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A mother carries her child in a crop field in Guatemala. Farmers have given up land that long fed them, with many now co-dependent on palm oil companies that do not pay well enough to stop people migrating. (Photo by Maria Fleischmann / World Bank) Photo used under CC BY

Guatemalan palm oil industry fueling poverty, migration

In the poor, hot region of Guatemala, palm oil cultivation is taking over from subsistence farming, adding to pressure on people to leave. Many villagers around the municipality of Raxruha have sold land to palm oil producers.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

No such thing as sustainable palm oil – ‘certified’ can destroy even more wildlife, say scientists

The Independent

Ethiopia’s homeless kids struggle on the streets

Driven from their rural homes by family problems and lack of opportunity, more and more children are making for Addis Ababa. Alone and vulnerable, they receive no support from the state.

Guardian

Girls, women make up 70% of trafficking victims

Armed conflict, weak rule of law and poor socioeconomic conditions in some regions of the Middle East, Africa and Asia are exacerbating conditions for trafficking, which leads to sexual exploitation, sexual slavery and forced marriage.

Deutsche Welle

Muslim women chart their own path in #MeToo era

PRI

Colombian rights activists being attacked

In the southwest of Colombia, one community leader or human rights advocate is killed every three days. They’re being targeted by armed groups fighting for control of land they use to cultivate drugs and mine gold illegally.

Al Jazeera

Delhi’s trans women face constant HIV threat

In a country where up to 87 percent of trans women earn money either as sex workers or begging in the street, rates of HIV prevalence remain stubbornly high.

The Independent

Saudi authorities begin deporting Rohingya

Saudi Arabia is deporting scores of stateless Rohingyas, who had been held indefinitely by the kingdom, to Bangladesh.

The Daily Star

HUMAN RIGHTS

Pope appeals for safe ports for migrant ships

Pope Francis is urging European leaders to stop bickering over the fate of 49 migrants stuck aboard two rescue ships on the Mediterranean Sea and let them land at a safe port of call.

Reuters

Spain rescues 549 migrants from boats in the Mediterranean

AOL News

Saudi women notified of divorce filings via texts

To curb an ongoing issue of “secret divorces,” a Saudi Arabia law requires women to be informed by text message in the event that their husbands file for divorce.

Huffington Post

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Venezuela congress calls Maduro illegitimate

The new leader of Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly has called Nicolas Maduro a dictator whose legitimacy has run out. Juan Guaido also said congress aimed to restore constitutional order.

Deutsche Welle

‘Venezuela will be respected’: Maduro defends rule as legitimate

Al Jazeera

Malaysian king abdicates in a historic first

Malaysia’s king, Sultan Muhammad V, has unexpectedly abdicated in an historic first. No Malaysian monarch has stepped away from the throne since the country gained independence from the UK more than 60 years ago.

BBC

New Malaysia king to be elected on January 24

Channel NewsAsia

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Indian scientists slam Hindu ‘stem cell’ claim

The organizers of a major Indian science conference distanced themselves from speakers who used the prestigious event to dismiss Einstein’s discoveries and claim ancient Hindus invented stem cell research.

Daily Mail

Insect biological control shields tropical forests

Though often perceived as an environmentally-risky practice, biological control of invasive species can restore crop yields, ease land pressure and contribute to forest conservation.

phys.org

GLOBAL HEALTH

US warns Kenya over terror attack from germs

The United States has warned of a possible terror attack from unsecured biological agents stored in Kenya’s health facilities and medical research laboratories.

Business Daily

S. Africans born in ’19 may not see 22nd century

With an average life expectancy of 63.6 years, most South African babies born this year probably won’t live to see the next century given serious health challenges in the country.

Business Insider

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Ai Weiwei):

Human dignity is in danger. In 2019 we must stand as one to survive

Guardian

Column (Matt Bruenig):

Sweden has a 70 percent tax rate and it’s just fine

Jacobin

Column (Joseph Nathan):

How the future of the global economy will be defined

Asia Times Online

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GOOD NEWS

Muslim youth clean up parks amid closure

Across the U.S., dozens of people in the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association have picked up trash at national parks that have been partially closed by the shutdown.

CNN

Woman coach scores wins for Syrian men’s team

Reuters

Blind man conquers marathons

Simon Wheatcroft loves chasing that runner‘s high. He takes to the open road, sharing with passing traffic. Any jogger knows that it can be a dangerous proposition, but for Simon it’s especially so since he is completely blind.

CBS News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Brazil to put grip on NGOs under Bolsonaro

Funding of nongovernmental organizations working in Brazil will be rigidly controlled, President Jair Bolsonaro says, reflecting increased oversight by his new right-wing administration over such groups.

Reuters

Phoenix nonprofit helps Haitian orphans

A unique experience inspired Craig and Kathi Juntunen to launch Chances for Children, a foundation for Haitian orphans. More than 400,000 kids live without parental care, according to the nonprofit.

Cronkite News

ENVIRONMENT

Legal deforestation on the horizon for Amazon

Up to 15 million hectares of tropical rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon could lose protection and be clear-cut because of an article in the country’s new Forest Code.

Phys.org

The donkey could become an endangered species in Nigeria

Al Jazeera

US National Park Service plans to expand

In an unprecedented move, the National Park Service has decided to dip into entrance fee funds to pay for expanded operations during a government shutdown that has furloughed many of its workers.

NPR

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Average UK household debt stands at £15,400

Britain’s household debt mountain has reached a new peak, with UK homes now owing an average of £15,385 to credit card firms, banks and other lenders, because austerity and wage stagnation forced many to increase borrowing.

Guardian

U.S. arrests bankers involved in Mozambique bribery

NPR

Zimbabwe teachers to strike over pay

Zimbabwean teachers will strike to press for U.S. dollar salaries as talks with the government failed, adding pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to contain a runaway currency crisis.

Reuters

China becomes global corporate scapegoat

Axios

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A Somali woman and her child wait inside a tent to receive a medical check-up and treatment in an IDP camp in Mogadishu. (Photo by AU-UN IST PHOTO / Stuart Price) Photo used under CC BY

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