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UN: 2016 worst for rights violations all over world

In terms of human rights violations, the year 2016 is considered to be the worst since the second world war, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission Kazi Reazul Haque said at Daffodil International University.

UN News Center

UN video on Human Rights Day

UN News Center

Human Rights Day marked with protests against Duterte’s war on drugs

ABS-CBN News

OSCE: Media situation in Turkey ‘terrifying’

The situation of media in Turkey is a “terrifying” problem that targets not only journalists but has a chilling effect on the whole of society.

Deutsche Welle

UN appeals for record $22B in humanitarian aid

The United Nations has issued its annual appeal for humanitarian funds for the coming year, and it’s a record request: $22.2 billion. That’s a 400 percent increase from the amount requested 10 years ago. Humanitarian officials say it’s needed because of the many protracted crises in places such as Syria, Iraq, and South Sudan.

PBS

George Clooney unveils undercover investigation of South Sudan’s top leaders

ABC News

US to review hacks aimed at tipping elections

President Obama has ordered the intelligence community to conduct a “full review” of “malicious cyber activity” timed to U.S. elections, the White House said. The review will go all the way back to the 2008 campaign.

NPR

Georgia accuses DHS of attempting to hack its computer network

The Hill

Did Russian hacking support Trump? Dems call for hearings

USA TODAY

France’s Le Pen: Stop teaching illegal migrants

The National Front leader has proposed that children of illegal immigrants should be refused access to public education. Le Pen’s proposals are part of a platform to restrict migrants from accessing social services.

Deutsche Welle

Italy the front line of Europe’s refugee crisis

Vice

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN braces for a massive exodus from Mosul

As Iraqi security forces wage a grinding house-to-house battle to push the Islamic State out of Mosul, the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees is rushing to prepare for a potential mass exodus of up to 700,000 mainly Sunni civilians.

Foreign Policy

Dolls are spying on kids, consumer groups say

Can that new doll or toy robot you bought as a Christmas gift for your child spy on your family? A pair of items made by Genesis Toys records conversations, and consumer watchdogs allege that they upload the recordings to a voice tech company that has military, law enforcement and intelligence agencies as clients.

CNN

Firm to use drones to monitor workers’ lives

Rio Tinto is no stranger to using technology to improve efficiency, having replaced human-operated vehicles with automated haul trucks and trains. It is now attempting to manage its remaining human workers in the same way, and privacy advocates fear it could set a precedent that extends well beyond the mining industry.

Guardian

Privacy experts fear Trump running global surveillance network

Guardian

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Criminals ran fake US embassy in Ghana

A fake US embassy run by Ghanaian and Turkish organized crime rings has been shut down after “about a decade” of operation, the State Department has announced. The fake embassy operation issued counterfeit and fraudulently obtained visas for $6,000 for roughly 10 years.

Christian Science Monitor

Erdogan inches toward exec power in Turkey

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is inching closer to concentrating power in his office as Turkey’s governing party officially proposed an executive presidency to the parliament. The bill calls for a referendum to amend the constitution, changing Turkey’s political framework from a parliamentary system to a presidential one.

Bloomberg

US Congress passes $619B defense bill

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a compromise version of an annual defense policy bill without controversial provisions such as requiring women to register for the draft or allowing contractors to make religion-based hiring decisions.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Nutritionists: Veganism good for kids, adults

Plant-based diets are tied to a lower risk of health problems like heart disease, diabetes, obesity and certain cancers - and pretty much anyone can eat this way, according to a leading group of nutritionists.

FOX News

Dig reveals prehistoric plant-based menu

ScienceDaily

Mummy’s DNA hints at origins of smallpox

The surprise find of smallpox DNA in a child mummy from the 17th century could help scientists start to trace the mysterious history of this notorious virus.

NPR

GLOBAL HEALTH

Measles vaccine saved lives of 20 million kids

More children around the world are getting the measles vaccine. As a result, fewer are dying. Some 20.3 million lives were saved between 2000 and 2015 thanks to the vaccine, according to a new report from UNICEF. The number of measles deaths fell by 79 percent over 15 years.

Humanosphere

What Is the MIND Diet?

The MIND diet is designed to promote a healthy mind and lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. It is a mash-up of the Mediterranean diet and the DASH diet — two diets that have been found to have several health benefits.

LiveScience

BUSINESS

Co-ops react to Cadbury’s Fairtrade logo swap

The UK’s most famous chocolate maker Cadbury is changing the way it works with Fairtrade in an unexpected move “to drive greater scale and impact for cocoa farmers and their communities,” leading to some co-ops considering dropping the accreditation.

Co-operative News

Good for economy? Inflation is perking up

Since the recession, the Federal Reserve has been trying to do something that may seem counterintuitive: push inflation higher. Sure, flat to modest price increases are better for consumers, leaving them more money for discretionary purchases. But little inflation over a prolonged period is a sign of a weak economy.

USA TODAY

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Desmond Tutu):

Time for the Nobel Peace Prize to divest from fossil fuels

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Opinion: Canadian foreign aid an antidote for extremist nationalism

National Observer

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When Trump attacks

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GOOD NEWS

How an act of kindness ushered a rejection

Homelessness is as much a part of San Francisco as the hills, the Mission or the Golden Gate Bridge. Here‘s one resident’s account of a day when he and another San Franciscan bought a homeless man a meal and then watched helplessly as the man was denied a warm, dry place to eat it.

KQED

UK crowdfunding campaign backs principles

A UK movement, More United, will financially back parliamentary candidates who support the organization’s five basic values – regardless of their party. More United is running a crowdfunding campaign.

Positive News

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Trade war with China: ‘A dangerous domino’

Tough talk from President-elect Donald Trump is making economists and some business leaders nervous about a potential trade war with China. They say investors and consumers should be leery, too.

CBS News

Future of development amid rising nationalism

As world leaders and the development sector move to end extreme poverty by 2030, while dealing with unprecedented migration, global disease pandemics and climate change, everyone is wondering: What will development look like in the face of nationalist shifts in the Western World?

Humanosphere

NGOs AND NPOs

India reconsiders banning US donor NGO

After US NGO Compassion International threatened to wind up its operations in India, Ministry of Home Affairs said it is willing to reconsider its decision to ban the US-based donor from funding Indian based NGOs.

India Today

Putin to limit NGOs to stem foreign influence

President Vladimir Putin says Russia will continue to counter foreign influence over its domestic affairs through non-government organizations. Putin said “we will never allow” what he described as attempts to use NGOs to push Russia toward making decisions contradicting its interests.

FOX News

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Charity aims to banish extreme poverty

A rigorously tested program has changed the lives of thousands of people living in extreme poverty. The program, which was created more than a decade ago by aid organization Brac, has been exported to 10 countries.

Guardian

Howard Buffett to focus on philanthropy

ABC News

1st clues for EU-UK aid cooperation post-Brexit

The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier told reporters at a press conference in Brussels that the United Kingdom would have to look at the EU’s existing arrangements with nonmember countries to determine what kind of relationship it will have after its exit from the European Union.

Devex

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change spurs widespread extinctions

ScienceDaily

Could you power your home with a bike?

The discrepancy between what you personally can generate and what you personally use says a lot about what’s happened with civilization and the planet in a couple of centuries.

NPR

Activists call for multi-use coffee cups

With almost 3 billion non-recyclable single-use cups being used every year, Germany is being forced to wake up and smell the coffee. Environmentalists are calling for a deposit system with multi-use cups.

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

Consumer watchdog groups say Genesis Toys’ My Friend Cayla doll and I-Que robot can spy on children. (Photo by Genesis Toys) Photo used under CC BY

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