drive Off Anti-mandate Protesters
March, 02 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWySqTFx9iI
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In February, officials found that bacteria may have contaminated certain lots of baby formula manufactured by Abbott’s plant in Michigan, prompting a recall. The company is now expanding the set of products recalled after the death of a second infant. The recall comes amid a national shortage of baby formula (Youtube). The subsequent investigation, which included genetic sequencing of bacteria samples, found no link between the Abbott facility's products and the sickened infants.
USA
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Second Baby Dies, Prompting Company to Expand Recall
March 01, 2022, updated June 23, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xm5bZhYPVNI
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Government officials greet the first batch of Ghanaian students evacuated from Ukraine. The ministry of Foreign Affairs says that 500 more of their citizens have managed to escape to nearby countries such as Poland. The government will work with Qatar Airways and Turkish Airlines to get the remaining evacuees home in the coming days.
AFRICA
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First Batch of Evacuated Students Give Thanks
March, 01 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZxPvzdCdiY
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Awash in cash, customers in South Korea have lately started to camp out in front of the Rolex outlet in Apgujeong to get their hands on the retailer’s hard-to-find watches. The branch has recently started a new appointment-only scheme to nix the long lines. Shoppers must now schedule their visits one day in advance.
ASIA
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Store Stops Customers from Lining up to Buy Watches
March, 01 2022
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https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/02/28/business/industry/rolex-openrun-luxury/20220228165423311.html
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The Jollibee restaurant has brought flavors from the Phillipines--like pineapple, seasoned rice and sweet spaghetti--to Canada (Youtube). Fans of the franchise waited in blocks-long lines for over 4 hours to try the food.
AMERICAS
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Hungry People Line Up to Taste Wares at New Fast Food Restaurant
February 25, 2022, updated March, 01 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tHCYzWKI4w
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As Russian protesters—distressed by the invasion of Ukraine—call for peace, Ghanaian students in Ukraine wait out an early morning attack. In a leaked video, some of the young people seem to be praying. Others huddle against dusty walls or sit on flattened cardboard boxes on the floor.
EUROPE
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Foreign Students Stranded in Warzone
February 25, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAKKSyDarXI
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Family Dollar has confirmed it is closing 404 stores in six states after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) found dead birds, animal droppings and more than 1,000 rats and mice inside a distribution center in Arkansas.
USA
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Low Price Retailer Temporarily Closes Stores to Fix Pest Issues
February 19, 2022
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https://news.yahoo.com/family-dollar-temporarily-closing-404-161609976.html
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For the third time in 2022, someone has jumped off the same bridge in Calvert County, Maryland. Local police confirmed the individual was recovered from the Patuxent River on Saturday afternoon. Information on the individual's condition was not readily available. At least 18 people have jumped to their deaths from the Gov. Thomas Johnson Bridge since it was opened nearly 45 years ago.
USA
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Bridge Becomes Magnet for Jumpers
February 19, 2022
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https://www.somdnews.com/news/local/police-confirm-years-third-tj-bridge-jump/article_4415f696-2749-5752-8900-0f1bc2e48293.html
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Over the last decade, Nigeria has garnered a reputation as a central hub for Africa’s unlicensed wildlife trade in pangolin. With limited data on the small mammals, scientists fear the extinction of the species could be near. Researchers in Lagos, Nigeria in concert with America’s Cambridge University are establishing systems to track local pangolins.
AFRICA
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Investigators Shine Spotlight on Cute, Endangered Animal
February 19, 2022
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https://www.arise.tv/radio-monitoring-pangolins-the-worlds-most-trafficked-mammal/
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has begun its review of Japan’s plan to release water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean. Thus far,the body has collected water samples to be analyzed in their labs in Europe.
ASIA
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IAEA Studies Radioactive Water
February 19, 2022
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https://news.cgtn.com/news/2022-02-19/Expert-IAEA-in-Japan-to-monitor-Caesium-137-when-analyzing-wastewater-17MzujxWZ4Q/index.html
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The Life Certificate (LC) is an important document that is used to verify a pensioner’s living status in Sri Lanka. Seylan Bank has partnered with the Sri Lankan Department of Pensions (DP) to enable the issuance of the LC via biometric authentication at 75 branches across the country.
ASIA
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Bank Uses Tech to Help Pensioners Prove They Are Alive
February 18, 2022
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http://bizenglish.adaderana.lk/seylan-bank-partners-with-the-department-of-pensions-to-offer-life-certificates-through-biometric-authentication/
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The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is seeking judicial review of the Emergencies Act used to arrest anti-mandate protesters. At the same time, area residents have filed suit in an attempt to get compensation from protest organizers and “anyone who donated to the convoy after Feb. 4.” (canoe.com) The temperature in Ottawa is currently -5°C (23°F) with snow (theweathernetwork.com).
AMERICAS
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Snowflakes and Lawsuits Fly As Vaccine Mandate Saga Continues
February 17, 2022
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https://torontosun.com/news/national/trudeau-defends-emergencies-act-use-as-measure-of-last-resort
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Sudanese and Ethiopian families who won a lottery allowing them to move to the US have sued the government over delays in processing their entry visas.
USA
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Families Sue US Over Visa Delays
February 18, 2022
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https://www.graphic.com.gh/international/international-news/ethiopia-and-sudan-families-sue-us-over-visa-delays.html
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The newly-formed firm, Novva Data Centers, has partnered with Utah’s Brigham Young University to deploy customized Spot dog robots in its flagship facility--a $1bn, 100-acre campus in West Jordan, Utah. The company says that the robots will monitor equipment, greet guests, confirm building occupant security clearance via facial recognition, and perform other general tasks.
USA
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New Data Center To Employ Robot Dogs
February 11, 2022
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https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/whos-a-good-bot-deploying-robot-dogs-at-data-centers/
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Persistent drought and unseasonably warm weather have fueled two more winter wildfires in California. One erupted Thursday afternoon in the Los Angeles suburb of Whittier, burning two homes. Another broke out before dawn near Laguna Beach, scorching 150 acres (61 hectares). No homes were lost.
USA
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Unseasonable Wildfires Singe West Coast
February 10, 2022
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https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/winter-wildfire-burns-southern-california-homes/
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Many have been sickened and over 20 drug users in Buenos Aires lost their lives from poisoned cocaine this week, causing nationwide alarm (Mdzol). An Argentine toxicologist has revealed that a chemical called piperidine was to blame. Piperidine can cause nausea, abdominal pain, lethargy and death. The toxicologist states that although piperidine is known to be used to cut other drugs, this is the first such case she is aware of in Argentina. Hospitals continue to treat patients.
AMERICAS
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Poisoned Cocaine Batch Kills Dozens
February 9, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plKr7jJbDho
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A farmer from the Saran district in Bihar, India has died while trying to buy Urea. The farmer’s son told reporters that his father had been traveling to find fertilizer for his wheat crop for 15 days, and had been standing in the line for urea for four hours before he collapsed.
ASIA
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Farmer Dies in Queue to Buy Urea
February 7, 2022
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https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/feb/07/four-hours-in-queue-bihar-farmer-dies-while-waiting-to-procure-urea-2416357.html
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Boys and girls attending San Pedro Sula’s largest school nervously await the start of in-person classes. The Instituto José Trinidad Reyes (JTR) is the most populous school in this Honduran city. It has opened its doors to limited instruction after two years of remote learning. An official states that they will monitor the health situation before matriculation of more members of the student body.
AMERICAS
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In-Person School Starts for Some
February 7, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_Cys9ItewE
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New vehicle sales for January hit an all-time monthly record in Chile. There were 37,281 new units sold for the month, an almost 50% increase over January of 2020. Purchases of commercial vehicles increased by 100%.
AMERICAS
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New Car Sales Hit Record
February 7, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYVH6Iumx0c
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Two years after the contractor began work on the new hospital in La—a seaside town in Accra, Ghana--the local parliamentary representative is disheartened that construction has not yet begun. She plans to meet with the contractor to help them resolve obstacles that may be delaying the work. In the meantime, the temporary health center—La Polyclinic--has only 4 beds, making emergency care and other medical services difficult.
AFRICA
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Residents In Seaside Hamlet To Get Long-awaited New Hospital
February 4, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snBI2017mTo
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Manufacturer Nestlé South Africa is recalling some KitKat chocolates because of “the potential presence of glass pieces”. The company found the issue themselves, and say it affects certain Nestlé KitKat 2 Finger Milk and Mini Bag Milk products. Consumers have been directed to return the affected candies to the place where they were purchased for a full refund.
AFRICA
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Nestle Recalls Adulterated Kit Kat Bars
February 3, 2022
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https://www.timeslive.co.za/news/south-africa/2022-02-03-kitkat-chocolates-recalled-because-they-may-contain-glass-pieces/
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Canada’s Prime Minister said via video call that he will not negotiate with protesters who have brought the capital city and a US/Canada border crossing to a halt for the past few days. The “Freedom Convoy” of trucking professionals and their big rigs enters day 5 of demonstrations in Canada’s capital, and the vehicular blockade of the country’s border with the US is ongoing. The truckers and their supporters want an end to forced vaccination requirements and other concessions. The PM has been quarantining in an undisclosed location since the start of the protest.
AMERICAS
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Prime Minister Stands Firm as Trucker Protest Continues
February 3, 2022
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https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-military-response-to-ottawa-protest-not-in-the-cards-trudeau-says/
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South Africa’s ANC political party reportedly says that “safety is an issue,” while an IFP spokesman tells reporters that the public are intimidated by armed guards used by candidates as the ongoing murders of would-be politicians in KwaZulu-Natal continue. Other concerns are the high cost of providing security details for each candidate. The ANC’s candidate in Ward 101 eThekwini, Siyabonga Mkhize, was among those killed before the local government elections.
AFRICA
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Armed Guards Cause Concern
February 2, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq_s8gmYmdk
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"The mafia is taking possession of the country," warned one of Belgium’s top magistrates in an interview with Le Soir on Thursday, in which he lamented the lack of resources to deal with organized and financial crime. M. de la Serna cited more than 2,400 suspects identified in a recent drug dealing case that he called the “tip of the iceberg,” with more than 25% of the federal police force working on that issue alone.
(translation Duckduckgo)
EUROPE
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Top Magistrate Says Mafia is Taking Over His Country
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Trainer Gina Bornino Miller has donated Templeton Farms to the University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. The site opened in 2011 as a world-class sport horse training, sales, and breeding facility near Paso Robles, California. Of the move, Bornino says that “It was our dream to build a world-class facility and I look forward to seeing it develop further to advance equine health and veterinary education for years to come.”
USA
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Owner Donates Dressage Breeding Farm to State University
February 2, 2022
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https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2022/02/02/trainer-donates-showcase-property-us-vet-school/
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In an escalation of tensions between the two nations, the Foreign Affairs minister of Mali has asked the French Ambassador to the country to leave within 72 hours. This move comes after media attacks from the French side regarding the situation in Mali during which they threw into question the legitimacy of the government.
AFRICA
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As Tensions Escalate Between Bamako and Paris, French Ambassador Asked to Leave
February 1, 2022
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http://malijet.com/a_la_une_du_mali/266411-escalade_des_tensions_entre_bamako_paris_ambassadeur_france_meye.html
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Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) enters the final week of its Enhanced Continuous Voter Listing project. On Monday, the body began to register voters in the United Arab Emirates. Canada will be the next stop on Tuesday. Over 500K new voters have signed up in the second phase as it enters its third and final week. The drive ends on February 6th, and no extensions will be granted.
AFRICA
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Kenya Under the Gun to Meet Voter Registration Target
January 31, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH3a2iCwnqw
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Dairy suppliers in Paraguay warn that the country’s prolonged drought may cause shortages of milk. This is due to lack of feed for cattle. Lower production means that domestic dairy products may be in short supply starting in June, when reserves are estimated to run out.
AMERICAS
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Drought Threatens Milk Supply
January 28, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRXqVsSA7hQ
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Researchers and clinical trial participants who took the AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus vaccines have experienced several long-lasting after effects that may not be widely reported. These include weakness, feeling internal electric shocks, “microclots” in the blood, blurry vision, nerve pain, difficulty hearing and memory problems. After examining some of these patients, researchers at the National Institutes for Health (NIH) have submitted the findings to three top medical journals. The group has also submitted an amendment to a “Long Covid” protocol to include patients with post-vaccine side effects. The information is currently pending publication.
USA
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New Coronavirus Vaccine Adverse Effects
January 28, 2022
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https://www.science.org/content/article/rare-cases-coronavirus-vaccines-may-cause-long-covid-symptoms
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About 100 bags of high-grade fentanyl were found in the bedroom of a Hartford, Connecticut child who died after overdosing at school, police said late Tuesday. They also found nearly 40 bags of the synthetic drug stashed in multiple locations within the school in a search prompted by the incident. The investigation into how the seventh-grader came into possession of the substance is ongoing.
USA
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Fentanyl Overdose Kills Pupil
January 27, 2022
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https://www.courant.com/breaking-news/hc-br-fentanyl-police-100-bags-20220126-hl6azxrbyjcstbyd43t6dqcgqy-story.html
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The government of Mali has invited Denmark to immediately retire their special forces troops from the country's territory. The move comes weeks after soldiers from the Danish country had a gunfight with an African ship that they assumed to have ties to piracy. They sank the suspect vessel, killing 4 of the alleged pirates. (Newsweek).
AFRICA
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Government Asks Danish Troops to Leave Mali
January 26, 2022
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http://malijet.com/communiques-de-presse/266194-le-gouvernement-de-la-republique-du-mali-invite-le-royaume-de-da.html
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Inspection teams of the Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA) seized around 20 tonnes of counterfeit medical equipment and sanitizers. The seized items had fake labels and were manufactured in inadequate sanitary conditions. They were stored inside a house in Amman, which had been under investigation for a month prior to the raid.
MIDDLE EAST
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Officials Seize Fake Meds
January 25, 2022
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http://jordantimes.com/news/local/jfda-seizes-20-tonnes-counterfeit-medical-equipment-sanitisers
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According to the EU's consumer product watchdog, 48% of the oregano being sold in Europe may have been adulterated with olive leaves. The shock finding is the result of an investigation into the authenticity of spices and aromatic herbs. 21 countries contributed samples to the study and testers found impurities in other products such as cumin, black pepper and saffron.
EUROPE
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EU Body Finds Impurities in Spices
January 25, 2022
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https://www.niusdiario.es/economia/consumo/oregano-pimienta-especias-aromaticas-adulteradas-informe-comision-europea_18_3272598941.html
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The death toll from Sunday's fire at Livs Nightclub in Bastos--a posh neighborhood in Yaounde, Cameroon--has been confirmed at 20. Two survivors of the incident are still being treated at the Younde Central Hospital. Investigations are underway to determine the cause of the deadly inferno.
AFRICA
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Multiple Dead After Nightclub Fire
January 24, 2022
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https://cameroon-tribune.cm/article.html/45194/en.html/yaounde-pub-fire-four-survivors-die-in-hospital
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Infanta Cristina of Spain and her husband Iñaki Urdangarin have released a joint statement announcing their separation. The announcement comes after local media released pictures of Iñaki holding hands and having dinner with his apparent lover and coworker, who is also married. In the statement, the couple asks for maximum respect for their "personal decision," and the Palace has declined to comment.
EUROPE
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Royal Couple Takes Break From Marriage
January 24, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls5Dg6xDyPI
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On Monday morning, approximately 100 native Mexicans gathered in front of prison #5 in the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas. According to the group, one of the inmates--referred to as Hermelindo "N"--was jailed for his political views, and wrongly accused of fraud. They demand his immediate release.
AMERICAS
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Indigenous Group Protests in San Cristóbal de Las Casas
January 24, 2022
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https://www.elheraldodechiapas.com.mx/local/municipios/indigenas-protestan-en-el-penal-5-exigen-liberar-a-hermelindo-n-7771961.html
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has begun work on a plan to require more private companies to routinely disclose information about their finances and operations. The members are reportedly also considering tightening the qualifications that investors must meet to access private markets. Young companies that lack access to public stock markets typically source much of the money they need to grow from venture-capital funds, private-equity firms and wealthy individuals.
USA
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Financial Regulator Plans to Increase Reporting Burden for Privately-Owned Companies
January 24, 2022 Updated January 26, 2022
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https://www.americanbanker.com/news/sec-may-make-private-firms-disclose-finances-would-fintechs-suffer
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On Sunday, Jamaican law enforcement started an intelligence-led operation at the Stadium East to recover illegal firearms. Police recovered a shotgun, an AK 47 rifle, and a UZI sub machine that were buried on the grounds. The anti-crime/anti-gang operation in the area yielded five more weapons on Monday. The deputy commissioner says that the operation will continue until every "...firearm that is hidden in this space [is] recovered."
CARIBBEAN
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Police Recover Illegal Guns Buried At Stadium
January 24, 2022
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https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Stadium_East_search_nets_five_more_guns?profile=1606
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At Ngleshie Amanfro in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana, the implementation of the government’s Digital Address System appears to be under threat. On Friday, January 21, three scrap dealers left behind mangled aluminium digital address plates believed to have been stolen from houses in the community. The men ran away when accosted by residents, abandoning the plates along with other items made of metal.
AFRICA
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Thieves Steal Home Address Signs
January 22, 2022
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https://www.myjoyonline.com/scrap-dealers-steal-digital-address-plates-on-houses-in-ngleshie-amanfro/
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Evacuation orders have been issued after a fire broke out along the Big Sur coast in California on Friday night, according to the National Weather Service.
Cal Fire confirmed Saturday morning that the fire had spread to 1,500 acres and is 5% contained. The department is calling it the Colorado Fire.
USA
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Residents Forced to Evacuate California Coastal Fire Area
January 22, 2022
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https://www.keloland.com/news/national-world-news/wildfire-along-california-coast-grows-to-1500-acres-prompts-mandatory-evacuations/
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Two men walked into a post office in Ireland and propped a corpse against the counter in an attempt to claim the dead man’s pension check. Police said the men returned with the dead body after staff initially told them the recipient would have to be present for anyone to collect his funds.
The victim was aged 66 and believed to have died recently, though local officials said there was no evidence of foul play.
After post office staff expressed concern, the pair ran away, leaving the corpse. The alleged fraudsters are still at large, and the investigation is ongoing.
EUROPE
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Two Try to Claim Corpse's Pension Check
January 22, 2022
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/01/22/two-men-ireland-took-body-dead-man-post-office-claim-pension/
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UK police, Spanish law enforcement and the CrimeStoppers charity have launched an appeal to track down 12 of the UK's Most Wanted fugitives. British authorities believe they may be hiding in Spain. The National Crime Agency says that "Many of these fugitives will be trying to blend into...large British communities." Their alleged crimes include murder, violent stabbings, trafficking large quantities of crack cocaine, heroin and ecstasy and distributing illegal guns.
EUROPE
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UK On the Hunt for Dangerous Fugitives
January 20, 2022
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https://inews.co.uk/news/uk-most-wanted-criminals-named-new-appeal-track-down-fugitives-spain-nca-1410938?ico=most_popular
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High school graduation rates have gone up again in Wyoming, continuing an eight-year trend of improvement, figures released Wednesday show. The graduation rate has risen from the 2012-13 low of 77.6% to 82.4% for the 2020-21 school year.
Seventeen of the state's school districts posted high school graduation rates of more than 90%, with two achieving 100% rates.
USA
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Wyoming High School Graduation Rates Go Up Again
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Citizens of Mali rallied by the thousands to protest sanctions against the country’s government by the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French). In spite of the fact that the current government came to power via a military coup, Maliens both inside and outside the country turned out in force to support “national sovereignty” and the “legitimacy of the current regime.”
Many residents of Senegalese descent also joined in to protest the “inhumane” sanctions. One Senegalese businesswoman said that she joined the protest because whatever affects the people of her adopted country also affects the Senegalese living there.
AFRICA
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Mali Protesters Say 'No' to Sanctions
January 19, 2022
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http://malijet.com/la_societe_malienne_aujourdhui/266071-marche-contre-les-sanctions-de-la-cedeao-et-de-l%E2%80%99uemoa-la-commun.html
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A 23-year-old clerk working at a pet shop in Hong Kong was confirmed to have been infected with the coronavirus Delta mutation on January 16th. The government confirmed that 11 hamsters in the pet shop had coronavirus and it is believed that the infection spread from them to the employee.
This appears to be the first time in the world that hamsters have been found to have the SARS-COV-2 infection outside of a laboratory, and is linked to pets imported from the Netherlands. The Dutch government ordered a cull of thousands of farmed mink after an outbreak of Covid-19 was discovered in the country in 2020 (bangkokpost).
ASIA
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Dutch Hamsters Linked to Hong Kong Covid Outbreak
January 19, 2022
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https://news.v.daum.net/v/20220119145615823
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The West Indies Under-19 Cricket squad kept up their hunt for a top two finish in Group D of the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup with a convincing seven-wicket triumph over Scotland in Basseterre, St Kitts. The young men needed only 19.4 overs to get to their target, reaching 96 for three to take the victory. Shaqkere Parris led the way with a top score of 26 from 29, which included three boundaries. Teddy Bishop contributed with 23 not out from 27 deliveries while Jordan Johnson was also not out on 14 from 15 balls. The team will take on Sri Lanka on Friday.
CARIBBEAN
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Windies Beat Scotland in U-19 World Cup
January 18, 2022
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https://antiguaobserver.com/west-indies-gets-convincing-win-over-scotland-in-under-19-world-cup/
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Myanmar’s military administration has added five new corruption charges to the rap sheet facing Aung San Suu Kyi, who was ousted in last February’s coup d’etat. The 76-year-old former leader has spent the last year under confinement at an unknown location in the capital Naypyidaw, and faces at least 12 other charges. These include causing “fear and alarm,” violating COVID-19 protocols, and breaches of the colonial-era Official Secrets Act, as well as five other corruption charges, including her alleged acceptance of $600,000 cash and 11 kilograms of gold from a political ally.
ASIA
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Former Myanmar Leader Gets More Corruption Charges
January 17, 2022
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https://thediplomat.com/2022/01/aung-san-suu-kyi-hit-with-5-new-corruption-charges/
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Fuel prices may not be about to come down even as fuel tanker drivers called off their strike after nearly three weeks. The drivers were protesting the high costs of mandatory COVID-19 testing by Uganda. The strike led to a shortage and a rise in the prices of petrol and diesel--with prices doubling at some stations. Local authorities have cautioned the public, some of whom continue to hoard fuel in anticipation of continued disruptions.
AFRICA
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Truckers in Uganda Win Fight Against High Covid Test Fees
January 17, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1llpLiYA0sI
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Authorities in Namibia are fighting a rise in Malaria cases as recent rains provide favorable breeding conditions for vector mosquitoes. Across the nation, cases increased by 10 times between 2019 and 2020, and the trend continued into the following year. Most cases have been reported in the Zambezi region of the country. Dr. Richard Kamwi--ambassador to the multi-national Elimination 8 initiative--blamed the current situation partially on the decrease in resources available to fight the ailment.
AFRICA
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Malaria Cases Rise in Namibia
January 17, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqfk7v-Wr5g
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Utilities see record demand for electricity as a prolonged heat wave bakes the country. In six (6) provinces, the temperature exceeded 104 degrees Farenheit. Demand for power has caused widespread power outages.
AMERICAS
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Extreme Heat Wave Hits Argentina
January 16, 2022
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Updated January 17, 2022
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https://radiomitre.cienradios.com/sociedad/ola-de-calor-extremo-cuales-son-las-12-provincias-que-siguen-con-alerta-roja-y-cuando-llega-el-alivio/
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Hundreds of members of the ItalExit party rallied today in Milan at the most recent No Green Pass demonstration. One of the country's police officers speaks to the crowd, saying that "hypocritical" officials have made officers fear being condemned to unemployment and starvation. Even so, he vows that they will not allow the people to be opressed. Event-goers chant "Freedom, Freedom, Freedom." and sing the country's national anthem.[translation, Youtube]
EUROPE
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First BRExit, now ITALExit?
January 15, 2022
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAowiiELRKo
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The Colleyville Police Department say that one hostage has been released uninjured from the Texas synagogue where a man had been holding four individuals.
FBI crisis negotiators are continuing to communicate with the man at Congregation Beth Israel near Fort Worth.
USA
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One Hostage Released as Standoff at Synagogue Continues
January 15, 2022
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https://www.actionnewsnow.com/news/crime/ranting-man-takes-hostages-at-texas-synagogue/article_e845347e-4f27-5530-bab5-a05b0d840d1e.html
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On January 10th, 2022, Project Veritas published an August 2021 disclosure from a U.S. Marine Corps Major concerning the origins of COVID-19. According to the document, he sent the disclosure to the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for investigation. On January 11th and 12th, members of both chambers of Congress sent letters to the heads of the DoD, Health and Human Services (HHS) and Centers for Disease Control (CDC). They demand information about the alleged coronavirus gain-of-function research, the list of facilities involved, and specifics about the apparent cover-up of the Major's findings.
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Congress Asks for Answers on Reported Cover-up of Engineered SARS-COV-2 Virus
January 13, 2022
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https://www.projectveritas.com/news/congressional-members-send-letter-to-cdc-secretaries-of-defense-and-health/