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‘Daylight loot’: Kashmir farmers suffer as rivers illegally mined

India’s COVID cases at five-month high, vaccination drive widened

World Bank plans climate shift but no fossil fuel halt: Report

US, Philippines discuss Chinese ‘swarming’ in South China Sea

Veteran Hong Kong democracy leaders convicted over peaceful rally

Your Thursday Briefing

Women Are Calling Out ‘Rape Culture’ in U.K. Schools

Many of Lebanon’s children ‘may never get back to school’

Hong Kong Convicts Martin Lee and Other Democracy Leaders Over Protest

‘Even dissent is controlled’: How Hong Kong’s world has changed

Myanmar facing ‘bloodbath’ UN envoy tells Security Council

Australia lifts Brisbane lockdown as COVID cases dwindle

Urgent Policies Needed To Steer Countries To Net Zero, Says IEA Chief

As Coronavirus and Economic Woes Ravage Brazil, Bolsonaro Improvises and Confounds

Scientists Create Simple Synthetic Cell That Grows and Divides Normally

As Pandemic Hits Colleges, Some Students Struggle for Food and Housing

Indonesia on edge ahead of Easter after church bombing

Biden Infrastructure Plan Promises Broadband To All Within 8 Years

Trump Aide Peter Navarro Doled Out Millions in Pandemic Contracts, Inquiry Finds

Facebook Blames 'Technical Issue' For Shorting Video Creators Thousands of Dollars In Ad Revenue

Amazon's Twitter Army Was Handpicked For 'Great Sense of Humor'

As Virus and Economic Woes Ravage Brazil, Bolsonaro Improvises and Confounds

Pregnancy Complications Have Been Common During the Pandemic, Researchers Say

Iran launches operation to fight swarms of desert locusts

Land dispute drives new exodus in Ethiopia’s Tigray

COVID situation in India going from bad to worse: Health official

Mali needs climate solutions, not more troops

Gunfire heard near Niger’s presidency: Reports

Optical Mouse Inventor, Infoseek Founder Hunts For a Covid Cure

Biden to let ban on visas popular with tech firms expire: Report

Why ex-communists are joining Modi’s BJP in India’s West Bengal

‘It wasn’t right’: Witness confronts policeman over Floyd death

Saudi launches $1.3 trillion private sector investment push

Afghanistan’s president says will step aside if election is held

A Terrifying Disease Stalks Seaside Australia: Flesh-Eating Ulcers

Tropical Forest Destruction Accelerated in 2020

Your Wednesday Briefing

State Dept. Reverses Trump Policies on Reproductive and Religious Freedoms

Makassar Palm Sunday bomber was known to Indonesian police

Indonesia recovers cockpit voice recorder of Sriwijaya Air jet

Japan's Cherry Blossom 'Earliest Peak Since 812'

UK, US condemn China’s overhaul of Hong Kong elections

A day with no Covid deaths in London? Nearly, but not quite.

As mask mandates lift, retail workers again feel vulnerable.

Ubiquiti Massively Downplayed a 'Catastrophic' Security Breach To Minimize Impact On Stock Price, Alleges Whistleblower

Can the NBA Make NFTs Cool?

World leaders call for an international treaty to combat future pandemics.

Rubbish scavengers who help keep cities clean plea for vaccine

Mozambique: Efforts continue to rescue civilians from Palma

Pakistan, Afghanistan hold five-day anti-polio vaccination drive

The social justice activists battling racism and misogyny

Mapping major protests around the world

‘The Mauritanian’: What is life like after Guantanamo Bay?

Nissan whistle-blower questions integrity of Ghosn probe: Report

Scientists Get Closer To Redefining the Length of a Second

Saudi Arabia ready to extend oil cuts by OPEC+: Report

Archegos Capital fallout may wipe $6bn from global banks: Report

UN seeks $10bn for Syria as COVID adds to refugee suffering

Your Tuesday Briefing

China approves overhaul of Hong Kong’s political system: Reports

Why People's Expensive NFTs Keep Vanishing

Myanmar: Five protesters explain why they will not give up

Sleeping Octopuses May Have Dreams, But They're Probably Brief

PHP's Git Server Hacked To Add Backdoors To PHP Source Code

Apple Watch Can Accurately Assess Frailty, Finds Stanford Study

'Incompetent Developers' Blamed For NZ Patient Privacy Breach of COVID-19 Vaccine Booking Systems

AT&T Lobbies Against Nationwide Fiber, Says 10Mbps Uploads Are Good Enough

Killing of Salvadoran Refugee by Police in Mexico Incites Furor

Ship Is Freed After a Costly Lesson in the Vulnerabilities of Sea Trade

Pakistan continues to grapple with third wave of coronavirus

Out of step: Life with lupus and learning how to walk again

Richard Stallman's Return Denounced by the EFF, Tor Project, Mozilla, and the Creator of Rust