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Hard Numbers: Namibia’s anti-LGBTQ ruling, Red Cross hacked, Biden to deliver N95 masks, North Korean compensation
2: Namibia’s High Court ruled against two gay couples seeking legal recognition of their marriages. The judge said she agreed with the couples, who are seeking residency or work authorizations for foreign-born spouses, but is bound by a Supreme Court ruling that deems same-sex relationships illegitimate.
515,000: The International Red Cross says hackers infiltrated its database, compromising the personal information of 515,000 vulnerable people, including migrants and those displaced by conflicts. The Geneva-based organization believes the hackers were likely criminals hoping to profit from the data breach.
400 million: As omicron continues to spread, the Biden administration will distribute 400 million free N95 masks to Americans starting next week. But some analysts have criticized the move, saying it will further disrupt supply chains.
240,000: A New York court ruled that the family of Otto Warmbier — a US student who died in 2017 after being detained by North Korea — should be awarded $240,000 in seized assets from Pyongyang. Plaintiffs in Japan and South Korea are pursuing similar legal avenues to hold the North accountable for human rights abuses.
Red Cross turns to VR for disaster response training
CHONBURI • A Thai policewoman trudges through waste and ruined buildings looking for bodies - but she needs only a joystick and a virtual reality (VR) headset for the grim task, as technology comes to the aid of disaster management training.
Delete Your Account, Mark
Mark Zuckerberg faces his biggest crisis yet and Peter Maurer, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross, casts some much-needed light on some of the actual crises plaguing today’s most vulnerable people (the non-billionaires of the world).