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A Kenyan mother with her child. This woman receives nutrient-enriched peanut paste, distributed to help treat children suffering from malnutrition. Worldwide aid donations topped $27.3 billion in 2018, but they were by no means enough to meet global humanitarian needs. (Photo by Russell Watkins/DFID) Photo used under CC BY

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Humanitarian demand outstrips donations

As armed conflicts in countries like Syria, Yemen and South Sudan continue to rage and natural disasters around the world regularly affect access to food, water and shelter, humanitarian aid is in high demand.

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Cambodia’s ruling party won all seats in July

Cambodia’s ruling Party won all 125 parliamentary seats in a national election, electoral authorities said as the opposition called the result illegitimate.

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Reuters

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U.S. expanding visa bans over Cambodia poll

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Reuters

Despite US aid cut, schools for refugees to open on time

Schools teaching half a million Palestinian refugees will reopen across the Middle East as planned later this month, UNRWA said, despite funding cuts by its biggest donor: the U.S.

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Reuters

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Trump administration to kill $3B in foreign aid

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Politico

Thousands await rescue amid deadly floods

Thousands of stranded people are waiting for rescue and officials pleaded for more help as relentless monsoon floods battered the south Indian state of Kerala, with over 190 dead.

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CBC News

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Kerala floods: Images after worse deluge in a century

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BBC

Zimbabwe leader wants challenge dismissed

Lawyers representing Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa have filed papers urging the country’s Constitutional Court to throw out an opposition challenge to his recent election.

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Associated Press

Unified Koreas highlight Asian games opener

Thousands of spectators cheered wildly as athletes from the rival Koreas paraded side-by-side behind a “unification” flag in the opening ceremony for the Asian Games.

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ABC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

US imposes sanctions on Myanmar military

The United States imposed sanctions on four Myanmar military and police commanders and two army units, accusing them of “ethnic cleansing” against Rohingya Muslims and widespread human rights abuses.

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Reuters

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Rohingya compile their own record of killings

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Reuters

Europe’s response to migrant crisis wrong, UN

The second crisis of the NGO-run vessel Aquarius has come to an end. UNHCR praised the agreement but has highlighted the need for a “predictable disembarkation mechanism” for migrants rescued at sea.

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El Pais

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Duterte willing to quit if dictator’s son takes over

Rodrigo Duterte would be willing to quit as president of the Philippines if the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos becomes vice president and his constitutional successor.

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The Independent

Somali president names new military chief

Somalia named a new military supreme commander, a deputy head of intelligence services and ahead of presidential security as part of a revamp of security forces to better tackle the Islamist militant threat.

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Reuters

Ethiopia PM’s reform agenda threatened

HRW have called on the Ethiopian government to address a rising spate of insecurity in the country and that ethnically and religiously-charged killings particularly in the Oromia and Somali regional states were a cause for worry.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mystery of volcanic eruption solved using trees

A mystery concerning one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last 4,000 years has been resolved using data from tree rings.

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The Independent

Galaxy 11.3B light-years away full of dark matter

The outermost stars in the Cosmic Seagull, a galaxy 11.3B light-years away, race too fast to be propelled by the gravity of the galaxy’s gas and stars. They move as if by an invisible force, indicating the hidden presence of dark matter.

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Science News

A mineral could be used to suck CO2

Magnesite, a type of magnesium carbonate, could be used to store CO2 from our atmosphere, which could be immensely helpful in our fight against climate change.

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ZME Science

GLOBAL HEALTH

Multi-gene test may find risk of heart disease

You know your cholesterol, your blood pressure... your heart gene score? Researchers say a new way of analyzing genetic test data may one day help identify people at high risk of a youthful heart attack in time to help.

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CBS News

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Low-carb diets could shorten life, study suggests

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CNN

US drug deaths hit record 72,000

Authorities announced that more than 72,000 people had died of drug overdoses nationwide in 2017. Leading the death toll is the increasing number of fatalities from fentanyl.

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Oregon Live

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GOOD NEWS

School personnel donate sick days to teacher

A public school teacher needed at least 20 additional sick days for chemotherapy, days he didn’t have. He posted a selfie on Facebook and appealed for help. In four days he had enough sick days to cover an entire semester.

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CNN

12-year-old gets kidney donation from teacher

The Koebckes had exhausted their donor options. One day, the boy received great news from his doctor, they found a match. Little did the family know, the donor was someone they already knew.

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CBS News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

NYU announces tuition-free medical school

New York University will offer free tuition to every student at its top-10-ranked medical school without regard to need or merit.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

Nonprofit raises funds for school in need

Charleston Hope is holding its annual fundraiser to help those in low-income schools. It allows the nonprofit to run classroom mentor programs and girl empowerment programs.

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WCSC

ENVIRONMENT

Thailand to ban importing e-waste and plastic

In a bid to stop stockpiling garbage in Thailand, the government plans to ban imports of plastic and electronic waste. The environment minister has called on the Thai recycling industry to use domestic scrap first.

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Murder of indigenous leader highlights threat

Indigenous people in the Brazilian Amazon are mourning the murder of a community leader who campaigned to protect the forest from logging amid escalating violence in the region.

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Guardian

ECONOMY

Maduro orders 96% devaluation in Venezuela

Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro announced a single exchange rate pegged to the government’s petro cryptocurrency, effectively devaluing by 96% in a move economists said would fan hyperinflation.

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CNBC

Congo, IMF talks rooted in ‘trust’

Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso says his government is negotiating “on a basis of trust” with the IMF on the country’s financial problems.

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News24

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Informal economy sustains African migrants

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Quartz

New Sri Lankan port may link India and China

Chinese-funded Colombo Port City likely to boost Sino-Indian relations, with promotional campaigns to woo Indian investors already under way.

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Asia Times Online

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A traditional dance performance in Bali. (Photo by William Cho) Photo used under CC BY

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