116: Ecuador's government has declared a nationwide state of emergency after 116 inmates were killed — six of them beheaded — in a gang war inside a jail in the port city of Guayaquil. Prison violence is a massive problem in Ecuador, a transit country for Colombian and Peruvian cocaine where Mexican drug cartels are becoming more influential.
1: A French court found former president Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of violating campaign finance laws during his failed 2012 re-election bid and sentenced him to one year in jail. Sarkozy, the first French president to actually do time, is already serving a one-year sentence at home for corruption.
100 billion: India wants wealthy nations to cough up at least $100 billion to help developing countries fight climate change ahead of next month's COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. The Indians have long demanded that rich nations pay more because their economies benefited from using dirty fuel systems for many decades.
7: Ethiopia has kicked out seven UN officials for "meddling" in the country's affairs, after they warned about lack of access to the war-ravaged Tigray region. UN agencies have repeatedly said that closing off Tigray will cause famine, but the Ethiopian government claims that aid workers are siding with the Tigrayan rebels.A poster featuring Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew, is installed on a sign leading to the parking area of the Sandringham Estate in Wolferton, as pressure builds on him to give evidence after the U.S. Justice Department released more records tied to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, in Norfolk, Britain, February 5, 2026.
British police arrested former Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor today over allegations that in 2010, when he was a UK trade envoy, he shared confidential government documents with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Does skepticism rule the day in politics? Public opinion data collected as part of the Munich Security Conference’s annual report found that large shares of respondents in G7 and several BRICS countries believed their governments’ policies would leave future generations worse off.
With the US leading production and China driving new reactor development, Bank of America breaks down the who, what, where, when, and why behind nuclear’s return. Stay ahead of global energy trends with Bank of America Institute.
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