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A second weekend of widespread protests across Russia

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People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 31, 2021.

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For a second weekend in a row, demonstrators across Russia came out to the streets to call for the release of opposition politician Alexei Navalny from jail. And, Myanmar’s military has seized power in a coup. The takeover happened before dawn on Monday with politicians taken from their homes and detained. Also, while concerns are growing over the limited supplies of approved COVID-19 vaccines, behind the scenes, the vaccine powerhouse Serum Institute of India is massively scaling up and is expected to play a pivotal role in supplying the world.

In This Episode

Protesters across Russia are supporting opposition leader Alexei Navalny
In Greece, migrant advocates scramble to determine COVID-19 vaccine eligibility
World War II veteran who raised $44 million for NHS hospitalized for COVID-19
Biden’s Somalia rethink
New study shows seagrasses expel microplastics in the Mediterranean
A coup in Myanmar 
Far-right groups receive some foreign funding
A cartoon depicts a person in a blue suit pointing to a sign to a person in a gray suit
In today’s Germany, a new book makes fun of anti-Semitism through cartoons
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A gloved hand holds a needle up-close.
How India’s Serum Institute became a COVID-19 vaccine powerhouse
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