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Uighurs taken from homes for ‘unhealthy thoughts’

Chinese Muslim students returned home for university holidays to find members of their families had been taken away for “unhealthy thoughts,” government documents show.

The Independent

The silent plight of China’s Uighurs

Al Jazeera

Chinese-funded port raises fears in Myanmar

Myanmar declared Rakhine state, associated with the military’s crackdown on Rohingya Muslims, open for business but locals fear they are being left out of the gold rush as new rules restrict traditional practices.

Asia Times Online

HK protesters escalating to arrows, bombs

Violence erupted this weekend around a besieged Hong Kong university, as protesters threw petrol bombs and fired arrows at police in an attempt to keep control of the campus.

NPR

Iran supreme leader warns ‘thugs’ amid violent protests

Demonstrations swept Iran as angry crowds protested the government‘s decision to raise gasoline prices. The country’s supreme leader has backed the move to hike prices, labeling violent protests the acts of “thugs” as authorities shut down much of the internet.

NBCNews.com

Flat-Earth conspiracy spreads around globe

Some 600 people attended the third annual Flat Earth International Conference, held at an Embassy Suites hotel in suburban Dallas, Texas. People in every pocket of this spherical planet are rejecting science and spreading the word that the Earth is flat.

CNN

Lebanon slips deeper into crisis amid rallies

Protesters waving Lebanese flags rallied in cities to mark a month of protests against the ruling elite as politicians struggled to form a government and solve the worst economic crisis since the 1975-90 civil war.

Reuters

Demonstrators, government in standoff as anti-corruption protests enter second month

Newsweek

Sri Lanka defense chief elected presidency

Sri Lanka’s former wartime defense chief Gotabaya Rajapaksa has won a presidential election that has split the country along ethnic lines. Rajapaksa, 70, took 52 percent of the vote. His rival, Sajith Premadasa, conceded.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Czechs use anniversary to pressure PM

About a quarter of a million Czechs gathered on the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that brought an end to communist rule in the country to give the Prime Minister an ultimatum, sell your business or quit your job.

PBS NewsHour

Iranians protest against increase in fuel prices

Al Jazeera

Bosnia migrant camp deemed inhumane

Bosnia has been overwhelmed by the arrival of migrants heading toward Europe along the so-called Balkan route. Most migrants flock to the northwest section, which borders European Union member Croatia.

Associated Press

Bosnia struggling with migrant crisis

Al Jazeera

Chinese Muslim students return to no family

Students Uighur community in the Xinjiang province returned home for university holidays to find members of their families had been taken away for “unhealthy thoughts”, leaked government documents show.

The Independent

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Cambodia starts release of opposition activists

The first of 70 political prisoners ordered to be freed by Cambodian Prime Minister have begun leaving jail, in a relaxing of tensions after opposition party leaders failed to return to the country to lead protests as promised.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of Chileans blinded by police

More than 200 protesters have been blinded by pellets fired by state security agents. The National Congress has bowed to a key demand of the monthlong rallies and ordered a referendum on a new constitution.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Electric car’s sound could benefit environment

Uruguay’s Toyota division is experimenting with a sound they hope stimulates plant growth, so each time you drive without gas, you’re giving the environment an extra boost.

Fast Company

Antarctica’s first zero-emission research station

Antarctica is the most remote and inhospitable place on Earth, but researchers have seen how challenges can be overcome at Antarctica’s only zero-emission research base, the Princess Elizabeth Antarctic Research Station.

Fast Company

GLOBAL HEALTH

Drop in US vaccination laid to anti-vax theories

More than half the states in America have seen a decline over the past decade in the vaccination of children against diseases such as measles, mumps, hepatitis B and polio, as unfounded anti-vax theories have spread.

Guardian

Interview:

Climate change poses particular threat to child health

NPR

Breakthrough offers hope in rabies battle

Researchers have discovered a way to stop rabies from shutting down critical responses in the immune system, a breakthrough that could help fight the deadly disease.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Keys to destroyed places turned into art

A woman from Paradise, California, has created a phoenix sculpture from thousands of donated keys to places destroyed in California’s deadliest wildfire last November.

CNN

Christmas trees headed to troops overseas

The Ohio Department of Agriculture and the Ohio Christmas Tree Association are partnering on an effort that will ship more than 100 Ohio-grown Christmas trees to military members stationed overseas.

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Grandma sends 100k holiday cards to troops

Laura Landerman-Garber is a grandma and clinical psychologist who expanded a small family tradition into a full-blown nonprofit which will send 100,000 cards to U.S. troops this holiday season.

CNN

Navy vet helps veterans launch startups

Navy veteran-turned-entrepreneur Todd Connor, launched Bunker Labs in 2014 with the mission of helping vets and their families launch and grow their own businesses. It has grown to 28 chapters across the country.

MSN

WWII vet plays national anthem on harmonica

CNN

ENVIRONMENT

China’s mega landfill is full 25 years early

The Jiangcungou landfill in in Xi’an city is the size of around 100 football fields. It was built in 1994 and was designed to last until 2044.

BBC

Coal mine emissions could stoke climate crisis

The methane emissions leaking from the world’s coal mines could be stoking the global climate crisis at the same rate as the shipping and aviation industries combined.

Guardian

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Yemenis go solar amid war energy shortage

Booming solar sector is transforming lives and energy sustainability in Yemen, poor country with scant rural power access even before conflict knocked out most of national grid.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Egyptian soccer coach tackles discrimination

Deutsche Welle

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Karamojong women dance in Uganda on Sept. 18, 2019. The Karamojong are an ethnic group of agro-pastoral herders living mainly in the northeast of Uganda. Their language, also known as Karamojong, is part of the Nilo-Saharan language group. (Photo by Rod Waddington) Photo used under CC BY

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