war veteran
14 Feb 2021
We look at early reactions to the military's takeover in Myanmar and a second weekend of protests in support of Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny. Papers in the UK express their concern over the hospitalisation of Captain Tom Moore, a 100-year-old war veteran who became a national treasure after raising money for the National Health Service. And a Swedish nurse is spending seven days watching films on a remote island as the sole in-person attendee of this year's Gothenburg Film Festival!
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Authorities are trying to determine what motivated the 26-year-old Iraq war veteran to carry out the attack Police in the US are trying to find out why a man went on a shooting spree at a Florida airport, killing five people.
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The legalization of cannabis and COVID lockdowns appear to have increased its regular use, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime report finds.
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Family and friends of British journalist Dom Phillips attended his funeral near Rio de Janeiro. The last rites for Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, who was killed while working with Phillips, were held a day earlier.
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Group of Seven leaders have unveiled an infrastructure plan meant to bolster the global economy and counter China. But crippling debt owed by poorer countries may get in the way.
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The event in Portugal will present a nonbinding declaration meant to curb ocean pollution and destruction, as well as discuss financing models for ocean preservation.
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An oil supertanker that has been moored in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen since 1976 could break apart and unleash part or all of its 1.1 million barrels of oil on the Horn of Africa, the UN warns. Also in this edition: Britain's Prince Charles expresses regret for the legacy of slavery, and Rwanda is set to produce its own mRNA vaccines in a first for the continent.
