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Families of people who have been disappeared in Mexico’s Guerrero State turned out in force at a 2017 hearing held by a delegation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights. In Guerrero, where violence stemming from the drug trade prevents thousands of people from getting medical care, Médecins Sans Frontières has taken over 11 primary health clinics. (Photo by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights) Photo used under CC BY

Brave medics offer care in violent Mexican state

In Mexico’s Guerrero state, where the murder rate is 69 times that of the UK, people have scant access to health care. Médecins Sans Frontiers has taken over 11 primary health clinics that have closed or are limited by the security crisis.

Guardian

Libya’s chaos explained: a fight for power

Renewed clashes between rival armed groups in Tripoli have plunged Libya into yet deeper chaos, casting serious doubt as to whether the war-wracked country is ready to hold planned elections later this year.

Al Jazeera

Hundreds of prisoners escape amid chaos in Libya

CBS News

Public gay caning stokes fear in Malaysia’s LGBT

Two gay women have been publicly caned in Malaysia over having a relationship amid a worsening climate for LGBT individuals in the Muslim-majority Southeast Asian nation.

CNN

Firms must do more to fight child sex abuse

UK Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced that the Conservative government was planning a major crackdown on child abuse online, and said that tech giants must do more to combat the problem.

CNN

Facebook’s definition of terrorism helps authoritarian states mute dissent

Reuters

Protests over economic crisis spread in Yemen

Demonstrations spread to new parts of southern Yemen even as they eased slightly in the port city of Aden following government orders aimed at strengthening the local currency and reversing economic decline.

Reuters

US cancels $300M more in aid to Pakistan

The Pentagon has canceled another $300 million in aid to Pakistan, bringing to $800 million the total cut in U.S. payments to the country this year.

ABC News

Is the US using aid as a foreign policy tool?

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Saudi coalition denies war crimes in Yemen

A spokesman for a Saudi-led coalition denied that a school bus full of children was targeted in an airstrike last month in Yemen, despite much evidence to the contrary.

CNN

African migrants flee detention in Tripoli

A video posted on social media purportedly showed hundreds of Africans, some carrying plastic bags, walking in a long line away from the detention center.

Today Online

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Spain cancels bomb sales to Saudi Arabia

The deal was originally signed in 2015 under Spain’s former conservative government, but the new center-left administration of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez plans to return the money already paid by the Saudis.

ABC News

Venezuela denies facing migration crisis

Venezuela has said migration flows from the country is “normal,” and that the situation is being used to justify foreign intervention in the country. The UN said the exodus of citizens out of Venezuela is nearing a “crisis moment.”

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Amazon India unveils Hindi website

None of India’s other leading e-commerce portals currently have a local language version of their apps or websites, and the move to launch a Hindi website could give Amazon access to tens of millions of new customers.

Reuters

Scientists seek tests to discern refugees’ ages

The test uses chemical modifications to DNA that accrue over a lifetime, called an “epigenetic clock,” to determine a person’s age. Aware of its benefits but also of its lack of precision, scientists sounded an alarm.

Nature

GLOBAL HEALTH

Dementia now predictable 10 years in advance

Dementia can be predicted 10 years in advance because of an algorithm. It combines a blood test with a person’s age and sex to determine their risk of developing a neurological disease.

Daily Mail

Legionnaire’s disease cases on the rise

Forbes

Kerala battles ‘rat fever’ outbreak after floods

India’s Kerala state is battling an outbreak of a bacterial disease that authorities suspect has killed dozens of people since mid-August after the worst flooding in a century.

Times of India

Columns And Op-Ed

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For its own sake, India should give trade a chance

NPR

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Aretha Franklin’s biggest legacy wasn’t singing; it was social justice

The Undefeated

Editorial:

Three postwar liberals strove to establish the meaning of freedom

Economist

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The New Yorker has dropped Steve Bannon from its festival – and played right into his hands

Guardian

Column (James G. Slaughter):

Women are the key to next generation workforce development

The Hill

Column (Sera Assi):

Has Trump gone too ‘pro-Israel’ and anti-Palestinian even for Israel’s own leaders?

Haaretz

Column (Michael Bociurkiw):

French schools say ‘Non!’ to cellphones

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Man dances across US to fight slavery

If you traveled the western US this summer, there’s a chance you’ve seen a man dancing along in a neon tutu and headband, waving to passers-by. His dancing raised more than $6,000 for Anti-Slavery International so far.

MSN

Plastic waste could be turned into marine fuel

A new technology that turns plastic into fuel is already in operation in India and is turning tons of plastic waste into fuel. The technology promises to be cheap, have low emissions and produce no hazardous waste.

Port Lincoln Times

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

China’s Xi pledges $60B in aid, loans for Africa

Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced a $60 billion package of aid, investment and loans to Africa, against a backdrop of growing concern about rising debt distress from Chinese loans to the continent.

CNN

Should Africa be wary of Chinese debt?

BBC

UN apt to get $1B in aid for Lake Chad region

More than $1 billion in fresh aid will likely be pledged at a conference of donors to the drought-plagued region around Lake Chad. Donors pledged this sum would be made available “over coming years.”

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Elephants decimated near Botswana sanctuary

Carcases of nearly 90 elephants have been found near a famous wildlife sanctuary in Botswana. Elephants Without Borders said the scale of deaths is the largest seen in Africa.

BBC

Algae now pervading water supplies

For the first time in Oregon’s history, toxins from a nearby algae bloom had made their way into a city’s tap water. Today, Oregon is now requiring public water suppliers to test for toxins from algae.

NPR

ECONOMY

South Africa stumbles into a recession

South Africa’s economic growth slowed unexpectedly, pushing the country into a recession for the first time since 2009.

Business Insider

Argentina imposes austerity measures

Argentina has announced austerity measures in a bid to tackle the “emergency” created by the country’s currency crisis.

BBC

IMF’s Lagarde to meet Argentinian minister as crisis deepens

YouTube

Photo of the Day

The Hashoo Foundation is implementing a project for the Afghan refugees residing in Islamabad who have been deprived of basic necessities. The foundation has established two basic health units for males and females, initiated primary education system for the children and equipped young people with some marketable skills such as tailoring, embroidery, motor winding and electrician. (Photo by Hashoo Foundation) Photo used under CC BY

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