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The world has made significant progress since the late 1990s, but HIV remains a major global public health issue. And like many other major health issues, it faces additional challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by United States Embassy Kuala Lumpur) Photo used under CC BY

World AIDS day: a reminder of another deadly pandemic

More than three decades after the WHO launched the first World AIDS Day, the world’s leading global health organization faces another public health crisis. Those who raised awareness of HIV find devastating similarities in America’s response to both crises.

TIME

India farmers vow to intensify protests

Farmers in India have rejected a government offer of “conditional talks” and demanded the repeal of agricultural laws they say will benefit only private players, as thousands of protesters continued their demonstrations.

Al Jazeera

Extreme poverty tightens grip globally amid COVID

The coronavirus pandemic is pushing the number of people worldwide who need humanitarian assistance to survive to new highs, the UN said, dramatically increasing the ranks of extreme poverty in just one year.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Food has run out for nearly 100,000 refugees, asylum seekers in Ethiopia

Associated Press

Nearly half of Tigray refugees are children

Deutsche Welle

COVID raises violence, trafficking worldwide

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad said the coronavirus pandemic has increased trafficking of women and gender-based violence, leaving the health and safety of women worldwide “on the line.”

Associated Press

Nepal’s female soldiers break taboos to tackle the coronavirus crisis

Reuters

Portuguese youth dominate climate lawsuit

Six Portuguese children and young adults cleared a major legal hurdle in a climate litigation case they brought against 33 European countries, claiming government climate inaction jeopardized their futures.

NBCNews.com

HUMAN RIGHTS

Afghans fleeing violence face cold welcome

In the past six months alone, 25,000 people have arrived in Kabul, according to data from the International Organization for Migration. Many lack shelter and warmth as the harsh winter gets under way.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Nigerian women leading the fight for change

Rinu Oduala is outspoken - Nigeria feels so threatened by her that her bank account has been frozen. She was among thousands of young Nigerians, who made history with the protests against police brutality.

Yahoo! News

Gaza through the eyes of a Palestinian photographer

Guardian

Uproar in France over limits on filming police

French President Emmanuel Macron’s government is pushing a new security bill that makes it illegal to publish images of police officers with intent to cause them harm, amid other measures.

Associated Press

The Romanian women in the UK sex trade

Sex traffickers can make profits of over $1M a year per brothel – and COVID lockdowns have only made it easier for them to operate.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Manhunt launched for Tigray leaders

Ethiopian officials say police and soldiers have launched a manhunt for the leaders of Tigray’s ruling party, after announcing federal troops had taken over the capital of the northern region and military operations were complete.

Guardian

‘Stop the madness,’ Tigray leader urges

The fugitive leader of Ethiopia’s defiant Tigray region called on PM Abiy Ahmed to “stop the madness” and withdraw troops from the region as he asserted that fighting continues “on every front” days after Abiy declared victory.

Associated Press

Pakistan’ enemy calls for resignation of PM

Despite a government ban and arrests of hundreds of activists, Pakistani opposition supporters rallied in a central city, calling on Prime Minister Imran Khan to resign over alleged bad governance and incompetence.

Associated Press

A fight broke out among lawmakers. Pig guts were thrown

CNN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

System lets thousands of students test remotely

Piero Tintori’s company Better Examinations allows tens of thousands of students to remotely sit exams at the same time, with each needing just a laptop, a webcam and an internet connection.

BBC

What’s the harm of ‘funny’ anti-vaccine memes?

Memes, often in the form of humorous images and videos, are a major part of how people communicate on the internet, but they can also be used to spread disinformation.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Moderna asks FDA, Europe to approve vaccine

Moderna Inc. said it would ask U.S. and European regulators to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine. The request comes as new study results confirm the shots offer strong protection from the virus.

CBS News

China: 1 year since COVID symptoms detected

One year ago, the symptoms of the new coronavirus were first detected in Wuhan, China, according to a published study. Now the world looks back on the origins of the virus.

Yahoo! News

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Steven Thrasher):

World AIDS Day is a grim reminder that we have many pandemics going on

Scientific American

Column (Kate Nicholson and Deborah Hellman):

We must not leave the vulnerable out if we have health care rations

The Hill

Column (Joe Macaron):

Trump is leaving Biden a landmine field in the Middle East

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Strangers rally around sanitation worker

After the assault, he would stand in front of a mirror training himself to dial back his smile, to hide his shattered front teeth behind his upper lip.

MSN

Indigenous leader named ‘environmental hero’

Nemonte Nenquimo, an indigenous leader from the Ecuadorean Amazon is one of the winners of the Goldman environmental prize, which recognizes grassroots activism.

BBC

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Bitcoin aims to raise $1M for good causes

Bitcoin Tuesday, a crypto-based charity event hosted by The Giving Block, is looking to raise at least $1 million in donations today and over the rest of the month of December.

Cointelegraph

American Indian Museum receives $5.67M

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian has received a $5.67 million grant from the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria in support of an education initiative.

Philanthropy News Digest

Panda Cares gives $10M in Black scholarships

The United Negro College Fund and Panda Cares, the philanthropic arm of Panda Express, have announced the 2020 recipients of more than $10 million in scholarships.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Food brands reveal their climate impact

A number of brands are labeling their products to show their climate impact. Swedish food company Felix opened a store where items were priced based on their carbon footprint. The bigger the emissions, the higher the price.

CNN

Stubble burning keeps smothering N.India

Stubble burning in northern India has long been a major cause of air pollution, but efforts to stop it fail every year.

BBC

Environment award for man who stopped new coal power plant in Ghana

BBC

‘World’s loneliest elephant’ heads to Cambodia

After years of public outcry and campaigning by the U.S. singer and actor Cher, the “world’s loneliest elephant” has embarked on a mammoth move from Pakistan to retirement in a Cambodian sanctuary.

Guardian

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Uber leaves a trail of misery in Kenya

Interviews with more than 80 current and former drivers in Nairobi and the port city of Mombasa show that, in Kenya’s biggest markets, untold numbers of Uber drivers are drowning in debt.

NBC

Radio hosts explain COVID to Indigenous

When the pandemic first hit the U.S., the hosts of Radio Indígena were among the first who could explain COVID-19 to Indigenous Mexican farmworkers, thanks to their ability to switch between indigenous languages.

CNN

Students fall behind in math during pandemic

A disproportionately large number of poor and minority students in the U.S. were not in schools for assessments this fall, complicating efforts to measure the pandemic’s effects on some of the most vulnerable students.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Lijiang, Yunnan, China: Nakhi people carrying the typical baskets of the region; a scene from public performance in Jade Dragon Snow Mountain Open Air Theatre. (Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas) Photo used under CC BY

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