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In Yemen, fighting makes it dangerous for families to go to health centers for expecting mothers to get check-ups, or for children to be vaccinated and treated for malnutrition and other illnesses. (Photo by Julien Harneis) Photo used under CC BY

Disease, hunger stalk Yemen yet COVID-19 barely shows

In the overwhelmed hospital, children are suffering from contagious diseases that have stalked Yemen since the outbreak of war six years ago. For patients and doctors here, coronavirus barely registers.

Guardian

10 million Iraqi children back to school

Iraqi schools have opened their doors to 10 million students for the first time since the country entered a COVID-19 lockdown. Public schools will operate six days a week instead of five in a bid to maintain physical distancing.

Al Jazeera

Thai protesters march to royal guard barracks

Thousands of protesters marched to barracks belonging to Thailand’s royal guards, demanding that King Maha Vajiralongkorn give up control of some army regiments.

Guardian

Protests erupt in Paris over security bill

CBS News

At least 110 farmers slain in Nigeria massacre

Farmers harvesting crops in northeastern Nigeria were attacked by armed men on motorcycles in the “most violent direct” assault on civilians this year, the United Nations reports. At least 110 people were slain in the “gruesome” massacre.

Al Jazeera

China seeks to change COVID origin story

Nearly a year after doctors identified the first cases of a worrying new disease in the Chinese city of Wuhan, the country appears to be stepping up a campaign to question the origins of the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Guardian

COVID-19 vaccine breakthroughs: What happens now?

MSN

COVID-19 driving spike in suicides in Japan

In Japan, government statistics show suicide claimed more lives in October than COVID-19 has over the entire year to date. Japan is one of the few major economies to disclose timely suicide data.

CNN

Sudan forces seize weapons near Ethiopia

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have seized significant amounts of weapons, ammunition and military equipment on its eastern border with Ethiopia.

Al Jazeera

Sudan inflation soars, raising specter of hyperinflation

U.S. News & World Report

UN says Sudan needs $150 million to help Ethiopian refugees

MSN

HUMAN RIGHTS

More officers to patrol French beaches

The number of officers patrolling French beaches will double from next week to help stop migrants crossing the Channel, the UK’s home secretary has announced.

BBC

More strained by pandemic turn to food banks

The profound consequences of hunger have led many families to food charities that are themselves fighting to keep up with skyrocketing demand.

TIME

US to allow executions by gas, firing squads

The Justice Department is quietly amending its execution protocols, no longer requiring federal death sentences to be carried out by lethal injection and clearing the way to use other methods like firing squads and poison gas.

Associated Press

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Romania silent over ship killing over 14k sheep

Romania has been accused of “complete silence” over its investigation into the sinking of the Queen Hind last November, which resulted in the deaths of more than 14,000 sheep.

Guardian

Cambodia puts 121 foes on trial for treason

A Cambodian court has begun hearings in the treason trial of more than 100 members and backers of Cambodia’s opposition and then deferred proceedings until next year.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Type O blood linked to lower COVID risk

Certain blood groups less likely to get COVID-19. A large study adds to evidence that people with type O or Rh−negative blood may be at slightly lower risk from the new coronavirus.

Reuters

These bats mask up to woo their mates

Male wrinkle-faced bats use a furry neck flap to cover their faces while serenading the opposite sex in never-before-seen behavior.

Smithsonian Magazine

Childhood environment can affect genes

Children who grew up in neighborhoods marked by economic deprivation, physical dilapidation, and social disconnection experienced negative effects that change how your DNA code is expressed in the body, a new study found.

Well + Good

GLOBAL HEALTH

COVID hit 8 countries before Wuhan, China says

A paper by Chinese researchers says a strain of the coronavirus can be traced to eight countries on four continents before the Wuhan outbreak.

South China Morning Post

Doctor comforts distraught COVID patient on Thanksgiving Day in heartbreaking photo

People

A garden is the frontline in the fight against against racial inequality and disease

NPR

Brazil’s Bolsonaro rejects COVID-19 shot

ABC News

Columns And Op-Ed

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

Column (Anthony Jones and Matthew Daniels):

Dr. King’s principles an enduring remedy to rising violence

The Hill

Column (Megan Gerhardt):

COVID-19 means Silent Generation is getting worst of history, again. They deserve to be heard.

NBCNews.com

Column (Hindou Ibrahim):

COVID teaches how to box climate change

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Young coders learning to solve life’s problems

They’re too young to vote or drive. But meet the children writing computer programs to track our health and wellbeing, choose a new school, and how to cheat at online games.

Guardian

‘Sistine Chapel of the ancients’ discovered

Hailed as “the Sistine Chapel of the ancients”, archaeologists have found tens of thousands of paintings of animals and humans created up to 12,500 years ago across cliff faces that stretch across nearly eight miles in Colombia.

Guardian

Endangered Vancouver marmots making Comeback

Wired

Entertainer Wyclef Jean joins effort to promote Black-owned businesses on Black Friday

CBS News

W. Gregory is first Black American cardinal

CBS News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Princess Grace Foundation unveils face masks

The Princess Grace Foundation is releasing four limited-edition face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic that honor the stylish wardrobe Grace Kelly wore onscreen during her film career.

People

Restaurant gives free meals to homeless

A GoFundMe campaign has raised more than $250,000 for a restaurateur who could no longer afford to feed the homeless. The owner of the Sakina Halal Grill in Washington, D.C., can feed the poor for rest of the pandemic.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Polar scientists wary of impending satellite gap

There’s going to be a gap of several years in our ability to measure the thickness of ice at the top and bottom of the world. The only two satellites observing the poles are almost certain to die before replacements are flown.

BBC

Battle to save a biodiversity hotspot in India

BBC

‘Fireball’ dazzles in the sky in Japan

BBC

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Bean saved indigenous from climate calamity

For the last six years, Rita Uriana and her Wayuu clan—the Ishashimana—have been working to reintroduce the resilient guajiro beans in the Colombian desert.

National Geographic

Indian women rise in stock trading amid COVID

More and more Indian women have turned to the stock market during the pandemic to bolster their savings, reports the BBC’s Nidhi Rai in Mumbai.

BBC

Photo of the Day

Christmas is one of the biggest holidays in the Philippines. Here, a vendor is selling parols - Filipino lanterns traditionally made from colorful papers, bamboo sticks and in the shape of a five point star. (Photo by Keith Bacongco) Photo used under CC BY

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