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A child in an orphanage in Kampala, Uganda. Children in Uganda are often conned out of households, with their parents being persuaded under the offer of a Western style education. Living conditions in illegal orphanages, which are mostly funded by foreign donors, are found to be unsanitary and dangerous. (Photo by Dylan Walters) Photo used under CC BY

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Uganda sets out to close squalid illegal orphanages

The Ugandan government recently announced a program to close down more than 500 unlicensed orphanages in the country to try and improve oversight of children’s care.

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BBC

More migrant children separated than reported

Government investigators say many more migrant children may have been separated from their parents than the Trump administration has acknowledged.

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Daily Herald

Populist leaders facing mounting resistance

From Europe to Yemen and Myanmar to the U.S., authoritarian and populist leaders face an increasingly powerful human rights pushback, according to an influential annual survey of global rights.

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Guardian

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Human rights channel ‘gives voice to voiceless’

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Undocumented Venezuelans at risk in Brazil

Fleeing poverty and hunger, many Venezuelan children are entering Brazil unaccompanied by parents or without proper documents, harming their access to servicing and putting themselves at risk of trafficking.

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Reuters

Eating meat has ‘dire’ consequences for planet

To feed a growing global population and curtail climate change, scientists say we need to radically change our food systems.

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National Geographic

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Will 2019 be the year of lab-grown meat?

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Feeding healthy food to a growing population

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phys.org

HUMAN RIGHTS

Sexual abuse of boys often missed by state law

Sexual abuse of boys is “barely addressed” by the laws in many countries, according to a global study that warns of a lack of support for young male survivors.

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Guardian

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Chart shows how countries address child sexual abuse

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abc.net.au

Portugal moves to widen definition of rape

Portugal’s parliament unanimously agreed to further discuss a law amendment to expand the definition of rape to cover all sex without consent, hoping to join just seven EU countries with such a wide definition.

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Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

UK parliament rejects Theresa May’s Brexit plan

British Prime Minister Theresa May has suffered a crushing defeat in the UK Parliament vote on her Brexit plan. With just over two months until the scheduled exit from the EU, the UK remains fiercely divided.

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Child poverty in Britain is already a problem — and Brexit will likely make it worse

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NBCNews.com

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What is a ‘no-deal’ Brexit? Consequences of leaving the EU without a deal explained

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inews.co.uk

Japan helps Myanmar enact cybersecurity law

The Japanese government is providing support to Myanmar to come up with a cybersecurity law that will govern internet-related activities, particularly e-commerce.

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Evictions loom for vulnerable during shutdown

A growing number of poor, elderly and disabled people face eviction from their homes as federal housing assistance dries up under the U.S. government shutdown, experts said.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Now, sewers could help clean the atmosphere

Sewage treatment, an unglamorous backbone of urban living, could offer a cost-effective way to combat climate change by flushing greenhouse gases from the atmosphere.

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phys.org

Climate change is making waves stronger

As climate change has gradually heated oceans around the globe, it’s also been making ocean waves stronger and more deadly, according to a new study published.

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Motherboard

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Antarctica is losing ice six times faster today than in the 1980s, scientists warn

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GLOBAL HEALTH

Air pollution crisis is getting worse across Asia

Parts of China, India, Thailand, South Korea, and Hong Kong are enduring dangerous levels of air pollution with thick smog. Although it is expected at this time of the year, weather patterns and emissions are making it worse.

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Earth.com

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Emergency in force as fine dust blankets S. Korea

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African swine fever spreads to Mongolia

Asian pork producers need to redouble efforts to combat African swine fever after Mongolia reported its first outbreak, five months after the disease was first discovered in China.

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Bloomberg

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On warming oceans: a rising toll

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Everyone has the right to dream

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New Zealand Herald

In Indonesia, honesty has been a good catch

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Christian Science Monitor

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GOOD NEWS

‘Rollettes’ inspire young, disabled girls

You’ve heard of the Rockettes, but have you heard of the Rollettes? This dance group of women in wheelchairs inspires young girls with disabilities.

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CBS News

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Dunkin’ Donuts employee dances with autistic customer in touching video

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Yahoo! News

Ozone layer seeing great improvement

The upper layer above the northern hemisphere is likely to be completely repaired by the 2030s and the entire layer by 2060.

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NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Small nonprofit media lags behind in funding

While the overall funding for nonprofit news sites presents a “robust picture,” large donations by rich philanthropists generally have benefited only a handful of new startups and nationally focused nonprofit media.

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The Conversation

US aid volunteers go on trial

The trial of four volunteers working in the southern Arizona desert is raising fears about the future of humanitarian work at a time when U.S. President Donald Trump is ratcheting up fear over immigration.

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Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Nature is pitted against development in Delhi

Created in a grass-roots effort by local residents, a biodiversity park near India’s capital, New Delhi, serves as a green haven for people and wildlife. Now authorities want to build a six-lane highway across it.

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Some Arctic ground has ceased to freeze

Data from two Arctic sites suggest some surface layers are no longer freezing. If that continues, greenhouse gases from permafrost could accelerate climate change.

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National Geographic

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Watch how pollution moves throughout Europe

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BBC

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Germany warns Africa on China loan policies

The German development minister has warned African businesses against taking out loans from China. At the same time, the German Finance Ministry is hoping Beijing will be using more financial services from overseas.

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Nigeria’s era of big spending for elections is disappearing

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Al Jazeera

South Africa mining companies hoard cash

A study has found that the mining industry benefits a few while condemning mining-affected communities to poverty and violence. It also found that these communities were faced with deteriorating health and well-being.

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Independent Online

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Brothers Faisal, 6 (left), and Amir, 7, at their primary school in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan. (Photo by DFID/Vicki Francis) Photo used under CC BY

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