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According to the World Bank, more than 850 million Chinese people have been elevated out of extreme poverty since 1981. Now, President Xi Jinping has lifted an additional 93 million since the start of 2013. (Photo by Taro Taylor) Photo used under CC BY

China ends extreme poverty in poor regions amid COVID

China has removed the last remaining counties from a list of poor regions, in what officials described as achieving President Xi Jinping’s longstanding political goal. The milestone was achieved by lifting 93 million people out of poverty since 2013.

Reuters

Afghan war has killed, hurt 26K kids since 2005

UN data has shown that an average of five children have been killed or wounded every day for the past 14 years in Afghanistan. Violence has been rising in-country amid stalled peace talks and US troop withdrawals.

BBC

Donors step up with funds to help war-torn Afghanistan

Associated Press

African officials are failing girls, women on equality

Girls in Africa are being “condemned to a lifetime of discrimination and inequality” due to government failures, new data has shown. African girls are forced into marriage at a young age, excluded from healthcare, and are sexually exploited on a daily basis.

Guardian

UNICEF to ship COVID-19 vaccines to poor

UNICEF will work with over 350 airlines and freight companies to deliver nearly 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to developing countries next year.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Merkel concerned about vaccine plan for poor

NPR

Creating a COVID vaccine is only the first step

NBCNews.com

Africa’s largest COVID treatment clinical trial launched by 13-country network

Guardian

With Ethiopia on brink, diplomacy in doubt

Alarm has spiraled over Ethiopia’s tank attack on the capital of the defiant Tigray region and its population of half a million people, with a rush of warnings about protecting civilians three weeks after the war began.

Associated Press

Human rights groups call fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh ‘a flagrant disregard for civilian life’

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Feminist’ mayors vow to fight inequality

Cities must move to the frontline of efforts to fight gender inequality that has grown worse in the coronavirus pandemic, six mayors from three continents said as they joined forces in a new network to advance women’s rights.

Reuters

‘Nowhere to go’: the young LGBT+ Ugandans ‘outed’ during lockdown

Guardian

Poverty drives millions of Filipinos overseas

Unable to earn enough money at home, an estimated 2.2M Filipinos worked overseas last year. However, the migration of Filipino workers has also left millions of children without a parent at home.

CNN

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Ethiopia’s Tigray encircled after ultimatum

Ethiopian federal forces were encircling the Tigray region’s capital from around 50 km (30 miles), the government said, after giving the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) a 72-hour surrender ultimatum.

Reuters

Ethiopian refugees flee country to avoid fighting in Tigray province

USA TODAY

DRC warrior jailed for crimes against humanity

A former militia leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been sentenced to life in prison for crimes against humanity, including mass rape. A military court convicted Ntabo Ntaberi of murder, rape and sexual slavery.

BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

3D-printed human heart feels like real thing

A research team repurposed a low-cost 3D printer into one capable of turning an MRI scan of a human heart into a deformable full-size analog you can actually hold in your hand.

Wired

Extremely rare white giraffe gets tracker after poachers killed its family

NBCNews.com

GLOBAL HEALTH

Rural areas send sickest patients to cities

Critically ill rural patients are often sent to city hospitals for high-level treatment, and as their numbers grow, some urban hospitals are buckling under the added strain.

NPR

Gaza declares COVID-19 disaster amid fighting

A rapid rise in coronavirus infections in the Gaza Strip has reached a “catastrophic stage,” with the blockaded Palestinian enclave’s medical system likely to collapse.

Al Jazeera

G20 strives for fair access to COVID-19 vaccine

Leaders of the 20 biggest economies vowed to spare no effort to supply COVID-19 drugs, tests and vaccines affordably and fairly to “all people,” reflecting worries that the pandemic could deepen divisions between rich and poor.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Brazil COVID data ample to analyze vaccine

Brazil has gathered enough infection data from a late-stage trial of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine developed by China and expects to have interim results on its efficiency in early December, trial organizers said.

Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Krzysztof Garbarz):

What’s ahead in a post-pandemic world?

The Hill

Column (Azadeh Shahshahani and Sarah Paoletti):

The time has come for a reckoning on US immigrant abuse

Al Jazeera

Column (Anders Aslund):

How to combat Putin’s financial aggression

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Pope backs protests, blasts virus skeptics

Pope Francis is supporting demands for racial justice in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd and is blasting COVID skeptics that spread their conspiracies in a new book penned during the Vatican’s lockdown.

Associated Press

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Facebook can be a boon to nonprofits globally

In 2015 the viral “ice bucket challenge” got people to raise money and awareness for ALS research. Such attention spurred Facebook to create fundraising tools like the donation button and birthday fundraisers.

Wired

Subaru partners with Make-A-Wish foundation to help kids in need

Good Morning America

ENVIRONMENT

COVID-19 lockdowns slasheds pollutants

A slowdown in industrial activity linked to the coronavirus pandemic has cut emissions of pollutants and heat-trapping greenhouse gases, but hasn’t reduced their record levels in the atmosphere, the UN weather agency said.

Associated Press

Arctic is much warmer than it should be

CBS News

Kenyan villagers nurture local springs

The Spring Protection Program is part of the Kenyan government’s plan that includes planting trees, erecting fences and adding taps to keep spring waters free of contamination and provide easier access.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Blue whales back from brink of extinction

USA TODAY

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Portugal: Asian fruit pickers live precariously

Agricultural laborers from India, Nepal, and Pakistan work in Portugal’s greenhouses during the day and learn Portuguese at night. More than a third of the pupils are recent arrivals to Portugal.

Al Jazeera

8M Chinese are blind, only 200 guide dogs

The service dogs‘ scarcity is all the more striking considering the large number of people who could potentially benefit from their help. The China Association of the Blind estimates the country’s visually impaired population to be over 17 million.

CNN

Nigeria slips into recession cites COVID-19

Nigeria has slipped into a recession after its gross domestic product contracted for the second consecutive quarter, according to official data released.

Al Jazeera

India’s accounts see surplus for fiscal year

India is likely to report a current account surplus at the end of the current financial year ending in March 2021, mainly led by a fall in imports, the chief economic adviser at the ministry of finance said.

Reuters

Photo of the Day

Hindus built colorful floats for this year’s celebration of Diwali, also known as Deepavali, this month in Singapore. (Photo by GeorgeTan#3) Photo used under CC BY

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