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Stateless child barred from Thai Govt. School. In recent years, Thailand has amended its Nationality Act to make it easier for displaced Thais to get citizenship and has given all stateless people access to basic education and health care, the process of acquiring citizenship is complex and challenging. (Photo by Joseph Quinnell) Photo used under CC BY

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Thailand’s stateless people struggle as legal nobodies

Thailand is home to 487,000 stateless people. While the government has committed to “zero statelessness” by 2024, applying for citizenship remains a “challenging and complex” process.

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South China Morning Post

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Court upholds UK cap on number of child refugees

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Guardian

Laws, taboos turn Senegal women to infanticide

Infanticide is the second most common reason women are jailed in Senegal. In a majority Muslim and deeply religious country, abortion is prohibited by religion and the country’s strict abortion laws.

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NPR

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Infanticide in Kenya: ‘I was told to kill my disabled baby’

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China’s drought losses to soar as planet warms

Economic losses caused by drought in China will rocket to tens of billions of dollars per year if global warming breaches the limits set by governments in a 2015 agreement. Farmers in the country’s dry zone already suffer from high levels of poverty.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indian cities speed up land acquisitions

India’s fast-growing cities are hurting the poor in their drive to speed up land acquisition for new metro train networks, roads and government offices by ditching vital legal safeguards, analysts and campaigners say.

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Reuters

Australian women secure repeal of tampon tax

Australia will remove a controversial tax on female sanitary products after years of campaigning by women’s groups. Currently, tampons are sold with a 10 percent tax because they are categorized as nonessential items.

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BBC

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She had no sanitary pads. No one knew and no one helped.

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CNN

Shortage of HIV drugs a concern in Venezuela

Growing numbers of HIV-positive LGBT+ people are dying after crossing into neighboring Colombia due to a shortage of HIV/AIDS drugs. Since 1991, Venezuela has distributed free antiretroviral drugs to fight HIV/AIDS.

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Devidscourse

HUMAN RIGHTS

Nicaragua’s ’macha’ vows to fight in exile

Branded a terrorist by Nicaragua and a hero by her comrades, Urbina has become a leading figure against President Ortega. She’s earned respect for her efforts in mobilizing the youth in the face of a cancer diagnosis.

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Guardian

Irish take to the streets over housing crisis

Trade unions, political parties, students, homeless charities and campaign groups have united in their call for radical changes to the Irish government’s housing policy.

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Virgin Media

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Who owns the land in Namibia?

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Texas detention camp swells with migrant kids

The precise rows of US government tents by the border just feet from Mexico keep multiplying. The detention camp for migrant children at Tornillo not only remains after it was expected to close, but is expanding fast.

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Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

EU considers sanctions on Myanmar

The European Union is considering trade sanctions on Myanmar over the Rohingya crisis, stripping the country of tariff-free access to the world’s largest trading bloc.

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Reuters

Ethiopia’s ethnic rivalry hinders reform

Ethiopian Prime Minister Ahmed’s first five months have brought enormous change to the country. But all is not well in Ethiopia. Ethnic tensions and violence are on the rise, and the levels of violence today are disturbing.

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Quartz

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Youth coders navigate through Gaza destruction

With its bombed-out buildings and severe power shortages, Gaza is far from the information superhighway. That does not stop young people from dreaming that they can turn this strip into the Arab world’s Silicon Valley.

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BBC

Communities agree to shape scientific research

Scientists from disciplines as varied as archaeology, health and climate have embraced the approach, working with communities on different aspects of research.

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Nature

GLOBAL HEALTH

India’s ID system has led to starvation for some

Privacy advocates are alarmed that the government has collected so much personal data. And advocates for the poor say some technical glitches have actually led to denial of benefits — even costing lives.

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NPR

Australia on path to eliminating cervical cancer

The country is on track to meet the threshold of four or fewer new cases per 100,000 women each year, eliminating the cancer by 2028.

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GOOD NEWS

Photo project challenges refugee stereotypes

A new photographic exhibition features portraits of 10 refugees now living in the UK. They describe the lives they have left behind, the challenges they have faced here and their dreams for the future.

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Syrian refugee challenges therapy stigma

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Reuters

Anonymous donor helps feed 20,000 people

Since 2013 an anonymous person has made substantial offers at the local fair, purchasing live stock. This year the buyer used their purchase to give back to more than 60 food banks to help address food insecurity.

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NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofits sidestep traditional financing

Major nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations have found a way to take advantage of a moral turn in financial markets through another fashionable finance product: exchange-traded funds.

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Quartz

Chinese youth help protect Africa’s rhino

Southeast Asia’s demand for horn drives the loss of rhino to poaching in Africa. Through university-led programs, students are designing awareness campaigns to motivate communities to stop using rhino horn.

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South Coast Herald

ENVIRONMENT

Hurricane Florence made worse by warming

In the aftermath of extreme weather, there’s an urgency to understand how much climate change affected the outcome. There’s more compelling evidence that global warming is providing storms like Florence with more fuel.

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Vox

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Volcano erupts on Indonesian island hit by earthquake, tsunami

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ABC News

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Scenes from Palu, devastated by tsunami

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Vice

Indian temples are going plastic-free

Recently, an elephant died after eating some of the plastic by pilgrims who trek through a wooded forest to reach a shrine. To honor the elephant, Indian temples look to ban plastic.

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National Geographic

BUSINESS

Zimbabwe economy exceeds expectations

Zimbabwe’s economy is expected to grow by more than six percent this year driven mainly by agriculture and mining, as the government seeks to boost growth after the fall of Mugabe.

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Al Jazeera

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Turkish inflation rate soars amid warning over price hikes

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Indian government expands, avoids recession

India’s government has taken over a major private infrastructure financing and construction group after it began to default on its debt repayment - and the news sparked panic in the financial market.

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BBC

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Members of a native tribe gather around a fire in Namibia. (Photo by Marc Veraart) Photo used under CC BY

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