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Refugees from conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. The United Nations is warning that the mass eviction of Congolese refugees from Angola may trigger a humanitarian crisis. (Photo by DFID - UK Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

UN denounces Angola for expelling refugees

Over 330,000 people who are originally from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been forced to leave Angola. The government deems them “irregular migrants.”

Al Jazeera

Ebola outbreak worst in history of Democratic Republic of Congo

CNN

Indian court to review ruling on women’s rights

India’s top court has agreed to review its recent ruling that removed a ban on women of menstruating age from entering a prominent Hindu temple in the southern state of Kerala. The ruling was followed by widespread protests.

The Independent

UN will not help Myanmar with long-term camps

The UN’s refugee agency will not provide humanitarian assistance to Rohingya Muslims who return to Myanmar if they are interned in camps, says an internal position paper.

Channel NewsAsia

Amnesty strips Aung San Suu Kyi of top prize

BBC

Japan’s eugenics victims fight for justice

People with physical disabilities and mental illness have faced discrimination and isolation in Japanese society. Now, as Japan prepares for the 2020 Paralympics games, victims seek apology and compensation.

Al Jazeera

Same-sex marriage vote nears in Taiwan

Taiwan is set to hold a series of public votes to decide whether same-sex unions should be written into law, raising uncertainty about full marriage equality on the island.

ABS-CBN News

Indonesians fighting strong lobby for forests

A landmark 2013 ruling aimed to restore customary forests to indigenous communities but progress has been slow because of conflicting claims, a paucity of records and a multiplicity of maps.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

HUMAN RIGHTS

PR legislator halts drive to restrict abortions

The most aggressive attempt to restrict abortion access in Puerto Rico in decades came to a dramatic end this week when the bill’s author pulled it from consideration on the very last day of the legislative session.

Daily Beast

Woman who bore rapist’s baby faces jail in El Salvador

Guardian

Ireland’s women-only roles to bridge gender gap

Ireland has announced a new plan to combat gender inequality in higher education by creating women-only professor positions across its universities and technology institutes.

CNN

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Education in crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s right-wing president-elect, seeks to ban classroom political opinions, debates, and any issues that could be construed as leftist.

The Nation

Tunisia names first Jewish minister in decades

For years, Rene Trabelsi served as co-organizer of a pilgrimage to the oldest synagogue in Africa. He was appointed Tunisia’s tourism minister, the first Jewish minister in decades.

News24

Wales launches campaign to tackle drug gangs

A campaign to tackle drug gangs exploiting young and vulnerable people through “County Lines” in north Wales has been launched.

BBC

Indonesian teens turn to sanitary pads to get high

The Strait Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Could these balls help reduce plastic pollution?

Marine archaeologist Rachael Miller’s special gadget, the Cora Ball made from recycled and recyclable plastic could hugely reduce microfiber pollution.

BBC

Engineers invent solar-powered cooling system

A Moses Lake, Washington-based applied solar company has invented a mobile refrigeration system that runs entirely on solar power.

Spokane Journal

GLOBAL HEALTH

Glowing chemical could help cancer surgery

A drink that makes cancer cells glow pink under fluorescent light could help surgeons identify and remove aggressive brain tumors, a trial by the UK’s National Health Service suggests.

The Independent

WHO: Tackle global misuse of antibiotics now

A new report has shown huge discrepancies in the consumption of antibiotics. Some countries, including Mongolia and Turkey, dole out high levels of these life-saving drugs while patients in others struggle to gain access to them.

Telegraph.co.uk

Pneumonia kills 92K children yearly in Pakistan

The World Health Organization has released its annual report describing Pakistan the worst-hit country by pneumonia. Despite the availability of vaccination, the disease is killing as many as 92,000 children annually.

Gulf News

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GOOD NEWS

Iranian women can finally attend football final

Hundreds of Iranian women have been allowed to attend the Asia Champions League final in Tehran. The move is being seen as a possible end to more than 35 years of exclusion of women from top matches.

France 24

Male midwife in London trumps stereotypes

Dilan Chauhan is the only man of the 96 students in his London midwifery course. The joys of the job far outweigh the cost of fighting stereotypes, he says.

Positive News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Skills training alone doesn’t help the poor

Cost-effective results for programs that take a combined approach of training and mentoring, plus direct grants of assets work best. Called graduation programs, they don’t demand repayment of the initial grants.

Vox

India urges donors to enhance Palestinian refugee payments

Financial Express

New York to fund groups aiding immigrants

Community organizations have a chance to get money from New York State to help immigrants become citizens. Non-profits can apply to get up to $80K as part of a $2 million push to expand a network of centers.

Times Union

Speech:

Richard Wilkinson on inequality

YouTube

ENVIRONMENT

New Delhi’s smog leaves kids gasping for air

Doctors say that many thousands of children are becoming victims of respiratory illnesses in Delhi and its suburbs. More than 10 percent of India’s schoolchildren suffer from asthma, according to the federal government.

Reuters

‘Flushable’ wipes fail water industry tests

Water companies say wet wipes don’t break down and are causing blockages which cost millions to put right. The government has said it is working to develop a product that does not contain plastic and can be safely flushed.

CNN

ECONOMY AND TRADE

UK austerity sustains poverty, homelessness

People suffering extreme levels of deprivation in London have told the UN’s poverty envoy how government-inflicted austerity has left them homeless, hungry and at times forced into exploitation.

The Independent

S. Africa’s growth reinforces inequality

New economic initiatives in the country may simply result in growth that reinforces the structural weaknesses in South Africa’s economy. As a consequence they will not significantly reduce inequality and poverty.

Quartz

Photo of the Day

A woman scoops water in a dry riverbed near Kataboi village in remote Turkana in northern Kenya on a hot day. She resorts to collecting unfiltered water for her family in containers. (Photo by Marisol Grandon/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

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