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A person today is considered enslaved if they are forced to work against their will; are owned or controlled by an exploiter or “employer”; have limited freedom of movement; or are dehumanized, treated as a commodity or bought and sold as property, according to abolitionist group Anti-Slavery International. One in 200 people is a slave today. (Photo by Ira Gelb) Photo used under CC BY

More than 40M people enslaved worldwide

An estimated 40.3 million people – more than three times the figure during the transatlantic slave trade – are living in some form of modern slavery, according to the latest figures published by the UN’s International Labour Organization and the Walk Free Foundation.

Guardian

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One-third of all slavery is visible from space

Big Think

Record number of Afghan civilians killed in 2018

The United Nations says a record number of Afghan civilians were killed in 2018, blaming the increase on unprecedented suicide bombings by militant groups and air strikes carried out by U.S.-led forces.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

UN chief: Xenophobia threatens human rights

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres denounced a “groundswell of xenophobia, racism and intolerance,” and said human rights are losing ground in the world.

Times of Israel

Foodborne illnesses kill 137K Africans a year

According to the WHO, food-borne hazards are responsible for 137,000 deaths and 91 million acute illnesses in Africa every year — mostly affecting children under the age of 5. Public health experts are worried that little is being done to address the problem.

NPR

Pakistan looking for donations to build dams

As Pakistan faces worsening water scarcity — and trouble sourcing international cash for construction of hydropower dams — it has turned to an unlikely source of cash: a fundraising campaign backed by the country’s top court judges.

Dawn

Iran has banned publication of news on water shortage

Radio Farda

India forest dwellers to fight eviction order

India’s forest-dependent communities are to petition and protest against a court order to evict more than 1 million indigenous people whose land claims were rejected, land rights campaigners said.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Now, Bangladesh censors blogs, Google books

Bangladeshi authorities have blocked more than 20,000 websites as part of an “anti-pornography” campaign. The move has been criticized by many internet users and experts as a step toward widespread censorship.

Deutsche Welle

Why some countries are building ‘walls’ in the worldwide web

Global News

Brazil plans alert system to take on trafficking

As part of an effort to fight human trafficking, the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro plans to create an alert system that can be activated whenever a child goes missing, a state secretary has said.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Iran’s president faces calls to resign over crisis

Iran’s president Hassan Rouhani faces anger from clerics, hard-line forces and the public, over the collapse of the nuclear deal and renewed tensions with USA. Iran’s economy is under pressure from U.S. sanctions.

CNBC

Macky Sall wins Senegal presidential elections

President Macky Sall has won the presidential election in Senegal, the country’s prime minister said. Senegal has one of the fastest growing economies, and is considered one of the most stable democracies on the continent.

Al Jazeera

South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa names special tribunal to recover corruption proceeds

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Mobile internet access brings changes to Cuba

In the 2 1/2 months since Cuba allowed its citizens internet access via cellphones, fast-moving changes are subtle but palpable as Cubans challenge government officials online, dragging the country into the digital age.

Associated Press

Political corruption scars young voters forever

New research finds that political corruption has a long-term scarring effect on trust in democratic institutions and on voters’ behavior and that such an effect differs according to one’s age cohort.

Phys.org

GLOBAL HEALTH

Spain tops 2019 World’s Healthiest Country list

Six of the top 10 healthiest countries are in Europe in 2019, according to the Bloomberg Healthiest Country Index which grades nations based on life expectancy while imposing penalties on tobacco use, obesity.

TIME

Pizza healthier breakfast than cereal, study finds

CBS News

Afghan doctors can’t get used to horrors of war

In 2018, a record 10,993 civilians were wounded or killed in Afghanistan, according to UN figures, but emergency doctors who treat thousands of Afghanis wounded in conflict can’t get used to the horrors of war.

Channel NewsAsia

As key Doha talks near, Afghans hope for long-lasting peace

Al Jazeera

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Karina Patricio Ferreira Lima and Arely Cruz-Santiago):

Roma: how Alfonso Cuarón’s movie is spurring Mexico to treat domestic workers more fairly

The Conversation

Column (Zareen Pervez Bharucha):

How small farms are leading the way towards sustainable agriculture

The Independent

Editorial:

The Guardian view on Egypt and Europe: embracing authoritarianism

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Love, like anger, can spread on social media

We spread emotions every day, in all our encounters. Happiness is contagious. So are unhappiness and anger. Now there’s solid evidence that emotional contagion can spread through our digital interactions, too.

NPR

IKEA creates boats that collect floating trash

IKEA’s latest effort to improve its environmental footprint has taken a decidedly aquatic bent. The company has designed a remote-controlled boat, the Good Ship IKEA, that clears trash from the water.

Engadget

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

$10M gift aids study of alternative investments

The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania has announced a $10 million gift from an alumnus and his wife to advance the study of alternative investments.

Philanthropy News Digest

Skyrocketing rents displacing US nonprofits

Finding affordable rent in the U.S. is not just a challenge for low- and middle-income households looking for a place to live. Nonprofits are struggling to find space in areas where commercial rent is spiking.

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

Rhino deaths decline by 25% in South Africa

The number of rhinos killed by poachers in South Africa fell by 25 per cent last year thanks to efforts to save the endangered species, the fifth annual decrease in a row.

Positive News

Meet the ‘Brave Ones’: The women saving Africa’s wildlife

BBC

A US border wall could harm wildlife corridors

The 2,000-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico traverses hundreds of miles, including six national parks. Environmentalists have long argued that a border wall has negative impacts on wildlife and terrains.

NPR

Lab grown meat could be worse for the environment

Futurism

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Buffett says wealthy are ‘definitely undertaxed’

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett said on Monday that the wealthy, including himself, are not paying enough taxes in relation to the general population.

CNBC

Malaysia’s government mulls wages by sector

Malaysia is mulling setting different minimum wages according to sectors, considering the current realities of each sector, after complaints that current wages has caused businesses to close down, lay off workers.

Malay Mail

Photo of the Day

Eight-year-old Ziarahman and Rehimullah, 10, use solar lamps provided by UNHCR and partner MADERA to read and write and study their lessons in Jalalabad, Afghanistan in 2018. (Photo by US Embassy Kabul Afghanistan) Photo used under CC BY

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