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The relatively lenient handling of the US Capitol invaders was deeply troubling to many Americans whose views of the mayhem were influenced by their reaction to the anti-police protests that roiled the country over the summer (Photo by Tyler Merbler) Photo used under CC BY

Failed response to Capitol riot shows deep American divide

The reckoning of American police entered a new chapter this week with the televised spectacle of federal security agents overrun by a mob of armed far-right extremists storming the Capitol. On its face, the siege was a failure of planning on the behalf of the police force.

NBCNews.com

Twitter suspends Trump campaign account

Reuters

US Capitol riot aimed to be COVID superspreader event

ABC News

Migrants in burnt Bosnia camp wait out blizzard

Bosnian authorities have started moving some migrants and refugees stuck at a burnt-out camp into heated tents as fresh snow and freezing weather added to the misery of people stranded in the Balkan country.

Associated Press

Kenya needs $62B to adapt to the climate crisis in the next 10 years, according to the UN convention on climate change, nearly 67% of Kenya’s GDP. The country accounts for less than 0.1% of global emissions but suffers disproportionately from related disasters.

Guardian

Kenya: Sheltering girls from abuse

Deutsche Welle

‘Third World’ is an antiquated, offensive term

The idea of a world divided into three domains dates back to the 1950s. “Third World” is often the term that pops into Westerners’ minds when they think of troubled nations. But this term is antiquated and offensive.

NPR

Ethiopian women raped in Mekelle amid war

Soldiers and police in the northern Ethiopian city of Mekelle have expressed concerns about insecurity, with one saying women were raped this week, after the city fell to federal forces during a war late last year.

Reuters

Pope Francis next in line to get COVID vaccine

The Vatican deemed that it was acceptable to be vaccinated against COVID, after anti-abortion groups raised concerns about vaccine manufacturing. Now, the Pope has announced he was next in line to take the jab.

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Women turn to pills amid Malta abortion ban

Catholic Malta has the strictest ban on abortion in the EU, but during the pandemic more Maltese women have been ordering abortion pills from abroad, unable to travel because of the lockdown.

BBC

Faces of children in forced labor in Ghana’s Lake Volta

Guardian

Protests over killings spread in Pakistan

Reuters

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

‘QAnon Shaman’ charged over pro-Trump riots

A prominent QAnon follower has been charged over the US Capitol riots. Jacob Chansley is in custody on charges of violent entry and disorderly conduct. While Donald Trump faces another impeachment for his role in the unrest.

BBC

DRC releases former president’s killers

Twenty-two men convicted over the 2001 assassination of former Democratic Republic of the Congo President Laurent-Desire Kabila have been released from prison after receiving pardons from current leader Felix Tshisekedi.

Al Jazeera

A night at India‘s largest farmers’ protest

BBC

French planes fly over CAR amid rebel attacks

Rebels attacked two towns in the Central African Republic as French warplanes flew over in an apparent attempt to deter an advance on the capital after a disputed election.

Reuters

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mexican farmers find rare female statute

Farmers digging in a citrus grove near Mexico’s Gulf coast have found a striking, six-foot-tall statue of a female figure who may represent an elite woman rather than a goddess, or some mixture of the two, experts have said.

Associated Press

Parler suspended pending moderation policies

Google suspended Parler from its Google Play app store until the “Twitter for conservatives” adopts content moderation policies following the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump supporters.

NBCNews.com

GLOBAL HEALTH

Biden to speed release of COVID vaccines

With COVID-19 surging and vaccinations off to a slow start, President-elect Joe Biden will rapidly release most available vaccine doses to protect more people, his office said Friday, a reversal of Trump administration policies.

Associated Press

Bird flu outbreak in India hits farmers

Broiler chicken prices in India have fallen by almost a third in a week with consumption dropping after an outbreak of avian influenza was reported in six states.

Reuters

Ten babies killed in India hospital fire

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Inger Andersen):

We must make 2021 the year when climate action came of age, or face disaster

Deutsche Welle

Column (Charles Kolb):

Xi Jinping‘s China and Hitler’s Germany: Growing parallels

The Hill

Column (Devorah Heitner):

Kids pay the price for adults’ failures to act against racism

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Turkey on mission to preserve fairytales

Dr Ignatuis Kunos, was among first to collect and write oral folktales of the Anatolian plateau. Over a century later, an academic project is collecting and indexing 10,000 stories to preserve for future generations.

Guardian

Leading Uganda’s climate change movement

Vanessa Nakate has become one of the most prominent African voices on climate change and wants to make sure that African issues are heard on a global stage.

Deutsche Welle

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit donates supplies to keep art alive

With students learning from a distance, many are lacking a robust art education. An Annapolis nonprofit has stepped in and bought canvases, paint, brushes, etc., for students to use over several winter weeks.

MSNBC

Nonprofit leaders react to Capitol Hill riots

Often left to pick up the pieces after a traumatic national event, leaders at the nation’s nonprofits are weighing in on the riot by President Trump supporters in Washington, D.C., and its impact on the nation.

NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

America’s rivers are changing color

One-third of the thousands of mile-long river segments in the U.S. have shifted color since 1984. The chief causes of color changes are farm fertilizer run-off, efforts to fight soil erosion and man-made climate change.

ABC News

Recycling electric cars poses problems

This year, around 200,000 Germans will be driving electric vehicles. It will be a few years before those cars need to be scrapped. Hopefully, by then, the world will have figured out how to recycle them.

Deutsche Welle

Exposure to dirty air linked to miscarriage

Pregnant women in South Asia who have been exposed to air pollution face an increased risk of pregnancy loss, miscarriage, and stillbirth, according to a new study.

CNN

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

US economy loses 140K jobs in one month

U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses.

CBC News

Thai landfill becomes urban farm to feed poor

An urban farm developed on a former landfill site in northern Thailand boosted the food security and livelihoods of poor families during the coronavirus pandemic, and can be a model for unused spaces in other cities.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Faces of Peruvians going through hard year

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

An Intha fisherman in Myanmar uses an age-old technique for catching fish in the shallow water of Inle Lake. One leg is used to balance the boat while the other is used to guide their conical nets through the water. (Photo by Hans A. Rosbach) Photo used under CC BY

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