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A little girl in Barrio Flores, Cordoba, Argentina. Serious food insecurity affects 47 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean. Indigenous populations are more food insecure than non-indigenous populations. (Photo by Lisandro M. Enrique) Photo used under CC BY

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Inequality driving hunger, obesity in Latin America

Malnutrition and obesity are on the rise in Latin America for three years in a row, in a situation closely linked to the persistence of inequality in the countries of the region.

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The Wire

Trump signs immigration order to curb asylees

The Trump administration has signed an order that would effectively ban migrants who illegally cross the US-Mexico border qualifying for asylum. The move comes as thousands of migrants are making their way north.

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What asylum-seekers meet when they try to cross legally

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PBS

Post-9/11 ‘war on terror’ has killed over 500K

Hundreds of thousands of people in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan have been killed due to the so-called “war on terror” launched by the United States in the wake of the 9/11 attack, according to a new study.

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Al Jazeera

Sexual harassment not a crime in Japan

Women who have told their harassment stories publicly in Japan have been shamed and change may be hard to come by; sexual harassment is not a criminal offense in Japan.

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PRI

Modern slavery promotes overfishing

Labor abuses, including slavery, are “hidden subsidies” that allow distant-water fishing fleets to profit and promote overfishing.

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Phys.org

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Caught, gutted, sold: the final days of Dakar’s traditional fish market

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Guardian

Medics in Yemen plead for help

Aid agencies and medical staff on the ground in Hodeidah have begged the international community to intervene to stop the violence in the besieged Yemeni city.

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Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

France promises action over anti-Semitism

Violence against Jews and other acts of anti-Semitism have surged in France in the past nine months. The government will appoint prosecutors to tackle the problem and launch awareness programs in public schools.

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Reuters

Dozens of Rohingya flee camps by boat

Fears of a fresh wave of such dangerous voyages have risen, after a 2015 crackdown on people smugglers. The new departures come as Myanmar prepares to take refugees back after agreeing to repatriation with Bangladesh.

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Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Experts worry over prospects of Bosnian war

The fighting days of yore stopped, but sectarian politics did not. Recent Russian weapon shipments to Srpska police and a possible deployment of Russian military advisors have raised concerns of violence.

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Chile begins flying migrants back to Haiti

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Reuters

Australia urged to change course on detention

Critics brand policy ‘failure’ that has destroyed lives as children are airlifted to Australia for urgent medical treatment. Legal and medical experts are leading the campaign against an increasingly restrictive policy.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Science group urges keeping nuke plants open

The Union of Concerned Scientists is backing existing nuclear power because of climate reasons, despite continued concerns about the technology’s safety and waste. The support could help keep some power plants open.

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Axios

Ancient populations spread rapidly in Americas

Two studies found ancient populations expanded rapidly across the Americas about 13,000 years ago. They reveal large-scale movements between North and South America.

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Science Magazine

GLOBAL HEALTH

Indonesian vaccinations plummet over religion

Millions of Indonesians have eschewed the measles vaccine in recent months, after Islamic clerics declared the vaccine “haram,” or forbidden under Islamic law. Vaccine coverage has plummeted as a result.

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Science Magazine

India’s female lack help needed to live decent

Although women attend rehabilitation centers, they are at risk of relapse because of family, social and work pressures.

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Al Jazeera

Smallpox absent at migrant caravan

Mexico has deployed health aid to the migrant caravan making its way to the U.S. For the vast majority of patients, the goal here in Mexico City is to get well enough to keep up with the caravan’s grueling journey.

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NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Conjoined twins successfully separated

After a marathon effort involving an 18-strong medical team, the twins will start recovery. The operation had taken six hours and the girls have since been doing well.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Amazon aims to teach millions of kids to code

Amazon launched a program that aims to teach kids how to code. It will pay for summer camps and teacher training to benefit youth from low-income families who might not have learned to code otherwise.

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ABC News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Canada orders internal review of Afghan aid

The review is necessary after a U.S. agency found billions of dollars of Western foreign aid, including from Canada, had been lost to corruption, waste and mismanagement.

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Globeandmail.com

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Fighting poverty with fingerprint technology

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

World gleans Manizales for disaster response

The Colombian city funds projects through a variety of methods, notably via tax breaks to those who reduce the vulnerability of their properties. For citizens, laziness is the enemy.

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Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic ‘no safe harbor’ for breeding birds

The Arctic is no longer a safe haven for nesting birds. Climate change has reduced the number of hiding places for newborns, leaving new eggs defenseless.

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BBC

Risk involved when extracting carbon dioxide

Carbon removal at the scale that’s likely required to save the Earth is unproven. Besides the land needed to grow crops that can extract carbon dioxide, the infrastructure needed to store and move CO2 are lacking.

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CNN

ECONOMY AND TRADE

Venezuela’s inflation rate hits 830,000 percent

Inflation in the stricken South American nation of Venezuela hit an annual rate of 830,000 percent, according to new data, causing poverty and widespread violence.

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Business Insider

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Bandits butcher vet school’s horses for meat in Venezuela

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CBS News

Argentina’s beef industry defies market slump

Amid sky-high inflation, budget deficits, and severe unemployment, any good economic news is hard to come by in Argentina. But one industry is booming — beef. The government wants to serve more of it to the world.

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Al Jazeera

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A school girl in the Central African Republic. (Photo by Pierre Holtz | UNICEF) Photo used under CC BY

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