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Many Sri Lankan children were born in refugee camps in India. For them, Sri Lanka is abstract, associated either with distant relatives or war. Some are curious and want to discover their home country; others are less enthusiastic. (Photo by EC/ECHO Arjun Claire) Photo used under CC BY

Sri Lankan refugees plan to return home from India

Thousands of Sri Lankan refugees living in India are ready to return to their homeland decades after fleeing civil war, according to a rights group that said returnees will receive a plot of land and other assistance.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

In S. Sudan, collecting trash is a form of protest

South Sudanese meet every month to clean the capital, Juba. The environmental movement is a creative protest against civil conflict; it unites people from warring tribes.

Deutsche Welle

Lifting sanctions didn‘t help Sudan’s economy

Al Jazeera

US policies don’t deter desperate migrants

Across Mexico and Central America, the calculations of millions of would-be immigrants are shifting, as the Trump administration makes a series of restrictive moves designed to stanch the flow of undocumented migrants into the United States.

Politico

Palestine women face political exclusion

Women are being shut out of Palestinian politics and excluded from peace talks, according to Randa Siniora, the first female Palestinian campaigner to address the UN Security Council.

Guardian

Turkey’s plan to save water may cost history

The town of Hasankeyf sits on the bank of the Tigris River. A new dam will cause the river to rise some 200 feet, submerging the ruins of the 900-year-old bridge and Neolithic caves.

National Geographic

Refugees trapped in Toronto’s housing crisis

For new refugees in Toronto, finding a safe place to live is the first priority. Despite the fact that Toronto has a large homeless shelter system, the system is close to capacity.

The Tyee

Refugees relive experiences through poetry in Germany

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Russian prisoner wins human rights award

Oleg Sentsov became a symbol of political prisoners worldwide when he went on the hunger strike, demanding freedom for dozens of Ukrainians jailed by Russia. Sentsov is serving a 20-year sentence in a Russian prison.

NPR

Russian police refuse to investigate domestic violence

The Independent

Uruguay is expanding LGBTQ rights

Uruguay passed a law massively expanding rights of transgender people. The new law defines gender-affirming surgery and hormone therapy as a right and ensures those treatments will be paid for by the state.

Quartz

Ivory Coast teachers launch strike over pay, conditions

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Burundi government skips talks on next election

Officials from President Pierre Nkurunziza‘s government did not turn up for a final round of talks aimed at ending Burundi’s severe political crisis. The talks are going ahead without them.

Deutsche Welle

Brazil front-runner expected to sever Africa ties

The views of Jair Bolsonaro, the candidate favored to win Brazil’s upcoming runoff presidential elections, are narrowly informed by his racist views. As a result, his government can be expected to scale back Brazil’s engagements with Africa.

Quartz

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Rare genetics illuminate human history in Africa

Little-studied ethnic groups in Africa are helping researchers to understand the movements of people who lived there tens of thousands of years ago.

Nature

Google fires 48 employees for sexual misconduct

Al Jazeera

Machine can make drinking water out of air

Machines designed by a California-based team can produce up to 300 gallons of fresh drinking water a day by pulling it straight from thin air. Depending on the model, they can be used for households, farming or emergency relief.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Pesticides gives rise to colon cancer deaths

Colon cancer is the third most common type of cancer worldwide. It is more common in developed nations, but a few countries in Latin America are now approaching the levels of incidence seen in the developed world.

SciDev

After stem cell transplant, man with MS able to walk and dance for first time in 10 years

CBS News

Virginity tests are still common in Morocco

A Moroccan sociologist is warning that “virginity tests” are dangerous and ineffective but will persist in her country as long as girls are viewed as vessels of family honor.

Huffington Post

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GOOD NEWS

Shoe-shiner donates tips to sick kids

Every Tuesday and Thursday, Albert Lexie shined shoes at a Pittsburgh hospital, for 30 years. He died earlier this month at age 76. What makes Lexie’s story so remarkable is that he donated all of the $200,000 to a fund that helped sick kids.

CNN

Same-sex penguin couple become parents

Sphen and Magic, a pair of male gentoo penguins at Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in Australia, are the proud new dads of a 91-gram chick, the aquarium has announced.

NPR

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Liberia rape scandal shifts aid sector spotlight

A rape scandal at a U.S. charity in Liberia has exposed the dangers of small, unregulated organizations escaping scrutiny over sexual abuse in the aid world, experts say.

Reuters

UN-led aid convoy to Syria’s Rukban camp postponed

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Typhoon-hit N. Mariana islands hope for US aid

Residents of a U.S. territory in the Pacific ravaged by Super Typhoon Yutu are hopeful for aid from the federal government as they dig out from damage including crumbled houses, smashed cars and fallen utility poles.

TIME

ENVIRONMENT

Great Barrier Reef at risk of massive death

Mass bleaching and coral death could be likely along the entire Great Barrier Reef this summer, according to a long-range forecast that coral experts say is “a wake-up call” for the Australian government.

Guardian

Jordan floods sweep away school bus

The bus was carrying 37 pupils and seven members of staff. A huge rescue operation has been launched. Israel said it had sent helicopters at Jordan’s request.

BBC

Mexico flooding fears prompt evacuation efforts

TIME

ECONOMY AND TRADE

Hog industry is being slaughtered in trade war

The dueling salvos of the U.S.-China trade war are landing particularly hard on the pork industries of both nations – and spraying shrapnel that has damaged other major pork exporters, such as Brazil and Canada.

Reuters

African TV shows are becoming valuable

Media company Canal+ has added twice as many subscribers in Africa, now its second-largest market. Canal+ has lost 1.3 million individual subscribers in mainland France due to stiff competition for rights to sports events.

Reuters

Western trade wars hurt Colombian farmers

In the pitched grocery-chain battle, it’s all about who can cut costs the most and still turn a profit. For banana farmers, these price wars can threaten their livelihoods.

Quartz

Colombia grows record amounts of coca, the key ingredient in cocaine

NPR

Photo of the Day

In the Central African Republic, a nation of about 5 million people, some 1.1 million people have fled their homes to escape factional conflicts. (Photo by EU/ECHO/M.Morzaria) Photo used under CC BY

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