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World failing to guard human rights, UN warns

As those who lived through two world wars die out, taking with them real memories of past atrocities, the world is back on a path to self-destruction, the UN has warned.

Guardian

Australia accused of torture in refugee court case

Channel NewsAsia

UN adopts global migration pact without US

The United Nations has adopted a deal aimed at improving the way the world copes with rising migration, but almost 30 countries stayed away from the ceremony in Morocco.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Belgium’s government loses majority over UN migration pact

Guardian

Togo’s fierce crackdown on protests turns deadly

Deaths were reported in Togo after security forces moved against protesters across the West African state. Opposition leaders accused “regime soldiers” of opening fire and urged their supporters to continue street demos.

Deutsche Welle

Hungarian workers protest over ‘slavery law’

Thousands of Hungarians have taken to the streets to demonstrate against a proposed new labor law and for more academic freedom in the country.

Al Jazeera

Musicians in Gaza fight siege to play for peace

With just one grand piano in the whole of Gaza, and a dwindling number of teachers, young Palestinian musicians fight an 11-year-long blockade to keep music alive amid war.

The Independent

Meet the Nigerian who grows crops in the air

CNN

Medical gloves are being made by forced labor

The UK’s National Health Service is using medical gloves made in Malaysian factories where migrants are allegedly subjected to forced labor, forced overtime, debt bondage, withheld wages and passport confiscation.

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Hungarian workers protest over ‘slavery law’

Hungarians have taken to the streets to protest a proposed new labor law, that critics have dubbed “the slavery law.” The introduced draft bill seeks to allow employers to ask for up to 400 hours of overtime work a year.

Al Jazeera

Egypt restricts yellow vest sales to avoid copycat protests

Associated Press

Nepal’s children at risk of abuse in aid sector

Fears are rising that Nepal has become a target for pedophiles acting under the cover of aid work or philanthropy.

Al Jazeera

Majority of au pairs in Australia are exploited

The majority of foreign au pairs working in Australia are being asked to do housework on top of their childcare duties by families taking advantage of cheap labor, a new report says.

CNN

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Duterte: ‘Drug war protects innocent Filipinos’

Rodrigo Duterte’s administration, highly criticized for its alleged human rights violations in its anti-drug operations, said the fight against illegal drugs will remain steadfast to protect innocent Filipinos.

CNN

Mexico’s new government takes aim at drug cartel finances

Reuters

Venezuela’s ruling party wins local elections

President Nicolas Maduro‘s party emerged victorious in local polls, marred by a high rate of abstention. Only 27 percent of Venezuela’s 20 million voters cast ballots amid mistrust in electoral process and ban on opposition.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Tailor-made vaccine tech to fight epidemics?

A global coalition set up to fight disease epidemics is investing up to $8.4 million to develop a synthetic vaccine system that could be tailor-made to fight multiple pathogens such as flu, Ebola, Marburg and rabies.

Reuters

Skin cells being reprogrammed to fight cancer

A research team from Lund University in Sweden has developed a process for converting human skin cells into immune system sentinels, T cells, which could lead to safer immunotherapy treatment options.

Futurism

GLOBAL HEALTH

Indians using illegal drugs to treat malaria, TB

India is awash with unapproved drug formulations, including those dispensed for diseases like TB and malaria, raising safety and efficacy concerns, says a new study.

Quartz

For Rajasthan’s miners, silicosis deepens TB struggle

The Wire

‘Anti-vax’ movement foiling medical progress

Measles has been surging through Europe, despite being easily preventable by vaccine. Reports from world health bodies have found the “anti-vax” moment responsible for pushing back decades of advancement in medicine.

express.co.uk

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

The Guardian view on women’s rights: do not take progress for granted

Guardian

Column (Marshall Auerback):

GM proves that slashing wages isn’t the ticket to profitability

Asia Times Online

Column (Stephanie Miedema and Tharaphi Than):

Myanmar debates women’s rights amid evidence of pervasive sexual and domestic violence

The Conversation

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GOOD NEWS

Laotian families turn bombs into bracelets

About a dozen families in the village of Ban Napia, Laos, fashion jewelry from shrapnel. It is a curious twist to the devastating war — one that helps them make a living from bombs as they wait for their land to be cleared.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Businessman donates trees for the poor

Philanthropist Bruce Bucky donated 75 Christmas trees to the needy. This is the 12th year that Bucky has made Christmas brighter for less fortunate families on Oahu.

Hawaii News Now

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Rich investors urge action on climate change

Global investors managing $32 trillion in assets have called on governments to accelerate steps to combat climate change, as policymakers meet for talks at the United Nations conference in Poland.

Reuters

India stops funding to NGOs for defying order

India’s Union home ministry has suspended the foreign funding license of 156 NGOs for their failure to open bank accounts linked to the Public Financial Management System.

Times of India

ENVIRONMENT

China tackles steel industry’s slag heaps

China’s self-styled war on pollution is extending to a new front: the solid waste that makes up thousands of slag heaps around the country, a byproduct of its record steel output.

Reuters

Engineer processes biogas from organic waste

Deutsche Welle

Arctic is undergoing shorter ice season

Iñupiat hunters can only hunt for seal on the ice when it’s thick and stable enough to support their weight. But this year — because of climate change — instead of ice there were waves crashing on shore.

NPR

ECONOMY AND TRADE

Investors urge big firms to pay living wage

Investment firms are bringing renewed pressure on the UK’s largest companies to pay workers enough for a basic standard of living — £10.55 (US$13) per hour in London and £9 (US$11) in the rest of the UK.

The Independent

One in six UK pensioners are now living in poverty, new report finds

The Independent

German rail strikes cause widespread delays

German rail workers went on a nationwide four-hour strike to protest for higher wage increases. Two of Germany’s biggest rail unions plan to return to negotiations with Deutsche Bahn.

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

An 11-month-old Mauritanian child named Khadidja rests after being treated for malnutrition by the EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations. (Photo by Sylvain Cherkaoui/DFID/ECHO/ACF) Photo used under CC BY

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