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(Climate Change) Cool foods for a warming planet (GreenBiz)

Jim Giles Back before the pandemic, around 10,000 employees arrived every day at Genentech, a biotechnology company headquartered in South San Francisco. "It’s really a...

(Defense/USA/Pentagon) Pentagon industrial policies need to focus on demand (Defense News)

Bryan Clark The Biden administration recently started a review of critical U.S. supply chains, following on the heels of multiple manufacturing and defense-industrial base assessments by the previous...

(Defense/Latvia/NATO/5G) Could Latvia become NATO’s 5G military test hub? (Defense News)

Aaron Mehta Latvia is aiming to market itself as a hub for 5G military testing in Europe, with a successful technology test late last year...

(Bangladesh) Bangladesh teen held for ‘offensive video’ mocking Hasina, Modi (Al Jazeera)

Teen arrested under harsh digital laws for making music video mocking PM Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/2/bangladesh-teen-held-for-offensive-video-mocking-hasina-modi

(Myanmar/India) Myanmar refuses to accept Rohingya girl deported by India: Report (Al Jazeera)

India’s move to deport 14-year-old girl to coup-hit Myanmar while her family lived in a refugee camp in Bangladesh draws criticism. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/2/myanmar-refuses-to-accept-rohingya-girl-deported-by-india-report

(Ethiopia) Ethiopia risks lengthy deadlock in war-hit Tigray: Report (Al Jazeera)

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared victory within weeks, but combat has continued in Tigray region, the ICG group says. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/2/ethiopia-risks-lengthy-stalemate-in-war-hit-tigray-report

(Germany/Lebanon) Germany plans Beirut port reconstruction with conditions: Report (Al Jazeera)

Donors insist that Lebanon agrees on the makeup of new government, roots out corruption, sources tell Reuters. https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/4/2/germany-plans-beirut-port-reconstruction-with-conditions-report

(Myanmar) Killings, violence, detention: Myanmar is no place for children (Al Jazeera)

Inger Ashing Forty-three children have been killed in the two months since Myanmar’s military coup began on February 1. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/4/1/killings-violence-detention-myanmar-is-no-place-for-children

(China) China’s disinformation on Xinjiang is political warfare, not diplomacy (The Strategist)

Jake Wallis and Albert Zhang The Chinese Communist Party is launching increasingly bold and sophisticated information operations in an attempt to shape international perceptions of its treatment...

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