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There's been a lot going on in the world apart from the #Covid_19 pandemic, and some of it - while important and even related - may not be getting sufficient attention. #WhileYouWereQuarantined
A collision between Japanese and Chinese vessels in the East China Sea. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.janes.com/article/95216/jmsdf-destroyer-collides-with-chinese-fishing-boat-in-east-china-sea-two-injured
The U.S. Federal Reserve created "a temporary facility to provide foreign central banks with access to dollars in exchange (temporarily) for their holdings of U.S. Treasuries." #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.csis.org/analysis/dollars-demand-feds-new-fima-repo-facility
Japan earmarked $2.2 billion of its economic stimulus package to help its manufacturers shift production out of China. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3079126/japan-pay-firms-leave-china-relocate-production-elsewhere-part?fbclid=IwAR0m25ykG1edxcv5kvfRbl_19IHosHkGU2of4IvmCS57cKFE_lFZfnii70c
Talks between Afghan and Taliban negotiators stall on the question of prisoner swaps. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.wsj.com/articles/afghan-peace-process-hits-roadblock-as-taliban-break-off-talks-11586302992
The Libyan Civil War escalates with the UN-backed government getting an influx of arms from Turkey in its contest with faction backed by the UAE, Egypt, and Russia. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/libyas-war-escalates-despite-international-calls-for-humanitarian-pause-amid-pandemic/2020/04/13/a16627a2-7a90-11ea-a311-adb1344719a9_story.html?utm_campaign=DailyBrief2020Apr14&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dailybrief
Ethiopia (and parts of Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda) confront a food crisis after a dramatic increase in swarms of locusts. #WhileYouWereQuarantined http://www.fao.org/ag/locusts/en/info/info/index.html
South Korea holds elections for its National Assembly. The ruling Democratic Party (Minjoo) of President Moon Jae-In is expected to win. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52275993
A new study suggests that China's damming and management of the Upper Mekong after 2012 - for electricity production - caused severe water shortages in 2019 in the Lower Mekong (Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam). #WhileYouWereQuarantined …https://558353b6-da87-4596-a181-b1f20782dd18.filesusr.com/ugd/bae95b_0e0f87104dc8482b99ec91601d853122.pdf?index=true
A scientific experiment in Japan finds 1 of the 3 conditions (among neutrinos) proposed by physicist Andrew Sakharov in 1967 that were necessary for the surplus of matter (and thus the creation of the universe in the Big Bang). #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2177-0.epdf?referrer_access_token=_XfSftwCUeEkm_hB1IV1nNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0NlKSjC2byHy8LafvM2vgNWDA2O13J8_Yy4v53S3lEa2m0JsEipZUrdfIgRo8HJOrvXL5Un3gjsXCiGQTfsz56LRTN4N43Mbrd_g17dvZApzVR2qd13NXVkd9YWoK53fQqX9t_E51mKJD-3vIIPzgGeYmwxfV1BDlhcXRa_QiRtm53olEJ4_0pvNZf7IC_RUvU%3D&tracking_referrer=www.bbc.com
Germany, France, Italy, and Spain attempt to reach compromise with Poland, Hungary, and others on a new EU pact on migration and asylum. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.politico.eu/article/4-largest-eu-countries-issue-joint-proposal-to-unlock-asylum-impasse/?utm_source=dailybrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyBrief2020April17&utm_term=DailyNewsBrief
Myanmar President Win Myint said 24,896 people jailed across the country, including 87 foreigners, would be freed unconditionally in an amnesty to mark the traditional New Year, its largest mass pardon in recent years. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-myanmar-prisoners/myanmar-to-free-almost-25000-prisoners-in-largest-amnesty-in-years-idUSKBN21Z0FR?utm_source=dailybrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyBrief2020April17&utm_term=DailyNewsBrief
Canada suffers its worst mass killing since 1873, with at least 19 confirmed deaths in rural Nova Scotia, including the suspect. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://twitter.com/sarahritchietv/status/1252282264643403776?s=21 https://twitter.com/SarahRitchieTV/status/1252282264643403776
A return to violent protests in Lebanon amid a crash in currency and surge in food prices. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://apnews.com/db74186fbe34f0dc5fac32046e4f5f01
After criticism of its lengthy investigation, U.S. Africa Command finally admits civilian casualties in an air strike in Somalia last year. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/airstrike-in-somalia-killed-injured-civilians-says-report
Mozambique security forces killed at least 129 insurgents with suspected links to the Islamic State in April. They were in retaliation for an earlier attack in which insurgents killed 52 villagers. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mozambique-insurgency/mozambique-forces-killed-over-100-islamist-insurgents-in-past-month-government-idUSKCN22A38T?utm_source=dailybrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyBrief2020Apr29&utm_term=DailyNewsBrief
The European Union and Mexico reach a new agreement on trade. #WhileYouWereQuarantined http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1830
U.S. Commerce Department to institute licenses for U.S. companies to sell items to China that support the military, even if the products are for civilian use. This threatens sales of semiconductors, civil aviation components, etc. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-exports/us-imposes-new-rules-on-exports-to-china-to-keep-them-from-its-military-idUSKCN2291SR
The Japanese "government will demand that, in principle, all independent administrative agencies and designated corporations that handle the people’s private data not use Chinese telecommunications equipment." https://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0006573729
The Pentagon prepares withdrawal plans from Afghanistan. #WhileYouWereQuarantined https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/26/world/asia/afghanistan-troop-withdrawal-election-day.html?utm_source=dailybrief&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=DailyBrief2020May27&utm_term=DailyNewsBrief
