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Statistics show that one in three children in Zimbabwe suffers from malnutrition. The declining situation in Zimbabwe, with both prolonged drought and the coronavirus lockdown, is now characterized by high stunting rates, and maternal and child mortality. (Photo by Trocaire) Photo used under CC BY

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Zimbabwe’s kids go hungry as food shortages take toll

Acute malnutrition cases are on the rise in Zimbabwe, as food shortages continue to take their toll. The percentage of children receiving the minimum acceptable diet necessary for growth and development declined from 6.9% in 2019 to 2.1% in 2020.

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Guardian

Possible war crimes committed in Philippines

The office of the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor said there is a “reasonable basis” to believe that crimes against humanity were committed during Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs.

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Reuters

World’s poor will wait much longer for vaccines

With Americans, Britons and Canadians rolling up their sleeves to receive COVID vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if the rollout will take months. But for poorer countries, the road will be far longer and rougher.

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Associated Press

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100M Americans to be vaccinated for COVID-19

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Reuters

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COVID-19 spreads easily in Yemen war zone

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BBC

Hunger study predicts 168K child deaths

Economic fallout from the pandemic has set back decades of progress against the most severe forms of malnutrition and is likely to kill 168,000 children before any global recovery takes hold, according to a new study.

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U.S. News & World Report

Boko Haram claims it kidnapped Nigerian boys

A man claiming to be a leader of Boko Haram said the terror group was responsible for kidnapping 337 schoolboys in northwestern Nigeria, according to a short audio message shared with Nigerian media.

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CNN

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Nigerian mom pleads for child’s return

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FOX News

HUMAN RIGHTS

China forces Uighurs to perform manual labor

China is forcing hundreds of thousands of Uighurs and other minorities into hard, manual labor in the vast cotton fields of its western region of Xinjiang.

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BBC News

Venezuelans fleeing hardship drown off coast

The bodies of 14 migrants have been found over the past two days off the Venezuelan coast. They were part of a group of more than 20 Venezuelans who boarded a boat on Dec. 6 to flee economic hardship.

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BBC

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Morocco faces pushback on Trump offer

President Trump’s decision to recognize Morocco’s sovereignty over the contested territory of Western Sahara in exchange for the nation resuming ties with Israel is coming up against bipartisan and international pushback.

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The Hill

S. Africa mulls Mozambique’s extremist threat

Southern Africa‘s leaders are meeting in the Mozambican capital of Maputo to discuss ways to fight the Islamist extremist rebels who have killed thousands of people and displaced tens of thousands in Mozambique’s gas-rich north.

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ABC News

Protesters keep pressure on Belarus’ dictator

Anti-government protests continued in the capital of Belarus for the 128th day. Scores of demonstrators hit the streets of Minsk calling for President Lukashenko to resign.

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CBS News

Lawmakers seek deal on more COVID-19 aid

With lawmakers facing a mounting year-end to-do list, a deal on a new coronavirus relief package continues to be elusive for Congress.

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NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Japan reveals soil retrieved from asteroid

Japan’s space agency said that it has confirmed the presence of black soil samples inside a capsule that the spacecraft Hayabusa2 brought back from a distant asteroid last week.

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CBS News

Google services go dark for a day worldwide

Google services went dark one day this week for users around the world. Its most popular services, including Gmail, Google Drive and YouTube, were affected.

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NBCNews.com

GLOBAL HEALTH

Gaza seamstresses give joy with holiday masks

In the blockaded Gaza Strip, the Christmas season is giving a boost to a small women’s business that produces pandemic face masks decorated with holiday symbols.

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Al Jazeera

COVID pushes Senegal fashion show to forest

Event organizers moved the catwalk for this year’s Dakar, Senegal Fashion Week outdoors in because of COVID-19 restrictions.

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BBC

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Influencers promote COVID-19 practices for NJ

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Dayton peace (dis)agreement, 25 years on

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Al Jazeera

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Africa must be seen with lenses other than our national security

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The Hill

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COVID-19 unveils need to balance inequality

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Vendors trade in virtual Indonesian bazaar

A traditional Sunday market featuring Jakarta, Indonesia’s traditional arts and crafts vendors moved trading online to help people who lost income and jobs during the pandemic.

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USA TODAY

Sicily inspires African love ballads, new stars

Palermo, Italy has become home to thousands of Africans, mostly from West Africa, such as Nigerians, Senegalese and Gambians. Palermo has become one of the most multi-ethnic cities in Italy and a multicultural hotspot in Europe.

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BBC

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Female POC is behind COVID-19 vaccine

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ABC News

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Anonymous ‘Santa’ pays off $65K in layaways

An anonymous secret ‘Santa’ shopper walked into a Walmart in Bristol, Tennessee and donated $64,995.51 to pay the balance of items placed on the store’s layaway. This goodwill shocked the layaway receipients.

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People

Secret Santa mails gifts to essential workers

In a normal year, an anonymous man known as Secret Santa personally hands out hundreds of $100 bills to random strangers. But this year, due to COVID-19, he mailed packages to carefully selected essential workers.

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CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Are ‘good’ climate tipping points at hand?

British scientist Tim Lenton has long studied climate-change tipping points, the moments when big losses of Amazon forests or Antarctic ice could push the world into abrupt, irreversible and dangerous climate shifts.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Microscopic life forms causing ice sheets to melt faster

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CNN

New species found in Andean ‘sky islands’

An “ecological Swat team” has discovered 20 previously unknown species in the misty cloud forests and cascading waterfalls that flank Bolivia’s Zongo valley.

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Guardian

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Burger King rakes in money off India’s desires

As the coronavirus slashes incomes and raises concerns over sanitation, a growing number of Indians are switching to fast-food chains, a trend that helped Burger King India’s shares surge on their market debut.

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Al Jazeera

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Indian farmers hold daylong hunger strike

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Al Jazeera

Families marry off daughters to ease finances

Many countries had made progress against such traditional and transactional marriages of girls in recent decades, but COVID-19’s economic havoc has caused significant backsliding in such practices.

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Associated Press

COVID-19 likely will widen migrant pay gap

Migrants earn up to 42% less than national workers in high-income countries, with the COVID-19 pandemic likely to exacerbate the pay gap and women worse affected than men, UN labor experts said.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Women view an exhibition of black and white art at Thailand Gallery. (Photo by Ad DeCort (NL)) Photo used under CC BY

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