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A woman with one of her five children collects millet in a land rented by a community leader in Saluma Area, near El Fasher, North Darfur. Demographic trends show a billion people have lifted themselves out of poverty in the past 20 years, but swiftly expanding populations, particularly in parts of Africa, could halt the decline in the absolute number of extremely poor people in the world. The number may even rise. (Photo by UN Photo/Albert Gonzalez Farran) Photo used under CC BY

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Africa’s population growth sustains extreme poverty

Rapid population growth in some of Africa’s poorest countries could put at risk future progress toward reducing global poverty and improving health, according to a report by the philanthropic foundation founded by Bill Gates.

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Reuters

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Defusing the ‘demographic timebomb’: the world’s population challenges in 13 charts

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Telegraph.co.uk

Cameroon separatists commit ‘horrific violence’

Citing a graphic video of a beheaded security officer, Amnesty International notes a “horrific escalation of violence” in Cameroon‘s English-speaking areas ahead of next month’s presidential election.

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Tampa Bay Times

Village demo endangers Mideast 2-state solution

Israel’s Supreme Court has authorized the destruction of Palestinian village Khan al-Ahmar. The United Nations and the European Parliament have been highly critical, saying the move jeopardizes any chance of a two-state solution being found in the region.

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BBC

Greece to ease overcrowding in migrant camp

Greece has said it would move 2,000 asylum-seekers from the island of Lesbos to the mainland by the end of the month as pressure mounted on the government to ease overcrowding and poor living conditions.

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U.S. News & World Report

US slashes refugee admissions to historic low

The U.S. will allow no more than 30,000 refugees into the country in the coming year, down by a third from last year. The cut reflects a victory by White House hardliners over the State Department and the Pentagon.

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Guardian

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‘Trapped in limbo’: NGOs attack ‘shameful’ and ‘filthy’ conditions in Greek refugee camps

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The Independent

Hong Kong allows visas for same-sex couples

Hong Kong will recognize overseas same-sex partnerships when granting dependant visas, more than two months after the city’s top court granted a British lesbian a spousal visa.

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The Strait Times

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN report details Rohingya horrors

Horrific accounts of murders, rapes, torture and indiscriminate shelling allegedly committed by the Burmese against the Rohingya have been laid out by investigators in a report detailing evidence for genocide.

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Guardian

Burundi wants to quit Human Rights Council

Burundi threatened to withdraw from the U.N. Human Rights Council and sue its critics. A detailed report said the government was responsible for crimes against humanity.

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Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Eswatini activists seek to engage monarchy

Eswatini, the country formerly known as Swaziland, is set to hold elections, but democracy activists question the fairness of the polling system.

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Al Jazeera

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Poland is pushing the EU into crisis

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US police using app to conceal evidence

Long Beach police accused of using self-deleting messaging software to avoid disclosing incriminating evidence.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Artificial intelligence seeks to unlock the brain

While artificial intelligence has been busy trouncing humans at spawning eerily personable Alexas, some neuroscientists hope that algorithms driving those technologies can yield some insight into the human brain.

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Science Magazine

Data centers gobble up world’s electricity

Although info factories won’t spew out black smoke, they are not bereft of environmental impact. As demand for Internet skyrockets, the information industry could lead to an explosion in energy use.

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Nature

GLOBAL HEALTH

In Rwanda, sore throat can be a death sentence

In poor countries, strep throat often goes undiagnosed, and it can lead to rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease, in which the immune system attacks the heart. Some are too sick for heart valve replacement.

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The Bend Bulletin

Pakistan exhibits vaccination apathy

By raising awareness of the benefits of vaccination, Pakistan may overcome refusal and non-compliance with vaccination schedules — major factors in the country’s poor child-immunization performance.

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Sci Dev

Columns And Op-Ed

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Poor road quality costs consumers at the pump and boosts greenhouse emissions

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USA TODAY

Column (Justin Nobel):

Los Angeles should be buried: A day in the war between the city and its mountains

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Nautilus

Interview (Chris Lehmann):

These citadels of power: When superrich elites pretend to save the world

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The Baffler

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Ethiopia’s flag protests show a nation fighting to become united

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Quartz

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International law perspective on protection of human rights in Cambodia

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Asia Times Online

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Growing up in Barbados, school was a grind. But I was lucky

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Guardian

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Does anybody at the Emmys know what the word ‘diversity’ means?

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The Atlantic

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GOOD NEWS

American tribe regains part of ancestral lands

Like many Californian tribes, the Kashia were violently removed from the best portions of their lands during the formation of the U.S. But recently, the Kashia regained ownership of the heartland of its culture.

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Library loans out ties for job interviews

The New York Public Library is making sure you dress to impress in all your interviews as long as you don’t have any library fines. The goal is to help those with limited resources to get clothing for interviews and graduations.

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ABC 17 News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Donated chair honors library volunteer

Judy Briggs, a former teacher, volunteered weekly for about 15 years at the school library, where she was in charge of baby lap sits. After her passing, her fellow teachers wanted a way to remember her.

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Grand Island Independent

Nonprofit employee works to help, despite pay

Nonprofit workers do the job to help others. Some unfortunately, qualify for assistance themselves. Though Shana Knight doesn’t make much, she stays with the nonprofit because she knows she’s making a difference.

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Frederick News Post

ENVIRONMENT

Nigeria declares national disaster over floods

Thousands of people have been displaced following heavy rainfall in some central and southern states. Over 100 are expected to have succumbed to wrath of flooding.

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CNN

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The unequal burden of climate change

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The New Republic

Isolated peoples threatened in the Amazon

Protected forests in Brazil and Peru hold some of the world’s last remote indigenous groups, increasingly threatened by outsiders.

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National Geographic

ECONOMY

Bullet-proofing thrives in violent Brazil

The bullet-proofed personal vehicle has usually been associated with the rich, but in Brazil armored cars are far more common than in most countries.

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EWN

Even in good times, Americans get left behind

Americans’ household earnings are finally stretching back to their pre-recession heights. But feeling secure isn’t only a measure of how much money you have. It’s also a measure of how much you have compared with others.

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CNBC

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Expert warns of perfect storm for US economy in 2020

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Children get ready for a day in school in the town of Roma, Lesotho. (Photo by K. Kendall) Photo used under CC BY

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