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GLOBAL EYE – COVID-19 will increase humanitarian needs in 2021: UN (Al Jazeera)

The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the number of people in need of humanitarian assistance to new highs, according to the United Nations, dramatically increasing...

DATA – Dal quarto potere al “Data Power” (Emilio Misuriello, The Science of Where Magazine)

https://www.thescienceofwheremagazine.it/2020/12/01/dal-quarto-potere-al-data-power/

IRAN – Iran’s Zarif warns of ‘misinformation’ over scientist’s killing (Maziar Motamedi, Al Jazeera)

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned of a “targeted misinformation campaign and psychological war” following the assassination of the country’s top nuclear...

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...

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