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A scene from Gaza in 2014. A thousand plagues afflict the Middle East. Observers foresee more chaos, fragmentation and misery in 2019. (Photo by UN Photo/Shareef Sarhan) Photo used under CC BY

Potential for violence multiplies across Mideast

Conflict in some of the world’s most troubled lands has deepened in the past year – with so many players vying for power, the most dangerous possibility will be an unplanned, accidental war.

The Independent

Afghanistan civilian deaths and injuries up by 36%

Guardian

Syrians flee as fight pushes on against last ISIS remnants

NPR

Guantánamo branded ‘stain on US rights record’

Guantánamo Bay remains a “stain on the human rights record” of the U.S. and the scene of ongoing human rights violations, said Amnesty International in advance of a rally to mark the 17th anniversary of its opening.

Guardian

Oceans rapidly heat up, creating fierce storms

The world’s oceans are rising in temperature faster than previously believed as they absorb most of the world’s growing climate-changing emissions, with 2018 expected to be the hottest year yet, displacing the 2017 record.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Saudi Arabia aims to ban child marriage

Saudi Arabia is trying to ban child marriage through new regulations, but loopholes are leaving young girls in the deeply conservative kingdom unprotected, campaigners have said.

South China Morning Post

US Immigration has issued visas to thousands of child brides, spouses

NEWS.com.au

N. Korea not progressing on rights, UN says

Despite more than a year of international engagement and promises of economic reform by North Korea’s leaders, the human rights situation in the isolated country remains dire, a top UN rights official has said.

Reuters

India citizenship bill ignites mass protest

In northeast India, protests have broken out over a bill that would grant citizenship to migrants from religious minority groups. Opponents say that the bill would endanger the region’s “cultural identity.”

Deutsche Welle

HUMAN RIGHTS

Drought, population causing Kabul water crisis

A shortage of rain and snow, a booming population and wasteful consumption have drained Kabul’s water basin and sparked a race to the bottom, as households and businesses bore deeper wells in search of water.

Channel NewsAsia

Afghanistan faces severe clean water shortage

Al Jazeera

Is water scarcity a bigger threat than the Taliban in Afghanistan?

The Diplomat

Palestinians deride highway as ‘Apartheid Road’

A new highway in the occupied West Bank has been hailed by Israelis but condemned by Palestinians as “Apartheid Road,” as it could deny them access to the West Bank, threatening a future Palestinian state.

Al Jazeera

Palestine Liberation Organization calls for UN to restore ‘zionism is racism’ resolution

The Jerusalem Post

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Canada wants to welcome 1M more immigrants

Canada is reportedly planning to welcome more than 1 million immigrants over the next three years. The Canadian Parliament announced its plans to bring new permanent residents into the country by 2021.

The Hill

Countries that welcome refugees and immigrants are happier

The Hill

Nicaragua closer to new civil war, judge warns

Nicaragua is closer to “total economic chaos” and a new civil war than ever before, a supreme court judge has warned in a searing resignation letter to President Daniel Ortega.

Yahoo! News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Earth’s magnetic North Pole moving erratically

Earth’s north magnetic pole is moving fast and in an unexpected way, baffling scientists involved in tracking its motions. This field makes earth’s life thrive as it deflects the solar wind, protecting us from harmful radiation.

Newsweek

APA cites guidelines for ‘healthier’ masculinity

The American Psychological Association has put forth a controversial set of guidelines for clinicians that aims to help boys and men grapple with “traditional masculinity.”

The Atlantic

GLOBAL HEALTH

Cancer in America is down, for the rich anyway

Mortality rates from cancer in America declined each year from 1991 through 2016, averting 2.6 million deaths. But for those in poor and rural areas, the news isn’t so good.

Bloomberg

World’s biggest tobacco company to stop selling cigarettes in favor of smoke-free products

Sky News

UK will send maggots to Syria to clean wounds

The UK government is taking part in a pioneering international aid project which could see consignments of maggots sent to crisis zones such as Syria as a simple and effective way to clean wounds.

Guardian

Maggots in ‘teabags’: Is it time to resurrect this ancient solution to antibiotic resistance and wound care?

abc.net.au

Columns And Op-Ed

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Editorial:

A light of moral legitimacy in Congo, Venezuela

Christian Science Monitor

Column (Vijay Prashad):

150 million Indian workers say no to despotism

Asia Times Online

Column (Alon Ben-Meir):

Corruption in the Balkans is impeding EU membership

The Globalist

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GOOD NEWS

Bus driver awarded for saving toddler

A bus driver in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been honored for saving a toddler wandering alone in freezing conditions.

CBS News

Baby saved by bus driver is from Burma; baby’s mother is mentally ill

YouTube

Scotland battles hate crime with new signs

In a bid to tackle hate crime, billboard-sized posters have sprung up across Scotland “Love lives in this country, not hate.” That’s the message of an advertising campaign that is designed to tackle hate crime across Scotland.

Positive News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Aid groups rush to protect Louisiana coast

Predictions about sea level rise grow increasingly dire, and the coast of Louisiana is on one of the front lines of this slow-motion crisis. Community foundations play crucial roles in supporting coastal conservation.

Inside Philanthropy

Nonprofit clients can drive sustainable design

Those at the top can empower architects to make impactful choices, provided they embrace sustainable goals of substance.

Metropolis

ENVIRONMENT

Displaced Native American tribe gets relocated

A small Native American tribe in Louisiana whose land has nearly vanished into the sea has moved a step closer to relocating its community further inland after authorities acquired new land for the move, part of a first-of-its-kind project.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

EU air pollution deadlier in E. Europe, Balkans

There is a striking disparity between Eastern and Western Europe — a revitalized Iron Curtain has emerged. Eastern European and Balkan countries suffer the highest rate of air pollution-related deaths in Europe.

Forbes

Mother wins right to seek new inquest into girl’s death linked to air pollution

Guardian

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Warming halts business in southern Africa

El Niño brought low water levels to southern Africa. Some of the worst affected areas were without a reliable water supply for weeks at a time, causing major problems for small and medium businesses.

Phys.org

Problems mount for South Africa’s economy

Rampant inequality, corruption and poor education standards continue to impede growth in South Africa. President Cyril Ramaphosa will have to tackle an array of structural impediments to turn things around.

World Finance

Argentinians protest rising poverty, austerity measures

Deutsche Welle

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A Sudanese woman at work in a displacement camp in Bentiu, Sudan. (Photo by EC/ECHO/Anouk Delafortrie) Photo used under CC BY

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