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Obama: When cynical, look to veterans for hope

President Barack Obama delivered his final Veterans Day address while in office, thanking all 18.8 million veterans in the U.S. for their service. In the wake of the remarkable 2016 presidential election, Obama called for unity and understanding.

Time

Veterans hope President-elect Trump will continue to focus on their issues

NPR

Could Trump trash Iran deal? Yes, but it’s complicated

USA TODAY

Across world, protestors denounce hatred, bigotry

Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States sparked protests across the country and abroad. Protestors from Oakland, California, to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, marched through the streets, expressing anger and dismay at the election results.

Time

Warren urges liberals to ‘stand up to bigotry’

Guardian

ISIS kills 40 civilians, hangs bodies as warning

At least 40 civilians have been shot and killed and their bodies displayed from electricity poles in the ISIS-controlled city of Mosul. The jihadists are using torture and execution to warn the population not to commit treason against ISIS’ so-called caliphate, the office of the UN’s Human Rights Commissioner reports.

The Independent

Food running out in Aleppo, Syria

A U.N. official says the last food rations inside besieged eastern Aleppo will run out by next week. The last time the over a quarter of a million people inside east Aleppo received any humanitarian aid was at the beginning of July.

CBS News

HUMAN RIGHTS

China’s cybersecurity bill alarms rights experts

Internet censorship in China could be about to get much worse. The country on Monday passed a new cybersecurity bill that may have severe implications for both Chinese internet users and international tech companies, reports Reuters. These new measures will come into effect June 2017.

CNET News

Censorship in Kenya: X-rated everything

What does a film certification board do? As well as certifying films, Ezekiel Mutua, the head of the Kenya Film Classification Board, has also promised to raid strip clubs. He has raged against homosexuality and threatened to regulate Netflix.

Economist

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Anti-Trump protesters march for 3rd night

Thousands protesting Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election took to the streets for a third night of demonstrations and vigils in several US cities.

CNN

French name plotter of Paris, Brussels attacks

French investigators have identified a Syria-based extremist of dual Belgian and Moroccan nationality who is thought to have plotted the attacks in Paris and Brussels, sources close to the case told Agence France-Presse.

Times of India

Court OKs hero’s burial for dictator Marcos

The Philippines’ Supreme Court ruled that the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos can be buried at a heroes’ cemetery, a decision that opponents said rolled back the democratic triumph of the “people power” revolt that ousted the strongman three decades ago.

ABC News

Anti-immigrant populists congratulate Trump

Anti-immigration populist politicians around the world rushed to congratulate Donald Trump after the Republican rode a wave of anti-establishment sentiment to the White House.

NBCNews.com

White House still pushes Obamacare signups

The White House is urging people to sign up for coverage through ObamaCare, hours after the Republican electoral sweep that likely dooms the healthcare law’s future. Spokesman Josh Earnest said the Obama administration remains committed to its enrollment drive.

The Hill

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Sex with Neanderthals helped humans adapt

When humans first wandered out of Africa more than 50,000 years ago, they soon struggled with strange and hostile surroundings, armed with little more than stone tools. Now a study suggests they got help from an unlikely source: trysts with the neighbors.

USA TODAY

NASA to launch swarms of tiny satellites

These cutting-edge devices will orbit the Earth, taking atmospheric measurements, monitoring storms, and studying factors associated with climate change. They will also serve as tiny stepping stones toward NASA’s new focus on small satellites, or “smallsats,” as an alternative to bulkier traditional satellites.

Christian Science Monitor

Why humans shed their Neanderthal DNA

In humanity’s distant past, perhaps as early as 100,000 years ago, anatomically modern humans who had migrated out of Africa encountered a close human relative: the Neanderthal. Parts of the modern human genome are lacking in Neanderthal ancestry.

Christian Science Monitor

Researchers test implants, motor function

Neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch and her colleagues are testing an implant that might circumvent injured nerves in paralyzed monkeys by stimulating neural responses in order to enable them to regain motor function.

NPR

Primates regain control of paralyzed limbs

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

The lingering shadow of Ebola outbreak

The Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone, which killed more than 3,580 people in 18 months, left behind a legacy of psychological suffering which is little discussed and under-supported. The nation has only 21 mental health nurses and one elderly psychiatrist for a population of more than 6 million.

Al Jazeera

What will now become of Obamacare?

NBCNews.com

AIDS To Zika: Trump health, humanitarian aid

No one knows what the Trump administration has planned for U.S. foreign aid programs and other global initiatives that fight poverty and disease. But the president-elect has commented on a number of global issues. Here’s what he has said in speeches and interviews.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Asra Q. Nomani):

I’m a Muslim, a woman and an immigrant. I voted for Trump

Sydney Morning Herald

Column (Claire Messud):

Mourn the election, then stand up and protect American values

Guardian

Editorial:

4 things nonprofits must do after a Trump victory

Nonprofit Quarterly

Column (Henry Berman):

As Trump Era begins, let’s defend philanthropy

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Column (L.V. Anderson):

White women sold out the sisterhood and the world by voting for Trump

Slate

Editorial:

Trump’s win plunges USA into uncertainty

USA TODAY

Column (Peter Morici):

The wheels are coming off Obamacare

The Globalist

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GOOD NEWS

Young Syrian refugees meet with star Neeson

Hollywood actor Liam Neeson, a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, got a break from being famous when he listened to young Syrian refugees speak about the struggles of life in exile.

Belfast Live

Three apps help refugees build community

Arriving in a new country can be overwhelming. One app gives refugees access to information on government policies, jobs and schools. Another aims to help newcomers communicate via pictograms and drawings in situations where words fail.

Positive News

Fake retail apps target iPhone users

Fortune

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

US’ Brexit: What Trump means for world trade

World trade was already stalling before Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election. Now, one of the main engines of global economic growth could go into reverse. Trump has promised to rip up major trade deals and slap huge tariffs on goods from China and Mexico.

CNNMoney

Trump win shocks development world

The election of Donald Trump as the next U.S. president is sure to send shockwaves throughout the global development community as worries rise about his aid policy and stated position on climate change.

Devex

How to ensure development aid is effective

The international landscape is changing. There are a growing number of conflicts becoming increasingly deadly and protracted. There are more displaced people than at the end of the Second World War, and more people than ever are in need of urgent disaster relief.

EU Observer

BUSINESS

World markets plunge, then steady, on election

The mild reaction from European stocks was nowhere near as bad as futures markets had indicated. The U.S. dollar, Mexican peso and world stocks began to steady in the European morning, having been hammered overnight as Donald Trump swept to victory.

Fortune

GM laying off 2,000 as compact car sales dip

General Motors Co. said it will lay off 2,000 workers at two plants in Ohio and Michigan as U.S. sales of its Chevrolet Camaro sports car and Chevy Cruze compact have slumped this year. The automaker said it’s eliminating the third shift at a factory in Lansing, Michigan, that makes the Camaro and another in Lordstown, Ohio, where GM builds the Cruze.

Bloomberg

Zimbabweans are sleeping outside of banks

Dozens of people settle down for the night on the streets of Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare due to banks limiting withdrawals, forcing citizens to wait in lines with no guarantees.

BBC

NGOs AND NPOs

Bangladesh NGO law raises concerns

A new Bangladesh law regulating the work of foreign-funded non-governmental organizations is intended to “intimidate” groups critical of the government, the head of a prominent anti-corruption watchdog has told Al Jazeera.

Al Jazeera

Australians warned about working with NGOs

There are fears that Australians working in war-ravaged countries are being targeted by criminal gangs, with one expert warning people to think very carefully about the safety risks of volunteering for humanitarian work.

Australian Broadcasting Company

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Philanthropy 400: A new No. 1

For 26 years, The Chronicle has ranked America’s nonprofits based on the contributions they raise from individuals, foundations, and corporations. This year, for only the second time, United Way Worldwide has been pushed from the top rung — a changing of the guard that may signal a new era in philanthropy.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

5 things donors of tomorrow want today

Millennials, the generation born between approximately 1982 and 2004, are a bigger generation than the baby boomers and could be key to diversifying your donor base and preparing for the coming generation of donors.

NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change is shrinking stratosphere

Those warning of climate change impacts have been likened to Chicken Littles, scuttling around, warning the sky is falling. That worry, it turns out, is based on fact too. Cooling in the stratosphere is causing it to shrink, lowering that layer by “a number of kilometers.”

Sydney Morning Herald

Japan clears more nuclear reactors for restart

Japan’s nuclear regulator cleared another pair of reactors on the southernmost island of Kyushu for restart despite a growing chorus of opponents who object to any resumption of nuclear operations.

Japan Times

Climate change: forgotten issue of the election

NPR

Biodiversity needs citizen scientists

Could birdwatching or monitoring tree blossoms in your community make a difference in global environmental research? A new study says yes: Citizen scientists have a vital role to play.

Environmental News Network

Photo of the Day

Communities across the United States honor veterans of the armed forces on the anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Photo by DVIDSHUB) Photo used under CC BY

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