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The coronavirus pandemic is putting girls around the globe at risk of child labor, teen pregnancy, forced marriage, and violence, experts say. COVID-19 will also push 47 million more women and girls into poverty, according to an analysis commissioned by UN Women and UNDP. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

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Global gender equality efforts set back by COVID pandemic

UNESCO estimates that nearly 24 million children, including 11 million girls and young women, may drop out of education next year due to the pandemic’s economic impact alone. That reality threatens to roll back decades of progress made toward gender equality.

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CNN

Pope calls on nations to share vaccines

Pope Francis in his Christmas message said political and business leaders must not allow market forces and patent laws to take priority over making COVID vaccines available to all, condemning nationalism and “the virus of radical individualism”.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Which countries have rolled out COVID vaccine?

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Al Jazeera

New COVID variant cases appear worldwide

Cases of the more contagious variant of COVID-19 first identified in the U.K. have been confirmed in several European countries as well as Canada and Japan.

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BBC

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Which countries have reported new variants of COVID-19?

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Al Jazeera

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Israeli museum holds exhibition on COVID-19 impact

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MSN

Bangladesh to move new group of Rohingya

Bangladesh is set to move a second batch of Rohingya refugees to the remote island of Bhasan Char in the Bay of Bengal this month, officials say, despite calls by rights groups not to carry out further relocations.

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Al Jazeera

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Rohingya widows create their own ‘no-men zone’ in refugee camp

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TRT World

Syrian civilians flee homes as clashes escalate

At least 9,500 people have fled their homes in Ain Issa, northeast Syria, following an escalation in clashes between the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army (TSNA) and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

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Al Jazeera

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Syrians refugees flee Lebanon camp after tents set on fire

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Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Child refugees running out of time to reach UK

Around 20 children who are eligible to join their relatives in the UK under the current family reunification scheme are still waiting for their cases to be completed in Greece before the UK leaves the EU on the 31st December.

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Guardian

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2020 in review: Stories on criminal justice, LGBTQ rights and race

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PBS NewsHour

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The refugees feeding a nation

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BBC

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A fight for survival among Chile’s Indigenous people

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Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Central African Republic heads to polls

Central African Republic voted in presidential and legislative elections being held under a cloud of violence as the government, international partners and United Nations peacekeepers seek to hold off a rebel advance.

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Reuters

The women ‘fighting for freedom’ in Belarus

Women have been at the forefront of protests against the regime of President Alexander Lukashenko, whose claim of victory in an August election is widely disputed.

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NPR

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Overstressed gray matter leading us astray

The prolonged traumatic, or “chronic toxic,” stress that most people have been experiencing throughout the pandemic makes it more difficult to keep desires in check, and it in turn promotes illogical pleasure-seeking.

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NBCNews.com

Archeologists unearth Pompeii snack bar

The city of Pompeii was buried in a volcanic eruption in 79 AD, but archaeologists are still uncovering extraordinary structures in the region. Their latest discovery — an extremely well preserved ancient “snack bar.”

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CBS News

California gets 1st driverless delivery service

California has given the go-ahead for a commercial driverless delivery service for the first time. Robotics start-up Nuro plans to start its driverless delivery operations as early as next year.

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BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Israel enters 3rd lockdown amid vaccinations

Israelis entered a third lockdown with their prime minister pledging that it, alongside a vaccination campaign unequalled in its speed, would free them of the coronavirus pandemic earlier than any other nation.

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Al Jazeera

Europe rolls out vaccines in bid to slay COVID

Europe launched a mass COVID-19 vaccination drive with pensioners and medics lining up to get the first shots to see off a pandemic that has crippled economies and claimed more than 1.7 million lives worldwide.

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Reuters

German pilot makes point with syringe in sky

German pilot Samy Kramer has traced a giant syringe in the sky, flying 124 miles to remind people about the start of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Europe.

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Reuters

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Chiara Cordelli):

The COVID crisis has shown how privatization corrodes democracy

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Column (Mitch Landrieu):

Vaccine distribution to vulnerable communities is vital for this battle

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The Hill

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How to monitor the vaccinated while addressing privacy concerns

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GOOD NEWS

Sudan presents the first-ever film for Oscars

Nearly two years after the overthrow of autocrat Omar al-Bashir, Sudan is taking steps to rejoin the international community from which it was long shunned. That includes its film industry.

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Associated Press

Bake-off spurs cookies for essential workers

A cookie competition between two dads turned into a heartwarming effort that has resulted in over 18,000 cookies being delivered to essential workers across Pennsylvania.

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CNN

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A man started a knitting group to help people like himself recover from drug addiction

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CNN

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Woman pays nearly $30k for others’ groceries

Ashley Ann Jones from Arkansas helped to spread holiday cheer by paying $28,000 for people’s groceries at two supermarkets, according to local news reports.

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Yahoo! News

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LGBTQ homeless youth in San Francisco have a place to call home for the holidays

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ABC 7 News

70-year-old gets $6k tip from community

Joe DeCicco, a Taco Bell employee so loved by his community that he’s known as “Taco Bell Joe” received a $6,095 tip raised by hundreds of his supporters.

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CNN

ENVIRONMENT

Mass die-off of US birds caused by starvation

The mass die-off of thousands of songbirds in south-western U.S. was caused by long-term starvation, made worse by unseasonably cold weather probably linked to the climate crisis, scientists have said.

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Guardian

The world’s fastest-growing source of food

The green fronds that grow along much of India’s shoreline have large potential as a sustainable food source, while helping to fight climate change.

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BBC

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

India’s economy recovering at high rate

India’s central bank has expressed satisfaction over the country’s recovery from the Covid-19-induced slowdown, but believes inflation needs to be kept in check. This recovery may help post minor growth in the third quarter.

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Asia Times Online

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Afro-Latinos in Latin America, Caribbean is the focus of this travel show

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NBCNews.com

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Pandemic worsens poverty in Spain

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Boy wearing red clothing driving a tractor to plow a paddy field at sunset in Don Det, Laos. (Photo by Basile Morin) Photo used under CC BY

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