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A Bangladeshi domestic worker in Dubai. Many poor Bangladeshi families depend on remittances from migrant workers to survive. As the death toll of these workers rises, more and more are demanding to know why so many people are coming back in body bags. (Photo by UN Women/Anindit Roy-Chowdhury) Photo used under CC BY

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Bangladesh migrant deaths reflect inhumane treatment

The Bangladeshi government reports that 3,793 Bangladeshis died while working abroad last year, the highest annual toll since 2005. Experts say the rising death toll reflected the poor treatment of many migrant workers.

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Malay Mail

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Migrant workers and their misery

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Philippines moves to lower criminal liability age

A proposal to lower the age of criminal liability in the Philippines to 9 has come under fire from human rights groups and legislators who warned the move could harm rather than protect children.

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Al Jazeera

Resource reuse is vital to global climate goals

More of the billions of tons of materials the world uses each year must be recycled and reused to keep climate change in check, researchers have said.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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From waste to taste: Brazil’s fight against food waste

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Al Jazeera

US Supreme Court revives trans military ban

The Supreme Court has reinstated U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender service members in the military, granting a stay on two lower courts’ injunctions.

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NPR

WHO dispels myth that refugees carry disease

In a first-ever report on migration and public health, the World Health Organization reports there is no increased transmission of illnesses between refugees and those living in the countries they settle in.

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The Independent

Thailand to end detention of child refugees

Thai officials have signed a memorandum of understanding detailing a framework to end the practice of detaining underage immigrants. But the UN says more needs to be done to protect child migrants in the country.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Murders in Mexico rose by a third in 2018

Murders in Mexico rose by 33 percent in 2018, breaking the record for a second year running, official data showed, underlining the task facing the new president, who has pledged to reduce violence in the cartel-ravaged country.

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Reuters

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Mexico’s crime-fighting national guard wins lower house approval

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Reuters

S. Korea will investigate sex abuse in sport

South Korea will hold its largest-ever investigation into sexual abuse in sport after an Olympic speedskating star accused her former coach of abuse and triggered a wave of similar accounts from athletes.

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Al Jazeera

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Making sport safe from sexual abuse

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DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Venezuelan government quashes military revolt

Venezuela faced more turmoil when a team of soldiers, claiming to be members of Venezuela’s army, attempted an uprising against the government of President Nicolas Maduro and triggered violent street protests.

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CNN

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Court order restores social media access in Zimbabwe

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CNN

Britain unveils landmark domestic abuse laws

Britain, for the first time, has named economic control as a form of domestic abuse in a “landmark” legislation. In a welcome move, it has also proposed outlawing the right of abusers to cross-examine their victims in court.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Women’s rights throughout U.S. history

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Politico

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Is this food sustainable? Tracking tech can tell

A new project that uses technology to track the movements of food through the supply chain will aim to inform consumers whether items such as fish they buy at a restaurant were produced legally and sustainably.

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Guardian

Dimming street lights can help insects pollinate

Switching off street lights to save money and energy could have a positive knock-on effect on our nocturnal pollinators, moths, according to new research.

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phys.org

GLOBAL HEALTH

India’s universal health care plan failing poor

A new government health care plan in India is being criticized for failing the people it was designed to help. Oxfam says many poor Indians are still not able to access the free health care they were promised.

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Al Jazeera

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Government’s shrinking footprint in India’s health care

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Despite 2-child policy, China’s growth rate slow

China’s population grew at a slower rate last year despite the abolition of the one-child policy, official data showed, raising fears an aging society will pile further pressure on an already slowing economy.

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Channel NewsAsia

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Bangladesh: When charity goes wrong

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Only empathy can break the cycle of violence in Israel-Palestine

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When doors to migration slam shut

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GOOD NEWS

Teen dives for rotting golf balls off California

A teenage diver in California has stumbled on an unexpected source of plastic waste in the ocean: golf balls. As the balls degrade, they can emit toxic chemicals. And most appear to be coming from coastal golf courses.

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NPR

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Young rapper carries on MLK’s legacy

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CBS News

Miami kids inspired to mentor each other

We often hear about adults mentoring young people helping them grow to be their best selves. Coconut Creek High School teens mentor other teens in the school’s “Mentoring Tomorrow’s Leaders” program.

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CBSLocal

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

US aid cuts devastate vulnerable Palestinians

Thousands of Palestinians are no longer getting food aid or basic health services from the United States as infrastructure projects have been halted and a peace-building program in is scaling back its activities.

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Al Jazeera

China grants $72.6M in aid to Bangladesh

China will provide grant assistance of approximately $72.6 million to Bangladesh under an agreement on economic cooperation between the two countries.

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Asia Times Online

ENVIRONMENT

Melting Greenland ice reaches tipping point

Greenland has gone through an “unprecedented” period of ice loss within the last two decades. Grace satellites revealed a fourfold increase in mass being lost from Greenland’s ice sheet from 2003-2013.

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BBC

Krill move south in response to climate change

Scientists say warming conditions in recent decades have led to the krill contracting poleward. If the shift is maintained, it will have negative ecosystem impacts, they warn.

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BBC

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa escalates tensions

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa cut short an international trip to return to Harare after a week of state violence on the streets of the capital that conjured memories of the brutal Mugabe years.

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The National

Chinese youth feel brunt of market slowdown

A record number of new graduates will be looking for work this year, while those who have jobs say they are working longer hours for less pay.

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Al Jazeera

Clean markets boom while coal disappears

Renewable energy is projected to be the fastest-growing source of U.S. electricity generation for at least the next two years.

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CNN

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Asylum seekers in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico. (Photo by Daniel Arauz) Photo used under CC BY

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