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In early 2024, gang violence surged in Haiti, putting the U.S. mission and diplomats at risk. To enhance the U.S. embassy‘s security posture in Port-au-Prince, the State Department deployed a U.S. Marine Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team and DSS Mobile Security Deployments units to augment the Regional Security Office’s efforts. (Photo by Diplomatic Security Service) Photo used under CC BY

1 child in 5 kids now lives in conflict area, UN warns

UNICEF data revealed that almost one in five children live in conflict zones. They warn that dramatic increase in harm to children should not become the “new normal.”

Guardian

Violence killed more than 5K in Haiti in 2024

United Nations revealed more than 5,600 people were killed and thousands more injured or kidnapped in 2024 due to soaring levels of gang violence in Haiti.

Al Jazeera

Tibet earthquake kills 126, traps many others

An earthquake shook western China and areas of Nepal, damaging hundreds of houses and killing at least 126 people in Tibet.

AP News

Hamas frees hostages; Israel releases inmates

Hamas released hostages and Israel released prisoners after ceasefire suspending a 15-month-old war that has devastated the Gaza Strip and inflamed the Middle East.

Reuters

Israel accuses Hamas for delay in ceasefire

CBS News

Taliban deputy pressures to end education ban

Senior Taliban figure has urged the group’s leader to end education bans on Afghan women and girls.

AP News

78 found dead at South African gold mine

78 miners found dead and 246 rescued from a South African gold mine. Workers claimed to work illegally in an abandoned shafts.

AP News

Colombian drug gang violence kills 60

Colombia’s human rights office revealed the death toll from drug gang violence rose to 60. Rival factions have been vying for control of the cocaine trade in the region.

BBC

Mozambique’s president sworn in amid boycott

Mozambique’s new president, Daniel Chapo, has been sworn in at a low-key ceremony in the capital.

BBC

Five missing Kenyan men freed after protest

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

US to again withdraw from UN Rights Council

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order withdrawing the U.S. from the U.N. Human Rights Council and prohibiting future funding for the U.N. relief agency for Gaza.

Politico

Russia-like crackdown jails dozens in Georgia

More than 40 people arrested during an anti-government protest in Batumi, Georgia. They are held on criminal charges from a series of demonstrations that have hit the South Caucasus nation of 3.7 million.

ABC News

UN urges investigation of Ukraine rape claims

The United Nations has called for an independent investigation of the increasing reports of rape and sexual violence against Ukrainian women and children during the Russian invasion of the country.

CNN

Turkish women’s group targeted by prosecutors

Turkish public prosecutors have sparked outrage among feminists by demanding the closure of the country’s largest women’s rights group accusing it of being “against morality”.

Guardian

Bolivian indigenous women learn self-defense

Deutsche Welle

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Trump says U.S. ‘will take over’ Gaza Strip

U.S Presidet Donald Trump says the U.S. “will take over” the Gaza Strip, after saying earlier that he doesn’t think there is a permanent future for Palestinians saysin Gaza.

CNN

Children are dying from hypothermia in Gaza

At least five children to have succumbed to the bitter cold and difficult conditions consuming Gaza this winter amid Israel’s deadly offensive in the Palestinian enclave, according to local health officials.

CNBC

Israel-Palestine tensions are rising in Ramadan

Al Jazeera

Venezuelan politician says son-in-law abducted

Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, claims his son-in-law has been kidnapped in Caracas, while on his way to drop off his two children at school.

AP News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

500 kg object falls from space in Kenya

A 500 kg metallic object crashed into in Kenya. The Kenya Space Agency suggests it is a separation ring from a launch vehicle and poses no threat to safety.

Al Jazeera

Mutations across species reveal clues to aging

Researchers discovered that mammals - from tigers to humans - have roughly the same number of mutations by the time they die of old age.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Sri Lanka doctors warn of ‘catastrophic deaths’

Drugs to treat heart attacks and tubes to help newborn babies breathe are in short supply, while blackouts are forcing doctors in rural Sri Lanka to stitch wounds and treat snakebites in the dark.

Al Jazeera

Mystery disease kills dozens in Congo.

After the World Health Organization declared a global health emergency over mpox, a new mystery flu-like illness killed dozens of people raising fears among many Congolese.

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Peter Kalmus):

Climate scientists are desperate: we’re crying, begging and getting arrested

Guardian

Column (Richard D. Wolff):

The role of capitalism in the war in Ukraine

Asia Times Online

Column (Daniel Rothenberg):

Why the US should investigate Russian aggression in Ukraine as genocide

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

COP29 raising $1T annually for poor countries

At the COP29 summit, countries agreed to raise up to $1 trillion in climate finance to support the world’s most vulnerable nations in their battle against climate change.

Reuters

Indonesia passes tough sexual violence law

Indonesia’s Parliament has approved a far-reaching law setting punishments for sexual violence after being spurred into action by a recent case in which a boarding school principal raped and impregnated students.

ABC

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofits fight Trump funding freeze

A coalition of nonprofits suing the White House over an attempted freeze of federal grants and loans says that the administration’s subsequent “rescinding” of the freeze was a “bait and switch” maneuver.

Nonprofit Quarterly

Zelenskyy thanks US for $800M in millitary aid

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he’s “sincerely thankful” to President Biden and the U.S. for the new round of $800 million in military assistance.

YouTube

Ukraine commander says N. Korean troops fought ‘like in a WW II movie’

Business Insider

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Venezuelans can’t afford food at rising prices

High food prices set in dollars leaves most unable to afford goods, especially older adults, despite a recent increase in the amount of their monthly pensions.

NBCNews.com

ENVIRONMENT

Fire destroys Ghanian clothing market

A huge fire that erupted at second hand clothing market in Ghana’s capital, Accra, has destroyed hundreds of livelihoods and businesses.

CNN

20 missing after boat accident off Libya

Twenty people are missing after falling into the sea from a tilting boat after it started to take in water in rough seas at the coast of Libya.

Guardian

6.4 earthquake hit Chile with no damage

A 6.4 magnitude earthquake shook central Chile at a depth of 110 kilometers. There were no immediate reports of damage and a tsunami was ruled out.

Associated Press

Photo of the Day

Graves of local residents who died during the fighting with Russia are seen in a street behind private houses in an area that Russian-backed separatists claim to control in the Ukraine city of Mariupol. (Photo by AP Photo/Alexei Alexandrov) Photo used under CC BY

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