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A Shavante Indian mother and baby in Brazil. Brazil has had the highest rate of killings of land defenders, followed by the Philippines and Colombia. Widespread corruption prevents investigations into killings. (Photo by UN Photo/Joseane Daher) Photo used under CC BY

Indigenous land defenders slain globally at record rate

Rampant corruption and weak laws are fueling attacks on indigenous people trying to protect their land, with murders more than doubling in five years to a record high, researchers said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Tribal rights in India are a gray picture: experts

Down To Earth Magazine

Lawmakers seek global rules for social media

The UK and nine other countries have addressed issues around disinformation, fake news, electoral interference and data misuse — all things Facebook has been used for to disrupt democracies around the world.

PRI

EU directive permits ban on social media memes

BBC

S. Asian textile factories still unsafe for workers

Textile workers are still unsafe more than five years after the Bangladesh and Pakistan factory disasters. Both facilities manufactured clothes for popular European brands and both had abysmal safety standards.

Deutsche Welle

Doctors call climate change health threat

Rising heat and wilder weather linked to climate change make it “the biggest global health threat of the 21st century,” medical officials have warned.

Reuters

Britain asylum seekers struggle without work

Asylum seekers are having to choose between paying for medicine or buying food, a rights watchdog has warned, prompting renewed calls for the government to give people seeking sanctuary the right to work.

The Independent

Asylum seekers stuck in camp at Tijuana

Al Jazeera

New US trafficking policy puts victims at risk

The U.S. is taking steps to deport people who were trafficked illegally into the country if they cannot prove their ordeal, a move likely to have a chilling effect on victims coming forward, experts have said.

Devdiscourse

HUMAN RIGHTS

Venezuelan youth feed kids, organize protests

As Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro cracks down on opponents, the opposition’s youth are feeding children, inspiring community activism in women, and organizing protests to demand reliable drinking water and electricity.

Associated Press

Cambodia sees alarming rise in teen marriages

Mobile phone access across the country has brought young boys and girls closer to each other. Due to social pressures, the underage dating quickly translates into teenage marriage and pregnancy.

TRT World

Alarming increase in teen mothers in Cambodia puts health of youngest children at risk

Save the Children

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Kenyan MPs block women’s representation bill

Low turnout scuppered a vote guaranteeing Kenyan women more seats in parliament, with campaigners saying it was “a dark day” for citizens in the east African nation. The bill would have reserved 1 in 3 seats for women.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Japan votes to accept more migrant workers

Revolutionary plans to open up Japan’s labor market to foreign workers neared fruition as the government’s immigration reform bill was approved by the lower house of parliament. Opposition denounces measure as ‘half-baked’.

The Independent

Afghanistan forms team for Taliban peace talks

Afghanistan’s President Ashraf Ghani has formed a negotiating team to seek a peace agreement that would include the Taliban in a democratic and inclusive society that respects the rights of women, he told a UN conference.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Deep sea microbes could fight global warming

Scientists have identified new species of microbes in the Pacific Ocean, many of which gobble greenhouse gases and other waste to survive and grow. One day, they could remove climate-altering chemicals like methane.

Daily Mail

Light test can detect diabetes, heart disease

Shining a light onto the skin could become a new test to see if people are in the earliest stages of diabetes and heart disease. A small device shines a fluorescent light onto the skin and detects what bounces back.

New Scientist

GLOBAL HEALTH

Powdered polio vaccine could eradicate disease

A polio vaccine that can be stored as a dried powder at room temperature could offer a new way to help eradicate the disease in countries like Nigeria and Pakistan, where it can cause paralysis, death, according to researchers.

Guardian

WHO’s polio drive to cover 5M Yemeni kids

Khaleej Times

52 Namibians contract anthrax from goats

An anthrax outbreak in Namibia has struck at least 52 people who have handled or eaten dead goats. The WHO has warned “the likelihood of more human cases is high” as people in the region work with animals.

Daily Mail

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GOOD NEWS

Neighbors help sick farmer harvest crop

When farmers in West Texas learned that a neighbor had cancer and couldn’t harvest his cotton crop, they turned out to help.

CNN

London rolls out contactless donation points

London Mayor Sadiq Khan has launched contactless donation points to help charities combat homelessness. The 35 terminals, run by nonprofit TAP London, take £3 (US$3.83) donations by card.

BBC

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Patagonia donates tax cut to help environment

Patagonia, the popular outdoor gear brand, plans to donate $10 million to environmental groups using the money it’s saving from the Trump corporate tax cuts this year.

CBS News

Tech firms invest $20 million in affordable housing in Silicon Valley

Philanthropy News Digest

Russia splits with UN on aid in Syria

Russia called for changes to a UN measure allowing cross-border deliveries of aid to Syrians living in rebel-held areas. Russia argues that relief sent to Syria was being seized by armed groups.

France 24

There’s a downside to Jeff Bezos’ philanthropy

Vox

ENVIRONMENT

Last 4 years have been hottest in world history

This year is about to be the fourth-warmest on record, according to the World Meteorological Organization. The global average temperature for the first 10 months of the year was nearly 1 degree C above levels between 1850-1900.

BBC

Minorities are more vulnerable to wildfires

Affluent white people are more likely to live in fire-prone areas, but race and socioeconomic vulnerability can put minority communities at greater risk, a new study finds.

EOS

Polish city leaves behind its coal industry

The Wieczorek mine in Katowice is among dozens closing down throughout Poland, home to one of the most polluted coal mining regions in Europe. Residents of Katowice already notice the cleaner air.

Reuters

ECONOMY AND TRADE

Gender pay gap is larger than once thought

It’s often reported that in the U.S., women make about 80 cents for every dollar men earn. A report that recognizes the fact that women take more breaks from full-time work shows it’s worse: Over 15 years, women made just 49 cents for every dollar men made.

Vox

India farmers are demanding financial security

Thousands of farmers, laborers and rural workers will travel across India to New Delhi to participate in a two-day march. They’re demanding relief from debt and secured minimum prices for their crops.

Al Jazeera

India’s largest camel fair struggling

BBC

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South Sudanese refugees wait for processing at Imvepi reception center, supported by UK aid, in Uganda. (Photo by Robert Oxley/ DFID) Photo used under CC BY

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