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A slum in Lagos, Nigeria. The World Poverty Clock named Nigeria the poverty capital of the world last June when it revealed that Nigeria had 87 million people living in poverty. The latest figure shows that an additional four million Nigerians have since fallen under the poverty line. (Photo by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung) Photo used under CC BY

More than 91M Nigerians now live in extreme poverty

The number of extremely poor Nigerians has risen to 91.6 million, according to the World Poverty Clock, implying that half of Nigeria’s population now live in extreme poverty.

The Punch

Bill Gates tweeted out a chart and sparked a huge debate about global poverty

Vox

100K babies dying every year in conflict zones

At least 100,000 babies die every year because of armed conflict and its impact, from hunger to denial of aid, according to a study by Save the Children International. The study also found that 420 million children were living in conflict-affected areas in 2017.

New Straits Times

Almost five times as many children died in conflict zones than fighters, report says

TIME

World on track to miss emissions ‘turning point’

The world is not on track to meet the greenhouse gas “turning point” required to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of climate change, experts have warned.

The Independent

Haiti government silent amid deadly protests

The wave of demonstrations against Haiti’s President Jovenel Moïse and his government’s mishandling of development funds has left a seventh protestor dead after a week of violent clashes in the Caribbean nation.

France24

Militia attack could spark war in Kashmir

A militant attack in India-ruled Kashmir has once again put New Delhi and Islamabad on a war footing. Analysts call it a setback to those who wish to see lasting peace in the region.

Deutsche Welle

Asia-Pacific hospitals open to cyberattacks

Many health care institutions in the Asia-Pacific region are vulnerable to any form of cyberattacks, according to a recent study.

Yahoo! News

Vaccine avoidance fuels US measles outbreak

A 95 percent rate of immunization is required to provide sufficient “herd” protection in a given population. Rates as low as 60 percent were found in U.S. measles outbreak zones.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Syrian families flee ISIS to desperation

At least 300 women and children, mostly Iraqi, had slept amid the desert scrubs after escaping ISIS’ final redoubt of Baghouz in eastern Syria.

Channel NewsAsia

Kabul’s squatter camps highlight challenges

In the shadows of mountains east of the capital, Kabul, families recently displaced by fighting join others who have been there for years, scratching out a living with no access to reliable supplies of water and heating fuel, or schools for their children.

Gulf News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Austria get tougher for crimes against women

Austria’s right-wing government announced tougher sentences for violent crimes, particularly against female victims, while pointing to a recent spate of cases in which foreigners are suspected of murdering women.

Reuters

‘Upskirting’ is now a criminal offense in the UK as new law comes into effect

The Independent

Fake news weaponized in Nigeria’s elections

Welcome to the Nigerian election season, where disinformation and propaganda are nothing new. But in the lead up to the 2019 presidential vote on Saturday, fake news “has been on steroids.”

CNN

Nigerian voter data ‘statistically impossible’, analysis shows

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Malaria mosquitos existed 100M years ago

The anopheline mosquitoes that carry malaria were present 100 million years ago, new research shows, potentially shedding fresh light on the history of a disease that continues to kill more than 400,000 people annually.

phys.org

EU targets tech giants with new copyright law

The European Union claims a new draft deal to force internet platforms to share revenues will empower authors and artists. But critics say the freedom of the internet is at risk.

Deutsche Welle

GLOBAL HEALTH

Governments urged to stockpile antibiotics

Stockpiling antibiotics to use in the event of a pandemic influenza outbreak could save billions of pounds worldwide, according to a new analysis.

Telegraph.co.uk

WHO warns of fake cancer drug on market

Guardian

Indonesia‘s ’miracle plant’ raises health fears

Kratom, a tree leaf hailed by some as a miracle cure for everything from opioid addiction to anxiety is now sold in powdered form and exported worldwide from Indonesia, alarming health regulators.

Straits Times

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Colin Alexander):

Foreign aid: less about helping poor countries than maintaining a power imbalance

The Conversation

Column (Claudio Sopranzetti):

How a princess entered, shook and left Thai politics in one day

Al Jazeera

Column (Ewelina U. Ochab):

How one woman‘s empowerment Is another woman’s repression

Forbes

Column (Jessica Wade):

This is why I’ve written 500 biographies of female scientists on Wikipedia

The Independent

Column (Robert E. Lucas, Jr. and Esteban Rossi-Hansberg):

Rising inequality is tech’s fault, after all

Barrons.com

Column (Fisayo Soyombo):

Nigeria elections: Caught between the devil and the deep blue sea

Al Jazeera

Column (Siddharth Kara):

The invisible women and girls who make your clothes

Thomson Reuters Foundation

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GOOD NEWS

Scientists convert plastic bags to carbon chips

Scientists have created a way to convert plastic bags into carbon chips that could be used in batteries powering our smartphones and other devices.

Devdiscourse

Teacher helps student save father’s life

A South Carolina teacher spotted one of her students biking, trying to get emergency assistance for his diabetic father and helped him save his father’s life.

Inside Edition

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Strong growth in artist-endowed foundations

Assets owned by foundations created by visual artists in the United States more than doubled between 2011 and 2015, a report from the Aspen Institute’s Artist-Endowed Foundations Initiative finds.

Philanthropy News Digest

Special section:

These 4 charts illustrate how valuable nonprofits are to the U.S. economy

Fast Company

Chase expands minorities’ lending program

JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, is expanding its Entrepreneurs of Color Fund to the Washington DC region, following launches over the past two years in Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, and the South Bronx.

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Meal kits cut food waste; packaging deficient

Home delivery meal kits can slash food waste by more than two-thirds, but suppliers need to switch to reusable packaging to make them environmentally friendly, researchers say.

Guardian

Blog:

The rise of ‘zero waste’ grocery stores

Smithsonian Magazine

Loss of great whites upsets ecosystem

A new study has documented unexpected consequences following the decline of great white sharks from an area off South Africa.

ScienceDaily

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Public sector workers outearn average Israeli

Public sector employees far outearn the average Israeli, according to the Finance Ministry salary report for 2017. The data include about half of public sector employees but do not reflect the most recent wage hikes.

Haaretz

Germany minimum wage among EU’s lowest

At $10.38, the minimum wage in Germany remains among the lowest in western Europe, according to a report. Despite an increase earlier this year, the wage floor continues to sit far below median income levels.

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

Noel Cimanizanya and her family of seven took refuge in Uganda’s Rwamwanja settlement after fleeing violence in their native Democratic Republic of Congo. While many rich nations are turning away refugees, Uganda is welcoming them. (Photo by EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations) Photo used under CC BY

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