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Smoke from wildfires covers the sun near Sydney, Australia. Wildfires are charring New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state. More than 1,000 homes have been destroyed and at least 12 people have died in the blazes. (Photo by simonrumi) Photo used under CC BY

World over, new year rung in with sadness, defiance

Melancholy celebrations marked the arrival of 2020 around the world as heavyhearted revelers raised a glass in hopes of happier times ahead in fire-ravaged Australia and protest-swarmed Hong Kong.

NBCNews.com

See New Year’s celebrations around the world

CNN

Many Hong Kongers packing to leave for good

While Hong Kong’s travel sector has been hit hard as foreign tourists stay away, they are making up for the drop in business as locals pack their bags and leave. Disillusioned over the city’s future, people are leaving in droves.

Asia Times Online

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Dreams collide with despair in the political awakening of Hong Kong youth

South China Morning Post

US pulls envoy, staffers as Iraqis storm embassy

The U.S. ambassador and other staff have been evacuated from the Embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, as protests rage outside, two Iraqi Foreign Ministry officials reported.

Reuters

US deploys 750 troops to Iraq after embassy attack

Al Jazeera

Libya militias take EU funds for migrants

The EU has funneled millions of euros into Libya to slow the tide of migrants crossing the Mediterranean. That money has spawned a thriving web of businesses funded in part by the EU and enabled by the United Nations.

Associated Press

N. Korea threatens to resume nuke, ICBM tests

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said he is ending the suspension of nuclear and long-range missile tests put in place during talks with the U.S. Kim also said his country would soon introduce “a new strategic weapon.”

BBC

What does Kim plan on denuclearization talks?

YouTube

Nonprofit urges transition to veganism

There’s no better time to try the plant-based approach to eating than the start of a new year. Veganuary was initiated by a nonprofit organization of the same name.

MSN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Hong Kong braces for fresh protests

Hong Kong will end 2019 with multiple protests planned for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day aimed at disrupting festivities and shopping which has seen a rise in clashes between police and protesters since Christmas.

Guardian

India preps for New Year’s Eve with protests

Thousands of Indians are set to ring in the New Year by holding protests against a citizenship law, despite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s attempts to dampen demonstrations that have run for nearly three weeks.

Reuters

Central Asia’s seething Uighurs

Despite ethnic and religious kinship, local nationalist furies and Beijing’s influence keep restive passions in check.

Asia Times Online

Sweden’s PM stands up to Chinese threats

Asia Times Online

Children in middle of Venezuela’s crisis

With Venezuela in the grip of a severe economic crisis spanning several years, children have been caught in the center as the humanitarian toll worsens, with no immediate end in sight.

NBC News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

ISIS terror risk to rise in south Philippines

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s decision to lift martial law in 2020 on the southern island of Mindanao was met with a bang, when Islamic State aligned militants launched a brazen grenade attack near a Catholic church.

Asia Times Online

Britain set to raise minimum wage in 2020

Britain’s national minimum wage will rise by over 6 percent next year, taking it to 8.74 pounds ($11.56 USD) an hour - keeping Britain on track to meet its goal for minimum wage to reach 60 percent of median earnings by 2020.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Nepal arrests 122 Chinese over ‘cyber scam’

More than 100 Chinese nationals in Nepal on tourist visas have been detained over a suspected cyber scam, in the country’s largest-ever crackdown involving foreigners.

Asia Times Online

12 times science proved world Is amazing in 2019

LiveScience

Ancient humans procreated with other species

According to a July 2019 study, humans’ romantic horizons extended far beyond other boring Homo sapiens. Fifty-thousand years ago our ancestors often mated with other species of the Homo genus.

Inverse

3 Bodies found inside Alamo cathedral, reigniting dispute over Native-American burial ground

LiveScience

Lego blocks can serve as thermal insulators

Scientists at Lancaster University in England conducted an experiment in which they froze Lego blocks to the lowest possible temperature, what they discovered could be useful in the development of quantum computing.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

With births down, US had slowest growth rate

The past year’s population growth rate in the United States was the slowest in a century due to declining births, increasing deaths and the slowdown of international migration, according to figures released by the U.S. Census Bureau.

Politico

China’s gene-editing ‘Frankenstein’ jailed

China scientist He Jiankui, who created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies, has been sentenced to three years in prison and fined 3 million yuan (US$430,000).

South China Morning Post

1 dose of HPV vaccine may be enough

A single dose of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine may be just as effective as two or three doses at preventing cancer-causing HPV infection, a new study suggests.

CNN

In pictures: Asia’s hardest year for dengue fever

The global toll of dengue fever is becoming well known, with rising temperatures contributing to severe outbreaks that made 2019 the worst year on record for the disease.

Guardian

DR Congo Ebola death toll 2,231 to date

Yahoo! News

Polio makes comeback in Pakistan

Political transition and mass misinformation campaigns have contributed to growing polio rates in Pakistan. The country is currently one of three (Afghanistan and Nigeria) where poliio remains endemic.

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Antonio J Montalvan II):

What did Duterte’s martial law achieve in Mindanao?

Al Jazeera

Column (JN Joniad):

We, the Rohingya youth, demand our right to an education

Al Jazeera

Column (Daniela Blei):

Placenta-eating went mainstream when many doctors stopped listening

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

25 ideas that will shape the 2020s

Fortune asked 25 of the sharpest minds to weigh in on the epic, disruptive, thrilling, terrifying, and fascinating ideas that will mold the next decade. The future is now.

Fortune

Meet the innovators driving change in Africa

The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Africa prize has shortlisted sixteen African inventors to receive funding, training and mentoring for projects intended to revolutionize sectors from agriculture and banking to women’s health.

Guardian

Rare black rhino born at Michigan Zoo

For the first time in the 100 year history of Potter Park Zoo, in Lansing, Michigan, a black rhino calf was born at the zoo. On Christmas Eve, Doppsee, the zoo’s 12-year old black rhino gave birth to her very first calf, a male.

Click On Detroit

Church and mosque unite on Christmas

The Westbury United Methodist Church partnered with the Islamic Center of Long Island, New York to serve struggling neighbors by delivering warm meals and providing free health screenings.

SunnySkyz

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Man makes canes for vets with Christmas trees

A man in Texas is designing canes for veterans, and he’s asking people to donate their Christmas trees to help him do it.

CNN

Nonprofits whose stories touched us in 2019

Each month the Chronicle picks a nonprofit, often a small group, tackling a problem in an unusual way and highlights its work with a compelling photograph. Here are some of the nonprofits that inspired us this year.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

ENVIRONMENT

Killer whales migrate from Iceland to Italy

Three killer whales have been spotted in Italy. Marine biologists believe they are the same group that originally came from Iceland and was seen off the coast of northwestern Italy earlier this month.

Reuters

Delhi reels from coldest day in over a century

India’s capital Delhi has recorded its chilliest day in more than a century amid a severe cold wave across the northern part of the country. Thick fog blanketed the city as the maximum day temperature dropped to 49 Fahrenheit.

BBC

Climate protests center stage as world burns

The climate crisis dominated the discussion this year, as hundreds of millions of people spoke out against government inaction across the world. Here’s a quick overview of the most important environmental events of 2019.

Deutsche Welle

Hospital photos show bushfire devastation

Business Insider

Oldest free-ranging black rhino dies

A 57-year-old black rhino named Fausta died Friday in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. According to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority, Fausta was the oldest free-ranging black rhino in the world.

CBS News

Thirsty koala approaches cyclists and chugs their water

CNN

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Slumdog art brings positivity to Delhi’s poor

A street artist collective has transformed a New Delhi slum into a rainbow of colors. Massive murals have become a magnet for art lovers and selfie-snappers to a rundown area in the Indian capital.

Asia Times Online

Women in Kenya fishing village fight for power

Justine Adhiambo Obura has been the head of the women’s cooperative No Sex For Fish in Kenya. The initiative combats the practice of jaboya - having sex in exchange for fish women can sell in the market.

NPR

Pakistan’s cafe run by and for the deaf

At the Abey Khao, a cafe in Pakistan, menus are in sign language and jobs for the hearing impaired are challenging discrimination against those with disabilities.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Sydney decided to go ahead with the traditional fireworks display this year despite extreme heat and the risk of bush fire. (Photo by Jason Tong) Photo used under CC BY

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