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A homeless woman pulls a shopping cart with her belongings in Ottawa, Canada. Under the expanded criteria for poverty, the new World Bank report has found the number of poor worldwide is “unacceptably high,” while the fruits of economic growth are “shared unevenly across regions and countries.” (Photo by Mikey G Ottawa/Street Photographer) Photo used under CC BY

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World Bank: Nearly half the world lives in poverty

Despite progress in reducing extreme poverty, nearly half the world’s population lives on less than $5.50 a day, with a rising share of the poor in wealthier economies, the World Bank has said in a new report.

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Phys.org

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A snapshot of poverty in America

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NPR

Yemenis fleeing war are denied refugee status

South Korea has denied refugee status to more than 300 Yemeni nationals who say they are fleeing either their country’s civil war or forced conscription to fight in it.

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KBS World Radio

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Rohingya refugees stuck in horrific stalemate

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CNN

UK traffickers using drugs to force slavery

Human traffickers in the UK are increasingly using drugs and alcohol as a means of controlling and forcing vulnerable British men and women into slave labor and sexual exploitation across the country, according to the Salvation Army.

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Guardian

Unsafe conditions in quarries across India

Thousands of workers toiling in hundreds of quarries in Madhya Pradesh inhale air filled with silica and other particulate matters that cause respiratory diseases like tuberculosis, asthma, and, more worryingly, silicosis.

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Asia Times Online

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Indian rock quarry slavery survivors welcome stiff sentence for their captors

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Armed conflicts cause food prices to skyrocket

Millions of people are going hungry because of armed conflict. Skyrocketing costs due to violence and political instability mean that a meal can cost up to two days’ wages for some, according to the UN World Food Program.

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Reuters

Number of hungry people doubles in DRC

Hunger levels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have doubled in the past year; 15 million women, men and children in the country do not have enough food to eat, up from 7.7 million last year.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Migrating Venezuelans battle harsh realities

Every day, more than 650 migrants start on the walk out of Venezuela. They rush illegally across borders, frequently encountering armed criminals. They walk for miles along roads, even traversing rigid mountains to seek safety.

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ABC News

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Trump now urges Mexico to stop migrant caravan

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CNBC

N. Koreans in EU fear deportation to S. Korea

Many North Koreans are not accepted as refugees and fear deportation to South Korea. Activists protest, saying North Koreans complain of discrimination in South Korea, which isn’t equipped to deal with refugees.

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Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Documentary takes shot at Zimbabwe leader

The film on massacres by Zimbabwe’s military has led to harsh exchanges as the 1980s killings challenge a president who preaches unity but refuses to apologize for his alleged role in one of the country’s deepest wounds.

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Yahoo! News

EU close to overcoming migration feud

The head of the European Parliament said any EU countries refusing to host refugees could instead pay more for migration and development projects in Africa.

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U.S. News & World Report

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Plantation map sets to regulate Papua forests

The newly installed Papua Atlas is designed to monitor the spread of plantations and road networks in the region. In can be used to minimize adverse impacts on the environment and indigenous communities.

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Mongabay

Zambia pushes back against cryptocurrencies

Cryptocurrencies might be the tech rave of the moment — but not for Zambia’s apex bank. The central bank has warned against using cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, as they are not recognized by the country’s financial system.

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Quartz

GLOBAL HEALTH

Brazilian families stricken by Zika live in poverty

After a Zika outbreak in Brazil caused thousands of cases of microcephaly and other devastating birth defects in newborns, most mothers have been abandoned by their husbands and must care for their kids alone.

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Reuters

Congo Ebola containment has been strong

The WHO has declared that the Ebola virus outbreak in the northeast of the Congo is not a health emergency of international concern. However, current efforts must remain vigilant.

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Nature

Myths obscure the effectiveness of bednets

Bednets are one of the best ways in the world to help people. But some persistent myths about them have clouded that basic fact — and those myths can threaten to roll back the progress we’ve made on fighting malaria.

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GOOD NEWS

Canadian NGO founder helps feed 2 million

Thanks to a partnership with the Bell Center, home to the Montreal Canadiens hockey team, all the uneaten food served in the arena’s private and corporate boxes is brought to a homeless shelter, where it is served for lunch.

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The Star

Hero of Cape Day champions kindness

During his many months in the hospital, a nurse made DJ a cape out of a pillowcase. It encouraged his spirit to be strong, even when his body wasn’t. Five years later, DJ still wears a cape and is back to say thank you.

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NBC 11

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

School helping kids of war needs new funding

One school, along with 10 others like it, is designed to ease Syrian kids back into something like a normal life. But U.S. funds will run out in just four months, and it’s unclear whether more money is coming.

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NPR

Charities urged to boost minority volunteering

The crisis of loneliness identified could get worse unless Britain’s charities start persuading more people who are poor, old, ill and from ethnic minorities to start volunteering, a new study says.

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Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Select trees used to repopulate cleared forests

As part of reforestation in Peru, scientists are trying out tree species that can survive in the sand left behind by illegal mining. They are also using bio-char compost to block the absorption of mercury from the soil.

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Guardian

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Chinese mills shirk winter ban, boost output

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CNBC

Fear of disease grips filth-strewn Nigerian city

Fear of disease has gripped residents of Ikorodu, Nigeria, due to the inability of the government to evacuate dumps. Refuse heaps have littered the community, raising fears that an outbreak of diseases may be imminent.

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Vanguard

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Nigeria’s largest Lassa fever outbreak sparked by rats

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Nature

ECONOMY AND TRADE

EU sanctions can de-industrialize Myanmar

The EU will assess the possibility of revoking a key trade status from Myanmar, a punitive move that would devastate key sectors of the economy, like the garment industry.

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Asia Times Online

Kenyan debt hits $55 billion as GDP grows

Despite outrage over the government’s borrowing appetite, the country’s GDP expanded by 4.9 percent. Minority leader Mbadi urged the government to cushion the poor against risings costs of living.

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Daily Nation

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Frantic but functional, Mumbai is an economic powerhouse

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CNBC

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A Kenyan boy has his mid-upper arm measured as part of a malnutrition screening program. (Photo by Russell Watkins/DFID) Photo used under CC BY

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