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Sanitation workers in South Africa must manually transport the emptied contents to a local disposal pit or to the nearest road where the containers will be loaded on a lorry. (Photo by SuSanA Secretariat) Photo used under CC BY

For sanitation workers, life is dirty, dangerous

Sanitation workers in lower-income countries often endure grueling conditions to perform a service that’s vital to keeping their communities healthy. Yet their suffering has largely gone ignored — even by advocates for the poor.

NPR

It takes a village to improve community sanitation and hygiene

Forbes

Iran shuts down internet amid protests

Iran has gone almost entirely offline as authorities try to stem the spread of nationwide protests that have gripped the country since the government announced an increase in fuel prices by as much as 300%.

CNN

Iran‘s Guards warn of ’decisive’ action if unrest continues

Reuters

China warns protestors it will crack down on unrest

China has warned it will not sit back and watch Hong Kong’s protests develop into an “uncontrollable” situation as dozens of demonstrators occupying a university made a daring escape as police fired projectiles.

Al Jazeera

Hong Kong Poly U siege a ‘humanitarian crisis’

Several hundred students and protesters have been left with limited food and medical resources in the Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), which has been surrounded by police from Sunday evening.

Asia Times Online

Hong Kong Polytechnic University: Police fire tear gas on protesters leaving site

BBC

In Pictures: Hong Kong’s night of mayhem

Al Jazeera

Brazil deforestation rate up 30% in 12 months

Deforestation of Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increased by 29.5% in 12 months, the highest rate since 2008. The rainforest lost 3,769 square miles of its vegetation between August 2018 and July 2019, the country reports.

BBC

US deems Israeli settlements in W. Bank legit

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that the US is softening its position on Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, the latest Trump administration move that weakens Palestinian claims to statehood.

South China Morning Post

HUMAN RIGHTS

Protesters demand Haitian president step down

Jovenel Moise has urged the international community to step in and prevent a “humanitarian crisis” erupting in the Caribbean island nation. Meanwhile, his opponents have taken to the streets and want him to step down.

Deutsche Welle

Dutch protest over Black Pete festivalgoers

Anti-racism campaigners have held protests in cities across the Netherlands during Sinterklaas - a festival celebrating the arrival of Saint Nicholas, traditionally accompanied by his helper Black Pete.

BBC

Czechs use anniversary to pressure PM

About a quarter of a million Czechs gathered on the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that brought an end to communist rule in the country to give the Prime Minister an ultimatum, sell your business or quit your job.

PBS NewsHour

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

African Union fires ambassador to US

The African Union fired its U.S. ambassador this month. Her supporters say it was because of her anti-colonial speeches. However, a recent African Union internal report alleges abuse of funds and office.

NPR

S. Sudan leaders must form government

The African Union said that South Sudan‘s dueling leaders had one final chance to form a government, backing US warnings that patience with the fledgling young nation’s government had run out.

Yahoo! News

Cambodia starts release of opposition activists

The first of 70 political prisoners ordered to be freed by Cambodian Prime Minister have begun leaving jail, in a relaxing of tensions after opposition party leaders failed to return to the country to lead protests as promised.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Burkina Faso genetically modifies mosquitoes

A radical trial using “gene drive” technology is currently taking place in Burkina Faso, that will see the release of a genetically modified strain of mosquitoes in an attempt to wipe out carriers of malaria.

Guardian

Electric car’s sound could benefit environment

Uruguay’s Toyota division is experimenting with a sound they hope stimulates plant growth, so each time you drive without gas, you’re giving the environment an extra boost.

Fast Company

Antarctica’s first zero-emission research station

Antarctica is the most remote and inhospitable place on Earth, but researchers have seen how challenges can be overcome at Antarctica’s only zero-emission research base, the Princess Elizabeth Antarctic Research Station.

Fast Company

GLOBAL HEALTH

China records third case of bubonic plague

China’s Inner Mongolia has reported a confirmed case of bubonic plague despite an earlier declaration by country health officials that the risk of an outbreak was minimal.

Guardian

Don‘t panic about China’s “Black Death” cases

Reuters

Samoa makes measles vaccine mandatory

Samoa finalized plans for a compulsory measles vaccination program, after declaring a state of emergency as a deadly epidemic sweeps the Pacific nation.

International Business Times

Drop in US vaccination laid to anti-vax theories

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Keys to destroyed places turned into art

A woman from Paradise, California, has created a phoenix sculpture from thousands of donated keys to places destroyed in California’s deadliest wildfire last November.

CNN

Liver transplant leads to unbreakable bond

MSN

Christmas trees headed to troops overseas

The Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Ohio Christmas Tree Association are partnering on an effort that will ship more than 100 Ohio-grown Christmas trees to military members stationed overseas.

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

8-year-old raises $50K for homeless veterans

An 8-year-old boy from Maryland is helping veterans get back on their feet, one care package at a time.

People

Grandma sends 100k holiday cards to troops

Laura Landerman-Garber is a grandma and clinical psychologist who expanded a small family tradition into a full-blown nonprofit which will send 100,000 cards to U.S. troops this holiday season.

CNN

Navy vet helps veterans launch startups

Navy veteran-turned-entrepreneur Todd Connor, launched Bunker Labs in 2014 with the mission of helping vets and their families launch and grow their own businesses. It has grown to 28 chapters across the country.

MSN

ENVIRONMENT

Measuring climate change on sequoias

In Sequoia National Park, many of the trees have been alive since before the Roman Empire. Scientists are now studying the impacts that civilization is having on these trees’ very existence.

CBS News

New grain could help combat climate change

PBS NewsHour

China’s mega landfill is full 25 years early

The Jiangcungou landfill in in Xi’an city is the size of around 100 football fields. It was built in 1994 and was designed to last until 2044.

BBC

Coal mine emissions could stoke climate crisis

The methane emissions leaking from the world’s coal mines could be stoking the global climate crisis at the same rate as the shipping and aviation industries combined.

Guardian

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Many Native Americans can’t get clean water

A new report shows that more than 2 million Americans live without being able to turn on the tap or flush the toilet and that Native Americans are more likely to have trouble accessing water than any other group.

NPR

Education for indigenous Indian kids includes social justice

Deutsche Welle

Yemenis go solar amid war energy shortage

Booming solar sector is transforming lives and energy sustainability in Yemen, poor country with scant rural power access even before conflict knocked out most of national grid.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Making public transport safer for women in Delhi

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

A girl eats a meal provided by Feed My Starving Children in Nicaragua in 2012. Nicaragua is heading for a third consecutive year of economic contraction in 2020, which will result in open unemployment for at least 237,000 people, and a poverty level above two million Nicaraguans, according to estimates of the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (Funides), whose economists urged for a political solution to the crisis. (Photo by Feed My Starving Children) Photo used under CC BY

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