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A volunteer with Action Against Hunger visits with a displaced family in Maiduguri, Nigeria. She explains the basic measures to prevent childhood illnesses and shows her how to use the multicolored band to measure a child’s arm and assess if he is undernourished and in need of immediate care. (Photo by EU/ECHO/ Isabel Coello) Photo used under CC BY

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Displaced Nigerians told to return to unsafe region

The northeastern Nigerian region of Guzamala is viewed by the UN and aid organizations as high-risk and hard to reach. Nonetheless, Nigerian officials have told people their home areas are safe and they can go back to their livelihoods.

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CGTN

Migrants trapped in detention after clashes

Hundreds of migrants have been abandoned without food or water in government-run detention centers in the Libyan capital after guards fled from clashes between rival armed groups in the past few days.

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Reuters

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Ceasefire in force after days of fighting in Tripoli

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Al Jazeera

Myanmar denies UN claims of Rohingya genocide

The team cited an estimate from aid group Reporters Without Borders that some 10,000 people had been killed, but outside investigators have had no access to the affected regions, making precision impossible.

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Al Jazeera

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Myanmar dam breach displaces thousands of refugees

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India’s court places activists under arrest

Critics of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government have hammered the allegations against the activists and said the crackdown was part of ongoing attempts to stifle dissent.

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Channel NewsAsia

Global lithium demand fuels Chile’s ‘water war’

Threats of a government crackdown on over-usage of water often ring hollow. A global boom in demand for lithium has set off a scramble in Chile, which is home to nearly 50 percent of the world’s reserves of the metal.

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Reuters

Ortega behind widespread repression, UN says

A new report describes illegal arrests, torture and closed trials. People have been dismissed from work to discourage participating in or supporting the protests.

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ABC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Peru declares emergency at Venezuelan border

Peru declared a health emergency at its northern border as thousands of Venezuelans, fleeing economic crisis and hunger at home, continued to stream into the country despite tightening entry requirements.

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Reuters

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Gaza brain drain: Woes force thousands to leave

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Al Jazeera

UN sees war crimes by both sides in Yemen

Both sides in the ongoing conflict in Yemen may have committed war crimes in the three-year civil war, a UN body has said.

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The Independent

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A pop star, a protest, and a likely case of torture in Uganda

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The Atlantic

Thai junta to ease political parties’ restrictions

Thailand’s military junta announced it will ease some restrictions on political parties to let them conduct basic functions and prepare for elections set for early next year, but campaigning will still be forbidden.

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ABC News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Mexican police rescue kidnapped migrants

Mexico’s federal police carried out an operation that freed 22 Central American migrants who were being held captive in Chiapas, which borders Guatemala. Authorities also found nearly 400 kilos of cocaine.

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Italy to veto EU budget for immigration policy

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Luigi Di Maio threatened to veto the European Union’s seven-year budget plan should the bloc not do more to share the burden of migrant arrivals.

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Reuters

Colombia referendum fails to meet quorum

Colombia’s anti-corruption referendum has failed to reach the minimum number of votes required for it to be valid. Less that 12 million people went to the polls and the referendum needed a little more than 12 million.

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BBC

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Thieves replace Paraguay police rifles with toy replicas

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BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tunnels discovered between the skull and brain

According to a new study of mice and humans, tiny tunnels run from skull bone marrow to the lining of the brain and may provide a direct route for immune cells responding to injuries caused by stroke and other brain disorders.

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ScienceDaily

With sales surge, EU has 1M electric vehicles

A huge sales increase in the first half of the year propelled the European market over the one-million-electric-vehicles mark, reports industry analyst EV-Volumes. This is the second market to pass the benchmark after China.

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ZME Science

GLOBAL HEALTH

Yoga music at bedtime is good for the heart

Listening to yoga music at bedtime is good for the heart, according to research presented at ESC Congress 2018.

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ScienceDaily

Worldwide gun deaths reach 250,000 yearly

Gun deaths worldwide total about 250,000 yearly and the United States is among just six countries that make up half of those fatalities, a study found.

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CNBC

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Rates of three STDs in US reach record high

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CNN

Climate change to increase nutrient deficiencies

Rising levels of carbon dioxide could make crops less nutritious and damage the health of hundreds of millions of people, research has revealed, with those living in some of the world’s poorest regions likely to be hardest hit.

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Guardian

Columns And Op-Ed

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How could leading charities ‘give people power’?

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Poor science contributes to Delhi’s air pollution crisis

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Civil society must participate in the renewal of South Africa

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Of walls, windmills and power lines: China’s long-term energy strategy

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Asia Times Online

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A predictable fiasco in Chemnitz

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Europe needs a clean break from America on security

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Has Trump ended NAFTA? Not just yet

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GOOD NEWS

Scotland first to make sanitary products free

Around the world, lack of access to sanitary products frequently stops students from going to class. Some students miss days of school, and others drop out completely.

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CNBC

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Alabama hospital hosts graduation for NICU baby

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CNN

Paris, Tokyo, NY, others pledge to slash waste

By slashing food waste and improving waste management and recycling, 23 global cities and regions representing 150 million people pledged to significantly cut the pollution-causing garbage they generate by 2030.

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AFP

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Maria exposed gaps in help for disabled

"We didn’t prepare accurately for the emergency and to address the needs of people with disabilities” in Puerto Rico, according to an independent government agency.

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NBCNews.com

Flood-struck Indian state seeks World Bank aid

The Kerala government will seek funds from the World Bank to help the state in massive reconstruction efforts that are required in the backdrop of the flood damage.

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Gulf News

Gates grants $92M for school improvement

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has announced grants totaling $92 million in support of efforts to help middle schools and high schools identify and solve common problems and refine best practices.

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Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Can climate science shift climate politics?

For decades, most of the science about the impacts of climate change has focused on impacts that will disproportionately hurt poor nations and peoples. Rich societies have the resources to respond.

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The Brookings Institution

Europe set to ban halogen light bulbs

After 60 years, halogen light bulbs will be replaced with LEDs. The ban is part of an EU directive, which aims to ban less efficient energy light sources, improving energy efficiency and cutting carbon emissions.

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ZME Science

NASA’s laser satellite to monitor ice decline

NASA is scheduled to launch an advanced satellite that scientists will use to measure changes in elevation of land ice in polar regions like Greenland and Antarctica.

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Yahoo! News

ECONOMY

Ethiopia ousts state firm from Nile dam project

Ethiopia has ousted state-run Metals and Engineering Corporation from a $4 billion dam project on the River Nile due to numerous delays in completing the project.

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Reuters

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Will the largest dam in Africa ever be completed?

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Al Jazeera

S. Africa to keep investing in a green economy

The government has thrown its weight behind renewable energy in a new integrated resources plan. The plan will see no increase in the use of nuclear energy.

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Fin24

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La Tumba Francesca Pompadou, a Cuban dance troupe, performs in Guantanamo, Cuba. (Photo by Jack Wickes) Photo used under CC BY

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