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OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM – Palestinian teen killed by Israeli forces in Jerusalem’s Old City (Al Jazeera)

A Palestinian teenager was shot dead by Israeli forces after he was accused of firing at soldiers in the Old City of occupied East...

CANADA/UN AGENCY FOR PALESTINIAN REFUGEES – Canada pledges $70m in aid to crisis-hit Palestine refugee agency (Al Jazeera)

Canada has pledged 90 million Canadian dollars ($70m) in aid to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, which has been reeling from two years...

EUROPE/LIBYA/RUSSIA – Has the EU lost Libya to Russia? (Guma El-Gamaty, Al Jazeera)

Located just a two-hour flight or a short boat trip away from its southern shores, Libya is a country in Europe’s immediate neighbourhood. https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2020/12/21/did-the-eu-lose-libya-to-russia

SECURITY – VMware and Cisco also impacted by the SolarWinds hack (Pierluigi Paganini, Security Affairs)

https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/112535/security/solarwinds-vmware-cisco.html

USA/SUDAN – US reinstates Sudan’s sovereign immunity after removal from terror list (Al Arabiya)

The United States on Tuesday reinstated Sudan’s sovereign immunity, as the US Congress passed legislation formalizing the move, following the ending of Sudan’s designation as...

CHINA/PAPUA NEW GUINEA/AUSTRALIA – China’s fishery deal with PNG: wolf-warrior diplomacy or just business? (Aaron Smith, The Strategist)

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-fishery-deal-with-png-wolf-warrior-diplomacy-or-just-business/

WEST PAPUA/AUSTRALIA/UK/UN – Australia, UK and UN dragged into information operations targeting West Papua (Ariel Bogle and Albert Zhang, The Strategist)

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-uk-and-un-dragged-into-information-operations-targeting-west-papua/  

AUSTRALIA/CYBERSECURITY – Australia must do more to prepare for a SolarWinds-style supply-chain attack (Tom Uren, The Strategist)

https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australia-must-do-more-to-prepare-for-a-solarwinds-style-supply-chain-attack/

USA/CLIMATE CHANGE/MARKET BASE SOLUTIONS – Market-based solutions to climate change have failed to deliver (David G. Victor and David Dollar, Brookings)

https://www.brookings.edu/podcast-episode/market-based-solutions-to-climate-change-have-failed-to-deliver/

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