 The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted unanimously to revoke Chinese telecom giant Unicom's authorization to operate a subsidiary in the U.S. FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said the U.S. has evidence showing that state-owned Chinese telecommunication companies "pose a real threat to the security of our telecommunications networks." More: - The FCC said that Unicom must end its operations in the U.S. within 60 days.
- The decision follows the FCC's move to revoke the license of rival China Telecom in October 2021.
- Following the ban, federal officials said companies controlled by the Chinese government could "engage in espionage and other harmful activities against the U.S." if they gain access to U.S. communications networks.
- In November, President Biden signed legislation to stop foreign telecommunications companies from receiving equipment licenses if they are considered to be a security threat to the U.S.
- The rule means that equipment produced by Huawei, ZTE, and other Chinese telecom companies could not be used in U.S. telecom networks.
- That month, the U.S. government added dozens of Chinese technology companies to a restricted trade list based on perceived threats to national security.
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 A caravan of unvaccinated truckers is trying to shut down central Ottawa to protest a Canadian vaccine mandate for cross-border truck drivers. The truckers are set to arrive at Ottawa's Parliament Hill today, where they intend to block traffic. More: - The truckers won support online from Elon Musk, who tweeted: "Canadian truckers rule."
- Organizers said the protest will be peaceful, but some truckers and supporters made comments online about blocking hospitals and assaulting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
- Some members of the opposition Conservative Party are praising the truckers but are distancing themselves from some of the more extreme comments.
- Legislator Pierre Poilevre said:
- "You're bound to have a number who say unacceptable things ... but that doesn't mean we disparage the thousands of hardworking, law-abiding, and peaceful truckers, who quite frankly, have kept all of you alive for the last two years."
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 Afghans are struggling with widespread malnutrition and growing infant mortality rates due to the war-torn country's economic contraction. The United Nations said that half of the Afghan population faces acute hunger and one million Afghan children are at risk of dying of malnutrition. More: - The Afghan economy is set to contract by ~20% this year, following a ~40% contraction since the Taliban takeover in August.
- Western countries imposed economic sanctions after the Taliban took over, cutting off flows of capital into the country.
- International aid restarted in late 2021 but aid groups said they lack resources to tackle the ongoing famine.
- Last month, the Taliban regime's prime minister told Afghans that God was to blame for a drought that has caused food scarcity.
- The Wall Street Journal reported that one Afghan man tried to sell his 3-year-old daughter for $200-$300, reasoning that anyone with that kind of money would be able to take better care of his child.
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 GOOD NEWS: Xiomara Castro was sworn in as Honduras' first female president yesterday. Castro, a democratic socialist, won last year's presidential election in a landslide. More: - Casto campaigned on reducing economic inequality and easing rules that ban abortions.
- In her inauguration speech, Castro said: "Two hundred years have passed since our independence was proclaimed. We're breaking chains and we're breaking traditions."
- Her Freedom and Refoundation Party (Libre) received 1.7 million votes in the November election, more than any other candidate in Honduran history.
- Castro, 62, is married to former president Manuel Zelaya, who was elected in 2006 but was ousted in a 2009 military coup.
- Castro previously ran for president in 2013 and 2017.
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Israeli researchers found that people who were vaccinated against COVID were less likely to experience "Long COVID" than those who were infected without being vaccinated. The study, which has not yet been peer-reviewed, found that fully vaccinated participants who had COVID were 54% less likely to report headaches, 68% less likely to report fatigue, and 68% less likely to report muscle pain than unvaccinated participants who were infected with COVID. More: - This study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination can reduce the likelihood of "Long COVID."
- Claire Steves, the lead author of a U.K. study that reached a similar conclusion, said: "It’s really good to see different study designs correlating, with the same results."
- "Long COVID" refers to a wide array of symptoms that some people experience weeks or months after a COVID-19 infection.
- These symptoms often include fatigue, brain fog, and shortness of breath.
- Scientists suspect the symptoms are caused by the virus lingering in body tissue or by an autoimmune disorder.
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 Portugal is set to hold a snap election on Sunday. The ruling Socialist Party's (PS) lead in polls has slipped in recent months, with the center-right Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the far-right Chega party's growth threatening the government of Socialist Prime Minister António Costa. More: - Costa's Socialist Party leads a minority government that took power in 2019.
- From 2015 to 2019, Costa led a left-wing coalition that included the Left Bloc (BE), the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP), and the Greens (PEV).
- Costa called a snap election in October, after the PCP and Left Bloc rejected his government's budget proposal.
- PSD leader Rui Rio said his party would be open to governing alongside the conservative CDS-People's Party and the pro-market Liberal Initiative.
- Rio said his party would not govern alongside Chega, an upstart far-right party that has capitalized on anti-lockdown and anti-immigrant sentiment to grow to third place in many polls.
- However, Rio indicated that a PSD-led minority government would accept parliamentary support from Chega on some votes.
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 |  | Daniel Smith is an Inside Analyst who currently resides in Miami, Florida. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Daniel spent the last four years as a PhD candidate in Politics and International Studies at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. He is fascinated by tech, business, politics, venture capital, and everything in between. When he’s not writing for Inside he can be found kicking a ball on the nearest rugby pitch. Follow him on Twitter @DanSmithInside. |  | | Editor | Eduardo Garcia is a writer and editor based in New York. He is writing an illustrated book about climate change that will be published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House. Bylines in The New York Times, The Guardian, Slate, Scientific American, and others. In one of his previous lives, Eduardo worked as a Reuters correspondent in Latin America for nearly a decade. | |
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