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A garbage collector at the dump outside of Brasilia, Brazil. The World Bank has said urgent action is needed to prevent untreated waste from clogging the streets. Failure to collect and properly treat solid waste contributes to flooding, air pollution, and public health impacts such as respiratory ailments, diarrhea and dengue fever. (Photo by Steve Evans) Photo used under CC BY

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Global waste to outpace population growth by 2050

Global waste is set to swell to 3.4 billion tons by 2050 from around 2 billion tons in 2016, with the greatest increase projected to be generated in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, according to a report by the World Bank.

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How to clean 160 billion pounds of ocean garbage

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Mashable

Colombian abuse victims come forward

Hundreds of women have come forward to talk to groups about their sexual abuse during Colombia’s decades of civil war. After a peace deal with the FARC, Colombia is trying crimes committed by all sides in the conflict.

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Colombia’s hidden cocaine route

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Kids of interned Uighurs forced into orphanages

Chinese authorities are putting the children of Uighurs and other ethnic minority groups into dozens of state-run orphanages across the western Xinjiang region even if their parents are not dead, as some 1 million adults in their families are sent to internment camps.

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The Independent

Cameroon’s schools close doors amid crisis

School attendance is compulsory for all children until the age of 12, but gunshots on the streets and threats from separatist forces mean many are denied this right as classrooms have become part of the ongoing warfare.

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Guardian

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Why are young Anglophone men taking up arms to fight Cameroon’s military?

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TRT World

Canada declares Rohingya killings ‘genocide’

Canadian legislators have unanimously voted to declare crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims by the Myanmar military to be genocide. Human rights observers called the declaration as a significant milestone.

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Al Jazeera

Court finds Duterte guilty of rights violations

An international people’s court has found Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte guilty of violating the political and economic rights of Filipinos. The Manila government has called the ruling a sham.

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UCA News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Turkish airport workers jailed over protests

Turkish authorities are moving forward with plans to open what has been described as the world’s biggest airport late next month — after quelling days of labor unrest that led to at least 400 detentions.

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The Independent

Saudis stymie UN investigation of Yemeni war

Saudi Arabia and allied states balked at efforts to renew work by the UN investigating human rights violations in Yemen. A diplomatic showdown is underway with some Western countries over scrutiny of a the disastrous war.

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KLFY

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Indians fault Modi for lack of economic progress

As Indian Prime Minister Modi mobilizes his bid for re-election, he and his political party are being buffeted for a lack of jobs, falling farm prices and rural wages and a tax reform that led to unemployment.

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Reuters

France pushes Mali to make peace with rebels

France will press Mali’s President Keita to move more quickly to bring into force faltering peace accords with rebels as Islamist militants keep up actions to destabilize Mali.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

World’s first animal shaped like pancake

Fossil imprints that resemble the rippled underside of a mushroom’s cap are remnants of the oldest-known animals in Earth’s history. The finding is based on a chemical analysis of fatty molecules preserved in the fossils.

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Nature

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Rare gulper eel caught on camera

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BBC

Years after torment, Indian scientist vindicated

The former top Indian space scientist who was arrested and tortured in 1994 after allegations he sold space program secrets to Pakistan, has finally had his name cleared and his treatment condemned by the highest court in India.

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Science Magazine

GLOBAL HEALTH

In Afghanistan, childbirth is riskier than war

On average, new mothers are kept in the birth ward at the Doctors Without Borders maternity hospital in Afghanistan for six hours, but some leave after three, before darkness falls again. Sometimes mothers have to travel for days, in pain and bleeding, over insecure roads in carts.

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Phnom Penh Post

Cholera tightens chokehold over Lake Chad

More than 500 people have died from cholera in the Lake Chad region since the start of the year, representing the worst outbreak to hit the area in four years.

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GOOD NEWS

Mongolian man turns landfill into park for kids

A Mongolian construction worker who returned home after working in South Korea for several years turned a former granite park — one that was being used as a landfill — into a beautiful park for children.

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MN News

Organ donation saves Pennsylvania man’s life

You might consider donating an organ to a family member or a close friend, but would you take that risk for a stranger? A local man may be alive today because someone made that difficult decision.

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WTAJ

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Viral cat nap reels in cash for pet sanctuary

After a post about a sweet volunteer named Terry went viral, the pet sanctuary where this cat-loving man spends his time is close to reaching the its funding goal for the year.

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‘Cat Grandpa’ goes viral after adorable nap photos

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NRA membership declines after dues hike

An audit has revealed a decline in memberships to the National Rifle Association because of an increase in fees. Experts say the current model isn’t sustainable.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Building sea walls could stave off melt

Barriers could halt the slide of undersea glaciers and hold back sea level rises predicted to result from global warming.

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Guardian

Puerto Rico tap water going largely untested

When Hurricane Maria slammed Puerto Rico last year, the storm damaged reservoirs, leaving many people dependent on bottled water for months, and more skeptical than ever about the island’s tap water.

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NPR

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Nature weaponizes water against the Carolinas

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CNN

ECONOMY

Chinese bank dumps cash into Africa

The China Development Bank has provided more than US$50 billion in financing to about 500 projects in 43 African countries.

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Asia Times Online

S. Africa unveils new fiscal recovery plan

South African President Ramaphosa announced a raft of policy reform plans including prioritizing US$3.5 billion of public spending to boost economic growth.

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Channel NewsAsia

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A girl enjoyis a mango while her mother waits for prenatal care in Patongo, Uganda. (Photo by Sanjoy Ghosh) Photo used under CC BY

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