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A Venezuelan rests in a Red Cross center. The UN estimates 2 million more Venezuelans will depart for neighboring countries in 2019. (Photo by European Union/N. Mazars) Photo used under CC BY

Venezuela’s neighbors brace for millions of refugees in ’19

The Venezuelan crisis now threatens to overwhelm Colombia and other countries in South America and is likely to test their good will in 2019 as migration and asylum claims from other Latin America nations pick up.

Reuters

US orders medical checks after migrant kids die

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of a child in the agency’s care this month.

Al Jazeera

Illustrator‘s sketches from a border bus station show a ’miserable, degrading and demeaning’ experience

PRI

Bonded-labor outrage sparks action in India

Violence faced by more than 50 workers rescued from a ginger farm in southern India has prompted calls for authorities across the country to step up efforts in 2019 to end modern-day slavery.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Warming-caused events took terrible toll in ’18

Extreme weather events linked to climate change cost thousands of lives and caused huge damage throughout the world in 2018.

BBC

Deadly weather: The human cost of 2018’s climate disasters – a visual guide

Guardian

Syrian refugees in Lebanon fall deeper in debt

Syrian refugees in Lebanon are falling deeper into debt, with 2018 being the worst year yet, as more families marry off children to cope financially, according to a report by the UN.

Global News

China asks women to have kids for the country

China, the world’s most populous country, is asking couples to have more children after ending its one-child policy three years ago — but to little avail. Social media posts deride its efforts as “intrusive and insensitive.”

Newsweek

HUMAN RIGHTS

Labor abuses a ‘risk worth taking’ for employers

Fashion workers in Britain are being cheated of fair wages as lack of tough action make abuses “a risk worth taking” for factory owners, lawmakers have said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

1/3 of UK arms sales are to rights violators

Nearly a third of arms exports authorized by Britain over the past decade were to nations identified by the government as among the worst for human rights, new figures reveal.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Saudi Cabinet reshuffled after writer’s murder

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has issued an overhaul of top government posts, including the foreign minister, following international fallout from the killing of Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi nearly three months ago.

TIME

UAE reopens Syria embassy, a boost for Assad

Reuters

EU slams Israeli settlement plans on West Bank

The European Union has roundly condemned new Israeli plans to build more than 2,000 homes in the West Bank. Israel’s settlements in the occupied territory are a major obstacle to peace efforts in the region.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Could e-bandages soon speed wound healing?

Researchers have developed a self-powered bandage that generates an electric field over an injury, dramatically reducing the healing time for skin wounds in rats.

ScienceDaily

Sustainable ‘plastics’ are on the horizon

A new study introduces bioplastic polymers that don’t require land or fresh water. It is derived from microorganisms that feed on seaweed. It is biodegradable, produces zero toxic waste and recycles into organic waste.

phys.org

GLOBAL HEALTH

‘Selfie wrist’ an emerging hazard of digital age

“Selfie wrist” could cause a form of carpal tunnel syndrome, a doctor has warned. This may cause a tingling or sharp pain, which comes from flexing your wrist inward or holding your phone too long without moving.

FOX News

After 50 years, Uzbekistan eliminates malaria

The World Health Organization has certified Uzbekistan as malaria-free, confirming the end of the country’s half-century long battle for malaria elimination within its borders.

Vanguard

Japan suffers biggest population decline ever

Japan suffered its biggest natural population decline ever this year, according to government statistics. The fast-graying nation posted a record-low birthrate of 921,000, the lowest since records began in 1899.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Kashmir residents give, take clothes via wall

A group of young people in Indian-administered Kashmir have established a “Wall of Kindness” by which people can donate and accept warm winter clothes. The group was inspired by initiatives in Iran and Turkey.

Al Jazeera

Boy’s reaction to getting ketchup for Christmas is pure holiday joy

Today

Indians work to save Italy’s Parmesan cheese

Thousands of Indians who migrated to Italy are turning their hand to making Parmesan cheese, a quintessentially Italian craft.

Al Jazeera

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Rwandan clinics help women fight violence

A culture of victim-blaming and high levels of sexual and physical abuse are being tackled with tough laws as well as dedicated centers to help survivors.

Guardian

New Zealand aid demand rises for kids

Too many Kiwi children have struggled for basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter this Christmas and things are likely to get worse in early-2019, experts say.

Auckland News

Syria refugees appeal for aid after Idlib camps flooded

Middle East Monitor

ENVIRONMENT

Rising sea drives Miami’s rich to higher ground

Climate change is prompting Miami‘s rich to abandon the oceanfront and head for the hills. That’s bad news for the people of Little Haiti, a ridgetop immigrant community suddenly sitting on hot property.

Deutsche Welle

Rescue and aid efforts underway in Indonesia after deadly tsunami

NPR

Japan’s plan to restart whaling stirs umbrage

Japan says it is to restart commercial whaling in July in a move that is likely to draw international criticism. It said it would withdraw from the International Whaling Commission, the whale conservation body.

BBC

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Koreas break ground on railway project

A South Korean delegation crossed the heavily guarded border into North Korea as the two countries held a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for an ambitious project to modernize North Korean roads and railways.

Deutsche Welle

Fast food company offers interns a slave wage

Hungry Jack’s — an Australian fast-food chain operated by U.S. food giant Burger King — is being grilled over a summer work experience opportunity for young people that unions have labeled exploitative.

SBS

Wisconsin’s child care worker shortage fueled by low wages, no benefits

WPR

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Workers at Ambassa Enterprises, a coffee buyer and exporter based in Addis Ababa, sort beans for export. (Photo by Pete Lewis/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

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