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The prime minister of Ethiopia has announced a major assault on Mekelle, the regional capital of Tigray and home to 500,000 people. The TPLF party, which controls Mekelle, has vowed to keep fighting. The UN warns of possible war crimes. (Photo by Jasmine Halki) Photo used under CC BY

Ethiopian PM declares assault on Tigray capital

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says he is launching the “final phase” of the army’s operation in the Tigray region of after weeks of fighting. He said the military would try not to harm civilians in the regional capital Mekelle - a city of 500,000 people.

BBC

People go hungry in Tigray as conflict marches on

Associated Press

Tigrayans accused of massacre in Ethiopia war

Ethiopia’s state-appointed rights watchdog accused a Tigrayan youth group of killing hundreds of civilians as federal and local forces both claimed advances in a three-week war in the country’s mountainous north.

Reuters

Scotland makes tampons, pads available for free

Scotland has become the first country to allow free and universal access to menstrual products, including tampons and pads, in public facilities, a landmark victory for the global movement against period poverty.

CNN

Venezuelan migrant women’s rights at risk

Most migrant Venezuelan women living in Colombia work informally in unstable jobs that risk their fundamental rights such as access to health care, education and housing.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

India‘s low-caste women raped by upper caste

Lower-caste Dalit women in northern India are targeted for rape by upper caste men who usually escape justice as survivors bow to pressure to drop their cases.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Satellites show China developing area along disputed border with India and Bhutan

CNN

UAE halts new visas to mostly Muslim states

The United Arab Emirates has stopped issuing new visas to citizens of 13 mostly Muslim-majority countries, including Iran, Syria, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Germany moves to close gender gap

Germany’s government is rolling out a new standard that will require companies listed on the stock market to have a certain number of women on their boards.

Business Insider

Indian state outlaws religious conversion

India’s ruling Hindu nationalist party has approved legislation in the country’s most populous state that lays out a prison term of up to 10 years for anyone found guilty of using marriage to force someone to change religion.

U.S. News & World Report

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Unified ASEAN can avert S. China Sea conflict

Tensions in the South China Sea will increase due to a U.S.-China rivalry that could be kept in check, if only Southeast Asian countries took a united stand to influence the status quo.

Yahoo! News

American accused of aiding Islamist militants

U.S. federal prosecutors have charged a New Jersey woman with concealing multiple efforts to transfer money to Islamist militants in Syria connected to the Nusra Front, a onetime al Qaeda affiliate based in Syria’s Idlib province.

Reuters

Thailand revives law banning criticism of royals

Thailand has revived a controversial law against criticizing the royal family in an attempt to curb months of anti-government protests.

BBC

US missile sale to Philippines fires up China

During an elaborate ceremony at the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs, O’Brien announced the delivery of precision-guided weapons and smart bombs to the Philippines.

Asia Times Online

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Stateless scientist sets sights on vaccine

Ask scientist Nowras Rahhal about his cutting-edge work on a COVID-19 vaccine and he is eager to explain the complexities, but ask him where he comes from and he struggles for words - he is stateless.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Mysterious monolith set up in Utah desert

State wildlife officials are scratching their heads after discovering a bizarre shiny silver 10-foot-tall installation in Red Rock Country in southeastern Utah.

LiveScience

Lunar mission latest in China’s space ambitions

China’s latest trip to the moon is another milestone in the Asian powerhouse’s slow but steady ascent to the stars.

Yahoo! News

India bans more Chinese apps, tensions high

India has banned dozens more Chinese apps, drawing a rebuke from Beijing and further straining already tense relations between the world’s most populous countries.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Canadians won’t be among first to get vaccine

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada will have to wait for a vaccine because the very first ones that roll off assembly lines are likely to be given to the citizens of the country they are made in.

Associated Press

Hospitals face choices in caring for patients

Hospitals in some of the hardest-hit states are exhausting every health care worker, hospital room and piece of equipment to evade the worst-case scenario, when crisis plans are set in motion and care is rationed.

NPR

COVID-19 cases surging in nursing homes

The latest surge of COVID-19 cases is fueling a record number of nursing home outbreaks as the virus is spreading inside facilities in the Midwest while re-emerging in facilities swamped by the first wave of the virus.

NBC

India to vaccinate 1B people against COVID

India runs a massive immunization program, makes 60% of the world’s vaccines and is home to half a dozen major manufacturers, including the largest in the world.

BBC

Hunger surges in US amid a spiraling pandemic

Millions of Americans must rely on charity to put Thanksgiving dinner on the table this year, as hunger surges amid a devastating spiraling of the Covid-19 pandemic which the Trump administration has failed to get under control.

Guardian

Spain’s mortuary workers endure the daily march of death

Associated Press

Heart-wrenching image of Alberta ICU doctor sparks calls for more discipline in COVID-19 response

Yahoo! News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Women journalists face threats on, offline

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GOOD NEWS

Rapper creates food design mentor program

Conagra Brands, Inc. is joining Chance the Rapper, Grammy award-winning musician and humanitarian, to provide students in Chicago arts enrichment opportunities through a new food packaging design mentorship program.

Associated Press

7-year-old cancer survivor delivers special socks to patients

CBS New York

5 sisters from 2 families graduate Marine Corps

Two sets of sisters have a lifelong bond after graduating Marine Corps recruit training together. The five women just graduated from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in South Carolina.

Good Morning America

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Athlete launches spinal cord injury nonprofit

Former professional football player Ryan Shazier made a remarkable recovery from a spinal cord injury he suffered during a game in 2017 and he’s now turning his attention toward helping others make the same kind of progress.

MSN Money

Chance the Rapper’s charity ‘Social Works’ gives out free turkeys

CBS Chicago

Charity fights for Hong Kong’s ethnic minority members through Operation Santa Claus funding

MSN News

ENVIRONMENT

How sunshine can make the railways greener

A solar farm plugged directly into the rail network is just one way that the railways are using solar energy to power trains.

BBC

Indonesia set to shed its boss pollution

Coal is part of the deadly cocktail that puts Jakarta near the top of the list of the world’s most polluted cities.

Asia Times Online

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Humera, a town scarred by Ethiopia’s war

The Ethiopian army, battling forces loyal to the Tigray People’s Liberation Front, declared Humera ‘liberated’ on November 12 after heavy clashes in the first days of the conflict.

Al Jazeera

Ethiopian refugees flee massacre in Tigray

CNN

India accused of bias in banning Chinese apps

China has accused India of discriminatory practices that violate World Trade Organization rules after New Delhi banned another 43 Chinese mobile apps.

CNBC

Photo of the Day

Patrick Shearer, as Puck, and Andrew Hearle, as Oberon, perform in Shakespeare‘s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” at Gasworks Plaza, Brisbane, Australia, on Nov. 22, 2020. The performance was part of the Brisbane Shakespeare Festival. (Photo by Lawrie Mullins) Photo used under CC BY

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