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A butcher poses with his meats in Kasubi central market, Uganda. Men’s meaty diets cause greater climate-heating emissions than women’s diets worldwide. (Photo by Bruno ashimwe winks) Photo used under CC BY

Men’s meat-heavy diets markedly harm climate

Men’s meaty diets are responsible for 40% more climate-heating emissions than those of women, according to a UK study. The research also found a quarter of diet-related emissions were from “optional” food and drink, like coffee, alcohol, cakes and sweets.

Guardian

COVID-19 in pregnancy linked with stillbirths

Pregnant women with COVID-19 face increased chances for stillbirths compared with uninfected women, and that risk spiked to four times higher after the delta variant emerged, new government data show.

PBS NewsHour

People with mental illness at higher risk of COVID

NPR

India’s Modi backs down on farm reforms

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he would repeal agriculture laws that farmers have been protesting against for more than a year, sparking celebrations for what farmers called a hard-fought victory.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

India farm protests to continue despite repeal of laws

Bloomberg

China resolution envisions full reunion with Taiwan

China’s third historical resolution outlines General Secretary and President Xi Jinping’s plans to reform the country’s army, strengthen its marine power, form stronger ties with neighboring countries, and eventually “reunify” Taiwan with the mainland.

Asia Times Online

China plans to improve elderly care services

China is urging some local governments to embark on pilot programs next year to improve medical and care services for the elderly, with the goal of rolling out the scheme nationwide in 2023.

Reuters

Death, distress for Syria’s children in Idlib

At least 60 children in northern Idlib providence of Syria have been killed in some 700 air raids and shelling in Idlib over the past five months, Syrian Civil Defense media coordinator Moussa al-Zaidan told Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera

Hate speech in Myanmar thrives on Facebook

Internal documents viewed by The Associated Press show that Facebook continues to have problems detecting and moderating hate speech and misinformation on its platform in the Southeast Asian nation.

Associated Press

Rohingya in Bangladesh camps fear police

Rohingya refugees living in sprawling camps near Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh say they are caught in the middle of alleged police “atrocities” and violence by an armed group with members within the community.

Al Jazeera

Rohingya refugees fear deportation

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Myanmar junta accused of starving citizens

Myanmar’s military junta has been accused of forcing people to the brink of starvation with repeated offensives since it seized power in a coup earlier this year.

Guardian

Afghans ‘marry off’ baby girls for dowries

Jobless and engulfed in debt, Afghan brick kiln worker Fazal said the country’s imploding economy had left him with a stark choice - marry off his young daughters, or risk the family starving to death.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Colombian environmentalists face off against drug trafficking groups

CNN

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

China fires warning at Taiwanese companies

Taiwan’s mainland units have been punitively fined for violating business rules over the conglomerate’s alleged donations to politicians who have called for Taiwan’s independence, according to Chinese state media reports.

Asia Times Online

Taiwan revamps military training for reserves amid China pressure

Al Jazeera

Algerians distrust voting will bring change

Algerians voted in local elections seen as key in President Tebboune’s push to turn the page on the two-decade rule of late president. But despite campaigns urging Algerians to vote, Algerians showed little public interest.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Hate speech on social media sustains conflict

Social media giants Facebook and Twitter have come under fire over their roles in the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia.

BBC

Experts unearth 800-year-old mummy in Peru

A team of experts has found a mummy estimated to be at least 800 years old on Peru’s central coast, one of the archaeologists who participated in the excavation said.

Guardian

Nigerian crypto traders risk jail to bypass ban

With Nigeria getting serious about banning the trading of bitcoin and other volatile cryptocurrencies, young Nigerians who rely on digital currencies are going underground.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

GLOBAL HEALTH

Some Asian vaccination rates now soaring

Cambodia and Japan boast vaccination rates that rank among the world’s best. They are two of many nations in the Asia-Pacific region that got slow starts to their vaccine campaigns but have since zoomed past the United States.

Associated Press

Camels bearing health care give hope in Kenya

When the roads are not up to it, a mobile clinic on hooves brings family planning and other medical supplies to remote communities in Kenya.

Guardian

Breast cancer is a growing problem in Africa

Breast cancer is currently the most common type of cancer worldwide. Although the incidence of breast cancer remains higher in developed countries, the incidence is also increasing in developing countries.

Deutsche Welle

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Gordon Brown):

It is high time we start preparing for future pandemics

Al Jazeera

Column (Amanda Elam and Wendy Teleki):

How to empower women founders in low-income countries

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Column (Vijay Prashad):

Indian farmers defend rights of farmers everywhere

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Saudi Arabia launches women’s soccer league

It has been only a few years since Saudi women were allowed inside stadiums to watch soccer matches. Now Saudi Arabia has launched its first soccer league for women.

Deutsche Welle

Mom braids hair for kids in her community

A friend‘s act of kindness inspired a woman in Antioch, Tennessee, to lend a helping hand by braiding children’s hair for free.

Yahoo! News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Third of nonprofits exceeded fundraising goals

More than a third of large and midsize nonprofits in ten countries report exceeding their fundraising goals in the past twelve months, a report from Salesforce.org finds.

Philanthropy News Digest

Group of volunteers helping NYC’s homeless

Good Morning America

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Lebanese kids are left hungry amid crisis

Lebanon’s severe economic crisis has left some children hungry and without good medical care, and forced others to drop out of school to help their families, the United Nations said.

Associated Press

Mexico’s army stands between gangs

The Mexican army has largely stopped fighting drug cartels in western Mexico, instead ordering soldiers to guard the dividing lines between gang territories so they won’t invade each other’s turf.

Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

Spike in Amazon deforestation draws shock

Diplomats expressed shock at data revealing higher-than-expected deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon this year, saying it increases pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro’s government to do more to stop the destruction.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Brazil faces economic pain as Amazon forest destruction dries up water supplies

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indonesia sees gas as bridge to carbon neutral

Indonesia is seeking investors for seven new initiatives in a sign the country will be falling back on its rich reserves of natural gas to ease the difficult transition from coal to renewable energy over the next three decades.

Asia Times Online

S. African teacher raising the next generation of eco-warriors

CNN

Photo of the Day

An Algerian soldier patrols the streets amid food price protests in 2011. Protests in Algeria have successfully put pressure on the Algerian government to enact change in recent years. Similar protest have begun to flourish around the voting process. Many Algerians distrust the voting process and have protested the long-standing puppet government in place. (Photo by Magharebia) Photo used under CC BY

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