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Berliners protest in solidarity with Lebanese protesters on Oct. 20, 2019. (Photo by Hossam el-Hamalawy) Photo used under CC BY

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From Berlin to Beirut, activists demand reform

Protesters in Lebanon have blocked major roads for the first time in days after politicians failed to quell anti-government demonstrations. Prime Minister Saad Hariri resigned last week, which was a key demand of the protesters, but Parliament has not chosen a successor.

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BBC

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Iraq protests: Tuk-tuk drivers making an impact

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Al Jazeera

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Chinese state media urge tougher stance on ‘wanton violence’ in Hong Kong

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Guardian

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In protests around the world, one image stands out: The Joker

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CNN

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Why Chileans are rising up

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Vice

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Tensions high as Peruvians protest at bullfighting event

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Euronews

Iran breaks further away from crumbling nuke deal

Iran has taken further steps away from its crumbling nuclear deal with world powers by announcing it is doubling the number of its advanced centrifuges, calling the move a direct result of the United States’ withdrawal from the agreement last year.

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Al Jazeera

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Iranians rally to mark 40 years since takeover of US Embassy

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Associated Press

Kenyan census a ‘big win’ for intersex people

The results of Kenya’s first census to recognize intersex people are a “big win” for their rights, campaigners said as the data was released. They expressed hopes it would lead to more progressive policies.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Rape allegation sparks #MeToo in Gambia

Speaking before Gambia’s Truth Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, a onetime beauty queen described how government officials groomed girls to be sexually assaulted by President Yahya Jammeh.

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NPR

WhatsApp spyware used to aid oppression

Several countries have used Israeli software to hack into devices used by lawyers, human rights activists, journalists and political foes.

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Asia Times Online

HUMAN RIGHTS

Internet free speech, privacy on the decline

Free speech and privacy on the internet declined globally for the ninth consecutive year according to the Freedom on the Net 2019 report by bipartisan watchdog and think tank Freedom House.

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Vox

Femicide numbers continue to rise in Brazil

Every few hours in Brazil a woman gets killed by her partner. Special anti-femicide laws and tougher prison sentences were introduced a few years ago in a bid to stem the problem, but numbers are still rising.

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DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Yemen government, separatists ink peace deal

Yemen’s government and UAE-backed separatists have signed a power-sharing deal to halt infighting. Saudi crown prince describes it as a crucial step towards a political solution to end Yemen’s bloody war.

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Al Jazeera

Not a single refugee was resettled in the US

The number of refugees resettled in the U.S. hit zero for the first time since records began. The nosedive is due to an admissions freeze, resulting in canceled flights and uncertainty for refugees hoping to resettle in the U.S.

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Quartz

Report claims Russia interfered in Brexit?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is under fire over accusations from lawmakers that the UK government is intentionally delaying the release of a report into Russia’s influence in British politics until after the upcoming election.

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bordeaux wine fired into space to test aging

Wine has been rocketed to the International Space Station. This could offer clues on how to improve long-term storage of food and drink in space and how the agriculture sector on earth might adapt to climate change.

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Here’s why NASA wants astronauts to bake cookies in space

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Life on earth originated in deep-sea vents

Deep-sea hydrothermal vents, where fissures in the sea floor allow the magma in the Earth’s mantle to heat trapped water to high temperatures, provide ideal conditions for the origins of life, scientists believe.

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The Independent

GLOBAL HEALTH

Ukraine’s mistrust in vaccines worsens measles

Deep mistrust of vaccines in Ukraine has allowed measles to grow into an epidemic infecting more than 58,000 people in the country of 42 million this year alone.

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Reuters

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One county scrambled to keep America measles-free

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Reuters

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Distrust leads to death of anti-Ebola fighter

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Zimbabwean women deliver by candlelight

High-quality maternal health care is difficult to access and provide in Zimbabwe, a country struggling with regular power outages as sophisticated equipment relies on electricity.

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Nepal’s Kung Fu Nuns kick gender stereotypes

Hundreds of young nuns at the Druk Amitabha Mountain Monastery in Kathmandu, Nepal, are rewriting their place in the Buddhist hierarchy, while spreading a message of human rights and gender equality across villages.

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NBC News

‘Book buses’ changing kids’ lives world over

Around the world, mobile library programs are taking books, educational support and even counseling to communities in serious and urgent need.

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Guardian

98-year-old leads kindness movement

What started as a way to counteract things going wrong became a small-town movement led by 98-year-old Margaret Pederson. In Glenwood, a city near Alexandria, being kind to everyone is the goal everyone strives for.

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CBS News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Metallica donates $100K to wildfire relief

Metallica will donate $100,000 to aid wildfire relief efforts in Northern and Southern California. They are also encouraging fans to contribute money, non-perishable goods, housing, volunteer time to those in need.

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Gondoliers dive to help clean Venice canals

Gondoliers-turned-divers have completed five dives scouring Venice’s famed lagoon and canals for trash, surfacing part of a stove, an old tape player, a chandelier and even a bidet, among other bits of refuse.

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NBC News

ENVIRONMENT

Biodegradables won’t solve the plastic crisis

Of the 6.3 billion tons of plastic we’ve thrown away since we started mass-producing it in the 1950s, just 600 million tons has been recycled – and 4.9 billion tons has been sent to landfill or left in the natural environment.

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BBC

Warsaw strives for better air quality

Authorities in smog-plagued Warsaw revealed plans to further limit car access to the city center, cut down on coal heating in private homes and expand green areas in a drive to improve the city’s air quality.

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Associated Press

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S. Africa imposes emergency amid drought

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BBC

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

S.Africa’s Indigenous will share tea profits

Over a century after commercial farming began on their traditional lands, the San and Khoi peoples of southern Africa will share profits of the lucrative rooibos tea industry, the South African government announced.

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Nature

Debt leads Indian women farmers to suicide

More female farmers are committing suicide in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, where a decades-long agrarian crisis has driven more than 30,000 farmers to end their lives - an average of one suicide a month.

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Al Jazeera

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A woman with her baby in Hopley, a suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, in June 2018. She got married at age 16 after discovering she was pregnant. She now has three children. According to UNICEF, 32 percent of girls marry before 18 in Zimbabwe. (Photo by Alex Kotowski/The Advocacy Project) Photo used under CC BY

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