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A young girl works at a construction site. Almost 90 percent of the labor force in India works in the informal sector with no security, low wages and little or no benefits. The Modi government has announced plans for worker social security programs, but labor rights experts have said authorities needed first to improve implementation of existing laws for informal workers. (Photo by ILO/ Sudip Bhar) Photo used under CC BY

Indian workers demand better wages, benefits

Construction, farm and workers sex workers came together to demand change in a country where almost 90 percent of the labor force works in the informal sector with no security, low wages and little or no benefits.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Jobs crisis diminishes Modi’s re-election hopes

Guardian

Chemistry innovation may cut vehicle emissions

Scientists have used a Nobel-prize winning chemistry technique on a mixture of metals to potentially reduce the cost of fuel cells used in electric cars and reduce harmful emissions from conventional vehicles.

phys.org

States urged to buy better to discourage trafficking

World governments are increasingly examining their own supply chains due to their huge purchasing power and growing pressure to abide by the very rules that they apply to businesses. They aim to ensure the goods and services they provide are free of abuses.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

US poised to withdraw from Russia arms treaty

The Trump administration is poised to announce that it is withdrawing from a treaty that has been a centerpiece of superpower arms control since the Cold War and whose demise some analysts worry could fuel a new arms race.

Press Herald

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What is the INF nuclear treaty?

Deutsche Welle

Americans worried about US standing in world

According to a new poll, 53 percent of Americans believe their nation’s position in the world will get somewhat or much worse in 2019. Just 21 percent think it will improve.

Vox

Venezuela detains foreign journalists

Venezuela authorities have arrested three foreign journalists and a driver working for Spanish news agency EFE in the latest arrests of reporters covering US-backed efforts to overthrow President Nicolas Maduro.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Group promotes soap to fight sex trafficking

Big sporting events, from the World Cup to the Super Bowl, regularly trigger a panic over an influx of sex workers, with many being victims of human trafficking.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

US ban on funds for abortion backfires

The U.S. banned federal aid for international organizations that so much as talk about abortion. Groups have to decide: stop offering abortion referrals and education to patients in need or lose $2 million in international aid.

Mother Jones

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Insecurity disrupts Nigeria’s election prep

Insecurity is rampant across Nigeria. In the northeast, a surge in attacks by Boko Haram and the Islamist insurgency’s offshoot, Islamic State West African Province, is throwing election plans into chaos.

Reuters

Mozambique finance scandal deepens

Mozambique’s parliament has lifted immunity for its ex-finance minister Manuel Chang, detained in South Africa on a US-issued international arrest warrant. Investigators suspect a link to its Lusophone ally, Angola.

Deutsche Welle

Japan’s labor shortage hits 45-year high

Channel NewsAsia

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bacteria-fighting protein that induces sleep?

A microbe-fighting protein helps control how much and how deeply fruit flies sleep, researchers have reported. This provides definite evidence that sleep speeds recovery from illness, they conclude.

Science News

Experiments create gene-edited human embryos

A scientist in New York is conducting experiments designed to modify DNA in human embryos as a step toward someday preventing inherited diseases.

NPR

GLOBAL HEALTH

Poor cancer patients being denied pain relief

Cancer patients in developing nations are being denied basic pain relief, often because of excessive fears about opioid abuse, the World Health Organization has said.

Channel NewsAsia

Kids in polluted areas likely to suffer depression

Children who lived in areas with higher air pollution when younger are significantly more likely to have developed major depression by the age of 18, according to research.

Guardian

Chinese ‘tweets’ hint that happiness drops as air pollution rises

Science News

Thailand is using drones to combat air pollution in Bangkok

Global News

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GOOD NEWS

Young boy collects coats to help needy

Amid the polar vortex, young Sandro Cunningham of New Jersey is doing his part to make sure his community stays warm. With the help of his family, he’s been collecting and donating coats for the past two years.

CBS News

Coffee shop offers coffee for good deeds

At Café Fresco in in Crown Point, Indiana, owner Breanne Zolfo challenges her patrons to do good in the world. She offers a free cup of coffee in exchange for a good deed.

CBS News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

USAID officially ceases aid money to Gaza

The Jan. 31 deadline sees the end of about $60 million in U.S. aid for the Palestinian security forces, whose co-operation with Israeli forces helps maintain relative quiet in the West Bank.

CBC News

USAID announces $12 million for the prevention of cervical cancer in sub-Saharan Africa

allAfrica.com

NGOs power through US shutdown

Humanitarian groups say the record 35-day halt to the funding of routine government activity stopped short of causing massive disruptions: NGOs said the shutdown hadn’t impacted their operations.

allAfrica.com

Scenes from a frozen world

The Atlantic

ENVIRONMENT

Australian outback bakes like a broiling oven

Searing heat, severe drought and official mismanagement have allowed rivers in south-eastern Australia to run dry. The effect on wildlife and residents has been devastating.

Guardian

Could new ditches help improve rivers?

The amount of harmful sludge entering rivers from farmers’ fields can be more than halved with special ditches, a new study found.

BBC

BUSINESS AND TRADE

Emails expose Coca-Cola’s bribery attempts

A new study analyzed emails between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Coca-Cola, revealing how the beverage company attempted to gain influence with public health officials.

Mother Jones

Italy slides into recession

Italy’s economy contracted in the last two quarters of 2018, and the slowdown is expected to continue into 2019. Italy’s problems are affecting the Eurozone.

Deutsche Welle

Imports cripple Ghana’s poultry industry

Deutsche Welle

Photo of the Day

Climate change means Kenya receives less rain than it used to. This places extra pressure on pastoralists in the region, who must travel further to find pasture for their animals, mostly cows. Combined with an influx of small arms in the area, this pressure has intensified competition for resources and violence between local groups such as the Samburu and Turkana. (Photo by Edward Harris/Africa Progress Panel) Photo used under CC BY

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