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2 billion children breathe toxic air, UNICEF reports

Two billion children — more than a quarter of the world‘s population — are exposed to air pollution at levels the World Health Organization considers “a long term hazard,” according to a new report from UNICEF.

Newsweek

Giant air purifier aims to raise smog awareness in China, artist says

Reuters

The kids who might save the Internet

A new generation of cybersecurity prodigies breaks into networks – just to make them safer. Meet the young hackers trying to keep the Web from tilting to the dark side.

Christian Science Monitor

Ban on ordaining women is forever, pope says

Pope Francis said he believes the Roman Catholic Church’s ban on women becoming priests is forever, in some of his most definitive remarks on the issue. He stood by a declaration, considered infallible by the church, that Pope John Paul II issued.

Reuters

Pope commemorates 500th anniversary of protestant Reformation

NPR

Iraqi forces push into Mosul’s city limits

Iraq’s military said its special forces have pushed inside the city limits of Mosul for the first time in two years. U.S. airstrikes and special forces are backing the Iraqis as they liberate Mosul from ISIS. The fight is expected to last weeks -- if not months.

CBS News

How women have defined the US election

It’s been the Year of the Woman, and then some. Start with the first female nominee of a major party in the 240-year history of the United States; Democrat Hillary Clinton leads in a campaign that could smash what she dubbed “the highest, hardest glass ceiling.”

USA TODAY

Parties prepare to wrangle over a tight victory

Sydney Morning Herald

HUMAN RIGHTS

Woman in Brock Turner case has her say

The woman who was sexually assaulted by former Stanford University student Brock Turner wants you to know she is a survivor, not a victim, in an essay she penned for Glamour Magazine. The publication named her woman of the year.

CNN

UN failed S. Sudan civilians, review finds

An independent review into attacks against civilians in South Sudan this summer has found the United Nations peacekeeping mission failed to respond adequately, despite their physical proximity to the violence.

NPR

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Zuma a failed leader, Mandela Foundation says

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has sharply criticized South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, saying that “political meddling for private interests” has weakened state institutions and poses a threat to the country’s democracy.

Guardian

Venezuela releases 5 opposition detainees

Five Venezuelan opposition politicians were freed from detention on Monday, a day after the government and the opposition held talks on how to end the country’s political crisis.

BBC

Venezuela’s parliament delays trial of President Maduro

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FB, real-world buds: What’s a healthy balance?

It turns out that logging into Facebook to put a heart emoji under a photo of your best friend’s new baby may actually be good for you — provided that you also actually follow through in the real world, perhaps by buying a coffee for that frazzled new mom.

LiveScience

2016 ends with three supermoons

Step outside on October 16, and take a look at the moon. Not only will the moon be full, but on that day, the moon will be at it’s closest point to our planet as it orbits Earth. This makes the October full moon a supermoon.

NASA

GLOBAL HEALTH

Global health leaders call for junk food ad ban

Junk food advertising should be banned during all TV programmes that are appealing to children, global health leaders have said. The World Medical Association raised concerns that children spend more time than ever watching television or using screens.

The Scotsman

Canada health minister urges healthy eating habits

Radio Canada International

Billions needed to fight diseases worldwide

Without bigger, more sustained and more diversified commitments, hundreds of thousands of people will continue to die from diseases that are easily prevented and treated. The situation calls into question the international community’s ability to meet public health threats.

World Politics Review

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Sen. Tim Kaine):

Gun violence is a public-health crisis

Time

Column (Gurcharan Das):

Are you a patriot or a nationalist?

The Globalist

Column (Jillian B. White):

How Facebook’s ad tool fails to protect civil rights

The Atlantic

Column (Nate Terrain):

Donald Trump and the alt-right threaten the values i fought for in the Navy

The Nation

Column (Benjy Sarlin):

The vengeful world of Donald Trump, and why it matters

NBCNews.com

Column (Chauncey Devega):

Ammon Bundy and weaponized white privilege prevail again in Oregon

Salon

Column (Bruce Udolf):

FBI Director James Comey screwed up big time

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Mark Joseph Stern):

America is in the midst of a voter suppression crisis

Slate

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GOOD NEWS

Israel: Jewish, Arab women protest for peace

At a time when peace is not high on the Israeli public agenda, Women Wage Peace unites Arab and Jewish activists with a simple demand: that leaders just ‘reach an agreement.’

Christian Science Monitor

Farmers create refuge for veterans with PTSD

Rick and Donna Wanless have lived on a serene 25-acre farm for the past 43 years – but now they want to share it with others who need peace and quiet. The retired couple is transforming their property into Honor Ranch: a refuge for veterans and first responders suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Sunnyskyz

Free clinics offer hope for veterans with mental health problems

Military Times

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Can microloans lift women out of poverty?

You‘ve heard the stories. A desperately poor woman in a poor country gets a tiny loan — a couple hundred dollars. It’s the break she’s always needed. With that money she can finally buy the materials to start a small business. She turns a profit. But is it the reality?

NPR

BUSINESS

Ghoulish charts are spooking investors

The financial world is currently a frightening place with few obvious areas to hide. That‘s the spooky analysis of M&G Investments who have revealed their scariest Halloween charts. Read on to see what’s spreading the fear.

CNBC

US political strife weighs on global stocks

The revelation that the FBI has opened a new investigation into U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s private email server weighed on global stock markets a little more than a week from Election Day.

U.S. News & World Report

NGOs AND NPOs

How are nonprofits coping with new OT law?

Since the new overtime rules for exempt personnel were offered for comment, NPQ has looked at the nonprofit sector’s mixed reactions. Nonprofits have seen the new rules both as a moral imperative aiding those they serve and a threat to their very existence.

Nonprofit Quarterly

Nonprofit status boosts ex-UN news agency

The former United Nations-controlled news service IRIN says its rebirth as an independent agency should enable hard-hitting coverage of the billion-dollar global aid industry.

Swissinfo

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Global progress on disaster preparedness?

Disaster preparedness is seen as one of the greatest opportunities in increasing survival levels across a multitude of natural disasters across the world, as well as providing opportunities to decrease the damage on areas when earthquakes or flooding occur.

Huffington Post

Most female aid workers report sexual abuse

Guardian

Misperception of onshore wind sparks drive

Analysis of British press coverage spanning five years shows articles are largely negative about wind power – despite almost three-quarters of the British public saying they back onshore wind farms. The poll showed a slightly lower support in rural areas compared to urban.

Cooperative News

ENVIRONMENT

London: Court to rule on diesel-free vehicles

Ridding inner London of virtually all diesel vehicles would solve the capital’s air pollution crisis, according to research published as the high court is due to rule on the government’s air quality plan.

Guardian

Germany: Merkel rejects climate intervention

Chancellor Angela Merkel rejected a call from her environment minister to intervene in a dispute over how to curb CO2 emissions that has prompted her cabinet to delay approving a climate action plan.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

“Still Life” shot this month at Lunasia Dim Sum in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Thad Zajdowicz)

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