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Refugees and migrants line up on a Somalia beach to board the boats that will take them across the Gulf of Aden to Yemen in small smugglers’ boats in groups of 10. (Photo by UNCHR/Alixandra Fazzina) Photo used under CC BY

Trafficking gangs exploit African migrant laborers

Trafficking gangs are flourishing across Africa through the exploitation of hundreds of thousands of migrants, yet nations are failing to dismantle networks due to a lack of coordination, according to the UN.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Young Nigerian women migrating to Europe are prime targets for sex traffickers

PRI

US Palestinian aid cuts hit Gaza’s poorest

The Trump administration is withholding millions of dollars in aid for the Palestinians, even money that seeks to address a deepening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

NPR

Calamities convince climate change doubters

Climate change is here and is affecting the entire globe — not just the polar bears or tiny islands vulnerable to rising sea levels. It is on the doorsteps of everyday Americans, Europeans and Asians, and the best evidence shows it will get much worse.

CNN

Sea level, greenhouse gases reach all-time high

Newsweek

Yemen ‘worst humanitarian crisis in the world’

Yemen has become the “worst humanitarian crisis in the world,” the European Union said, demanding the protection of civilians who continue to die in the 3-year-old conflict.

Al Jazeera

Australian medical neglect in Manus continues

Doctors say healthcare on Manus Island is the worst it has been and more refugees under Australia’s care will die if healthcare is not reformed and systematic failures continue.

Guardian

Nicaragua rights group closes after threats

The Nicaraguan Association for Human Rights has closed its offices in the Central American country after its staff received “alarming information” about threats to them.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Flame fades for Rohingya families

The majority are clustered in the forests around Kutupalong, which has become one of the world’s largest refugee camps. Once an area of greenery, it is now a sea of plastic tents, hanging from hillsides weakened rains.

Guardian

Argentine abortion bill loses momentum

Prospects faded over the weekend for a bill that would legalize abortion in Argentina, when an opposition senator said she had changed her mind and would vote against the measure.

Reuters

Churches step up pressure against abortion bill

YouTube

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Venezuela detains 6 in assassination attempt

Authorities detained six people suspected of using drones in a failed bid to assassinate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in what one witness described as a terrifying attack that shook her apartment building.

TIME

Zimbabwe victor cracks down on opposition

Human rights groups reported dozens of abductions, beatings and rapes carried out by unidentified men overnight in Zimbabwe.

Nehanda Radio

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tech removes conspiracy theorist’s content

Facebook announced that it had removed four pages belonging to U.S. conspiracy theorist Alex Jones for ‘repeatedly posting content over the past several days’ that breaks its community standards.

Reuters

Google seeks to dominate Chinese internet

The goal of the cloud initiative is to run internet-based services via domestic data centers and Chinese providers. China requires data be stored in the country, so Google needs partnerships with local players.

Yahoo! News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Women are on the frontlines for vaccines

Poor public infrastructure has made it difficult for Pakistan to eliminate polio. But Pakistan has undertaken government-backed anti-polio campaigns that have decreased the number of new cases in recent years.

ABC News

One woman makes it her mission to end Polio

Great Big Story

Congolese Ebola outbreak takes 33 lives

Containing an Ebola outbreak in a “war zone” in the Democratic Republic of Congo is among the most difficult challenges the WHO has faced.

Yahoo! News

Uganda seeks help over strange disease

Uganda has sent samples to the U.S. for further laboratory tests after a strange disease in the central region district of Mubende left eight people dead and 16 others hospitalized.

Xinhua

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Isabella Alexander):

The EU looks to offshore its migrant crisis, and that’s horrifying

NPR

Column (Uta Thofern):

Venezuela on the verge of imploding

Deutsche Welle

Column (Geoff Raby):

Not all successful markets are free

The Age

Column (Tafi Makha):

How did Mnangagwa win Zimbabwe’s landmark July 30 election?

Al Jazeera

Column (Baptiste Campion):

Platforms are not neutral: Online debate and the rules of interaction

Eurozine

Column (Abdi Latif Dahir):

Ethiopia’s new premier is now facing his first major domestic challenge

Quartz

Column (Julian E. Zelizer):

The press doesn’t cause wars, presidents do

The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Restaurant commits to feeding homeless

Seven days a week, at closing, staff at Ginger and Garlic on Adelaide Street in the Brisbane CBD divvy up any remaining curries, samosa, and naan bread, and give them away to those without a roof over their head.

Australian Broadcasting Company

Teacher safely shatters record across Atlantic

Despite weathering the remnants of a hurricane, a capsizing scare, and the constant presence of the famous North Atlantic fog, Carlson managed to shatter the previous record of 53 days and eight hours.

MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

‘King James’ opens school, gives kids bikes

After opening his school this week in Akron for at-risk children, LeBron James is making sure that the students have more than just school supplies. Each student at the school will receive a bicycle and helmet.

Sports Illustrated

Interview brings insight to LeBron James and current state of American schools

YouTube

Guatemalans declare war on plastic

Towns across this Central American nation is banning or mulling regulations on plastics amid growing evidence that waste is choking and killing the country’s lakes and rivers.

OZY

ENVIRONMENT

Tourists flee Indonesia after 6.9 earthquake

Rescuers used machinery to search for survivors after a magnitude 6.9 earthquake killed at least 98 people on Indonesia’s Lombok, prompting an exodus of tourists.

Reuters

China to crack down on ozone depletion

China is carrying out inspections on foam industries to crack down on illegal production of ozone depleting substances widely used in refrigerators and air conditioners.

Reuters

Special section:

China drowning in a sea of plastic

CBS News

Warming increases odds of storm landfall

Forecasters say the approaching peak of the hurricane season will be relatively quiet in the Atlantic. But a report points out a warming Arctic could drive a U.S. landfall more likely.

National Geographic

ECONOMY

Kenya’s debt is rising to dangerous levels

Analysts worry about the country’s debt compared with its national income. The debt can hinder social programs because huge portions of revenue are taken from essential services and used instead to service debt.

The Conversation

India slow to improve its blue economy

Despite being surrounded by three oceans, India is unable to utilize its marine resources due to lack of technological advancements and an educated youth.

Times of India

Zimbabwe can soon be middle-income state

Zimbabwe, where a new president was elected this week, could become a middle-income country within a decade, according to the World Bank’s vice president for Africa.

Bloomberg

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Mothers wait for their children to complete nutrition assessments at Juba Pediatric Hospital in South Sudan. (Photo by Robert Oxley/DFID) Photo used under CC BY

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