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Uighur men pray at Id Kah Mosque in Kashgar, Xinjiang, China, in 2010. According to leaked documents, Chinese citizens can be sent to internment camps for reasons such as growing beards, owning passports, or having too many children. (Photo by Preston Rhea) Photo used under CC BY

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Leaked records expose China’s Xinjiang camps

Newly leaked Chinese records have revealed for the first time the system by which hundreds of thousands of Uighurs have been monitored and detained in internment centers across Xinjiang.

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CNN

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She escaped one of China’s brutal internment camp for Muslims. Now she may have to go back

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BuzzFeed

Slavery not a crime for almost half the world

Although laws allowing slavery have been scrapped worldwide, many of the 193 U.N. member states have not gone on to explicitly criminalize slavery.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

UN: Displaced Syrians overwhelming aid effort

The aid operation in north-eastern Syria is being “overwhelmed” as the number of people displaced by the government offensive in Idlib rises, the UN says. Since early December 900,000 people have been forced to flee, most of them women and children, it said.

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BBC

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After gains in northern Syria, Assad predicts total victory

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Associated Press

Indonesia hindered in abandoning ISIS fighters

Despite public opposition to the repatriation of hundreds of Indonesian ISIS militants, the government has some awkward questions to address about the legality of closing the door on people the president calls “ex-citizens.”

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Asia Times Online

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Pentagon watchdog: US withdrawal from Iraq would ‘likely’ mean ISIS resurgence

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The Hill

Peace deal with US set to sign, Taliban says

The U.S. and Taliban will sign a peace deal by the end of the month, the Taliban has said. Mullah Abdul Salam Hanafi, a senior Taliban leader, said "talks are concluded,” according to The Washington Post.

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The Hill

HUMAN RIGHTS

Coronavirus prompts Sinophobia in Italy

Chinese-Italian community subjected to assaults, insults and boycotts of businesses following deadly epidemic in China.

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Al Jazeera

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Crisis builds between Greek residents, migrants

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PBS NewsHour

India court orders equal roles for army women

India’s top court ruled that women could serve as army commanders, dismissing the government’s stance that male soldiers were not ready to accept orders from female officers as “disturbing.”

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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California apologizes for WWII internment of Japanese Americans

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DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Interactive: Watched, judged, detained in China

Leaked documents reveal the system used by the ruling Chinese Communist Party to justify the indefinite detention on trivial grounds of citizens in internment centers across Xinjiang.

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CNN

Syrian army strengthens Aleppo grip

Syrian government forces have made significant advances in their military push against the last major rebel bastion in the country’s northwest - forcing hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.

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Al Jazeera

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Darfur struggling to recover after 17 years of war

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Will green technology kill Chile’s deserts?

The Atacama in northern Chile is the driest desert in the world, and may be the oldest. It also holds 40 percent of the world’s lithium – an essential ingredient in the rechargeable batteries used in green technology.

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Guardian

Astronomers sweep sky for extraterrestrial life

Astronomers will sweep the entire sky for signs of extraterrestrial life for the first time, using 28 giant radio telescopes in an unprecedented hunt for alien civilizations.

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Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Unregulated insulin sales common on Craigslist

Unregulated and deeply discounted sales of insulin are common on Craigslist. During a two-week period, researchers turned up 327 ads from private parties selling insulin at a fraction of the retail price.

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Reuters

Opioid vending machine opens in Vancouver

A vending machine for powerful opioids has opened in Canada as part of a project to help fight the Canadian city’s overdose crisis.

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Guardian

Sex robots may cause psychological damage

US researchers have warned that the availability of sex robots with artificial intelligence poses a growing psychological and moral threat to individuals and society.

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BBC

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GOOD NEWS

High school senior makes notes of positivity

At Liberty High School in Virginia, Braxton Brawley leaves messages of kindness hanging from the ceilings, and all down the hallways.

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WDBJ 7

Thai coffee brand repays debt-ridden farmers

A major Thai coffee brand has vowed to repay about 200 farmers who were forced to take out loans while waiting nearly three years for payment, leaving them with spiraling debts.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

LeBron James’ students receive free tuition

The LeBron James Family Foundation announced that it will provide four years of free tuition for eligible students in the school’s first graduating class in partnership with Kent State University.

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Good Morning America

ENVIRONMENT

Africa has world’s fastest-growing cities

The world population is expected to grow to 8.6 billion in 2030, and African metro areas are leading this growth.

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Business Insider

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Environmental campaigners see success of single-use plastic ban

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Al Jazeera

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Using sugar cane as a green fuel

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Farmers’ co-op in Kenya grows sweet potato

In drought-prone central Kenya, a farmers’ cooperative is growing resilient sweet potato and making popular bakery products with it.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Casualties of Mongolia’s love affair with coal

From magic bullet to poisoned chalice: coal has helped the economy to boom, at great cost to ordinary people’s lives.

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Al Jazeera

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Indian town radio show gives voice to child workers

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Protesters participate in the 2020 Women’s March, held Jan. 18 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Mobilus In Mobili) Photo used under CC BY

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