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Hundreds of thousands of Yemeni children are in danger of starving to death, UNICEF says. (Photo by Voice of America) Photo used under CC BY

Yemen’s ’forgotten war’: a man-made crisis

With most of the world’s attention focused on Syria, the International Rescue Committee, a U.S. aid organization, says one child younger than 5 dies in Yemen every 10 minutes from preventable causes.

ABC News

Yemen’s skies of terror: Three years of war in Yemen

Al Jazeera

US wants to see visa seekers’ social media IDs

In a broad expansion of the information gathered from applicants for U.S. visas, the federal government is proposing to collect social media identities from nearly everyone who seeks entry into the United States.

Reuters

Conflicts force up global hunger levels

Largely driven by conflict, the number of hungry people has dramatically increased around the world, reversing decades of progress, according to a new report by the United Nations.

allAfrica.com

Hunger and conflict in northern Burkina Faso

africanews.com

Prosecutors fight reprieves for deportees

The Trump administration has sharply curtailed a once-common practice of granting long-term reprieves to immigrants targeted for deportation adding to an already huge backlog of cases in U.S. immigration courts.

Reuters

A Dreamer’s impossible dilemma: where to die?

Guardian

Hundreds of immigrants displaced in S. Africa

The unrest over land occupation in Zwelihle near Hermanus has displaced hundreds of immigrants. They have sought sanctuary in community halls, churches and mosques.

Daily Maverick

Tragic consequences of ‘land grab’ in Hermanus

Times Live

HUMAN RIGHTS

Gay rights under attack in Nigeria

Stigmatised by the public and badgered by the police, gay people in Nigeria have been driven ever deeper underground.

Guardian

Regressive laws prevent economic equality

Legal reform urged after World Bank suggests failure to protect women from discrimination denies them workplace opportunities.

Guardian

Panel OKs halting food, water in dementia

Treading into ethically and legally uncertain territory, a New York end-of-life agency has approved a new document that lets people stipulate in advance that they don’t want food or water if they develop severe dementia.

NPR

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Russia expels US diplomats, shuts consulate

Russia will expel 60 US diplomats and close the US Consulate in St. Petersburg, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, in retaliation for a similar move by Washington.

CNN

How Egypt tried to get citizens out to vote

Citizen TV

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Evolutionary path lets virus evolve quickly

Biologists have discovered evidence for a new path of evolution, and with it a deeper understanding of how quickly organisms such as viruses can adapt to their environment.

ScienceDaily

Scientists calculate timing of knuckle-cracking

Love it or hate it, knuckles crack. For some the noise signals a welcome release, while others cringe at the thought of joints shifting in their sockets. The sound itself, though, is still a bit of a mystery. A Stanford student has knuckled down and come up with some hard answers.

Discover

Is it OK to crack your knuckles?

YouTube

GLOBAL HEALTH

Promising treatment for cancer may be coming

A vaccine-like cure for cancer successfully removes 97 percent of tumors in mice, although its translation to human pathology still has a long way to go.

Tech Times

Global use of antibiotics soars as crisis grows

In recent years, antibiotic resistance has risen to dangerously high levels in all parts of the world. Yet despite this growing health crisis, new research shows worldwide use of antibiotics skyrocketed between 2000 and 2015.

CBS News

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GOOD NEWS

Boy helps fellow baseball lover he hasn’t met

Two fathers who were childhood teammates have passed their bond down to their two sons, even though they have never met.

NBCNews.com

Houston Astros player inspires kids who stutter

Mashable

Parents’ presence promotes a child’s pluck

The bond between parent and child is powerful enough to override fear. New research shows that if a parent sits with a young child during a potentially scary situation, the child isn’t as afraid of it later.

Science News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

What are effects of Newman’s Own law?

The newly signed Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 includes the Philanthropic Enterprise Act of 2017, also known as the Newman’s Own Exception. The legislation ends a long struggle to avoid what would have amounted to a 200 percent tax hit.

Nonprofit Quarterly

UM receives $110M for cancer research

The University of Michigan has announced a gift of $110 million from Richard and Susan Rogel in support of its Comprehensive Cancer Center. The gift will support collaborative research and help attract outstanding cancer researchers.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

’Sun-shield’ made to protect Great Barrier Reef

As water temperatures rise and ocean acidity levels increase, corals are dying off at record rates. Now, researchers believe they may be able to prevent coral bleaching in parts of the world’s largest coral reef system.

Deutsche Welle

Wheat in heat: the ‘crazy idea’ that could combat food insecurity

Guardian

EPA urged staff to downplay climate change

Scientists have accused the US Environmental Protection Agency of distributing misleading statements about climate change, following the leaking of an internal email advising agency staff to downplay the certainty of the science.

Guardian

ECONOMY

Why Trump went postal on Amazon

The Amazon blame game took another turn on Thursday, when President Donald Trump spun the wheel back around to the U.S. Postal Service. Amazon.com Inc. is a convenient scapegoat for just about any issue. The mail is no different.

Bloomberg

SpaceX’s broadband-from-space plan OK’d

Elon Musk’s SpaceX won approval from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to offer broadband service from space, using a constellation of 4,425 satellites racing around the Earth in low orbits.

Bloomberg

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A young man plays harmonica just off a street in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (Photo by Nicolas Alejandro) Photo used under CC BY

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