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WESTERN SAHARA CONFLICT – Western Sahara conflict in 500 word (Al Jazeera)

In a deal brokered by United States President Donald Trump’s outgoing administration, Morocco became the latest Arab country to normalise ties with Israel. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/11/western-sahara-conflict-in-500-words

GLOBAL ECONOMY – The global economy is working against workers and the environment (Katy Wiese, Al Jazeera)

The COVID-19 pandemic killed more than a million people across the world and presents an unprecedented challenge to public health, food systems and the...

SUSTAINABILITY POLICIES – Modeling the impacts of sustainability policies (IDSS)

https://idss.mit.edu/news/modeling-the-impacts-of-sustainability-policies/

DATA – Seeing the values behind the numbers (Peter Dizikes, IDSS)

In a new book, “Data Action,” Associate Professor Sarah Williams issues a call for thinking ethically about data today https://news.mit.edu/2020/seeing-values-behind-numbers-data-action-1208

DATA/COVID19 – Making data-informed Covid-19 testing plan (IDSS)

https://idss.mit.edu/news/making-data-informed-covid-19-testing-plans/

INFRASTRUCTURE – Saurabh Amin: Striving to make our infrastructure safer (David L. Chandler, IDSS)

The systems engineer focuses on making transportation, electricity, and water infrastructure more resilient against disruptions. https://news.mit.edu/2020/saurabh-amin-infrastructure-1206

RUSSIA/USA/MOROCCO/WESTERN SAHARA – Russia condemns US recognition of Morocco’s claim to Western Sahara (Al Arabiya)

Mikhail Bogdanov speaks to journalists on September 6, 2016. (Abbas Momani/AFP) Russia on Friday condemned US President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over...

EUROPE/TURKEY/NATO/USA – EU leaders to discuss arms exports to Turkey with NATO and US, says Merkel (Al Arabiya)

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italy’s Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte and European Parliament President David-Maria Sassoli...

ISRAEL/MOROCCO – ‘Doesn’t serve Palestinians’: Israel-Morocco to normalise ties (Al Jazeera)

Morocco’s decision to normalise relations with Israel in a United States-brokered deal has elicited mixed global reactions. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/11/world-reacts-to-israeli-moroccan-deal-to-normalise-ties

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