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A worker in a Pakistani garment factory. A recent report by Human Rights Watch highlights widespread suppression of independent labor unions by factory owners, as well as the incompetence and inefficiencies of the government’s labor inspection mechanisms. (Photo by USAID Pakistan) Photo used under CC BY

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Millions of Pakistanis suffer abuse in garment industry

Millions of workers in Pakistan’s garment industry suffer abuse and labor rights violations, notes a recent report released by Human Rights Watch.

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Dawn

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India’s universal health care plan failing the poor

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Al Jazeera

Indonesia battles to clean up rivers

Authorities in Indonesia are battling a lack of recycling culture and environmental awareness to achieve an ambitious target of a 70 percent cut in marine plastic debris by 2025, despite having devoted $1 billion a year to the task.

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Reuters

20K Nigerian women, girls trafficked into Mali

As many as 20,000 women and girls are feared to have been trafficked from Nigeria to Mali where they are stranded after being forced into prostitution, the head of Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency has said.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Zimbabwe’s security forces accused of torture

Zimbabwe’s security forces deliberately targeted unarmed citizens and used “systematic torture” during recent street protests, a new report from Zimbabwe’s Human Rights Commission has found.

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CNN

Saudi asylum requests triple over 5 years

The number of Saudi asylum seekers increased 318 percent from 2012 to 2017, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reports.

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Middle East Monitor

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UK must take back refugees despite Brexit, EU’s top court rules

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Shutdown weakens terrorism, trafficking fights

FBI agents say that some investigations involving international terrorism, violent street gangs and drug and sex traffickers have been stalled because of dwindling resources.

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USA TODAY

HUMAN RIGHTS

World’s wealthiest made $2.5B a day in 2018

While the poorest half of the world was scraping by on less than $5.50 a day in 2018, the world’s billionaires saw their wealth increase by $900 billion — or $2.5 billion a day, according to Oxfam’s new report.

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Are 26 billionaires worth more than half the planet? The debate, explained.

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Vox

Guatemala’s indigenous protest for rights

Thousands of Guatemalans blocked roads and major highways to protest the Central American country’s slide toward a constitutional crisis. They want rights granted under the country’s constitution and peace accords.

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NPR

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Guatemala bars entry to UN-sponsored corruption investigator

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Associated Press

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

EU urges clampdown on ‘golden visas’ for rich

A European Commission report has warned against the risks of handing out “golden visas” to wealthy foreigners. The Commission said it will recommend a set of security checks for its member states to implement.

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23 countries where money can buy you a second passport or ‘elite residency’

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Evening Standard

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Bulgaria plans to end passport-for-sale scheme

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Reuters

Hong Kong to criminalize disrespecting anthem

Hong Kong is moving to adopt a controversial bill that prescribes jail terms of up to three years for disrespecting the Chinese national anthem, a move critics say could undermine its constitutional protections for free speech.

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CNN

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Chinese anthem to become mandatory in Hong Kong schools

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Food-tech lab innovating carbs with low GI

A food-tech laboratory focusing on creating lower glycemic index food staples, such as rice and bread, was launched in Singapore with the aim of incorporating new ingredient blends into everyday foods.

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Channel NewsAsia

Blood test can detect Alzheimer’s decade early

Changes in levels of a protein in the blood could help shed light on damage in the brain more than a decade before symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease develop, researchers have revealed.

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Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Migrants need better health care access in EU

Europe must guarantee migrants better access to health care, the World Health Organization urged in its first report on the health of new arrivals to the old continent, where accessibility varies broadly.

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phys.org

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Western lifestyles raise migrants’ health risks

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Guardian

Second woman pregnant with CRISPR baby

A second woman is pregnant after taking part in Dr. He Jiankui’s experiment to create the world’s first gene-edited babies, according to Chinese authorities.

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The Independent

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Is the CRISPR baby controversy the start of a terrifying new chapter in gene editing?

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Vox

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Weaponizing medical treatment to keep Palestinians divided

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Haaretz

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How America tidied up before Marie Kondo

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Smithsonian Magazine

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What happens to cognitive diversity when everyone is more WEIRD?

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Aeon

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GOOD NEWS

Crowdfunded project revives Russian village

With a workforce of elderly women and using local ingredients, a honey and confectionery business put together with funds raised online is breathing life into an ailing Russian village.

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Reuters

Tanzania is finally protecting its rainforest

Tanzania’s government has announced it will protect a tropical forest long recognized for its high biodiversity value and as home to numerous endangered primates and plants.

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Quartz

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Nonprofit forced to stop over ethnic quotas

The government is requiring all foreign aid groups to commit to having 60 percent of their local employees be Hutus and 40 percent Tutsis – the quota for government agencies.

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NPR

Research body to fund humanitarian efforts

Britain’s new research agency will spend £279 million (US $364.5 million) on new non-EU international collaborations. The bulk of the money will go towards projects with scientists in developing countries to support humanitarian efforts.

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Link between climate and conflict identified

IIASA-led research has established a causal link between climate, conflict, and migration for the first time, something which has been widely suggested in the media but for which scientific evidence is scarce.

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ScienceDaily

Americans care about climate change now

Americans’ concerns about climate change have surged to record levels, new polling shows, following a year marked by devastating storms, wildfires and increasingly dire warnings from scientists.

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Guardian

BUSINESS AND TRADE

US shutdown exposes worker inequality

Government workers include a higher percentage of minorities who are the lowest-paid government employees but provide services essential to national security and have been working hard without pay.

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CNN

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Nigeria poverty: Unrest forces farmers off their land

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Al Jazeera

Female textile workers demand better pay

Bangladesh raised the minimum monthly wage for textile workers to Tk 8,000 (US $95) from Tk 5,300 (US $63). But an overwhelming number of workers claim they didn’t receive pay increases when they received their monthly salaries in January.

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Elle

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LA teachers’ deal to end strike offers higher salaries, smaller class sizes

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ABC News

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Children play at a well in Robertsport, Liberia. (Photo by UNMEER/Simon Ruf) Photo used under CC BY

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