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A mother and child in Shaxi, China. The Chinese government may soon rescind limits on child-rearing. (Photo by Nick) Photo used under CC BY

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China moves to conclude decades of family planning

The Chinese government could be moving to end birth restrictions, amid growing concerns over an aging population and a dropping birth rate.

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CNN

UN rights office to survive US funding cuts

Threatened U.S. funding cuts wouldn’t be “fatal” for his office, the United Nations’ human rights chief said, but he added that he hoped other countries won’t follow suit.

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Associated Press

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Nicaraguans in US terrified of looming end of protections

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CNN

Rights group challenges Myanmar’s aid limits

Government restrictions on lifesaving aid for displaced people in northern Myanmar could constitute a war crime, advocacy group Fortify Rights said, as pressure grows for accountability for rights abuses in the country.

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Reuters

Woman seeks presidency, awarded jail time

Rwanda is often described as the best place in the world for women in politics, with more female lawmakers in parliament than any other country, but it’s not the case if you challenge President Kagame.

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CNN

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Iran arrests ‘tens of spies working for government bodies’

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Al Jazeera

S. Africa violence targets foreign-owned shops

Three people were killed in South Africa during violence targeting foreign-owned businesses in Soweto, police say. Some shopkeepers are reported to have fled the area carrying the goods they managed to salvage.

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BBC

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11 million in urgent need in Lake Chad region: NGOs

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France 24

HUMAN RIGHTS

France, Spain reject call to accept migrants

A call by Italy for France and Spain to offer up their ports for the disembarkation of migrants rescued in the Mediterranean has failed to garner the backing of EU member states, despite Rome’s threat to pull the plug on the EU’s Operation Sophia rescue mission.

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Guardian

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Italy demands EU opens more ports to migrant ships

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Reuters

Thai detention of asylum seekers raises alarms

Rights groups expressed alarm at Thailand’s detention of more than 160 asylum seekers from hill tribe ethnic minorities in Vietnam and Cambodia, saying they face possible persecution if returned to their homelands.

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ABC News

Qatar failing to deliver on World Cup promises

Hundreds have died while working on World Cup projects. Qatar says workers have died for reasons unrelated to conditions, but these are euphemisms for heat-related deaths and argue that Qatar doesn’t provide autopsy reports.

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DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

May, Nigeria president ink security partnership

Theresa May has signed a security pact with Nigeria’s president aimed at helping the country combat the militant group Boko Haram through better military training and anti-terrorist propaganda techniques developed in the UK.

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Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Brain implant could halt epileptic seizures

An electronic chip implanted in the brain has been used successfully to prevent epileptic fits. The device can detect the ‘electric storm’ in the brain when a seizure starts and release a natural chemical to stop it.

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Daily Mail

Strength of gravity measured to new precision

Two experiments measuring the tiny gravitational attraction between objects in a lab have measured Newton’s gravitational constant, or Big G, with an uncertainty of only about 0.00116 percent.

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ScienceNews

GLOBAL HEALTH

Congo starts school on time to battle Ebola

Officials in Congo announced they will start the school year on time, as the deadly Ebola outbreak seems to have lessened in intensity but worries linger especially as 3 community deaths were reported today.

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Axios

Algeria haunted by old foe cholera

Two people have so far died, with scores hospitalized in a southern region of Algiers. Watermelons are thought to be the origin of the outbreak.

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Gulf News

Fiji to host forum on global health next year

FIJI will be hosting the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum on Global Health in 2019.

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Fiji Time

Columns And Op-Ed

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End of the line for Hay’et Tahrir al-Sham in Syria?

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Al Jazeera

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Australia seeks balance with China on rights

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Social media mobilization is a bright spot in Uganda’s dark Bobi Wine saga

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Quartz

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The climate fight’s next turning point

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Japan Times

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Air pollution killed my daughter – and now I can prove it

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Guardian

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America’s suffocating class system

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Huffington Post

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A simple reason why older Americans overdose on opioids

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The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

Fish passes mirror test, might be self-aware

Another animal passes the mirror test — surprisingly, this time it’s a fish. The mirror test is a classic experiment used to determine animal self-awareness that only a handful of species have passed.

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ZME Science

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Japan favors aid quality over quantity

The philosophy of Japanese foreign aid – of non-intervention and self-help, held up by the weight of history – holds valuable lessons for its counterpart in the United States, another generous global patron.

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Borgen Magazine

ENVIRONMENT

Dangerous warm water found under Arctic

A warm region of water trapped deep below the surface of the Arctic seas north of Canada has the potential to leave the area devoid of ice.

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The Independent

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This NASA image shows how California’s wildfires are affecting the atmosphere

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CNBC

ECONOMY

Report: US sanctions to ‘cripple’ Iran economy

U.S. imposed sanctions on Iran’s oil industry will “cripple” the Middle Eastern country’s economy after they take effect in early November, according to a new report released.

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USA TODAY

Global shares extend fall on trade threats

A closely watched barometer of global equities fell for a second day as a report that U.S. President Trump was preparing to step up a trade war with Beijing dampened risk appetite and erased some gains from a recent rally.

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Reuters

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Trump threatens to withdraw US from WTO

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France 24

Argentina’s currency crashes to an all-time low

Investors are increasingly concerned that Latin America’s third-largest economy could soon default as it struggles to repay heavy government borrowing.

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CNBC

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Crashing currency chaos spreads across the Global South

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Asia Times Online

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Members of a community farming group at work in their community fields near the town of Masi Manimba, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo by Russell Watkins/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

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