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A young Yemeni boy in Mazrak IDP camp in northwest Yemen eats from a satchet of “Plumpynut,” a peanut-based food used in famine relief. Nearly 10,000 people have been killed by the Yemen conflict and 3 million have been displaced. Thousands more have died from malnutrition and disease. (Photo by Hugh Macleod / IRIN) Photo used under CC BY

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Attacks on Yemen put 5M kids at risk of famine

More than 5 million children are at risk of famine in war-torn Yemen, according to Save the Children. Renewed attacks on the key port city of Hodeida could further disrupt food, fuel and aid supplies, potentially causing “starvation on an unprecedented scale.”

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The one thing about Yemen everyone gets wrong

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The New Republic

Vietnamese workers face abuse in Saudi Arabia

Vietnamese women working as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia say they are forced to work at least 18 hours a day, denied food, assaulted and denied the right to return home.

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Al Jazeera

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Scotland sets sights on slavery as more Vietnamese chase ‘pot of gold’

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Drug war overwhelms Mexican morgues

Authorities in Jalisco state are scrambling to find a storage solution for dead bodies because Mexican law prohibits cremating corpses associated with violent crimes. As many as 157 corpses are being stored in a mobile morgue that bounces around the city’s suburbs.

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TIME

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Roaming truck full of over 150 bodies sparks outcry in Mexico

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Global News

Gender-equality index highlights big data gaps

World leaders who have pledged to end gender inequality by 2030 will miss the ambitious target if they do not accelerate efforts to plug “profound” data gaps, experts have said.

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Business Day

India bans instant divorce for Muslim men

An Islamic practice that allows Muslim men the ability to instantly divorce their wives is facing a ban in India, as the government has determined it violates women’s rights.

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Newsweek

Morocco targets migrants headed to Spain

Hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants escaping poverty and violence in their home countries are fleeing to forests to escape police raids in the northern Moroccan port city of Tangiers — only to be chased from their makeshift camps.

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ABC News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Life is bad for asylum-seekers in Greece

Hundreds of asylum-seekers stranded on Greece’s Lesbos island are living in makeshift tents in a field overrun by garbage, without electricity or running water.

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Reuters

Cuban president backs same-sex marriage

The new leader said he backed marriage “between people without any restrictions” but that it would be up to Cubans to decide whether or not to approve same-sex marriage as part of far-reaching constitutional reforms.

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Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

US court orders political donor disclosures

The ruling closes, at least for now, a loophole that has allowed wealthy donors to finance aggressive ads while staying anonymous.

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NPR

German spymaster axed after alleging fraud

The man in charge of protecting German democracy from far-right extremism was removed from his position for suggesting that a left-wing group might have faked video evidence of an attack on foreigners.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Wasps are as ecologically useful as bees

The scientists suggest a public relations campaign to restore the wasps’ battered image. They’d like to see the same efforts made to conserve them as there currently are with bees.

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BBC

Humans need to work hard to prevent sloth

Scientists have been trying to find the cause of this conundrum: Society encourages people to be more physically active, yet we are becoming less active. One experiment indicates our brains may be innately attracted to sedentary behavior.

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ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Kids globally plagued by preventable deaths

An estimated 6.3 million children died before their 15th birthdays last year, or one every five seconds, mostly due to a lack of water, sanitation, nutrition and basic health care.

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CBC News

Kenyan charity accused of furthering abortions

International charity Marie Stopes denied promoting abortions to girls in Kenya after the government banned an advertisement, saying it wanted to raise awareness.

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Ireland repeals amendment that banned abortion

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The Hill

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GOOD NEWS

Dad is gifted car he once sold to care for wife

Wesley Ryan was known around San Antonio for his beloved Mustang, Christine. Wesley parted with the car when his wife was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and needed surgery. His kids set out to get Christine back.

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CBS News

Laundry program gives bullied kids hope

A school principal discovered kids were not showing up because they were bullied for not having clean clothes. He lobbied for washers and dryers so these kids can clean their clothes for free.

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CBS New York

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

US nonprofits brace for refugee reduction

After President Trump announced plans to reduce the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the country, Central Texas nonprofits said they are worried about the future of refugee resettlement programs.

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My Statesman

Donations help US hurricane victims

When disaster strikes, the American Red Cross is there. They are some of the first to respond, striving to get people’s lives back to normal, even hosting a boy’s birthday amidst calamity.

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WATE

ENVIRONMENT

Greenland combed for climate answers

A new project aims to clarify how Greenland itself contributes to rising seas, but also to apply that knowledge to Antarctica.

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Reuters

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Microbes speed up Antarctic melt

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National Geographic

Joblessness drives poaching for sea snails

Poverty and crime in South Africa are driving a surge in the illegal harvesting off its shores of the abalone, a large sea snail coveted as a delicacy in some parts of Asia.

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Reuters

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Slaughtered rhino embodies S. Africa’s poaching crisis

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ECONOMY

Are Nigerian megachurches exploiting faithful?

Pentecostal churches are wildly popular in Nigeria — and increasingly rich, as they run thriving businesses empires on the side. Critics say they exploit people’s faith.

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Indonesia paying price of state ownership

A falling currency will make it costly for the state to run mines and energy fields. Propelled by nationalism and political pressure, Indonesia is coming to terms with assuming ownership of its costly resources.

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Asia Times Online

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Workers in Mozambique doing maintenance in the workshops. (Photo by Eric Miller/ World Bank) Photo used under CC BY

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