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Voters in several precincts of Des Moines, Iowa, were serenaded when they cast their ballots at Roosevelt High School on Tuesday, Election Day in the U.S. Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz performed cello works by Bach, Glass and other composers. His performance was part of Play for the Vote, a nationwide initiative by artists to make voting a positive experience despite health fears and political tensions. (Photo by Phil Roeder) Photo used under CC BY

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US election undecided, yet Trump claims victory

As key states in the United States continued to count mail-in ballots, President Donald Trump claimed victory in the US presidential election and suggested – without any evidence – that Democrats were committing fraud.

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Al Jazeera

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U.S. election plagued by misinformation about ballot counting

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As America counts, the world holds its breath

A day after Americans voted in a bitterly contested election, the rest of the world was none the wiser, with millions of votes still to count, the race too close to call and a mounting risk of days or even weeks of legal uncertainty.

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Reuters

Ethiopia nears war as PM orders military into region

Ethiopia’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister ordered the military to confront the country’s Tigray regional government after a deadly attack on a military base.

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How intervention in dam dispute made Trump a ‘hate figure for Ethiopians’

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BBC

Saudi Arabia to ease rules on foreign workers

The plans, which will take effect in March 2021, include foreign workers’ right to leave the country without employers’ permission, Abdullah bin Nasser Abuthunain told reporters.

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Al Jazeera

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Labor laws had permitted a form of modern slavery

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Israeli army razes entire village in West Bank

Israel’s army has demolished homes of nearly 80 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. Eighteen tents that housed 11 families in the northern village of Khirbet Humsa were razed.

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Al Jazeera

Hurricane Eta lashes Nicaragua

Hurricane Eta continues to spin across Nicaragua after lashing the Caribbean coast, isolating communities and setting off deadly landslides in two countries.

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CBC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Asian asylum-seekers fear harsh Bosnian winter

Bosnia’s border town Velika Kladusa is a migrant hotspot where around 1,500 people, most of them from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan, have been staying. Their future is uncertain and they dread the coming winter.

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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.

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DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Azerbaijan-Armenia fighting takes human toll

Azerbaijan and Armenia have been at war again over the Nagorno-Karabakh region in the South Caucasus for more than a month. Three ceasefires have failed. The conflict is taking its toll on civilians.

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In Pictures: Standoff in Ivory Coast intensifies

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Al Jazeera

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.

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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.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Mysterious radio bursts originate in our galaxy

For the first time ever, astronomers have been able to observe a fast radio burst in our own Milky Way. The discovery could finally help solve the mystery of where they come from.

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The Independent

Space station’s end will churn geopolitics

Twenty years after astronauts moved in full time, the International Space Station is nearing its end, forcing nations collaborating on the station, along with China and others new to the human spaceflight scene, to recalibrate.

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Axios

GLOBAL HEALTH

Women risk lives to prevent polio in Pakistan

As activists target female vaccinators, Pakistan remains one of only two countries worldwide not to have eradicated polio.

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Guardian

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Can we prevent the next zoonotic pandemic?

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Indonesia to give experimental vaccine to 9M

Indonesia plans to vaccinate 9 million people with an experimental vaccine developed by Chinese drugmaker Sinovac Biotech in December, a government minister announced.

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GOOD NEWS

Iowa boy raises funds for windstorm victims

Few kids have ever stepped up to the plate for charity like 12-year-old Tommy Rhomberg. He sought to help victims rebuild from the massive derecho that hit Iowa in August with winds of up to 140 mph.

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21-year-old is first athlete with Down syndrome to attempt Ironman Triathlon

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Meet the natural-haired doll inspiring young Black girls

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Good Morning America

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.

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NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Changes in Congress will affect philanthropy

As ballots are being counted, here’s what votes being counted in the U.S. Senate and House of Representative will mean for key nonprofit issues over the next two years.

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The Nonprofit Times

Pandemic spurs nonprofits to accept crypto

Over the past three years, an increasing number of nonprofit organizations have begun to accept crypto-based donations. The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed this trend further than ever before.

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ENVIRONMENT

US exits climate pact amid election uncertainty

The United States has formally exited the Paris Agreement, fulfilling an old promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight climate change.

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Reuters

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Panama: Saving forests to save water

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Young Norwegians sue their nation over oil

Despite Norway’s green credentials, its infamous state wealth is due to its huge oil exports. This week, Norwegian youths are challenging what they describe as a double standard, in court.

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BBC

Iceberg endangers wildlife on S. Georgia

A giant iceberg the size of the U.S. state of Delaware is floating toward the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia, raising fears it could indirectly endanger young wildlife.

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Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Rich-poor divide deepened during Trump term

The USA is one of the wealthiest countries in the world – and one of the most unequal ones. Donald Trump promised the American people a great economy. But how did his presidency affect the gap between rich and poor?

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Pandemic hits Sri Lanka garment workers

Gampaha, the garment district of Colombo, Sri Lanka, is at the center of the island nation’s biggest coronavirus outbreak, with more than 7,000 cases — over half the national total.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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.

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A couple kisses on a foggy morning on Harriet Island in St. Paul, Minnesota, USA. (Photo by Lorie Shaull) Photo used under CC BY

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