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In Yemen, fighting makes it dangerous for families to go to health centers to get children vaccinated, for expecting mothers to get check-ups, or for children to be treated for malnutrition and other illnesses. Now the COVID-19 pandemic poses new challenges. (Photo by Julien Harneis) Photo used under CC BY

Disease, hunger stalk Yemen yet COVID-19 barely shows

In the overwhelmed hospital, children are suffering from contagious diseases that have stalked Yemen since the outbreak of war six years ago. For patients and doctors here, coronavirus barely registers.

Guardian

Ethiopia declares victory, military takes Tigray

Ethiopia’s military has gained “full control” of the capital of the defiant Tigray region, and the prime minister said the taking of Mekele marked the “completion” of an offensive that started nearly four weeks ago.

Associated Press

Ethiopian soldiers block border with Sudan

BBC

Brutal beating in Brazil prompts fury, protests

Brazilians outraged by the death of a Black man after being beaten by supermarket security guards have been protesting in major cities across the country, chanting a phrase familiar to Americans: “I can’t breathe.”

CNN

Poland protests continue over abortion ruling

The demonstrations against Poland‘s attempt to limit abortion rights and recent police violence are part of what has evolved into Poland’s largest protest movement since communism fell in the country 30 years ago.

CBS News

Indian farmers clash with police over reforms

BBC

Thai protesters practice ‘coup prevention’

Thousands of pro-democracy activists have blocked an important junction in Bangkok to rehearse “coup prevention” strategies in the latest round of Thailand’s youth-led anti-government protests.

Al Jazeera

Coronavirus infections skyrocket in Gaza Strip

Health experts in the Gaza Strip are sounding the alarm, saying the pandemic could soon rage out of control. Hospitals there are wholly unprepared for the situation, and doctors are pleading for international help.

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

New rule for US kills permits gas, firing squads

The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way to use other methods like firing squads and poison gas.

Associated Press

Chinese docs jailed for illegal organ harvesting

Six people including several doctors have been jailed in China for illegally harvesting organs from accident victims. The group had tricked the families of the deceased into thinking they were making official organ donations.

BBC

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

N. Korea accused of executing 2 in COVID fight

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered at least two people executed and locked down the capital, as part of frantic efforts to guard against the coronavirus and its economic damage, South Korea’s spy agency said.

Associated Press

Afghan migrants struggle to find refuge in EU

As Afghanistan’s immediate neighbors shut their doors, many refugees embark on the treacherous journey to Europe. But few find a welcome there.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Neanderthals used a distinctive grip, study says

The Neanderthals did use their hands differently from us, a new study suggested. Our archaic relatives would have been more at ease with “squeeze grips” -- the grip we use when we hold tools with handles like a hammer.

CNN

These bats mask up to woo their mates

Male wrinkle-faced bats use a furry neck flap to cover their faces while serenading the opposite sex in never-before-seen behavior.

Smithsonian Magazine

Childhood environment can affect genes

Children who grew up in neighborhoods marked by economic deprivation, physical dilapidation, and social disconnection experienced negative effects that change how your DNA code is expressed in the body, a new study found.

Well + Good

Scientists say vacuums could be covert

Nirupam Roy, an assistant professor at the University of Maryland and a team of scientists demonstrated that vacuum cleaners could be hacked to act as microphones.

The Science Times

GLOBAL HEALTH

COVID on many continents before Wuhan

A paper by Chinese researchers says a strain of the coronavirus can be traced to eight countries from four continents before the Wuhan outbreak.

South China Morning Post

Danish mink could spread COVID-19 in wild

Guardian

Empty seats, as virus changes Thanksgiving

Associated Press

Australia now considered COVID-free

As of today, the Australian state of Victoria has seen no new cases for 28 days: a period that indicates the virus has been effectively eliminated. According to conventional wisdom, the state is officially COVID-free.

VICE

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Hindou Ibrahim):

COVID teaches how to box climate change

Al Jazeera

Column (Winona Laduke):

Thanksgiving is time for reparations

The Hill

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How to end war in Ethiopia’s Tigray region?

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Nigeria gets back artefact from Netherlands

Nigeria has received a “priceless” terracotta head believed to be at least 600 years old which was smuggled to the Netherlands, the information minister said.

Al Jazeera

Santa to peek into kids’ pandemic worries

The emotional toll wrought by the pandemic is jumping off pages in the deluge of “Dear Santa” letters now pouring into a post office in southwest France that sorts and responds to his mail from around the world.

Associated Press

Sri Lankan man runs mobile library for kids

During his leisure time, Mahinda Dasanayaka packs his motorbike with books and rides his mobile library to underprivileged children in backward rural parts of Sri Lanka.

Associated Press

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Princess Grace Foundation unveils face masks

The Princess Grace Foundation is releasing four limited-edition face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic that honor the stylish wardrobe Grace Kelly wore onscreen during her film career.

People

Restaurant gives free meals to homeless

A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $250,000 for a restaurateur who could no longer afford to feed the homeless. The owner of the Sakina Halal Grill in Washington, D.C., can feed the poor for rest of the pandemic.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Satellites verify effect of climate change

University of Copenhagen researchers have identified a trend: too little vegetation is sprouting up from rainwater in developing nations, whereas things are headed in the opposite direction in wealthier ones.

Phys.org

Nicaragua struggles to rebuild after hurricanes hit

NPR

Sri Lanka digs trench to deter scavenging elephants

BBC

Chinese flower aims to be less seen by prey

As commercial harvesting has intensified, the dainty Fritillaria delavayi has vanished – by rapidly evolving to produce grey and brown leaves and flowers that cannot be so easily seen by pickers.

Guardian

Pandas leave Canada for China’s bamboo

Two giant pandas can look forward to some top quality bamboo as they head home to China from Canada which has been suffering from a bamboo shortage.

BBC

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Recession in India as COVID-19 recovery slows

After one of the world’s strictest lockdowns brought India’s economy to its knees, the country’s latest economic data shows signs of a tentative recovery.

Al Jazeera

Businesses may become liable for abuses

Swiss voters will decide whether a business should be held liable for human rights and environmental abuses, even if the wrongdoing was committed in a foreign country by a subsidiary or a supplier it works closely with.

CNN

Photo of the Day

Patrick Shearer, as Puck, and Andrew Hearle, as Oberon, perform in Shakespeare‘s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Gasworks Plaza, Brisbane, Australia, on Nov. 22, 2020. The performance was part of the Brisbane Shakespeare Festival. (Photo by Lawrie Mullins) Photo used under CC BY

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