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YouTube launches a Premium paywall for song lyrics on YouTube Music, after testing it in recent months; users get five free lyrics before they have to subscribe (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/02/07/youtube-music-lyrics-premium/

YouTube Music lyrics now require a Premium subscription 
After testing in recent months, YouTube Music looks to be widely rolling out a Premium paywall for lyrics...

YouTube launches a Premium paywall for song lyrics on YouTube Music, after testing it in recent months; users get five free lyrics before they have to subscribe (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2026/02/07/youtube-music-lyrics-premium/

YouTube Music lyrics now require a Premium subscription 
After testing in recent months, YouTube Music looks to be widely rolling out a Premium paywall for lyrics...

YouTube Music: Lyrics verschwinden bei einigen Nutzern hinter Paywall
Google experimentiert damit, Songtexte in YouTube Music nur noch zahlenden Premium-Nutzern anzuzeigen. Unklar ist, ob diese Idee eine Zukunft hat.

Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods #environment

Governments need to prepare for more frequent large floods
Flood management is a priority for many governments around the world. Recent floods have led to hundreds of deaths and caused significant damage in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Albania, Kenya and elsewhere.

The Justice Ministry is proposing to take 75% Client Account Interest into its own hands, so a tax.
This is essentially Clients own money as Solicitors have to account for it.
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultation

Interest on Lawyers' Client Accounts Scheme

Ohio Democrats warned Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R) Monday
over his decision to hand over the sensitive voter data of nearly 8 million Ohioans to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
The dispute escalated after reports confirmed LaRose had transferred the statewide voter registration database to the DOJ as part of its nationwide investigation into how states are maintaining their voter rolls.

Ohio Dems put GOP elections chief on notice for handing voter data to Trump DOJ
This isn’t the first time LaRose has danced to DOJ’s tune.

Lyrics as Literature: Scholarly Perspectives on Song Lyric Craft https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/02/07/lyrics-as-literature-scholarly-perspectives-on-song-lyric-craft

Russia hits Kyiv with large-scale strikes after rejecting peacekeeping plan - France 24
https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260109-russia-hits-kyiv-in-large-scale-strike-after-rejecting-peacekeeping-plan

Large Hadron Collider macht wieder Winterpause: Bald nächste große Aufrüstung
Nach einem erneuten Rekordjahr wurde der weltgrößte Teilchenbeschleuniger Anfang der Woche heruntergefahren. Mitte 2026 beginnt die nächste große Aufrüstung.

The EU says it is considering designating WhatsApp a "very large platform", after WhatsApp published user numbers above the DSA threshold in February 2025 (Louise Breusch Rasmussen/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/technology/eu-cons