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New faregates at the Beijing West Railway Station use facial recognition technology to admit commuters. Shot in September 2019. Academics object to the decision to deploy facial recognition technology to “improve the efficiency of passenger traffic” in Beijing’s sprawling metro system. (Photo by N509FZ) Photo used under CC BY

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China’s academics tackle the ‘Big Brother’ state

China’s surveillance state is blurring the lines between privacy and profiling when it comes to facial recognition technology. In a country where debate on government policy is often stifled, academics voice concerns over the level of high-tech “tracking” in most aspects of life.

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Asia Times Online

35 civilians, 80 jihadists killed in Burkina Faso

Jihadists attacked a town in northern Burkina Faso and killed 35 civilians, most of them women, and ensuing clashes with security forces left 80 jihadists dead, the West African nation’s president announced.

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Associated Press

HK pro-democracy activists protest on Christmas Day

Hong Kong anti-government protesters marched through Christmas-decorated shopping centers on Christmas Day, chanting pro-democracy slogans and forcing one mall to close early, as police fired tear gas to disperse crowds gathering on nearby streets.

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How unrest criminalized a generation: 6 months of protests change Hong Kong forever

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Pope appeals for peace in Christmas message

In his his Christmas Day address, Pope Francis urged the Catholic faithful to embrace the “light of Christ” to help end conflict and injustice around the world.

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No Christmas Mass at Notre Dame for first time in 200 years

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India tightens security amid fury over new law

Indian authorities have stepped up security and shut down the internet in various places while members of the ruling party planned marches backing a new citizenship law even though protests against it are escalating.

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Reuters

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Modi’s nationalist party loses key state election

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Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Indian states propose land rights amid fear

Authorities in the Indian states of Assam and West Bengal have vowed to protect the land rights of indigenous people and refugees amidst protests against a new citizenship law that critics say discriminates against Muslims.

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Turkey can’t handle a fresh wave of Syrian migrants

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CNN

HK protesters rally in support of Uighurs

Riot police in Hong Kong broke up a rally in support of China’s Uighurs — with one officer drawing a pistol — after the initially peaceful protest descended into chaos when a small group of protesters tried to burn a Chinese flag.

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Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Billions in migrant detention contracts awarded

The Trump administration awarded billions of dollars in contracts for private companies to operate immigration detention centers in California, a state that will ban contracts for for-profit prisons starting Jan. 1.

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TIME

Cuba appoints first prime minister in 43 years

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel named Manuel Marrero Cruz as the country’s prime minister, a nonexistent role within Cuban politics for more than four decades.

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CNN

NZ collects 56,000 guns in buyback program

New Zealand officials collected about 56,000 firearms as part of a sixth-month gun buyback program. The New Zealand government instituted the program after the Christchurch massacre in March 2019.

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Politically handicapped Israel faces Iran

Israeli military leaders have had to temporarily shelve a multiyear plan to counter Iran, as Israel remains without a government for the longest stretch in its history.

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Asia Times Online

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

7 uses of facial recognition that sparked debate

From identifying voters in Afghanistan to speeding up service for tea lovers in India, facial recognition surged in 2019 with expectations that it will become even more widespread fueling concerns over misuse.

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Startup fights fake Indian news on WhatsApp

MetaFact is hoping that AI might help mitigate misinformation spread in multiple languages and through text, photo and video on the encrypted messaging service.

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Fast Company

GLOBAL HEALTH

1 in 7 Indians suffers from mental disorder

A study published in the journal Lancet Psychiatry finds that roughly one in seven Indians, or 197 million persons, suffered from mental disorders of varying severity in 2017.

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The Hindu

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Exposure to dogs lessens risk of schizophrenia

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ScienceDaily

Children allergic to cow’s milk smaller, lighter

Children allergic to cow’s milk are smaller and weigh less, according to a study of growth trajectories from early childhood to adolescence in children with persistent food allergies.

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ScienceDaily

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7 years after a gang rape that shocked India, brutal attacks against women continue

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5-year-old paid off the lunch balances for 123 students by selling cocoa and cookies

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A refugee’s guide to being a refugee

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GOOD NEWS

Muslim doctors provided with disposable hijab

The University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Trust is the first hospital trust in the UK to give female Muslim doctors and medical staff disposable hijab.

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Yahoo! News

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Plane passenger gives first-class seat to 88-year-old woman, makes her ‘dream’ come true

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FOX News

Diner offers a free Christmas dinner to anyone

On Christmas day, anyone who walks in the door of O’Brien’s Southern Diner in Ashland City, Tennessee, eats for free.

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MSN

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Hundreds of families receive holiday meals, presents

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NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Teenage activists take after Greta Thunberg

These three teenagers are passionate about issues they see around them. They are learning what it takes to be activists at a youth organization called The Advocacy Academy in Brixton, London.

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BBC

Virginia pastors pay off school lunch debt

The holidays came early for some Virginia families struggling to pay school lunch debt. Three Virginia pastors used more than $17k from their church’s budget to pay off meal debt at two local school systems.

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TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Thousands of volunteers fight Aussie fires

The New South Wales Rural Fire Service calls itself “the world’s largest volunteer firefighting organization.” Its 70k members are extensively trained and, except for a few senior staff, mostly unpaid.

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BBC

Wales builds net zero carbon neighborhood

Residents who live in Wales net zero carbon neighborhood will pay no energy bills. The development will use a mixture of renewable energy technologies to generate clean electricity to power its homes over the year.

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Guardian

Tehran smog forces weeklong school closure

Schools in Iran’s Tehran province have been ordered shut all week due to severe air pollution, authorities announced.

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Living in Africa’s most expensive city

Chad is one of the world’s poorest countries, but in N’Djamena, the capital city, rents rival those of New York or London at upwards of $2k per month for a two-bedroom apartment in the city center.

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Place

The grim reality of job hunting in the age of AI

The automation revolution has hit recruitment, with everything from facial expressions to vocal tone now analysed by algorithms and artificial intelligence. But what’s the cost to workforce diversity – and workers themselves?

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Guardian

Move to $15 minimum gains momentum in US

Just years ago, a $15-an-hour minimum wage was the pipe dream of a national coalition of striking fast-food workers. Now, it’s increasingly becoming a reality across the country, with significant gains coming in 2020.

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USA TODAY

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Businesses facing new overtime rules in new year

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Associated Press

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A mother accompanies her young son on a carousel ride in Hong Kong in December 2011. (Photo by Ding Yuin Shan) Photo used under CC BY

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