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For the first time in recorded history, Mozambique has been hit by two cyclones in a single season. Even as shelter remains a need for many, aid agencies hope to take further steps and create safe spaces where children can turn their attention back to studies. (Photo by Denis Onyodi: IFRC/DRK/Climate Centre) Photo used under CC BY

Mozambique cyclones affect more than 1M kids

Aid groups are struggling to help the millions of people affected by both powerful storms. Of the 150,000 people affected by Cyclone Kenneth, half are children, UNICEF spokesman Daniel Timme has said.

AP News

The trauma of a childhood on the frontlines of Ukraine’s war

PBS

DRC refugees move to Uganda, raise Ebola risk

People fleeing violence in an Ebola-hit region of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are being forced to cross the border illegally into Uganda, risking the virus spreading into the neighboring East African nation, aid groups said.

africanews

Mexico’s crackdown putting migrants in danger

Mexico’s crackdown on migration is not cutting off the flow of Central Americans, but rather forcing migrants into the shadows and dangerous routes.

ABC News

Third child dies in US government custody

NPR

Refugees missing out on jobs in the UK

Guardian

Rural America hit hard by US-China trade war

A new study has found that agricultural states are taking the heaviest blows from the U.S.-China trade war due to their reliance on goods such as soybeans, which were heavily targeted by China’s retaliatory tariffs.

SCMP

Central American farmers suffer crop losses

More than 1 million people across Central America need food aid after droughts combined with heavy rains in the past year destroyed harvests.

The Guam Daily Post

Venezuelans find refuge in border tent camp

In the northeast corner of Colombia, a few miles from the Venezuelan border, rows of khaki-colored tents rise from the desert sand filled with Venezuelans escaping economic disaster back home

NPR

HUMAN RIGHTS

Yemen war dead could reach 233K by 2020

The death toll from the war in Yemen could soar to nearly a quarter of a million people by the end of 2019, the UN has warned, calling the conflict one of the “greatest preventable disasters facing humanity.”

The Independent

Kids born under ISIS become stateless

The Independent

Violence plagues Mexican state of Veracruz

In just the first few months of 2019, the Mexican coastal state of Veracruz has registered 682 homicides and 122 kidnappings, as the state is beset by tension and a bloody war between cartels.

CNN

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Trump to name Islamist group ‘terrorists’

The White House announced that the Trump administration is working to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist group, a move that would bring economic and travel sanctions against Egypt’s oldest Islamist movement.

BBC

NASA bought faulty rocket parts for 20 years

A NASA Launch Services Program investigation has revealed that a malfunction was caused by faulty aluminum materials. An Oregon-based company falsified aluminum certification tests for nearly two decades, and is responsible.

Engadget

To fight rape, DRC tackles toxic masculinity

The Democratic Republic of Congo has some of highest rates of sexual violence in the world. But a new approach is trying to tackle this by encouraging men to confront and question their toxic masculinity.

BBC

France sexual harassment laws lead to fines

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Poor sense of smell linked to mortality risk

A recent study that includes data from more than 2,000 older adults finds an association between poor sense of smell and an increased risk of death.

Medical News Today

Dogs can tune out noise to discern names

Experiments at the University of Maryland revealed that dogs can perceive their name spoken at the same intensity as or louder than background noise, an especially useful insight for people handling working or service dogs.

National Geographic

GLOBAL HEALTH

Food poverty is a health time bomb

More and more children in ostensibly rich countries like the UK are suffering food insecurity, with serious consequences.

BBC

Is measles here to stay?

Measles used to be a common childhood disease, but after an effective vaccine was developed, the disease was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000. This year’s outbreaks, however, put that status in jeopardy.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Firefighter helps save neighbor’s home

When his neighbor’s house caught fire, off-duty volunteer firefighter Victor Esparza Jr., wearing only a t-shirt and shorts, grabbed a garden hose and fought the flames until the fire department arrived.

MSN

Doctor saves man who paid her school fees

A man helped a woman pay for medical school in China 11 years ago. Now, the woman has returned the favor by saving his life.

AOL News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Rockefeller grants its name and $30M to center

The Rockefeller Foundation joined the Atlantic Council to launch the Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, which aims to “enhance the resilience of 1 billion people by 2030.”

Devex

Guide urges sustainable development goals

A new guide from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors urges philanthropic funders to align their missions and activities with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Bad harvest pushes N. Korea to ration food

Millions of North Koreans are being forced to rely on meagre rations after the nation’s worst harvest in a decade. The country is 1.36 million tons of food short following a series of weather disasters, compounded by longstanding international sanctions.

BBC

Jakarta sinking; Indonesia will move capital

The idea of moving Indonesia’s capital has been floated several times since the country won independence. But now, researchers say large parts of the megacity could be entirely submerged by 2050, necessitating a move.

BBC

Myanmar suffers record-breaking heat

In Myanmar, the combination of a warming climate and a weak El Nino in the Pacific could both weaken the monsoon rains and allow a hotter than normal summer this year.

Al Jazeera

Are companies illegally extracting water?

Lawyers for a northern New South Wales council are investigating claims that bottled water businesses have broken the law with recent groundwater extractions.

Guardian

Monks launch legal fight to protect water purity of Trappist beer

Guardian

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Germany running short on skilled workers

How big is the shortage of qualified workers in Germany really? In some industries, the line of job seekers is running low. In many others, the problems are not as they seem and are often homemade.

Deutsche Welle

Danish fishermen fear Brexit could sink them

In the small fishing town of Thyboron on the northwestern coast of Denmark, many fishermen worry the British waters they have become increasingly dependent on will be out of reach when Britain leaves the EU.

Reuters

Key development challenges face far north

Devex

PepsiCo drops lawsuit against Indian farmers

CNNMoney

Photo of the Day

In this photograph from July 2006, this brother and sister duo had walked for four hours to reach a one room, sparsely stocked clinic in rural Mexico that is only open sporadically. The nearest hospital is a day or two walk from where they live and no one owns a vehicle. Once a patient arrives, they will wait for several hours to be seen by the First Aid Worker. (Photo by Tia Foundation) Photo used under CC BY

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