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‘Siege, starve, surrender’: inside the Syrian civil war

Human rights observers say thousands are injured and over 500 people — including 120 children — have died during the uptick in fighting, marking this as one of the bloodiest stretches of the eight-year Syrian civil war.

VOX

UN issues blank ‘statement’ on slaughter of children

The Independent

Heartbreak for Nigeria’s ‘daughters of poor men’

The grounds of the boarding school in Dapchi town are eerily quiet. Instead of the high-pitched chatter of 900 schoolgirls, there’s only the bleating of goats as they wander through empty classrooms.

BBC

Focusing on schoolgirl abductions distorts the view of life in Nigeria

Guardian

Venezuela to Chile: A trip on a caravan of misery

In a country with the world’s largest proven crude reserves, some families now cook with firewood because they cannot find propane. Hospitals lack supplies as basic as disinfectant. Food is so scarce and pricey that the average Venezuelan lost 24 pounds last year.

U.S. News & World Report

Venezuelan crisis: All the oil, but no food

The Week

How poverty and racism persist in Mississippi

The National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward reflects on choosing to raise her children in her home state, and how the forces that MLK Jr. fought against still shape its destiny.

The Atlantic

Nuns exploited for church labor, report says

An exposé in the Vatican magazine “Women Church World” revealed the plight of many nuns exploited as cheap labor and denounced the practice by the Catholic Church.

Newsweek

The stigma of being a single mother in S. Korea

Statistics show there are about 25,000 single mothers in South Korea, a figure questioned by the Korean Unwed Mothers Support Network who believe there are those who do not register due to fear of discrimination.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

The brutality of Greece’s racist lynch mobs

With anti-migrant violence hitting a fever pitch, victims ask why Greek authorities have carried out so few arrests.

Al Jazeera

Torture against Tamils continues in Sri Lanka

Al Jazeera has uncovered allegations and evidence of security forces continuing to use torture against Tamils in Sri Lanka.

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

N. Korea sent chemical weapons parts to Syria

North Korea has reportedly sent ballistic missile and chemical weapons components to Syria in violation of U.N. sanctions, according to a draft of a new report authored by U.N. experts.

NPR

Benjamin Netanyahu linked to another graft probe

CNN

Afghan president offers to recognise the Taliban

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has offered to recognize the Taliban as a legitimate political group, as part of a proposed process he said could lead to talks aimed at ending more than 16 years of war.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Did dark matter make the early universe chill?

Scientists have probed a period of the universe’s early history that no one has been able to explore before — and they got a surprise: It was far colder in the young universe that astronomers had previously believed, before the first stars blinked on.

NPR

AI will create new jobs but skills must shift

AI will create more jobs than it destroys was the not-so-subtle rebuttal from tech giants to growing concern over the impact of automation technologies on employment.

TechCrunch

Mind-reading AI to guess what you’re looking at

New Scientist

GLOBAL HEALTH

Standing might be just as bad for you as sitting

Australian researchers found that standing at a desk might be just as bad for you as sitting at one. In the study, volunteers reported physical discomfort in all areas of their body that increased the longer they stood.

FOX 8

19M babies at risk of brain damage every year

A lack of iodine in pregnancy and early childhood puts nearly 19 million babies around the world at risk of permanent but preventable brain damage every year, a new report has warned.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

5 reasons compassion feels so good

At the lowest points in our lives, the presence and care of one supportive person can be life-changing. Our pain or loss may be just as real, but we suffer less knowing we’re not alone.

Psychology Today

Parent play boosts language in nonverbal kids

Children with autism who speak few or no words improve in their verbal abilities after their parents learn to engage them in conversation during play, according to a study.

Spectrum

Little girl has sweetest reaction when told mom is pregnant

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Court upholds donor-disclosure requirement

An appeals court upheld the dismissal of a legal challenge to New York’s requirement that charities disclose their major donors as part of registration requirements to solicit contributions in the state.

NonProfit Times

Alliance to Launch community challenge

My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, an initiative of the Obama Foundation, has launched a challenge to boost the impact of community-based solutions that have been effective in improving life outcomes for boys and young men of color.

Philanthropy News Digest

Steph Curry to auction shoes in support of My Brother’s Keeper

WTOP

ENVIRONMENT

Flood risk from rivers is underestimated

A groundbreaking new study has found that 41 million Americans are at risk from flooding rivers, which is more than three times the current estimate — based on regulatory flood maps — of 13 million people.

ScienceDaily

’Bomb cyclone’ — with a huge flood risk — is aiming for the Northeast

CNN

Pesticides put bees at risk, watchdog confirms

Most uses of insecticides known as neonicotinoids represent a risk to wild bees and honeybees, the European Food Safety Authority has confirmed.

BBC

ECONOMY

IMF warns Nigeria over falling real GDP

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is skeptical of the growth being recorded in the Nigerian economy and believes Nigeria will “muddle through” with its economic policies in the medium term.

allAfrica.com

China tops global economic growth in 2017

China contributed 30 percent to global economic growth in 2017, well above the United States, the European Union and Japan, said a report from the National Bureau of Statistics.

Telesur

Photo of the Day

A man take selfie during Holi festival in India. Holi is a Hindu festival that marks the end of winter. Also known as the “Festival of Colors,” Holi is primarily observed in South Asia but has spread across the world in celebration of love and the changing of the seasons. This year, Holi is observed on March 2. (Photo by Pabak Sarkar) Photo used under CC BY

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