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Snow-clad hills overlooking Edinburgh in lockdown - in pictures

The Pentland hills outside Edinburgh have had to double up as the Alps and Cairngorms for residents of the capital city - under Covid-19 restrictions city dwellers are permitted to travel only a short distance beyond their local council boundary for exercise. Undaunted but social distanced they have rediscovered the modest but irresistible charms of the snow-clad hills overlooking the city and the firth of Forth

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source https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/gallery/2021/jan/11/snow-clad-hills-overlooking-edinburgh-in-lockdown-in-pictures

Aid spending in Africa must be African-led – it needs a Black Lives Matter reckoning | Dedo Baranshamaje and Katie Bunten-Wamaru

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If we use this pivotal moment to shift funding to grassroots groups we could unlock transformational change

While the US continues to reckon with its long-simmering struggle against racial injustice, it is important to remember that racism is not just a homegrown problem – we are also exporting it.

As we begin 2021, global philanthropy has an opportunity to address this.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jan/11/aid-spending-in-africa-must-be-african-led-it-needs-a-black-lives-matter-reckoning

Covid hotspots NSW: list of Sydney and regional coronavirus case locations

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Here are the current coronavirus hotspots in New South Wales and what to do if you’ve visited them

New South Wales health authorities have updated a list of hotspots Covid-positive people have visited while infectious.

Those who attended some locations must isolate immediately for 14 days after you were last there, others must monitor for symptoms.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/jan/11/covid-19-nsw-hotspots-list-regional-sydney-coronavirus-case-outbreak-locations

Baby shark! Newborn megalodons larger than humans, scientists say

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Creatures that patrolled the oceans 3m years ago were about two metres long at birth, researchers find

Enormous megatooth sharks, or megalodons, which patrolled the world’s oceans more than three million years ago, gave birth to babies larger than most adult humans, scientists say.

Researchers made the unsettling discovery when they X-rayed the vertebra of a fossilised megalodon and found that it must have been about two metres (6.5 ft) long when it was born.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jan/11/baby-shark-newborn-megalodons-larger-than-humans-scientists-say

China agrees to let in WHO team investigating Covid origins

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Experts to arrive on 14 January country’s national health authority says, but it’s unclear if they will get access to Wuhan

A World Health Organization team of international experts tasked with investigating the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic will arrive in China on 14 January, China’s national health authority has said.

The team was initially aiming to enter China in early January but China blocked their arrival, saying visas had not yet been approved, even as some members of the group were on their way.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jan/11/china-agrees-to-let-in-who-team-investigating-covid-origins

Nuclear stand-off: can Joe Biden avert a new arms race?

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Analysis: new president will face threats on multiple fronts, including from Russia and Iran, and must decide future of US arsenal

Joe Biden will have to make critical decisions on arms control in his first days in the White House that could determine whether a new nuclear arms race can be averted, and possibly reversed.

When the new president takes the oath of office on 20 January, there will be 16 days left before the 2010 New Start treaty with Russia expires, and with it the last binding limit on the world’s two biggest nuclear arsenals left standing in the wake of the Trump era.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/11/nuclear-stand-off-can-joe-biden-avert-a-new-arms-race