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As the 2020 US Presidential election nears, nations around the world anxiously await the results. From the economy and jobs to health care and racial equality, the stakes of the 2020 U.S. presidential election are different from what the world has seen in the past. (Photo by Bastian Greshake Tzovaras) Photo used under CC BY

World anxiously awaits results of US election

As the day of the 2020 U.S. election dawns, the whole world is watching with bated breath. Campaigning by incumbent President Trump and former Vice President Biden amid a public health crisis has given outsiders an insight into the issues that matter to American voters.

CNBC

Migrants in limbo look to US election with hope, fear

Al Jazeera

International donors pledge less for Afghanistan

Afghanistan is likely to receive reduced pledges for aid from international donors gathering in Geneva next month, amid uncertainty over how the government’s peace talks with the Taliban will progress.

Reuters

IS claims attack on Afghanistan’s largest school

Associated Press

Turkey earthquake leaves hundreds dead, homeless

After the Aegean Sea earthquake, teams in the Turkish city of Izmir are trying to rescue as many people as possible from the rubble with more than 100 people confirmed dead so far. Many residents have shown solidarity with those who have been left homeless.

Deutsche Welle

2nd little girl pulled alive from Turkey’s earthquake devastation

CBS News

Possible war crimes in Nagorno-Karabakh

The U.N. human rights chief said artillery strikes in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh could amount to war crimes and she urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to halt attacks on civilian areas, schools and hospitals.

Reuters

Russia loses UN vote over women’s rights

Attempts by Russia to introduce a UN security council resolution, which activists said would have unraveled the rights of women in conflict have failed as 10 countries abstained on the crucial vote.

Guardian

Poles protest as abortion ruling takes effect

Poles staged further protests in cities across the country ahead of the expected entry into force of a ruling by the Constitutional Tribunal that bans most abortions and that has prompted weeks of demonstrations.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Portugal’s ethnic minorities feel heavily policed

Business owners in marginalized neighborhoods say they are treated differently to white people, as pandemic highlights structural inequality.

Al Jazeera

Elderly indigenous struggle for Thai citizenship

Elderly indigenous people in Thailand struggle to prove their citizenship even as the country aims to end statelessness by 2024.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

L.A. county has the largest US jail system

This election, voters will decide whether they want their budget to align with the city’s liberal reputation by voting on a ballot initiative that redirects a chunk of the budget toward alternatives to incarceration.

NBC News

NZ gets 1st Indigenous female foreign minister

New Zealand appointed its first Indigenous female foreign minister to represent what’s shaping up to be one of the most diverse parliaments in the world.

CNN

Tanzania opposition leaders hold protests

Tanzanian police have arrested the chairman of a main opposition party and several other opposition figures, and sealed off areas where a demonstration was to begin over last week’s disputed elections.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Scientists detecting more gravitational waves

Thanks to ever more sensitive equipment, gravitational wave observations have gone from an astronomical rarity to a near-weekly occurrence. In 2019, scientists measured 39 new wave events in just six months.

Smithsonian Magazine

Scientists capture two murder hornet queens

Scientists eradicated the first-ever found Asian giant “murder hornet” nest in the U.S. this week, shortly after discovering it. But two queens managed to evade capture — until now.

Yahoo! News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Iran’s daily COVID-19 deaths hit record

Iran’s daily tally of coronavirus deaths hit a record high of 434, the health ministry announced, and the head of a top medical body said the actual toll was at least three times higher than the official count.

Reuters

Australia: zero local virus cases since June

Australia registered no new local COVID-19 cases for the first time since June 9, marking a major milestone in the country’s battle against the deadly virus.

MSN

South Korea expands mask requirements

South Korea will expand its mandatory mask policy to spas, wedding halls, and other places as part of new social distancing rules aimed at preparing for a prolonged COVID-19 outbreak.

MSN

Belgium enters lockdown, ‘cuddle contacts’

Belgium, hit by one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in Europe, has reimposed tight strict lockdown rules across the nation. Those who live alone will be allowed two of these so-called “cuddle contacts”.

sky news

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Ciaran Thapar):

How the link between racism and COVID is being ignored

Guardian

Column (Erna Solberg):

Learning to learn during a pandemic

Al Jazeera

Column (Katica Roy):

Women’s labor force participation set back three years due to COVID-19

The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Father built 50-foot pirate ship for Halloween

Tony DeMatteo, a father in New York won Halloween by building a 50-foot long, 20-foot tall pirate ship that towers in front of his home in Rochester.

CNN

Snowboarder-turned-activist brings left and right together over climate change

CBS News

Card company attempts to make world greener

Paper Culture is a card company that is proving great quality design doesn’t have to come at the cost of sustainability.

A Plus

Record number of endangered turtles hatch

Tortugueros del Desemboque, a conversation group among the Comcáac (often known as the Seri) people in the Mexican state of Sonora, released over 2,250 baby Olive Ridley sea turtles into the Gulf of California this year.

MSN

Foreign Muslims return to Mecca for Umrah pilgrimage

BBC

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Power tools empower girls at Girls Garage

Designer Emily Pilloton started Girls Garage, a nonprofit that teaches female youths skills that allow them to physically build full-scale structures that support their own communities.

Forbes

Feeding England’s vulnerable children during COVID

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest increase

Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged in October and the number of blazes is up 25 percent in the first 10 months of 2020, compared with a year ago, data from space research agency INPE has shown.

Al Jazeera

Lost species of chameleon rediscovered

Scientists have found the Voeltzkow’s chameleon in its natural habitat in northwestern Madagascar, the first time the species were rediscovered in over a century.

CNN

Life on one of the world’s most polluted waterways

Guardian

Costa Rica visitors can offset carbon footprints

Travelers view Costa Rica as a country where people respect nature and the environment. To reinforce this reputation, tourists will now be able to opt for carbon offsets which will contribute towards the green economy.

euro news

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Life still a daily struggle in Beirut’s blast zone

Months after the explosion that killed scores of people in Beirut, life is challenging for those living within the blast zone.

Deutsche Welle

Miracle girls‘ school for poor built in India

Michael Daube, artist and founder of nonprofit Citta, is opening a school for 400 girls from poor backgrounds in Rajasthan, India. The school is a product of Daube’s dismay at the state’s lack of progress in women’s education.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead is a Mexican holiday that celebrates death, or the souls of the deceased. The holiday is celebrated every year from October 31 to November 2. Here, families remember their loved ones by visiting a cemetery at Leon Guanajuato, Mexico. (Photo by Tomas Castelazo) Photo used under CC BY

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