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5th December 2020 / Africa

Devastating Locust Swarms Flew Across Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia, Destroying Crops and Threatening the Food Supply Chain

Millions of desert locusts swarmed into Kenya from Somalia and Ethiopia, destroying farmland and threatening an already vulnerable region.

This photo was taken in Kenya's Kitui County in January.

See more of @AP’s top photos from 2020: https://t.co/n86mLNUach #APPhotos2020 pic.twitter.com/4ZqPsVqpbo
— The Associated Press (@AP) December 5, 2020

5th December 2020 / Military Watch

CFIUS Allowed China to Purchase Over 180,000 Acres Near the Runway of the US’s Largest Pilot Training Base Enabling Critical Airforce Reconnaissance

The Chinese have recently purchased over 180,000 acres of Texas ranch land near the runway of the US’s largest pilot training base for the Air Force. Standing at the their front gate on a recent reconnaissance trip, I couldn’t believe we allowed these purchases under CFIUS. 1/3 pic.twitter.com/7UMTIFagaC
— Kyle Bass (@Jkylebass) December 5, 2020

4th December 2020 / News

With a Few Clicks of a Burner Phone and Chinese Banking Apps, Money Launderers are Routing Drug Profits for the Cartels

With a few clicks of a burner phone and Chinese banking apps, money launderers from China are expertly routing drug profits from the United States to China, and then on to Mexico, without cash ever crossing borders https://t.co/6b6fd2TwEt @Draz_DJ pic.twitter.com/Jl8FJcUscg
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 3, 2020

4th December 2020 / World News

A Militant Islamist Group Attacked an Army Camp in the Philippines

A group of around 50 Islamist militants attacked an army battalion camp and set fire to a police car in the town of Datu Piang, 960 kilometers (597 miles) south of Manila. https://t.co/kbKJkV7raV
— DW News (@dwnews) December 4, 2020

3rd December 2020 / Middle East

US Is Temporarily Withdrawing Baghdad Embassy Staff Ahead of Soleimani Anniversary

US temporarily withdrawing Baghdad embassy staff ahead of Soleimani anniversary https://t.co/MB3bym7nPS pic.twitter.com/tTpzHjX7TI
— New York Post (@nypost) December 3, 2020

1st December 2020 / Americas

Brazil’s Amazon Deforestation ‘Surges to Twelve Year High’

Brazil's Amazon: Deforestation 'surges to 12-year high' https://t.co/UFHLeSEI4N
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) November 30, 2020

Deforestation of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil has surged to its highest level since 2008, the country’s space agency (Inpe) reports. A total of 11,088 sq km (4,281 sq miles) of rainforest were destroyed from August 2019 to July 2020. This is a 9.5% increase from the previous year. The Amazon is a vital carbon store that slows down the pace of global warming.
https://www.bbc.com/