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A photograph dated Sept. 19, 2001 shows firefighters at the ground zero site of World Trade Center Ground in New York. (Photo by Loco Steve) Photo used under CC BY

9/11 illnesses devastating first responders

Officials recently told ABC News that 241 NYPD officers have now died in the 18 years since the attacks, 10 times the number killed on 9/11 when 23 lost their lives. Cancer and respiratory diseases are also continuing to devastate firefighters who responded to the attacks.

Forbes

9/11 attack tied to cardiovascular risk in firefighters, study says

CNN

These harrowing photos show the brave 9/11 first responders in action

Buzzfeed

Rwanda agrees to take in African migrants

Rwanda has agreed to take in hundreds of African migrants, mainly made up of refugees from the Horn of Africa, who are currently being held in Libyan detention centers.

BBC

Climate change can cause pay cuts for US workers

Climate change doesn’t just threaten the environment — in the years to come it’s also likely to worsen income inequality by cutting into the hours, and therefore the pay, of millions of retail workers, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve.

CBS News

Investing in climate adaptation can yield $7 trillion

Reuters

Yemen welcomes locusts amid food shortage

Swarms of locusts are usually viewed as a threat to farmer’s crops. But in Yemen, where millions are facing famine as a result of the civil war, these insects have become a valuable source of nutrition.

Al Jazeera

Yemen’s war: Internally displaced people make plea for aid

Al Jazeera

Jordan’s water supplies are draining rapidly

A combination of factors has rendered Jordan one of the poorest nations on the planet in terms of its water resources. Its struggles offer a window onto the issues that other water-stressed nations are increasingly facing.

Nature

HUMAN RIGHTS

Nigeria denies detaining thousands of children

Nigeria has denied allegations it has detained thousands of children for suspected links to militant group Boko Haram. A report released by Human Rights Watch says children have been held for years in “horrific conditions.”

BBC

Nigeria repatriates citizens from South Africa

Al Jazeera

Hurricane has left 17% of Bahamians homeless

About 17 percent of all Bahamians are suddenly homeless after Hurricane Dorian wiped out neighborhoods and ripped houses off foundations. That’s 70,000 people who have lost almost everything.

CNN

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

USA bombs ISIS-‘infested island’ in N. Iraq

U.S. jets bombed an ISIS-“infested island” in northern Iraq, according to new video and a statement from the U.S.-led coalition battling the terrorist group.

FOX News

Taliban vows to continue fighting U.S. forces following canceled Afghanistan peace meeting

YouTube

Arab nations denounce Netanyahu’s pledge

Palestinian and regional leaders have sharply denounced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial pledge to annex large parts of the occupied West Bank if he wins next week’s snap election.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA astronauts pay 9/11 tribute from space

On the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, NASA astronauts paid tribute to the New York City Fire Department, heroes who risked their lives to save others on that day by tweeting a special message from space.

SPACE.com

Scientists discover high-voltage electric eels

Scientists have found two entirely new species of electric eel — including one that zaps out a record-breaking jolt.

New York Post

GLOBAL HEALTH

Venezuela’s doctors, nurses earn $6 a month

The minimum wage in Venezuela is $1.68 per month. Medical workers can earn more than that in private practice, but if they work for a public institution, they’re lucky to get that minimum figure along with small bonuses.

NPR

Malaria can be totally eradicated by 2050

A group of global health experts have published a report saying malaria, which kills hundreds of thousands a year, can be stamped out within a generation, or as early as 2050.

YouTube

Kenyan scientists achieve malaria breakthrough

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Kenyans make history with bike ride to Mecca

Four Kenyans successfully completed a 2,174 mile bike ride to Mecca in 45 days to raise funds for the completion of Al Furqan towers in Namanga on Tanzania-Kenya border, and to sponsor needy children.

allAfrica.com

Special section:

“Born to be wild,” Kenya’s female biker gang

BBC

Cafe brews hope for Nepal trafficking survivors

The Maiti Cafe is the first to be staffed by women who are either at risk of or have been rescued from slavery in Nepal, where thousands of people are trafficked every year.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Michael Jordan donates $1M to Dorian relief

NBA legend Michael Jordan is donating $1 million to help relief efforts in the hurricane-battered Bahamas, his spokeswoman has said.

France 24

Walmart donates $500K to Hurricane Dorian relief

WNCT9

Zimbabwe program trains grandmas in therapy

In 2004, Dr. Dixon Chibanda started the Friendship Bench in Zimbabwe’s Harare. The program trains grandmothers already working as community health workers to provide therapy from benches outside local clinics.

Mosaic

ENVIRONMENT

Alaska’s petroleum reserves open for drilling

Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve, where millions of important migratory birds come to nest and raise their young, is now under threat from petroleum development.

National Geographic

Amazon’s Indigenous face serious setbacks

The vice-chief of the village of Pakyri in Brazil, knows that next year his people will face hard times, as the fires raging in the Amazon forest burn their food, medicine and livelihoods.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Amazon crisis: Warring tribes unite against Bolsonaro plans to devastate Brazil’s rainforests for cash

The Independent

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

UK extends work visas for foreign graduates

International students are to be offered a two-year work visa after graduating from a British university, the government will announce, overturning a key plank of Theresa May’s restrictive immigration policies.

Guardian

Barcelona builds its first container homes

Barcelona has begun installing its first shipping container homes near the famous La Rambla, in a bid to provide emergency housing for people who have been evicted or driven away because of gentrification.

Guardian

How tourism is killing Barcelona – a photo essay

Guardian

‘Wall of Shame’ in Lima divides rich and poor

The Atlantic

Photo of the Day

A malaria patient from the Mursi Tribe in Ethiopia in July 2014. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

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