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A severely malnourished 7-month-old Yemeni boy is given formula by his mother at Al-Sadaqa Hospital in Aden, Yemen. Nearly 16 million people — 53 percent of the population — is in urgent need of food aid. Famine is possible if the world fails to act immediately, the UN says. (Photo by Felton Davis) Photo used under CC BY

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Yemenis forced to decide which child must starve

Mothers are being forced to leave their children to starve as they face a “catastrophic” shortage of food in war-torn Yemen, a humanitarian group said.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Senate votes to end US support for war in Yemen

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NPR

EU urges Egypt to lift human rights constraints

The EU’s lawmaking body is urging Egypt to lift restrictions on free speech and assembly, halt mass trials, stop sentencing minors to death, and release political prisoners.

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News24

Lack of schooling hobbles Rohingya children for life

The ability of Rohingya children to access quality education is severely restricted both in Myanmar and in Bangladeshi refugee camps. These children face an uncertain future.

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Daily Sabah

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Myanmar urged to help refugees

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SBS News

Warming poses dire challenges for Bangladesh

Extreme weather events have been wreaking havoc on the people of Bangladesh. Increasingly, they are also causing a shift in migration and poverty patterns.

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Hungarians protest law allowing long OT hours

Around 2,000 Hungarians protested outside parliament against new legislation allowing employers to ask staff to work up to 400 hours of overtime per year, a reform its critics have dubbed the “slave law.”

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Reuters

45K lives are at risk at Syrian camp, UN warns

Two babies have died in the past week at a camp for displaced people in southern Syria, where tens of thousands have been cut off from vital food supplies and medical care.

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The Independent

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty: ISIS ‘annihilation’ of Iraq is war crime

ISIS’s “deliberate, wanton annihilation” of agricultural land, looting livestock, burning orchards, planting land mines, sabotaging water pumps in northern Iraq amounts to a war crime, Amnesty International has said.

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Al Jazeera

Tunisia’s violence against women law is failing

Nearly a year after a law aimed at protecting women from violence took effect in Tunisia, government officials and activists met to assess how well it’s working — and the report card wasn’t great.

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Huffington Post

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Most victims of violent crime in New Zealand are women

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Stuff

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Sri Lanka court rules Parliament sacking illegal

Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court has ruled that the president’s dissolution of parliament last month was unconstitutional, as a political crisis continues to grip the nation.

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BBC

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Sri Lanka’s crisis clouds fate of 20K missing people

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Asia Times Online

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Sri Lanka’s political crisis spurs tourists to cancel in peak season

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Reuters

Egypt’s president decries migrants fleeing to EU

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has told his people they should not expect the West to “open their doors” to migrants who refuse to abide by the laws, customs, traditions and culture of a country they moved to.

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Daily Mail

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists design indigestible electronic capsule

Researchers have designed an ingestible capsule that can be controlled using wireless Bluetooth tech on a smartphone. Residing in the stomach for at least a month, it can be used to sense conditions and deliver drugs.

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ScienceDaily

Bumblebees being turned into live drones

University of Washington’s Living IoTs platform includes sensors, wireless communication and location trackers that ride aboard live insects. Now, a bumblebee can scan fields and monitor temperature, humidity or crop health.

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CNBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Global funding for TB research at all-time high

Global spending on tuberculosis research reached $772 million in 2017, up from $726 million in 2016, according to a report. But investment still falls short of the $2 billion needed each year to eliminate TB by 2030.

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Nature

UK organ donors may cite religious beliefs

People who join the National Health Services’ UK organ donation register are to be asked if they want their religious beliefs to be considered. This is to reassure that donation can happen in line with their beliefs.

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BBC

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Dutch drafting law to regulate body parts trade

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Channel NewsAsia

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Aussie trees getting colorful correspondence

The Australian city of Melbourne gave 70,000 trees email addresses so people could report on their condition. But instead people are writing love letters, existential queries and sometimes just bad puns.

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ABC.net.au

9 million Brits plan to volunteer this Christmas

New research from a national volunteering charity finds that nearly one in five adults in Britain plans to volunteer over the Christmas period, with 14 percent intending to volunteer on Christmas Day itself.

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Santa goes scuba diving with a mermaid and Rudolph

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BBC

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Head Start slashes likelihood of poverty

One of the United States’ most successful anti-poverty measures starts early in life: Head Start, a preschool program for poor kids, increased children’s education and reduced the likelihood of adult poverty.

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Phys.org

Ceasefire paves way for aid to Yemen

Yemen peace talks in Sweden have reached a ceasefire deal for Hodeida, a port city crucial for aid deliveries. UN chief Antonio Guterres said it includes the deployment of neutral forces and humanitarian corridors.

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ENVIRONMENT

Chimp care proves to be financially costly

Chimpanzees can live for 50 years or more, so the center takes in will require decades of financial support. With an ever-growing number of chimps, financing daily operations is a challenge for this Zambian facility.

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Mongabay

China demands countries pay up climate debt

China called on rich countries to “pay their debts” on climate change, criticizing developed countries for not doing enough to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide finance to help poor countries do the same.

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Guardian

ECONOMY AND TRADE

Greek debt has kids hungry and malnourished

Freed from the strict orders of international creditors, Greece is now in financial recovery. But years of budget cuts have left the country scarred and many Greeks starving.

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Slave labor drives sneaker production

Slave labor is still alive and well. A new report produced by the nonprofit KnowTheChain points out that your closet is likely full of clothes made through forced labor.

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Fast Company

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Ugandan kids cheerfully smile for the camera. (Photo by FMSC) Photo used under CC BY

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