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Nigerian military abused Boko Haram rescuees

Thousands of women and girls who believed they were being led to safety from Boko Haram by Nigerian security forces were instead systematically abused in exchange for food and assistance, an Amnesty International investigation has revealed.

Guardian

US news sites struggle with EU privacy rules

Some American news publishers are struggling with Europe’s new stringent privacy rules. The Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune websites were taken down in most European countries after new European Union data protection regulations came into force overnight.

CNNMoney

Activists fear face-recognition tool sold to police

CBC News

Detained immigrant kids subjected to abuse in US

Immigrant children in the custody of U.S. border authorities allegedly suffered pervasive abuse ranging from insults and threats to physical assaults, according to documents reviewed by the American Civil Liberties Union.

NPR

Spike in Central Americans fleeing violence

The UN refugee agency has said it is alarmed by the spike in the number of people fleeing violence in Central America, calling on the international community to grant them protection and help the countries address the “root causes.”

Al Jazeera

Nicaragua condemned for rights violations

CNN

UN criticizes Algeria for expelling migrants

The United Nations has criticised Algeria for expelling sub-Saharan migrants and refugees, mostly coming from Mali, Cameroon and Nigeria and urged the authorities to stop with the expulsion of the migrants and refugees.

Al Jazeera

Fleeing war in DRC to find ‘war’ in Brazil

Hundreds of Congolese refugees seeking asylum in Rio de Janeiro face the violent reality of life in the city’s favelas.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Nicaragua violated human rights amid protests

The government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega violated human rights through the excessive use of force against street demonstrations, according to the preliminary observations of investigators from the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights

CBS News

Britain deporting migrants over tax errors

Filling out tax returns can be complicated, and it’s easy to make a mistake. At least 1,000 migrants in the UK — including doctors, engineers, and scientists — are being denied settled status for simple mistakes such as errors in tax returns.

Quartz

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Trump’s summit cancellation stumps S. Korea

South Korean President Moon Jae-in‘s office says it is trying to figure out President Donald Trump’s intentions in canceling a summit next month with North Korea’s leader.

CNBC

China scolds U.S. for withdrawing invite to naval drills

Reuters

Hezbollah plans bigger role in ruling Lebanon

The Iran-backed Hezbollah aims to move beyond its traditional backseat role by assuming more influence in Lebanon’s next government to help it counter an escalating U.S. campaign against Tehran and its regional ascendancy.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Which countries will win the global AI race?

AI technology is already widespread around the world, used in conveniences such as autopilot functions on planes to ride-sharing apps, voice recognition, and driverless cars. Leaders also say its untapped potential is far-ranging.

U.S. News & World Report

Scientists create wireless flying robotic insect

Forbes

The US industry of dog experimentation

There is a largely hidden, poorly regulated, and highly profitable industry in the United States that has a gruesome function: breeding dogs for the sole purpose of often torturous experimentation, after which the dogs are killed because they are no longer of use.

The Intercept

GLOBAL HEALTH

A father‘s plea to end Ireland’s abortion ban

More than five years after Savita Halappanavar lost her life after a miscarriage in a Galway hospital, her father has urged voters to repeal the clause of the constitution that he says contributed to her death, and legalize abortion.

Guardian

Special section:

Abortion bans around the world

News24

California reports record high STD cases

California reached a record high in the number of sexually transmitted disease cases last year, with the state seeing an overall 45 percent spike in the number of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis cases over the past five years.

FOX News

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (John Cassidy):

Why China is winning the trade war

The New Yorker

Column (Conor Friedersdorf):

The undemocratic spread of Big Brother

The Atlantic

Column (YJ Fischer):

Trump keeps giving Kim the upper hand

CNN

Column (Charles Kenny and Justin Sandefur):

A radical proposal to fight poverty in the developing world: tax the rich more than the poor

Vox

Column (Henry Kissinger):

How the Enlightenment ends

The Atlantic

Column (Malak Chabkoun):

How we grew arrogant enough to believe we have the right to kill

Al Jazeera

Column (Patrick Cockburn):

Uncritical support from the US will do Israel more damage than good

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Secretary saved millions, then left it to charity

During her nearly 70-year career as a legal secretary in New York City, no one knew that Sylvia Bloom was a millionaire. Her secret was revealed when she left a whopping $6.24 million to the Henry Street Settlement, a nonprofit social services agency in Manhattan.

AARP

New tech makes prosthetic hands easier to use

Researchers have developed new technology for decoding neuromuscular signals to control powered, prosthetic wrists and hands. The work relies on computer models that closely mimic the behavior of the natural structures in the forearm, wrist, and hand.

ScienceDaily

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Weird civic playground of nonprofit museums

As we navigate a world marked by extreme income inequality, a declining middle class, and constant cries of “fake news,” it is high time to revisit the relationship between nonprofits and government, as well as the role of museums as educational institutions in a democratic society.

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Ecuador launches petition to save Amazon

The Amazon rainforest is not an oil block and it is not for sale, says Ecuador’s Waorani community in a new petition. The indigenous community has been living in and fighting for their jungle territory for thousands of years.

Al Jazeera

Humans have destroyed 83% of wild mammals

Humankind is revealed as simultaneously insignificant and utterly dominant in the grand scheme of life on Earth by a groundbreaking new assessment of all life on the planet.

Guardian

ECONOMY

Human needs index shows recovery stalling

Need for food, housing, medical, and other supports is dwindling nationally, but persists regionally in the Rust Belt, West, and other regions. As government supports help those in poverty, the working-poor households teeter on brink of collapse.

NonProfit Times

Can the recovery quench America’s food deserts?

U.S. News & World Report

Ships to satellites: Scotland aims for the sky

A shipbuilding hub since the days of the British Empire, the Scottish city of Glasgow is now reaching for the stars with a growing space satellite industry. Glasgow builds more satellites than any city outside of the United States, according to space industry experts.

Gulf News

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Children perform the traditional “danza paraguaya” in the city of Guarambare, Paraguay. (Photo by Marissa Strniste) Photo used under CC BY

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