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Airstrikes by the Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels in Yemen hit a university used as a detention center in a southwestern province on Sept. 1, 2019, killing at least 60 people, officials and the rebels’ health ministry said. (Photo by Felton Davis) Photo used under CC BY

Yemenis endure cholera, hunger, lethal airstrikes

More than four years of war have changed Yemenis’ lives beyond recognition. Suffering is palpable everywhere. The world’s worst humanitarian crisis has taken root in the rebel-held highlands of Yemen’s north. The specters of cholera, hunger and Saudi airstrikes loom.

Guardian

Special section:

Yemen’s Houthi rebels: Who are they and what do they want?

Deutsche Welle

Gandhi’s attitudes on race, sex under scrutiny

As the world marks what would be Gandhi’s 150th birthday, many black Africans call Gandhi a racist and #MeToo activists question his sexual practices.

NPR

Iraqi police use live fire, tear gas on demonstrators

Security forces in Iraq have used live fire and tear gas to disperse demonstrators in renewed anti-government protests in Baghdad, wounding several people.

Al Jazeera

Deadly army crackdown on anti-corruption protests risks turmoil in Iraq

The Independent

Hong Kong police defend shooting of protester

Police in Hong Kong defended an officer’s decision to shoot a protester at close range during violent clashes, saying it was a matter of life or death.

NBCNews.com

N. Korea fires ballistic missile from submarine

It appeared North Korea had launched a submarine-launched ballistic missile off eastern coast. The launch is North’s ninth round of weapons of tests since late July.

CBS News

Here’s the nuclear proposal the US plans to offer North Korea this weekend

Vox

Afghanistan demands lead in peace talks

Any peace in Afghanistan must be negotiated for Afghans by their elected leaders, the country’s national security adviser says.

NPR

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN takes up potential stateless case in India

The UN refugee agency said it was holding talks with India about its citizenship register in the border state of Assam, amid concerns that many people, the majority of them Muslims, could join the ranks of the world’s stateless.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Why does Asia have millions of stateless people?

Deutsche Welle

‘Tenacious’ Kyrgyz lawyer and statelessness champion, wins prestigious UNHCR prize

UN News

German villagers take on expanding coal firm

A group of villagers living near one of Germany’s biggest surface coal mines have vowed to not sell their properties to an energy firm and will legally challenge any attempt to oust them from their homes.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Japan fears China’s ambitions on world stage

Japan believes that China could use its infrastructure-focused $1 trillion Belt and Road Initiative to deploy its military into the Indian and Pacific Ocean regions, in moves the paper said “could shake up regional security.”

Asia Times Online

Singapore’s ‘fake news’ law goes into effect

A “fake news” law, decried by academics, activists and tech giants, has gone into effect in Singapore, despite warnings that the measures could be used to stifle dissent and free speech in the Southeast Asian island country.

Al Jazeera

Humanity’s emissions ‘100-times greater’ than volcanoes

Phys.org

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Blood test could detect over 20 types of cancer

A new kind of blood test developed by a company called GRAIL, may be able to accurately detect over 20 different types of cancer by hunting for their unique signatures in the DNA found in a blood sample.

BGR

Could algae be used to combat climate change?

Algae can be utilized in a number of ways to reduce carbon in the atmosphere. It can easily be used in a variety of sustainable and commercial products or materials, from tennis shoes to steel alternatives to veggie burgers.

Quartz

GLOBAL HEALTH

Tsunamis linked to spread of deadly fungus

A major earthquake in Alaska in 1964 triggered tsunamis that washed ashore a deadly tropical fungus, scientists say. Researchers believe it then evolved to survive in the coasts and forest of the Pacific Northwest.

BBC

10-fold surge in S. Africa teens treated for HIV

Young people in South Africa receiving treatment for HIV has increased 10-fold in a decade, a study has found. The nation has the most number of HIV-positive people globally, with around 7.2 million carrying the virus.

Channel NewsAsia

Morocco makes headway against HIV but stigma remains

ARAB NEWS

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GOOD NEWS

Himalayan village seizes single-use plastics

While many Indian cities are struggling to deal with plastic waste, one Himalayan village has shown the way in dealing with the problem. Lachun in Sikkim, has banned single-use plastic, showcasing eco-friendly alternatives.

BBC

This group’s village of tiny homes for vets ‘saves lives’ while ’setting them up for success’

People

Runner carries his opponent to finish line

Guinnea-Bissau’s Braima Suncar Dabo saw a fellow runner, Jonathan Busby of Aruba, struggling on the final lap at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. So, he helped him to the finish line.

Sunnyskyz

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Hospital that sued patients, erases their debt

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, the largest nonprofit hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, is erasing debts owed by over 6,500 patients it sued for unpaid hospital bills. This, in a city where nearly 1 in 4 live below poverty line.

NPR

Oprah donates $1.15M to minority students

Oprah Winfrey stunned a predominantly-female audience in Charlotte, North Carolina by announcing she would donate $1.15 million to help minority students attend and succeed in college.

MSN

UN: Humanitarian spending cut, despite need

Wealthy countries including the United States, Germany and Britain spent less on aid for humanitarian crises last year, even as the UN said it was dealing with unprecedented need.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ENVIRONMENT

Americans want US to adopt renewable energy

A new Insider poll found that a large majority of Americans strongly favor cleaner sources of energy over fossil fuels — and it’s a belief that transcends party lines.

Business Insider

Eco-friendly batteries could power solar farms

Engadget

Indigenous Bolivians demand action over fires

Indigenous Bolivians from the Chiquitanía region are taking part in a protest march to demand more action be taken to stop fires that have ravaged their area.

BBC

Antarctica iceberg the size of LA breaks off

A gigantic iceberg has broken off from the Amery Ice Shelf in Antarctica. The iceberg named D-28, is over 600 square miles in size, which is bigger than the city of Los Angeles. It’s equal to about 27 Manhattan Islands.

USA TODAY

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Zimbabwe has the world’s highest inflation rate

Annual inflation in Zimbabwe was 300 percent in August, according to the International Monetary Fund. At that level, the troubled southern African nation’s inflation rate is the highest in the world.

Al Jazeera

Zimbabwe shut down mobile money for cash transactions

Quartz

Dutch tractor protest sparks ‘worst rush hour’

Tractor-driving farmers took to the streets to claims that they were largely responsible for a spiraling nitrogen emissions problem, while the aviation industry escaped scrutiny, causing the worst ever Dutch morning rush hour.

BBC

Photo of the Day

People displaced in Rakhine State, western Burma in December 2012. War, violence and persecution drove worldwide forced displacement to another new high in 2018. UNHCR’s annual Global Trends Report – released on 19 June 2019 – shows that nearly 70.8 million people were displaced at the end of 2018. Some 13.6 people were newly displaced during the course of the year. (Photo by DFID Burma) Photo used under CC BY

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