✍️✍️ Jobs Update ✍️✍️ — November 29
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Heyo folks, happy Monday! I’ve moved down to Bournemouth for a few weeks for a much-needed break from London. Ahead of my move, I was reading about why being in coastal environments has such a huge impact on our mood. Turns out it has direct links to better social connections and higher levels of vitamin D, so I guess I can cut down on those supplements. Who knew…
Anyway, not a whole ton to get through today. On Friday we had a Q&A with Ed Walker, Audience and Content Director at Reach, and he shed some fantastic advice on how to manage and inspire teams, as well as how to grow news audiences.
We’ll be back in your inboxes at some point this week with an Election Dissection and Data Corner, and if we’re lucky another awesome Q&A.
Thoughts, jobs and Outside The Newsroom are below, have great weeks everybody! 👋
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Outside The Newsroom 🗺️
Europe 🇪🇺
Bulgarian Bus Tragedy: A bus crash that killed 44 people, including 12 children, in Bulgaria this week was most likely caused by human error, investigators ruled. After hitting a crash barrier on the freeway, the bus caught fire, leaving its passengers trapped inside. However, seven managed to escape and are currently hospitalized with burns, after one of the passengers broke the back window.
Hungarian Media Defies LGBTQ+ Ban: Several Hungarian media organizations have expressed intentions to defy a ban the country’s ruling nationalist party passed in June on LGBTQ+ content aimed at children. TV channels and magazines will instead take part in a social media campaign to educate people about LGBTQ+ families.
Incoming German Gov’t Supports Cannabis: Germany’s incoming coalition of center-left Social Democrats, business-orientated Free Democrats and the Green Party will consider legalizing the controlled distribution of recreational cannabis. The coalition stresses the legalization will be tightly regulated and protect children.
Coal-Free Portugal: Portugal has become the EU’s fourth country (Belgium, Austria and Sweden) to end its use of fossil fuels to generate electricity before its deadline — Portugal’s deadline is in 2030. This comes after the country signed a pact at COP26 to shift away from coal use by the end of 2022. Portugal’s Pego power plant was previously its second-largest emitter of carbon dioxide.
Sweden’s First Woman PM Returns Days After Resigning: Magdalena Andersson is expected to be re-appointed as Sweden’s prime minister, after she told parliament she would return as the head of a minority government of only Social Democrats. The move comes just 10 months before she’ll be up for re-election in September’s general election.
Middle East 🌍
Emirati Accused of Torture Appointed New Interpol President: Interpol has elected Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi, an Emirati general accused of torture, as its next president despite campaigns to stop his appointment. The U.A.E. generously funds Interpol, and its appointment of a Chinese senior public security official caused similar outrage.
Qatar Arrests Norwegian Journalists Reporting on FIFA World Cup: Two Norwegian reporters were arrested for trespassing while covering preparations for the 2022 Qatar World Cup. Norway’s PM claimed their arrest was “unacceptable,” highlighting the importance of a free press and claiming the reporters had permission to film wherever. After being held for more than 30 hours, they were released without charge.
Yemen War Deaths Approach 377,000: According to the UN Development Program, war-related deaths in Yemen are predicted to reach 377,000 by the end of the year, a figure that could reach 1.3 million by the end of the decade. Around 70 percent of the victims were under five years old, and more than half of the deaths were due to indirect causes such as hunger.
Israel Facial Recognition Monitors Palestinians: An Israeli NGO and former Israeli soldiers have alleged that the Israeli military uses facial recognition to create a database of images of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Informants to the NGO claim the program began almost two-and-a-half years ago.
Apple Sues Israeli Spyware Firm: Meanwhile, Apple is suing Israeli spyware firm NSO for targeting iPhone users with Pegasus software. The hacking tool — which infects both iPhones and Android devices — can extract messages, multimedia, emails and secretly activate microphones. The spyware scandal, which broke earlier this year, revealed the software was being used to target journalists, human rights activists and political dissidents.
Africa 🌍
Somalia Suicide Bomb: At least five people have died and more than 20 injured in a suicide bombing in Somalia, after an attacker drove an explosives-laden vehicle into a security convoy next to the home of the country’s former president. The Al-Qaeda-linked militant group Al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for the attack.
World’s Highest Child Soldier Numbers: A new UNICEF report indicates West and Central Africa are home to the most child soldiers in the world, including the world’s highest numbers of underage sexual violence victims. In total, 57 million children in the region need humanitarian assistance.
Double Olympic Champion Joins Ethiopian Army: As conflict in Ethiopia continues to escalate, 48-year-old former Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie announced he will join his country’s military to fight Tigrayan insurgencies threatening the capital, Addis Ababa. The worrying developments have left many foreigners under instructions to leave the country, where fighting in the north began last year. Gebrselassie won two running gold medals in the 10,000 meters.
Sudan’s PM Strikes Deal with Military: After his arrest during Sudan’s military coup last month, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has been reinstated after striking a pact with military forces. In order to “avoid bloodshed,” Hamdok reached a power-sharing deal between military and civilian leadership, allegedly with a gun pointed to his head.
Malawi Asks Mike Tyson to be Cannabis Ambassador: Malawi’s agricultural minister has asked Mike Tyson to be an ambassador for the country’s cannabis crops via the U.S. Cannabis Association. Tyson has spoken of how cannabis has improved his mental health, and has already invested in a cannabis farm in the U.S.
Asia Pacific 🌏
US Mistake Inviting Taiwan to Democracy Summit: China has accused Joe Biden of making a “mistake” by inviting Taiwan to a democracy summit, along with 109 other governments scheduled for December 9 and 10. China has long claimed that Taiwan is Chinese territory, and in a recent virtual meeting with Biden, President Xi Jinping claimed supporters of the country’s independence were “playing with fire.”
India’s Online Child Sex Abuse Increases: In the southern Indian state of Kerala, cases of child sex abuse have increased by 200-300 percent since before the pandemic, the state’s police claims. While records estimate that 43,000 child sex abuse offences were committed in 2020, activists predict those numbers are higher. The country’s supreme court also recently ruled to acquit a man of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl, as there was no “skin-to-skin” contact.
Sri Lanka Easter Bombers Face 23,000 Charges: The 25 suspects accused of masterminding the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings — who together face more than 23,000 charges — has begun. The bombings inside churches and luxury hotels killed almost 300 people and injured approximately 500. All eight suicide bombers died in the attacks.
Solomon Islands Unrest: Violent anti-government protests have broken out in the Solomon Islands where demonstrators have defied lockdown orders and set fire to buildings in the capital. Their grievances date back to 2019, when the government severed ties with Taiwan in favor of establishing formal links with China. In response, Australia has deployed police and military forces to the region.
India Bans Private Crypto: Indian lawmakers have designed a bill to ban private cryptocurrencies and allow the country’s central bank to launch an official digital currency, amid concerns that crypto could cause financial instability. The proposed legislation comes after China recently made all cryptocurrency transactions illegal.
Latin America 🌎
El Salvador to Build Bitcoin City: Meanwhile in El Salvador, President Nayib Bukele announced the country’s plan to build the world’s first Bitcoin City, backed by bitcoin bonds it will issue in 2022. In September, El Salvador became the world’s first country to adopt the digital currency as legal tender.
U.S. to Remove FARC From Terrorist List: Five years after the FARC signed a peace deal with the Colombian government, the U.S. will remove the leftist guerilla group from the country’s international terrorist list. However, while more than 90 percent of former fighters have demobilized, dissident groups continue to wreak havoc across the Colombian countryside.
Honduras’ High-Stakes Election: Honduras could be just a week away from electing its first woman president. Lead opposition candidate Xiomara Castro promises to put an end to the violence and corruption allegations associated with the country’s ruling National party. Honduras’ last presidential election in 2018 was tainted by allegations of fraud, so much so that the U.S. called for a new vote.
Rediscovered Frog Could End Coal Mine: Although listed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as extinct, the longnose harlequin frog is alive and well in Ecuador where it thrives in the country’s cloud forests. The conservation of the amphibian is currently one of the main arguments being used in a battle to stop a mining project in the Intag valley, a remote area of the Imbabura province.
Amazon Gold Rush Attracts Illegal Miners: And finally, the gold rush in the Madeira River, a major tributary of the Amazon, has attracted hundreds of illegal miners to gather from far and wide and moor their dredging rafts on the river to vacuum it for gold. Environmentalists are currently demanding urgent action to halt the process. The rush, which began around the time of COP26, was triggered by rumours that somebody had found gold in the river.
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