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Parisians demand action on climate change in this October 2018 protest. The banner message translates to “Let’s change the system, not the climate.” (Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet) Photo used under CC BY

Political action needed to curb climate change

This year presents a remarkable opportunity to advance the global climate movement. With the UN climate conference coming up, there has never been a better time to add your voice to those calling for urgent action to protect the planet from global heating.

Guardian

UK: Bushfire crisis is ‘wake-up call for world’

British MPs have been told the Australian bushfire disaster is a “wake-up call for the world” ahead of a debate on the crisis that could place fresh international scrutiny on the government’s climate change policies.

Sydney Morning Herald

10,000 Aussie camels to be shot because they drink too much water

The Independent

Venezuela’s Guaidó vows to reclaim legislature

Venezuela is starting the year with a dramatic twist: Allies of President Nicolás Maduro hijacked a session of the legislature while security forces locked out — and voted out — the body’s president, Juan Guaidó. Opposition lawmakers voted to re-elect Guaidó.

NPR

Bangladesh fears Muslim exodus from India

Bangladesh, which is accommodating Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, fears that India’s new citizenship act — which offers amnesty to non-Muslim illegal aliens — will push more migrants into the country.

Asia Times Online

Muslims in fear as police crack down in India’s heartland

U.S. News & World Report

US prepares for Iranian reprisal for attack

U.S. officials braced for Iran to respond to the killing of its most powerful general, noting heightened military readiness in the country and preparing for a possible “tit-for-tat” attempt on the life of a U.S. commander.

Associated Press

Soleimani burial postponed after dozens are killed in stampede

NBCNews.com

Stopping of Iranian-Americans stopped at US border sparks outrage

Politico

HUMAN RIGHTS

The region which legislates who you can love

LGBT people in the Eastern Caribbean described being stabbed, beaten, choked and pelted with bottles and bricks in a 2018 Human Rights Watch report.

BBC

Women occupy street against citizenship law

For more than two weeks, hundreds of Muslim women have been braving one of the coldest winters in India’s capital Delhi to protest against a controversial new citizenship law.

BBC

Indian students hurt in university violence

Police in India have entered the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, one of the country’s most prestigious universities after reports of masked men attacking students.

BBC

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

NATO holds urgent meeting over Iraq-Iran crisis

NATO ambassadors will gather in Brussels for an urgent meeting convened by the head of the military alliance to discuss the situation in the Middle East after a U.S. drone strike in Baghdad killed a top Iranian general.

Reuters

Russia takes big step toward internet isolation

Russia can’t cut its internet off from the rest of the world yet. But a recent test foreshadowed more censorship and repression to come.

Wired

Middle East tensions flare, oil, gold prices climb

The prices of oil and gold continued surging as escalating tensions in the Middle East fanned worries about disruption to global oil supplies, sending investors to seek safer investments.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

World’s largest corpse flower blooms and stinks

Proving that 2020 is going to be a year of mixed blessings, conservationists in Indonesia have discovered the largest-ever blooming flower on a parasitic plant that literally smells like death.

LiveScience

Duolingo sparks Gaelic boom in Scotland

Almost double the number of people in Scotland who already speak Scottish Gaelic have signed up to learn the language on the popular free platform Duolingo in over a month.

Guardian

Maya palace discovered deep in Mexican jungle

Archaeologists have found a Maya stone palace that dates to more than 1,000 years ago, according to the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH).

LiveScience

GLOBAL HEALTH

Nearly 1000 children dead at one Indian hospital

According to government figures, 963 infants succumbed to death in 2019. However the state government of Uttar Pradesh, India, is finding solace in the fact that this is the lowest death toll in six years.

Business Insider India

Zambia has stroke epidemic, no neurologists

In Zambia, stroke is a leading killer in the population of 17 million people. Yet there are no native-born Zambian neurologists who can help stem the tide.

Quartz Africa

Biting back: new hope in fight against malaria

Despite significant headway since 2010, progress in tackling malaria has stalled in recent years. A new vaccine could spell a breakthrough for people across Africa

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GOOD NEWS

Blind marching band plays at halftime show

The Ohio State School for the Blind’s marching band consists of students in grades 7-12, at a school in Columbus, Ohio, where most of the students have little to no vision.

CNN

Princeton honors blue-collar campus workers

At Princeton University, portraits of blue-collar campus workers are taking center stage. A set of paintings are offering a fresh perspective on the working class, racial struggle and empowerment at the Ivy league school.

CNN

California teenager’s mission to make sure every kid has a birthday party

NBC News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Aussie tennis stars support bushfire victims

Australian tennis stars are supporting victims of Australia’s bushfires by donating money for every ace they hit at upcoming tournaments.

CNN

Uber driver got a college degree after one of her passengers wiped out her debt

CNN

Key tech trends will shape philanthropy in 2020

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Living in a cancer-plagued oil town

Port Arthur is at the edge of Southeast Texas, the heart of the state’s petroleum industry. The area has been known for elevated cancer levels and the EPA ranks it among the worst in the country for toxic chemical emissions.

Vice

Indonesia floods: more rain expected

The death toll from floods and landslides in Indonesia has risen to at least 66 people, as the country’s authorities warned residents of more heavy downpours in the coming days.

Al Jazeera

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Economic crisis deepens in Zimbabwe

As well as hyperinflation, Zimbabwe has been hit by severe drought in parts of the country. The UN World Food Program (WFP) warned food supplies will run out in early 2020 unless urgent assistance is provided.

CNN

Uganda has biggest child refugee settlement

According to the UN refugee agency, Uganda hosts the largest number of unaccompanied child refugees in the world, Most of them come from South Sudan, which has been mired in civil war since December 2013.

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

The proprietor of a food boat — the equivalent of a food truck — serves a customer in Chau Phú, An Giang, Vietnam. (Photo by Guido da Rozze) Photo used under CC BY

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