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Economist Esther Duflo gives a presentation at PopTech 2009 in Camden, Maine. Duflo is one of three winners of this year’s Nobel Prize in economics. (Photo by Kris Krüg for PopTech) Photo used under CC BY

How 3 Nobel laureates upended study of poverty

This year’s Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to three scholars who revolutionized the effort to end global poverty: Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer applied the scientific method to an enterprise that had been largely based on gut instincts.

NPR

The official way America calculates poverty is deeply flawed

Economist

Tallying numbers of students in poverty poses challenge for lawmakers

EducationDive

Lebanese protesters call for regime’s ‘downfall’

Nationwide protests gripped Lebanon for a second day. Many protesters called for the resignation of the government and demanded the “downfall” of a political class that has ruled the country since 1975.

CNN

SE Asia braces for wave of ISIS fighters from Syria

Convulsions in Syria are raising fears of a new surge of ISIS militants flowing out of the deserts of the Middle East and into the jungles of Southeast Asia.

Asia Times Online

There is no Plan B for ISIS prisoners

The Atlantic

Turkish President Erdogan says he ‘cannot forget’ Trump’s letter

CNBC

Will UK hold second referendum on Brexit?

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s battle to win support for his new Brexit divorce deal raises the possibility that the United Kingdom could hold a fresh vote on membership of the European Union.

Reuters

Afghan mosque explosion kills at least 62

At least 62 people have been killed in a mosque explosion that caused the roof to collapse in Afghanistan’s Nagarhar province. Thirty-six others were wounded in the attack. The dead and wounded included children.

Associated Press

Obrador defends release of El Chapo’s son

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has defended the country’s security forces, saying they had saved lives by releasing a son of jailed kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán after his brief capture.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

1M kids could lose free lunch under Trump rule

Nearly a million children could lose their automatic eligibility for free school lunches under a Trump administration proposal that would reduce the number of people who get food stamps.

Associated Press

US lawmakers pass Human Rights and Democracy Act

BBC

UN: ‘Unprecedented’ Afghan civilian casualties

An “unprecedented” number of civilians were killed or wounded in Afghanistan from July to September this year, the United Nations has said in a new report, calling the violence “totally unacceptable.”

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Venezuela wins seat on Human Rights Council

Venezuela has won a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council, despite widespread criticism of its poor human rights record. Nicolás Maduro’s administration is accused of jailing and torturing opposition.

BBC

Japan’s imperialism depends on a 13-year-old

Hisahito, 13, the lone royal male in his generation, is second in line to the throne after his father Crown Prince Akishino, 53, the emperor’s younger brother. No imperial males had been born since 1965.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA’s 1st all-female space walk makes history

Two NASA astronauts will make history some 260 miles above earth. Christina Koch and Jessica Meir will step outside the International Space Station in a few minutes, beginning the first all-female spacewalk.

YouTube

Scientists hope to breed climate resilient trees

Scientists are racing to collect trees that survived California’s historic five-year drought in the hope that these “climate survivors” have a natural advantage that will allow them to better cope with a warming world.

NPR

GLOBAL HEALTH

Low income areas have bigger mosquitoes

Not only are there more mosquitos in low-income urban areas, but they may also be larger-bodied and more efficient at transmitting diseases, according to a study published by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies.

CNN

Acai berry extract fights malaria in mice

ScienceDaily

69% of Indian kids below 5 die of malnutrition

Malnutrition caused 69 percent of deaths of children below the age of five in India, according to a recently released UNICEF report.

The Wire

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GOOD NEWS

16-year-old inspires mom to go back to school

Not only is 16-year-old Emma Earhart a college student, but she’s also classmates with her mom, who enrolled at the University of North Texas after being motivated by her daughter’s success.

MSN

Couple take in 80 children needing love, education

MSN

High schools bring their band and football team together

CNN

Masked man hands out $100 bills to strangers

Dr. MooMoo is an angel in disguise and hands out $100 bills and Little Debbie snack cakes to strangers in Kansas City, Missouri.

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

$14B pledged to help UN end AIDS, TB, malaria

Donors from around the world have pledged more than $14 billion over the next three years to help United Nations efforts end AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria by the end of the next decade.

UPI

UN: Foreign aid workers forced to flee Syria

The UN has warned humanitarian aid could be cut off to war-torn areas of northern Syria, after foreign aid workers were forced to flee the country as Turkey’s offensive intensified.

The Independent

ENVIRONMENT

Atlantic humpback whales on recovery path

Southwest Atlantic whales, a whale population taken to the edge of extinction by commercial hunting in the early 20th Century has essentially recovered its numbers.

BBC

Europe air pollution caused premature deaths

Europe’s environmental watchdog has warned that city dwellers in Europe are at risk of life-threatening air pollution. The report suggests EU countries take rapid action such as decreasing the number of cars in cities.

Deutsche Welle

Radioactive chlorine from nuclear bomb tests still present in Antarctica

Phys.org

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella gets a 66% raise

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella got a 66 percent raise in the company’s latest fiscal year. He received $42.9 million in total compensation up from $25.8 million the year prior.

CNN

Inequalities remain the same for 4,000 years

Researchers examined 4,000-year-old DNA to reconstruct family trees and trace migration patterns across Europe to reveal a depth of social complexity and inequality that had previously been lost to time.

Popular Science

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A child’s upper arm is measured at an Anganwadi centre in the village of Baggad, in Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar district, India in May 2013. This is a quick and simple way to check if a child is severely underweight as they have a 10-30 percent chance of death without treatment. (Photo by Russell Watkins/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

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