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'Some women have also reportedly been forced by military elements to have sex in exchange for basic commodities' - Pramila Patten - UN’s special representative on sexual violence in conflict.

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Lower your risk from #COVID19 by combining these 5⃣ precautions: 1⃣ Wear a mask 😷 2⃣ Clean your hands👐 3⃣ Keep physical distance 📏 4⃣ Cough/sneeze away into your elbow 💪 5⃣ Open windows as much as possible 🪟 We are #InThisTogether to beat #COVID19

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UK Covid variant could be more deadly, says Boris Johnson – video

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Celebrated US baseball legend and civil rights icon Hank Aaron dies

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PayPal shuts down account of Texas woman who flew private plane to Capitol riot

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Some of the best Bernie Sanders inauguration memes | @ConvosIndy100

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Biden pledged to fight white supremacy. Prominent conservatives Karl Rove, Tucker Carlson, and Sen. Rand Paul felt personally attacked.

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Local-currency debt from the developing world may have room to run, even after a gauge that tracks it posted its best quarter in more than at least a decade

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Hank Aaron's death garners reaction from former presidents

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Hank Aaron, Atlanta Braves, Babe Ruth, Baseball

Playing for 23 seasons, all but his final two years with the Braves in Milwaukee and then Atlanta, Aaron was among the greatest all-around players in baseball history and one of the last major league stars to have played in the Negro leagues.

NYSE:GME, Stock, GameStop, New York Stock Exchange

Retail investors have pushed GME stock to levels not seen since 2015. Are they right to do so? And what's next for GameStop?

Lloyd Austin, United States Secretary of Defense, Joe Biden

Austin's near-unanimous confirmation came despite concerns raised on both sides of the aisle that he hadn't been out of uniform for the legally-mandated minimum seven-year period.

Negro league baseball, Sports league, Stall & Dean

Tapping Black streetwear designers, notable personalities and the use of augmented reality, Stall & Dean is telling the history of The National Negro Leagues.

UEFA Team of the Year, FIFA, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kylian Mbappé, Electronic Arts, Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester United F.C.

Ultimate Team players will see the likes of Kylian Mbappe, Kevin De Bruyne and Alphonso Davies receive huge in-game upgrades to their cards. EA Sports has officially announced the FIFA 21 Team of the Year – and for the first time ever, there's no space for ...

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Syrian civil war
- Syria missile strikes
  - A family of four are killed during an Israeli airstrike in the city of Hama, Syria, which destroyed five Syrian military sites. A report from watchdog SOHR says the victims were killed by Syria's air defense. (Deutsche Welle)

Health and environment

COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in Europe
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Germany
    - Germany surpasses 50,000 deaths of COVID-19. (DW in German) (ABC News)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
    - Portugal reports a record of 234 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 9,920. (DGS)
- COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong
    - For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, Hong Kong will impose a lockdown in Yau Tsim Mong District beginning this weekend. Negative COVID-19 testing results will be required to leave one's residence. (South China Morning Post)
  - COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia
    - Malaysia reports a record 18 new deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 660. (Malay Mail)

International relations

Nuclear disarmament
- The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force, banning the development, testing, production, stockpiling, stationing, transfer, use and threat of use of nuclear weapons in 51 countries. The world's major nuclear powers have not endorsed the international agreement. (Voice of America)

Law and crime

Righ-wing terrorism in Europe
- A 22-year-old right-wing terrorist is arrested in Padua, Italy, after it was discovered that he was preparing terrorist attacks against multiple targets. Investigators quoted that he was inspired by Neo-Nazism and right-wing terrorists that carried out deadly attacks in Europe and the United States in recent years. Twelve other people are investigated for possible connection to the planned attacks. (Huffington Post)
Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
- In Bnei Brak, an ultra-Orthodox town near Tel Aviv, ultra-Orthodox Jews attack an unmarked police vehicle while officers are inside, igniting a riot in which at least six people are arrested. Israel is under a lockdown. (South China Morning Post)
Former Bosnian Army general and deputy Minister of Defense Sakib Mahmuljin is sentenced to ten years in prison for failing to prevent or punish foreign Islamist fighters (mujahideen), who murdered and tortured Serbian prisoners during the Bosnian War. (Reuters)
Police in Russia arrest five of Alexei Navalny's aides ahead of planned protests. Navalny has been under arrest since returning to Russia on Sunday. (Politico)