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Uighurs supporters demonstrating in Washington D.C. in July of 2009 for the human rights of this persecuted Muslim minority in China. Since then, China has only stepped up its persecution of the Uighur community, forcibly moving them to reeducation camps among other human rights violations. (Photo by Malcolm Brown) Photo used under CC BY

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Rights of minorities at risk amid religion crackdowns

The U.N. special investigator on religious freedom urged countries to repeal laws undermining the right to worship, pointing as examples to China’s detention of Uighurs, 21 countries that criminalize apostasy, sweeping surveillance of minorities, among others.

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Associated Press

Ethiopia mobilizes for ‘unexpected civil war’

Ethiopia mobilized for war in the northern Tigray region, dashing international hopes of averting a conflict between Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government and the powerful ethnic faction that led the ruling coalition for decades.

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Al Jazeera

Poor nations fall behind in race for virus vaccine

Despite an international agreement to allocate the COVID-19 vaccine equitably around the world, billions of people in poor and middle-income countries might not be immunized until 2023 or even 2024. One reason is tied to the financial might of upper-income nations.

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NPR

US election drama as seen by rest of the world

As Americans were consumed by days of a democratic white-knuckle ride, from Berlin to Beijing the rest of the world contemplated the U.S. election and how the potential outcome can impact their lives for the next four years.

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Biden edges closer to White House win as Trump mounts legal challenge

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CBC News

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US sets record for COVID cases amid election battle

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Associated Press

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Can the American global reputation be repaired?

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Al Jazeera

WHO needs reforms, ‘political independence’

An oversight panel called for reforms at the WHO including “predictable and flexible” funding and setting up a multi-tiered system to warn countries earlier about disease outbreaks before they escalate.

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Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Palestinians left homeless after W. Bank attack

Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank have razed a Palestinian village, leaving 73 people – including 41 children – homeless, in the largest forced displacement incident in four years, according to the United Nations.

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Guardian

Asian asylum-seekers fear harsh Bosnian winter

Bosnia’s border town Velika Kladusa is a migrant hotspot where around 1,500 people, most of them from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, have been staying. Their future is uncertain and they dread the coming winter.

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DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Ivory Coast’s Soro calls to disobey president

Prominent dissident Guillaume Soro, a former prime minister who was blocked from running in the presidential election, called on the military to disobey President Ouattara after he was allowed to win a controversial third term.

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Associated Press

Azerbaijan-Armenia fighting takes human toll

Azerbaijan and Armenia have been at war again over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in the South Caucasus for more than a month. Three ceasefires have failed. The conflict is taking its toll on civilians.

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In Pictures: Standoff in Ivory Coast intensifies

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Al Jazeera

NZ gets 1st Indigenous female foreign minister

New Zealand appointed its first Indigenous female foreign minister to represent what’s shaping up to be one of the most diverse parliaments in the world.

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CNN

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mysterious radio bursts originate in our galaxy

For the first time ever, astronomers have been able to observe a fast radio burst in our own Milky Way. The discovery could finally help solve the mystery of where they come from.

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The Independent

Space station’s end will churn geopolitics

Twenty years after astronauts moved in full time, the International Space Station is nearing its end, forcing nations collaborating on the station, along with China and others new to the human spaceflight scene, to recalibrate.

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Axios

GLOBAL HEALTH

Virus puts Spain’s poor at the back of the line

When the pandemic hit, halting most global travel, 1 million people lost their jobs in Spain, and the unemployment rate hit 16.3% in September. That is more than double the average in the EU or the U.S.

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Associated Press

Women risk lives to prevent polio in Pakistan

As activists target female vaccinators, Pakistan remains one of only two countries worldwide not to have eradicated polio.

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Guardian

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Can we prevent the next zoonotic pandemic?

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Trump’s deep narcissm acted as a distorted mirror for millions of voters

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Africa’s friends must help meet its energy needs

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Asia Times Online

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OK, America, so what the hell happens now?

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GOOD NEWS

Iowa boy raises funds for windstorm victims

Few kids have ever stepped up to the plate for charity like 12-year-old Tommy Rhomberg. He sought to help victims rebuild from the massive derecho that hit Iowa in August with winds of up to 140 mph.

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CBS News

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21-year-old is first athlete with Down syndrome to attempt Ironman Triathlon

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NBCNews.com

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Meet the natural-haired doll inspiring young Black girls

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Good Morning America

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Changes in Congress will affect philanthropy

As ballots are being counted, here’s what votes being counted in the U.S. Senate and House of Representative will mean for key nonprofit issues over the next two years.

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The Nonprofit Times

Pandemic spurs nonprofits to accept crypto

Over the past three years, an increasing number of nonprofit organizations have begun to accept crypto-based donations. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed this trend further than ever before.

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ENVIRONMENT

India’s capital suffers most toxic air in a year

New Delhi, the capital city with the worst air quality worldwide, suffered its most toxic day in a year, recording the concentration of poisonous PM2.5 particles at 14 times the World Health Organization’s safe limit.

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Al Jazeera

Eta drenches Honduras; could reach Florida

The rain-heavy remains of Hurricane Eta flooded homes in Honduras as the death toll across Central America rose to at least eight.

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ABC News

US exits climate pact amid election uncertainty

The United States has formally exited the Paris Agreement, fulfilling an old promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight climate change.

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Reuters

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Rich-poor divide deepened during Trump term

The USA is one of the wealthiest countries in the world – and one of the most unequal ones. Donald Trump promised the American people a great economy. But how did his presidency affect the gap between rich and poor?

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Cape Verdean women find a way out of economic crisis

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Pandemic hits Sri Lanka garment workers

Gampaha, the garment district of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is at the center of the island nation’s biggest coronavirus outbreak, with more than 7,000 cases — over half the national total.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Photo of the US Capitol Building in lights after the sun has set in the heart of Washington D.C. (Photo by Jackson Lanier)

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