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The woman on the right is the proud caretaker of a public sanitation facility in Liberia. Close to one in five people living in urban areas lack access to a safe, basic toilet, according to WaterAid. (Photo by EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie) Photo used under CC BY

1 in 5 urban dwellers lacks access to safe toilet

Close to one in five people living in towns, cities and megacities across the world do not have access to a safe, basic toilet. Some 600 million urban dwellers globally rely on filthy communal toilets or pit or bucket latrines.

Guardian

Inclusive community renames Columbus Day

The US city of Bloomington in Indiana has renamed Good Friday and Columbus Day as “Spring Holiday” and “Fall Holiday” to be more “inclusive.” Mayor John Hamilton said the move would “better reflect cultural sensitivity in the workplace,” local media said.

BBC

Trump’s pledge to quit TPP opens the door for China

As a former-reality TV star who sent more than 7,000 tweets over his campaign, it was somewhat fitting that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took to social media to outline the plan for his administration’s first 100 days. The plan includes withdrawing from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Time

Obama, Xi stress stable relations amid uncertainty

Bloomberg

Pope authorizes all priests to forgive abortions

Pope Francis has declared that abortion can be forgiven by ordinary priests for the foreseeable future — instead of requiring the intervention of a bishop.

NPR

Almost 1 million Syrians living under siege

The number of people living under siege in Syria has doubled this year to almost one million, the UN says. The figure jumped from 486,700 to 974,080 in six months, the emergency relief co-ordinator said.

BBC

‘Will I die, miss?’: Terrified Syrian boy suffers suspected gas attack

CNN

President Obama ‘not optimistic’ about Syria’s future

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

NY governor creates anti-hate-crime initiative

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has launched an initiative to combat hate crimes and protect civil rights after the divisive US presidential campaign prompted a wave of disturbing incidents across the state and the country.

Al Jazeera

UN accuses Russia of rights abuses in Crimea

The UN. .has condemned Russia’s “temporary occupation” of Crimea and accused it of multiple human rights abuses in the region. The draft resolution condemns abuses and discrimination “against the residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea, including Crimean Tartars.”

The Independent

More support needed as civilians flee Mosul

Just over a month since the start of the Mosul offensive, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and its partners have been intensifying life-saving, emergency assistance for tens of thousands of displaced Iraqis.

Reliefweb

Dire needs as displaced civilians fill camps

European DG

Gang kidnaps 10 in restive Mexican region

A group of armed men have kidnapped 10 people in the violent southwestern Mexican state of Guerrero, where 43 students were abducted and likely massacred two years ago.

Reuters

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Petition asks Electoral College to dump Trump

Grassroots campaigns have sprung up around the country to try to persuade members of the Electoral College to do something that has never been done in American history — deny the presidency to the clear Election Day winner.

CNBC

Post-Election, overwhelmed Facebook users unfriend, cut back

NPR

Germany’s Merkel announces bid for fourth term

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, “The Queen of Germany,” is floundering with her highly controversial policies. She will have to prove herself in turbulent times ahead.

Deutsche Welle

S. Korea’s Park cited as ‘criminal suspect’

The prosecution called President Park Geun-hye an “accomplice” to her friend Choi Soon-sil and pledged to investigate the President as a “criminal suspect” in the unfolding influence-peddling scandal, Sunday, dealing a severe blow to Park who faces growing calls to step down.

Korea Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Hawking: Humanity needs new home

Celebrated theoretical physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking has warned that humanity will not survive another 1,000 years on Earth unless the human race finds another planet to live on. Hawking painted a grave picture of the future.

The Independent

Scientists discover potentially habitable planet

Daily Caller

FB grapples with hate speech, fake news

Facebook employees say there is a lot of internal turmoil about how the platform does and doesn’t censor content that users find offensive. Outside Facebook, the public is regularly confounded by the company’s decisions on controversial posts and fake news.

NPR

Facebook incorrectly displays memorial pages for living users

CNBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Dementia rate dips but trend may reverse

New research documents a decline in dementia rates but experts say the rising numbers of older Americans may halt that trend unless better ways are found to keep brains healthy.

Associated Press

BUSINESS

Tesla calls solar roof a cheaper alternative

Just after a majority of Tesla Motors shareholders approved plans for the all-electric automaker to acquire solar energy firm SolarCity, Tesla CEO Elon Musk dropped a bombshell: The company’s new roof will cost less than traditional rooftop shingles to make and install.

Fortune

United cuts overhead bin use for low-fare fliers

United Continental has announced a new wrinkle in its service that is brilliant from a business perspective and contemptuous of consumers. It is implementing a new kind of cheap fare that will include no advance seat selection and almost no room for carry-ons.

Forbes

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Steve Phillips):

It’s time to diversity the Democratic Party leadership

The Nation

Column (Kaveh Waddell):

Trump’s CIA pick wants to return to a pre-Snowden world

The Atlantic

Column (Deirdre Fulton):

Trump’s business empire may present ‘most blatant conflicts of interest in history’

Truthdig

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GOOD NEWS

At Thanksgiving, consider benefits of gratitude

Gratitude can be taught and we can live it by example. It’s even healthy for us and may counterbalance the damaging health effects of our overindulgence all year long, especially at Thanksgiving. We may be happier, less stressed, and live longer.

Forbes

The leftover revolution: 5 food waste projects

Positive News

Journalists help Obama make spoof video

It’s been a long eight years for President Barack Obama in the White House and now he has his retirement to look forward to. The big question is, what does a 55-year-old do after running a country for almost a decade?

YouTube

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Investor: Trump policies could hurt economy

Bogle told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street: ”In the long run, I have a concern that anything that divides our economy further in terms of economics or race is bad for the society, bad for the economy and bad for the markets."

CNBC

APEC committed to fighting protectionism

Pacific rim leaders said that they were committed to fighting “all forms of protectionism,” and encouraged signatories of the TPP trade pact to continue supporting it despite fears it may not have a future in its current form.

Reuters

Disadvantaged nations seek clean energy

Representatives from 47 of the world’s most disadvantaged nations have pledged to generate all their future energy needs from renewables.

BBC

NGOs AND NPOs

Amnesty calls Egypt NGO bill ‘draconian’

An international rights group has warned of a new Egyptian bill to regulate civil society, saying the proposed law amounts to a “death warrant” for relevant organizations. Amnesty International urged President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi not to sign the proposed “draconian” law.

The New Arab

Indian cops raid Islamic cleric’s NGO offices

India’s National Investigation Agency has conducted raids at 10 offices of Islamic Research Foundation, an NGO of Zakir Naik in Mumbai, local media reported.

Daily Star

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Is the heyday of workplace giving over?

The Chronicle of Philanthropy has announced that Fidelity Charitable Funds outpaced United Way in dollars raised last year. United Way’s fundraised dollars have been declining while the public’s use of more individual ways of giving has been on the upswing.

Nonprofit Quarterly

Election drives up donations to nonprofits

Perhaps the most notable action to follow the end of the divisive election season has been a surge in donations to various organizations whose agendas counter those proposed by President-elect Donald Trump.

The Atlantic

ENVIRONMENT

US moves to block mining near Yellowstone

U.S. officials plan to block new mining claims outside Yellowstone National Park as the Obama administration races in its last days to keep industry out of pristine and environmentally sensitive areas.

Associated Press

Protesters, police clash at pipeline site

In the latest in a series of demonstrations against the Dakota Access Pipeline, an estimated 400 protesters mounted the Backwater Bridge and attempted to force their way past police.

Al Jazeera

How will Trump affect climate education?

Trump has called climate change a hoax, has threatened to withdraw from the 2015 Paris agreement to limit climate change, and named climate skeptic Myron Ebell to head his Environmental Protection Agency transition team. What does this all mean?

NPR

Photo of the Day

Tens of thousands of Iraqis fleeing fighting in Mosul have sought refuge at camps for displaced persons, including the massive Hasansham camp. (Photo by European Commission DG ECHO) Photo used under CC BY

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