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Hilaweyn Refugee Camp in Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. (Photo by EU/ ECHO and Save the Children) Photo used under CC BY

Ethiopians fleeing conflict lack food and healthcare

A renewed conflict in Ethiopia has led to the displacement of thousands of civilians. Humanitarian organizations have all but left many of the camps, leaving many displaced people without food or healthcare.

France 24

Thousands flee Ethiopia for Kenya as conflict rages

Deutsche Welle

Ethiopia, Sudan close each other’s consulates

The East African

India’s textile workers reveal brutal dangers

In Panipat, India, 1 million tons of used clothing a year are turned into products for global brands, but dangerous machinery and few safeguards mean life-changing injuries are common among workers.

Guardian

Yemeni mothers collecting plastic to survive

Two single mothers who fled their village three weeks ago are struggling to keep their children fed and warm ‌in the besieged Yemeni city of Taiz, where they live in a ‌damaged building and sell plastic bottles to get by.

Reuters

Foreign workers exploited in Serbian factories

Chinese-owned factories in Serbia are facing allegations of labor exploitation and human trafficking involving workers from Egypt, Bangladesh and other countries. They live in rundown buildings and are treated like slaves.

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Israel tightening grip on Palestinian schools

The denial of entry permits to teachers is one of the most prominent restrictions imposed by Israel on schools in East Jerusalem, which, like the West Bank, is illegally occupied.

Al Jazeera

Israel’s government demolished their homes

Associated Press

Iranians face threat of war, lack of information

Most people in Iran have little idea of the course of the U.S.-led war and peace talks on the global stage. With few sources of information, they must navigate conflicting rumors and fears of a nuclear attack.

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Iranian students face pressure amid crackdown

The Associated Press spoke by phone and messaging apps with half a dozen student protesters in Iran facing disciplinary procedures, all of whom spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear of retribution.

Associated Press

Kenyan doomsday leader jailed for 200 years

The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult disasters.

Guardian

Sri Lankans protest bills empowering police

Trade unions and political activists rallied in Sri Lanka’s capital against anti-terrorism and anti-crime bills, saying they would give sweeping powers to law enforcement authorities and could lead to abuses.

Associated Press

Critics across Africa facing treason charges

Veteran Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was acquitted of treason but sentenced to four years in prison for inciting others to disrupt last year’s elections.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Inside Uganda’s crackdown on online critics

Uganda’s online critics — those who use social media to criticize powerful political and military figures — allege abductions and intimidation as families search for missing relatives.

Al Jazeera

How AI and imaging could change cancer care

From AI-assisted diagnostics to breakthrough imaging and new cancer treatments, Siemens Healthineers CEO Bernd Montag explains how technology could help detect diseases earlier and improve patient outcomes.

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Burning rubbish chokes besieged Yemeni city

Taiz residents face health risks as waste accumulates amid sniper fire, forcing people to burn it in the streets.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh death toll from dengue rises again

Bangladesh recorded its highest monthly dengue death toll of the year in October, with experts warning the outbreak is unlikely to ease significantly before December.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Mahjoob Zweiri):

Can Iran’s new supreme leader make peace from behind the scenes?

Al Jazeera

Column (Diana Berg):

In Kyiv, hackers sent fake alerts about a nuclear apocalypse. We hardly noticed

Guardian

Column (Gleb Tsipursky):

When aid AI gets it wrong, who has the power to fix it?

Devex

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GOOD NEWS

‘Unsung heroes’ powered Lula’s win in Brazil

After Flávio Bolsonaro’s leftwing rival Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s shock revival, Brazil’s elderly voters have been hailed as the election’s unsung heroes.

Guardian

Indians celebrate Diwali with lights, fireworks

Millions across India are set to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, illuminating homes, temples, offices and streets with oil lamps and colorful lights to symbolize the triumph of light over darkness.

BBC

What is Diwali, the Festival of Lights; how is it celebrated?

Associated Press

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

UN brings Western Sahara mission to a close

The United Nations has brought an end to the 35-year-long peacekeeping mission in the Western Sahara, the secretary general announced, after the U.N. Security Council failed to renew its mandate in the area.

The Independent

Dozens dead after strike on Ukraine aid center

The death toll from a Russian bombing of an aid distribution point in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region has risen to 37, with dozens missing, officials said, in ‌one of the deadliest strikes on civilians this year.

Reuters

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Tanzania’s small farmers lack digital training

A government program aims to strengthen agricultural data systems and expand access to digital services, with targets of improving digital literacy for 500,000 Tanzanian farmers.

Al Jazeera

Bangladesh agrees on new garment pay scale

Bangladesh’s newly formed wage board agreed to implement a revised pay structure for garment workers from December, as protests over wages entered their fifth day.

Reuters

Bangladesh workers clash with police in protests over low pay

Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Delhi’s toxic winter air pollution is back again

Delhi and its satellite cities record some of the world’s highest pollution levels through the year. But as winter sets in, the air often becomes unbearable.

BBC

Delhi’s air quality worsens ahead of Diwali

BBC

Brazil publishes plan to phase out fossil fuels

Brazil set out the world’s first global “roadmap” for phasing out fossil fuels, showing that countries could boost their economies and pull people out of poverty while breaking the link with coal, oil and gas.

Guardian

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A vendor in Delhi prepares flowers to sell for Diwali. (Photo by Jasper M) Photo used under CC BY

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