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2…………> Ukraine preps for war

For months, Ukraine’s Western allies have been pointing to Russian troops massing on the border, something that led military analysts abroad to produce endless maps covered in arrows that confidently predict how Vladimir Putin’s troops will advance on Kyiv.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60220422

3…………> Greatest Lightning Bolt Recorded

An almost 500-mile long bolt of lightning that lit up the sky across three US states has set a new world record for longest flash, data that scientists have confirmed.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60221521

4…………> No Covid Restrictions: Denmark

Denmark has lifted all of its domestic Covid-19 restrictions, including the wearing of face masks, making it the first European Union country to do so.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-60215200

5…………> New Covid Explosion Feared

China’s southern Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has struggled to keep several small COVID-19 outbreaks under control as clusters of both Omicron and Delta variants continue to spread. Health experts have warned that the semi-autonomous city cannot handle the same mass testing regimen that has worked in mainland cities.

https://sputniknews.com/20220202/hong-kong-health-officials-fear-tsunami-of-new-cases-due-to-lunar-new-year-travels-1092671195.html

2…………> US & Co Naval Test

US Strategic Command also launched Global Lightning military drills, which involve testing the latest model of America’s nuclear war plan. Last year, these war games were based on deterring hypothetical Russian aggression with nuclear weaponry. 

https://sputniknews.com/20220201/us-holds-largest-multinational-naval-exercise-in-middle-east-tests-fleet-of-drones-1092664961.html

3…………> Salvadoran Fugitives Removed

SAFE taskforce removed two noncitizen foreign fugitives last week wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide, as noncitizen Salvadoran nationals Oscar Melkin Moreno Romero, 28, and Hernan Quintanilla Herrera, 44, were flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, to the Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Salvador, El Salvador, on a charter flight coordinated by ICE’s Air Operations Unit. Upon arrival, both fugitives were turned over to officials from El Salvador’s Civilian National Police (PNC).

https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-removes-2-noncitizen-salvadoran-fugitives-wanted-aggravated-homicide

4…………> Myanmar Covid Explosion

Myanmar reported 861 more COVID-19 infections with a daily positivity rate of 2.15 percent in the past 24 hours, bringing the tally to 536,393, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Tuesday.

https://english.news.cn/20220201/e240dc3f347b407795d84beadf86f611/c.html

2…………> Mom’s Village: Up in Tel Aviv?

The village of artist Efrat Hakimi’s mother’s family, in the High Atlas, no longer exists even on maps, long lost to history, but can it be recreated in the Middle of Tel Aviv? 

https://www.haaretz.com/amp/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-how-to-recreate-a-lost-moroccan-village-in-the-middle-of-tel-aviv-1.10525403

3…………> Small Islands Paradises: Take a look

In the chilly waters of the Atlantic, off the north coast of Northern Ireland, lies a tiny, L-shaped island called Rathlin, loved home to around 160 people whose electricity arrived in the early 1990s, with the construction of three wind turbines. Can islanders get clean energy from the ocean wind?

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220131-the-worlds-tiny-islands-inspiring-green-action

4…………> Nasty Storm vs the Pilot: Fight for Life?

A pilot was forced to make a ”touch and go” landing after encountering strong winds caused by Storm Corrie.

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-60216196

5………….> Asteroid Collision: Watch for trouble

The impact of large asteroid crashing into our earth mainly depends on the size of the space object, keeping in mind that the one that hit Earth over 66 million years ago presumably wiped out the dinosaurs.

https://sputniknews.com/20220131/acid-rain-multi-year-winters-tsunamis-everything-to-brace-for-if-giant-asteroid-hits-earth-1092637596.html