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Headlines of the week: 21 November - 1 December 2022
Previous week: 14-20 November 2022
Ukraine updates: Red Cross announces prisoners of war visits — dw — 8 December 2022 (LINK)
Kremlin Says Russia Is Done Taking Territory From Ukraine — newsweek — 8 December 2022 (LINK)
Plans to protect 30% of the planet by 2030 could be 'devastating' for Indigenous people — euronews — 8 December 2022 (LINK)
The Media Layoff Bloodbath: Why It’s Happening and Who’s Hurt the Most — thewrap — 8 December 2022 (LINK)
— Within the past week, CNN and Gannett laid off hundreds of employees across their news operations, while BuzzFeed slashed 12% of its workforce and the Washington Post let go of 10 staffers from its print Sunday magazine. The latest cuts followed Morning Brew laying off 14% of its staff and Vice Media trimming 2% of its digital news and publishing staff last month. In addition, the tech news website Protocol shut down, eliminating 60 jobs, while video news startup The Recount also plans to suspend operations.
US woman Government employee Anne Sacoolas responsible for the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn when driving on the wrong side of the road sentenced in absentia to eight months in prison, suspended for a year — bbc — 8 December 2022 (LINK)
Russian forces killed hundreds of civilians early in Ukraine war — UN Human rights — ground.news: 15 sources — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
Another New COVID Variant: BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 Have Arrived — cnet — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
—More than half — about 63% — COVID-19 cases in the US are now caused by variants BQ.1 or BQ.1.1, according to the latest estimate by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Both are subvariants of omicron. BA.5, the highly contagious omicron subvariant that caused a lot of reinfections or first infections in people who hadn't had COVID-19 this summer and fall, is fading and now only responsible for about 14% of cases.
UN: With ocean in ‘dire straits’, Law of the Sea more relevant than ever — un — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
Volodymyr Zelensky named Time's 2022 Person of the Year — axios — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
AI spots deepfake videos of Zelenskyy — and Putin — newscientist — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
— Zelenskyy was the target of a deepfake attempt during the early months of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but it could also be trained to flag deepfakes of other world leaders and business tycoons.
News competition measure left out of defense spending bill after tech pushback — thehill — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
TSMC founder Morris Chang says globalization 'almost dead' as Apple, AMD cheer shift of production to U.S. — nikkei — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
Common Louisiana bird has four sexes, refuses to mate with birds of the same color feather — ktalnews — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
Oldest DNA reveals life in Greenland 2 million years ago: it was a lush landscape of trees and vegetation with an array of animals, even the now extinct mastodon — ground.news: 77 sources — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
— Science Daily: "Game-Changing" Discovery of World's Oldest DNA Breaks Record by One Million Years (LINK)
Chinese Students Invent Coat That Makes People Invisible to AI Security Cameras — vice — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
Elon Musk fires Twitter’s lawyer over Hunter Biden coverup. — skynews.com.au — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg — kottke — 7 December 2022 (LINK)
— "Greta Thunberg has gathered the wisdom of over one hundred experts — geophysicists, oceanographers and meteorologists; engineers, economists and mathematicians; historians, philosophers and indigenous leaders — to equip us all with the knowledge we need to combat climate disaster. Alongside them, she shares her own stories of demonstrating and uncovering greenwashing around the world."
'Without nature, we have nothing': UN chief sounds alarm at key UN biodiversity event — un — 6 December 2022 (LINK)
Barrons: 'Humanity Has Become A Weapon Of Mass Extinction,' Warns UN Chief (LINK)
DW/Environment Canada: UN biodiversity summit hopes to halt rapid nature decline (LINK)
afp/VOA: Biodiversity Talks Open as UN Chief Calls for 'Peace Pact' With Nature (LINK)
— Representatives from the European Union and New Zealand, speaking on behalf of other countries including the United States, slammed Russia for the environmental destruction brought about by its invasion.
Russia's representative fired back that the meeting was an inappropriate forum and accused its critics of hypocrisy for not raising previous conflicts, such as Iraq and Afghanistan, in the context of talks on nature.
Measles: the World Health Organization has declared it an 'imminent global threat' — theconversation — 6 December 2022 (LINK)
U.S. court dismisses suit against Saudi prince in killing — ap / politico — 6 December 2022 (LINK)
Warnock Defeats Walker in Georgia, Giving Democrats 51-49 Senate Majority — commondreams — 6 December 2022 (LINK)
'About Damn Time': NY Jury Finds Trump Organization Guilty on All Counts of Tax Fraud — commondreams — 6 December 2022 (LINK)
Facebook threatens to remove all news content if bill forcing payments to local media outlets passes — greeleytribune — 6 December 2022 (LINK)
Scientists want to know why swear words share this one universal trait: What’s the difference between “damn” and “darn?” — inverse — 6 December 2022 (LINK)
Iran to disband morality police amid ongoing protests, says attorney general — ground.news: 252 sources — 4 December 2022 (LINK)
PelĂ© responding well to treatment for respiratory infection — ground.news: 69 sources — 4 December 2022 (LINK)
Scientist who worked at Wuhan lab claims Covid-19 was man-made by the U.S — ground.news: 15 sources — 4 December 2022 (LINK)
OPEC+ agrees to stick to its existing policy of reducing oil production ahead of Russia sanctions — ground.news: 154 sources — 4 December 2022 (LINK)
China Operating More Than 100 Police Stations Abroad — ground.news: 10 sources — 4 December 2022 (LINK)
UN says Myanmar has sentenced seven students to death — ground.news: 57 sources — 4 December 2022 (LINK)
Java volcano eruption: Japan Meteorological Agency says no tsunami impact, NHK reports — ground.news: 18 sources — 4 December 2022 (LINK)
El Salvador deploys 10,000 troops to gang-run capital suburb — reuters — 3 December 2022 (LINK)
Zelenskyy slams $60 price cap on Russian oil as 'weak' — politico — 3 December 2022 (LINK)
Limit of $60 level is 'quite comfortable' for Russia's budget, Ukrainian president says.
Apple is accelerating plans to move production out of China as protests and riots intensify in response to zero-Covid policies, report says — businessinsider — 3 December 2022 (LINK)
UK police watchdog head resigns for 'personal and domestic reasons' — theguardian — 3 December 2022 (LINK)
Jonathan the Seychelles tortoise, oldest living land creature, celebrates 190th birthday on St. Helena — upi — 3 December 2022 (LINK)
After Sandy Hook Verdicts, Alex Jones Declares Personal Bankruptcy. Also Claims To Be Owed $55 Million By His Company. — abovethelaw — 2 December 2022 (LINK)
5 workplace trends to watch in 2023, according to an expert — weforum — 2 December 2022 (LINK)
Countries split on plastics treaty focus as UN talks close — ground.news: 44 sources — 2 December 2022 (LINK)
Agreement to end plastic pollution but a split on whether goals and efforts should be global and mandatory, or voluntary and country-led.
COVID can live on certain ready-to-eat groceries 'for several days' — ground.news: 10 sources — 2 December 2022 (LINK)
Some goods, including bell peppers, bread, ham and cheese, had infectious virus detected on them several days after they were contaminated. On some surfaces, like croissants, the virus remained present and transmissible for hours.
European Union officials set Russian oil price cap at $60 a barrel — ground.news: 195 sources — 2 December 2022 (LINK)
The embargo will prevent shipments of Russian crude by tanker vessel to the EU, which account for two thirds of imports.
Biden signs bill to avert rail shutdown — ground.news: 14 sources — 2 December 2022 (LINK)
Ramaphosa makes a U-turn on announcing his resignation — mg — 2 December 2022 (LINK)
Florida pulls $2 bln from BlackRock in largest anti-ESG divestment — ground.news: 36 sources — 1 December 2022 (LINK)
'Nearly 600,000 people'[5% of infections] in UK have had long Covid for at least two years — independent — 1 December 2022 (LINK)
Ethiopia's conflict has seen more casualties than the war in Ukraine, U.N. secretary-general says.
UN-backed humanitarian response plans will reach $51.5 billion in 2023, according to a funding appeal released 1 December by OCHA. It's $10.5 billion more than the figure for the start of 2022. — genevasolutions — 1 December 2022 (LINK)
Myanmar: UN Human Rights Chief alarmed at death sentences by secretive military courts — ohchr — 1 December 2022 (LINK)
UN Human Rights Office spokesperson Marta Hurtado: "We are appalled by the latest killings of civilians in North Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where unabated violence is taking a heavy toll on the local population." — ohchr — 1 December 2022 (LINK)
Double finance flows into nature-based solutions by 2025 to deal with global crises — UN — unep — 1 December 2022 (LINK)
IOM, UNHCR and partners appeal for $1,72 bn for refugees and migrants from Venezuela — iom — 1 December 2022 (LINK)
'Nearly 600,000 people'[5% of infections] in UK have had long Covid for at least two years — independent — 1 December 2022 (LINK)
Ethiopia says first talks begin inside Tigray on disarmament — ground.news: 5 sources — 1 December 2022 (LINK)
Ethiopia's conflict has seen more casualties than the war in Ukraine, U.N. secretary-general says.
Florida pulls $2 bln from BlackRock in largest anti-ESG divestment — ground.news: 36 sources — 1 December 2022 (LINK)
Tedros asks deputy Dr. Zsuzsanna Jakab to delay retirement, fills posts temporarily — devex — 30 November 2022 (LINK)
Jakab has been serving in the post since 2019, and is past the retirement age for serving officials. She has been expected to retire. However, she has been in charge of the Western Pacific regional office since August, when Dr. Takeshi Kasai was put on leave after complaints of bullying and racism by several of his staff.
WHO's departing chief scientist regrets errors in debate over whether SARS-CoV-2 spreads through air: Soumya Swaminathan says the agency should have acknowledged aerosol transmission "much earlier" but is proud of work on vaccine equity — science — 30 November 2022 (LINK)
Finnish government on brink of collapse over reform of nature conservation legislation which aims to protect biological diversity better than before— euractiv— 30 November 2022 (LINK)
Fresh clashes erupt between police and zero-Covid protesters in south China— ground.news: 40 sources— 30 November 2022 (LINK)
China factory, services activities slide to 7-month lows on COVID curbs— ground.news: 19 sources— 30 November 2022 (LINK)
EU Commission proposes blocking billions in funds to Hungary over its failure to implement solid rule-of-law reforms— ground.news: 33 sources— 30 November 2022 (LINK)
Euro zone inflation falls for first time in 17 months: consumer prices grew by 10.0% in November after a 10.6% increase in October, coming in well below expectations for 10.4%— ground.news: 56 sources— 30 November 2022 (LINK)
Biodiversity: NGOs criticise 'bottom of the class'Switzerland— swissinfo— 30 November 2022 (LINK)
NGOs complain that only a few species — and no habitat — is covered by 37 designated sites, while further sites have simply not been named, despite a 2020 deadline to make progress.
