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One out of every two children in Burundi is chronically malnourished. Although this may not kill them, but it impairs cognitive development and slows learning capacity. (Photo by EC/ECHO/Martin Karimi) Photo used under CC BY

Multiple countries ring alarm over severe hunger, famines

UN agencies have warned that some 250 million people in 20 countries are threatened with sharply spiking malnutrition in coming months. The UN humanitarian office released $100 million in emergency funding to countries most at risk of famine.

Associated Press

UN chief says Yemen in imminent danger of famine, warns against unilateral moves

Reuters

War crimes found in Afghanistan by Australia

Australia said that its special forces were suspected of being responsible for 39 unlawful killings in Afghanistan, as it released a long-awaited report into alleged war crimes committed in the South Asian nation.

Al Jazeera

Public health groups call for ‘humanitarian buffer’

Public health groups are lobbying countries to commit a portion of their COVID-19 vaccine to a “humanitarian buffer” that would be used to inoculate people living in rebel-held territories, asylum-seeker camps, and others unlikely to receive vaccinations from their governments.

Guardian

US coronavirus hospitalizations hit record high as nation looks to a potential vaccine

CNN

Azerbaijan hails handover of Armenian region

Azerbaijani forces entered the war-ravaged ghost town of Aghdam, adjacent to separatist Nagorno-Karabakh, regaining a once-beloved city over a quarter of a century after being driven out by Armenian forces.

Associated Press

Nagorno-Karabakh: returning home to a new reality

Deutsche Well

Ethiopia fighting could drive 200k to Sudan

Violence in northern Ethiopia will probably drive 200,000 people into neighboring Sudan over the coming months, where food, shelter and medicine are urgently needed.

Guardian

UN calls for ceasefire in Ethiopia, seeks $200M aid

Reuters

Is Ethiopia on the brink of civil war?

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Thousands join protests across Colombia

Thousands have been holding marches across Colombia to protest against the government. Among their demands are improvements to healthcare, help for small businesses, and a basic wage for the unemployed.

BBC

For trans people worldwide, the last year was one of the deadliest on record

TIME

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Israel strikes ‘Iranian military sites’ in Syria

Israel’s military says it launched air strikes against Iranian and Syrian military targets in Syria overnight, after explosive devices were found in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

BBC

Azerbaijani leader hails handover of region

Azerbaijan’s president declared that his forces have taken control of the Aghdam region, a territory ceded by Armenia in a cease-fire agreement that ended the fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh.

Associated Press

Terrorism overshadows Burkina Faso election

The threat of extremist violence could prevent people from casting their votes on the day of the election as the country’s security situation declines dramatically.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Dogs react to Christmas song created for them

“Raise the Woof,” a Christmas song for dogs has been released. The canine jingle was created based on scientific research into the ways dogs interact with sound.

CNN

Facebook bans one of the anti-vaccine movement’s biggest groups for violating QAnon rules

Newsweek

Fighting illegal logging in Ghana with an app

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Mexico: 4th country to hit 100k COVID-19 deaths

Mexico passed the 100,000 mark in COVID-19 deaths, becoming only the fourth country behind the United States, Brazil, and India to do so.

Associated Press

COVID-19 cases soar in Brazil’s largest indigenous reservation

Reuters

COVID-19 carriers ‘most infectious earlier on’

People are most likely to pass on coronavirus within the first five days of having symptoms. Patients had the highest levels of virus early on in their illness and “live” virus, was found up to nine days after symptoms began.

BBC

Hondurans who fled hurricanes now face coronavirus in overcrowded shelters

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Sara Dada and Roopa Dhatt):

It’s time for leadership that looks like the people it serves

Think Global Health

Column (James Poetzscher):

I was a teenager hopeless about climate change. Then COVID-19 hit

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Column (Robert S. Devine):

The ‘market’ won’t save us from climate disaster

Guardian

Site edited by: Jameson O'Neal, Rachel Barrus, Ashley Nawn and Catherine Lux.

GOOD NEWS

Indian teen’s solar iron saves trees, climate

14-year-old Vinisha Umashankar was troubled by the heaps of used charcoal left by her local ironing vendor and by his painful wheeze from pollution, so she developed an alternative: an award-winning solar-powered iron.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Full house on International Space Station

For the first time, seven crew members, including Victor Glover Jr., the first full-time Black crew member and Baby Yoda, are living on the International Space Station for an extended stay of six months.

CNN

12-year-old girl composes music performed by New York Philharmonic

CBS News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Group teaches refugee women to read, write

The Women for Refugees group was formed by two law students to help illiterate migrant women integrate into the local community and empower them to be more than passive wives.

Associated Press

‘Scarves in the Park’ gets warm clothing to people in need

KUTV

ENVIRONMENT

Europe, US satellite to monitor oceans

A satellite jointly developed by Europe and the United States being launched this weekend will greatly help scientists keep track of the rise in global sea levels, one of the most daunting effects of climate change.

ABC News

Philippine island placed under ‘state of calamity’ after typhoon

BBC

Endangered mammals fight against plastic

Endangered marine animals, threatened with extinction, are losing their battle against plastic in the U.S. Nearly 1,800 of them, including a large number of sea turtles, have become entangled in plastic since 2009.

CBS News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Stimulus payments expired, US poverty spiked

The expiration of government assistance programs likely contributed to the increase, which rose to 11.3 percent in September and October, from 9.4 percent from April to June, according to the study.

NBC News

India’s attitude to arranged marriage changing

Arranged marriages are still the norm in India, but there’s a growing trend for some women to choose their own partners -or to not marry at all. Technology is also replacing traditional methods of matchmaking.

CNN

Chinese PPE factories supplying the UK may be using N. Korean slave labor

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Two Sadhus, or Hindu Holy Men, near Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. Usually, sadhus live by themselves, on the fringes of society, and spend their days in devotion to their chosen deity. (Photo by Luca Galuzzi) Photo used under CC BY

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