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Millions of people in South Sudan are facing hunger due to poor rain, insecurity and an influx of returnees from Sudan. With violent conflict raging in-country and blocking crucial humanitarian aid, current levels of aid would not be enough to avert famine. (Photo by Robert Stansfield/Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

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Catastrophic famine heads for S. Sudan amid violent conflict

Parts of South Sudan are facing a “catastrophic” conflict-fuelled famine, humanitarian groups in the region have warned. UN agencies say millions are at risk if aid can’t reach areas of the country stricken by floods, violence, and COVID-19.

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War-torn Yemen is losing the fight against famine

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Religious leaders call for ban on LGBT+ abuses

Over 300 religious leaders have called for a worldwide clampdown on conversion therapy for LGBT+ people — the practice which subjects people to psychological or physical efforts to “cure” them of their sexual or gender identity.

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COVID three times deadlier than the flu, study reveals

The death rate among hospitalized coronavirus patients is three times higher than those with the flu, research has found. Some 16.9% of hospitalized COVID patients died during the period of study. This compares to a death rate of 5.8% among those with cases of influenza.

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Vaccines reach COVID-ravaged Indigenous

The first doses of the coronavirus vaccine are being administered in Native American communities as the federal government and states rush to protect one of the most vulnerable U.S. populations.

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Institutional racism contributes to COVID’s “double whammy” impact on the Black community

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CNN

Muslim COVID victims forced into cremation

Ignoring the WHO guidelines which permit both burials and cremations, Sri Lanka made cremation mandatory for people who die or suspected to have died from the coronavirus, regardless of their religious beliefs.

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Al Jazeera

Rights group denounces Peru’s police vioelnce

The reaction by police to the protests in Peru has ignited a debate about police brutality, which human rights advocates say has historically been more common in the country’s low-income neighborhoods.

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NBCNews.com

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN decries rules that trapped crews at sea

Governments around the world have breached the rights of seafarers during the pandemic, creating a “humanitarian crisis” in which thousands of workers are stranded onboard ships, said a UN panel on labor rights.

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Guardian

Freed Nigerian boys welcomed, security wanted

Bleary, barefoot, apparently numbed by a week of captivity, more than 300 Nigerian schoolboys, freed after being kidnapped in an attack on their school, were welcomed by the governor of Katsina state.

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Freed Nigerian schoolboys return home, tell of beatings and hunger

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Reuters

UN seeks $204M for Zimbabwe amid hunger

A UN agency has appealed for additional $204 million to support 4 million of the most food-insecure Zimbabweans for the next six months. An economic recession has compounded the problem for the country of 15 million people.

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Reuters

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Iran builds at underground nuclear facility

Iran has begun construction on a site at its underground nuclear facility at Fordo amid tensions with the U.S. over its atomic program, according to satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press.

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Associated Press

Zimbabwe needs reform for gold smuggling

Zimbabwe is losing an estimated $100 million a month to gold smuggling – an illicit trade that is heightening violence in the country. But efforts to reform the sector are under way.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Twitter to remove tweets that spread lies

Twitter will remove tweets that spread harmful misinformation, starting with the Covid-19 vaccine, the company has announced – and from 2021 it will begin to label tweets that push conspiracy theories.

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Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

COVID tests will be passport to travel in 2021

The new normal for air travel in 2021 could include two, three or even more COVID-19 tests per trip until vaccines are widely available and have been administered to the public.

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Axios

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Lifesaving potential of less-than-perfect donor kidneys

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Scientific American

New findings on pregnant women with COVID

Pregnant women with COVID-19 do not get more sick than the wider population, according to a Singapore study, which also found that babies born to infected mothers have antibodies against the novel coronavirus.

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Reuters

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Trafficking survivors train to prosecute crimes

Programs in India and Nepal help survivors of child trafficking earn law degrees and become their own advocates.

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Al Jazeera

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Sesame Street unveils Rohingya Muppets to help ease child refugees’ trauma

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New Zealand to give free COVID vaccines

New Zealand has advance purchased two new coronavirus vaccines from two pharmaceutical companies, giving the small island country the ability to vaccinate its 5 million residents and neighboring nations.

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NPR

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Closed Berlin restaurant reopens for homeless

After the German capital’s biggest restaurant, the Hofbraeu Berlin closed down due to coronavirus lockdown restrictions, it shifted gears to help the homeless.

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Associated Press

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Chef survives COVID-19, gives back to affected community in need

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Today

MacKenzie Scott gives away nearly $4.2B

MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos revealed that she has given away almost $4.2 billion to 384 organizations in America over the last four months, to help deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.

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CNBC

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The Beirut architect rebuilding families’ homes for free

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BBC

ENVIRONMENT

Environmental defenders killed at alarming rate

Around the world, with Colombia outpacing other countries, environmental officials and activists face the threat of being murdered, falsely accused of committing crimes, or harassed for standing up for the environment.

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Vox

World’s largest iceberg headed for wildlife

The largest iceberg on Earth is threatening to come to a halt soon in a pristine Antarctic wildlife sanctuary that’s home to penguins, seals, and a small population of endangered blue whales.

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National Geographic

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World’s fastest-growing source of food

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BBC

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Spanish art show spotlights digital divide

The an art exhibition at Barcelona’s Analog Museum of Digital Inequality aims to show how the digital divide laid bare by COVID-19 -disproportionately affects women and low-income and ethnic minority groups.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Coronavirus to spur urban planning rethink

COVID-19 could prompt new approach to urban design in Asia-Pacific region, home to some of the most densely populated cities.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Women view an exhibition of black and white art at Thailand Gallery. (Photo by Ad DeCort (NL)) Photo used under CC BY

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