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LIBERIA – Liberia’s Weah might be in for a rude awakening at the polls (Robtel Neajai Pailey, Al Jazeera)

In a confusing about-face last month, Liberia’s Supreme Court undermined its own ruling that a controversial referendum, scheduled for December 8 alongside the nation-wide...

GLOBAL EYE – How to defuse the human waste time bomb in low-income countries (Izabella Koziell, Al Jazeera)

Half of the world flushes away their sewage without a second thought as to where it goes. But for the other half of the...

RUSSIA/KURIL ISLANDS/JAPAN – Russia deploys advanced S-300 missiles to disputed chain of islands near Japan (Al Arabiya)

Russia said on Tuesday it had deployed a number of its new S-300V4 missile defense systems for combat duty on a disputed chain of...

IRAN – Iran parliament’s plan to end UN nuclear inspections hits opposition (Al Arabiya)

The Iranian parliament’s backing on Tuesday of a plan to end nuclear inspections after the assassination of the country’s top nuclear scientist has met immediate opposition from the...

CYPRUS – UN special envoy searching for way forward on Cyprus talks (Al Arabiya)

A UN special envoy will meet rival Cypriot leaders on Tuesday to assess whether conditions are ripe to involve Britain, Greece and Turkey in...

GLOBAL EYE – How the institutional response to COVID-19 can prepare us for climate change (Giulio Boccaletti, World Economic Forum)

Political institutions' response to the pandemic could be a crucial dress-rehearsal for a transition to a different economic model in the face of...

GLOBAL EYE – Here’s how fishing stifles the ocean’s ability to capture carbon (Harrison Tasoff, Futurity, World Economic Forum)

When fish die naturally, their bodies and the carbon they contain sink to the depths of the ocean. Yet when fished, this carbon...

NEW ZEALAND – New Zealand is about to declare a climate emergency – here’s what that means (Praveen Menon, Reuters, World Economic Forum)

The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, is putting forward a motion to declare a climate emergency on Wednesday. If passed, New...

GLOBAL EYE – 2020 feels like dark fiction. Here’s how science can inspire a better future (Nick Pyenson, Alex Dehgan, World Economic Forum)

Wildfires, climate change, biodiversity loss and the pandemic are all signs of how humanity's relationship with nature has changed. Scientists have the perspective...

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