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Protesters rally against ICE in Chicago, Illinois in summer of 2019. Human rights advocates say there has been a significant acceleration of deportations linked to the possibility that ICE could soon be under new management. (Photo by Charles Edward Miller) Photo used under CC BY

US ICE officials use torture, force African migrants out

US immigration officers allegedly tortured Cameroonian asylum seekers to force them to sign their own deportation orders, in what lawyers and activists describe as a brutal scramble to fly African migrants out of the country in the run-up to the elections.

Guardian

Lawyers can’t find the parents of 545 migrant children

NBC News

Gunfire heard, smoke seen rising in Lagos

Gunfire rang out in the affluent Ikoyi neighborhood of Nigeria’s commercial capital Lagos with witnesses saying assailants attacked a detention facility in the area that is home to government offices.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria’s End Sars protests, in pictures

BBC

Coronavirus exacerbates Venezuelan hunger crisis

Some 75% of residents in Venezuela’s capital Caracas eat less food than they did in December 2019, according to a survey released by opposition legislators, signaling that the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated an existing hunger problem.

Reuters

Protesters in Colombia decry virus response

Protesters filled a historic square in Colombia’s capital to demonstrate against the government’s handling of issues including the economic fallout of the pandemic and implementation of the peace accord.

Associated Press

Chile’s blinded protesters seek justice following mass COVID lockdowns

Guardian

India criticized by UN for stifling freedoms

The United Nations human rights chief on Tuesday urged India‘s government to do more to protect human rights defenders, who have come under mounting pressure in recent months in the world’s largest democracy.

CBC News

Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions

Pope Francis became the first pontiff to endorse same-sex civil unions, sparking cheers from gay Catholics and demands for clarification from conservatives, given the Vatican’s official teaching on the issue.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Mothers demand return of missing children

In a tent in Diyarbakir, Turkey about 932 miles southeast of Istanbul, are dozens of other parents sitting in front of pictures of their missing children.

Al Jazeera

Myanmar garment workers forced into sex work

Factory closures due to fashion industry order cancellations have pushed many former employees into often dangerous work. Sex work in Myanmar is riddled with danger, but women also fear the police.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Opposition repression before Tanzania election

In the run-up to the October 28 polls, opposition parties have complained of threats and repression, and rights groups have accused the government of curtailing free expression and press freedom.

Al Jazeera

Nigeria protesters break curfew amid gunfire

Nigerian protesters demanding an end to police brutality defied a curfew as gunfire rang out where they were setting up a blockade after shots were fired into a crowd of demonstrators singing the country’s national anthem.

ABC News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

How Google evolved into an antitrust target

Google is in the crosshairs of a Justice Department lawsuit accusing it of wielding the immense power of its internet search engine as a weapon that has bludgeoned competition and thwarted innovation.

Associated Press

Why it’s so hard to dethrone Google

CNN

New jets promise to revive supersonic travel

Nearly two decades later the world is edging closer to again having passenger jets that can fly faster than the speed of sound. This month, Boom Supersonic rolled out its XB-1 supersonic test plane.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

CDC redefines COVID-19 close contact

U.S. health officials redefined what counts as close contact with someone with COVID-19 to include briefer but repeated encounters. It also serves notice that the coronavirus can spread more easily than many people realize.

Associated Press

Ireland is first EU country to return to lockdown

Ireland will be the first EU country to return to coronavirus lockdown, Prime Minister Micheal Martin says, issuing a nationwide “stay at home” order but insisting schools in the country will stay open.

CBS News

How long can you survive without water?

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

US Congresswoman becomes top streamer

A live stream of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez playing the hit game Among Us has become one of the most-watched videos on Twitch. Over 400,000 viewers made it the third-highest peak on record.

BBC

EU awards rights prize to Belarus opposition

The EU awarded its top human rights prize to the Belarus opposition movement and its leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, for their challenge to President Alexander Lukashenko’s long, hard-line reign.

Associated Press

5-year-old girl with cancer proves ‘bald is beautiful’ with photoshoot

People

Texas teen wins 25K for developing potential COVID-19 treatment

ABC 30

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit app aims to unblock global air travel

A nonprofit foundation is testing a smartphone app that could make it easier for international airline passengers to securely show they’ve complied with COVID-19 testing requirements.

San Francisco Chronicle

Couple’s errand service is helping the Latinx community during the pandemic

Good Morning America

Trump to label Oxfam, Amnesty antisemitic

The Trump administration is reportedly considering labeling leading international humanitarian organizations as antisemitic after they documented Israeli rights abuses against Palestinians.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Humans contributed to species extinction

During the past millennium, the islands underwent “catastrophic” ecological and landscape transformations, attributed to either human activity or climate change or both, according to the study.

ABC News

Rescued Loa water frogs have 200 offspring

Conservationists in Chile are celebrating after a group of critically endangered Loa water frogs produced 200 offspring in Santiago zoo.

BBC

Arctic ice not freezing at latest date on record

For the first time since records began, the main nursery of Arctic sea ice in Siberia has yet to start freezing in late October. Ocean temperatures in the area recently climbed to more than 5C above average.

Guardian

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Sudanese protest amid dire living conditions

Sudanese security forces have fired tear gas at demonstrators in the capital protesting against the dire state of the economy and poor living conditions.

Al Jazeera

Pakistani rebels target Chinese developments

The killing of 14 soldiers of the Pakistan army and private security agencies last week in mineral-rich Balochistan province heralded an alarming spiral in Baloch insurgency targeting Chinese installations and the Pakistan army.

Asia Times Online

Photo of the Day

Participants in Saturday‘s Women’s March in Washington, D.C., used imagery from “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a TV series based on a novel by Margaret Atwood, to urge opposition to U.S. President Donald Trump’s re-election. (Photo by Mobilus In Mobili) Photo used under CC BY

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