Global News 09/01/2021

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Texas 6-week abortion ban takes effect, with high court mum, Taiwan says China can 'paralyse' its defences, threat worsening, Lithuania slams shut the door to the EU for irregular migrants, Putin says US achieved ‘zero’ in Afghanistan

• Texas 6-week abortion ban takes effect, with high court mum (AP)

• Taiwan says China can 'paralyse' its defences, threat worsening (Reuters)

• Lithuania slams shut the door to the EU for irregular migrants (POLITICO)

• Putin says US achieved ‘zero’ in Afghanistan (Al Jazeera)

• Ethiopia's Tigray rebels looting aid supplies, US agency says (EastAfrican)

• Ramstein Air Base: The Kabul airlift has ended, but a US operation to get 14,000 people off a German base is far from over (CNN)

• Biden to pledge security aid in first meeting with Ukraine's Zelenskiy (Reuters)

• Lukashenka Says Belarus To Receive Huge Military Consignment From Russia (RFE/RL)

• Truce reached in Syria’s Deraa after months of fighting: Reports (Al Jazeera)

• Hundreds Flee During Four Days of Fighting in Myanmar’s Shan State (Radio Free Asia)

• South America's drought-hit Paraná river at 77-year low (BBC)

• UN: Weather disasters soar in numbers, cost, but deaths fall (AP)

• Air pollution shaves 2.2 years off life expectancy: report (Axios)

• The Education Department Will Forgive $5.8 Billion in Student Loans for Disabled Borrowers (ProPublica)

• Government internet shutdowns grow more common and costlier (Axios)