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An Israeli soldier points his rifle at a teenage protester in Beit Omar, a West Bank city, in 2012. The confrontation occurred during a weekly protest against Israeli occupation. (Photo by Solidarity Project) Photo used under CC BY

Trump’s rivals slam decision to OK West Bank settlements

Democrats running for president in 2020 hammered the Trump administration’s declaration that it will no longer consider Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal, a move they said would hinder peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

The Hill

UN warns of humanitarian crisis in Sahel

The World Food Organization warns the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Africa’s Sahel region is growing, while the world pays scant attention. Conflict and hunger are displacing people in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger.

allAfrica.com

Ex-Bolivian VP blames ‘racist backlash’ for exit

Evo Morales’ closest political adviser has admitted that the Bolivian leader’s failure to groom a successor contributed to the political crisis engulfing the South American nation but slammed the “racist backlash” he blamed for the toppling of its first indigenous president.

Guardian

China threatens blowback if Trump inks HK act

Chinese agencies launched protests shortly after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, vowing “retaliation” if U.S. President Donald Trump signs the bill into law.

Asia Times Online

US Senate rush to pass HK democracy bill brings growing concerns over city’s future into focus

South China Morning Post

Iran leader claims victory over US-backed plot

Iran’s president has claimed victory against an “enemy” plot, following a deadly crackdown by security forces on protests over petrol price rises. He blamed “subversive elements” backed by the U.S., Israel and Saudi Arabia.

BBC

Israel says it has carried out ‘wide-scale’ strikes on Iranian targets in Syria

CBS News

HUMAN RIGHTS

Lebanese port city, long written off, lights up

The northern city of Tripoli – the former gateway of the Levant, dilapidated by decades of neglect – has caught nationwide attention for its electrifying embrace of a one-month-old Lebanese protest movement.

Asia Times Online

Hospital psychiatric wards now feel like prisons

New safety standards to limit suicide risks have led to overhauls inside hospitals , with psychiatric facilities and wards removing bathroom doors, stripping artwork from walls, and making patients wear paper gowns.

Associated Press

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Angry response as US Senate passes HK act

Multiple Chinese government departments and agencies protested after the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act, vowing “retaliation” should the bill be signed into law.

Asia Times Online

Inside the besieged Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Al Jazeera

Crackdown on parents who refuse to vaccinate

Germany, Australia, and a number of other countries are fed up enough with vaccine-refusing parents that they’re experimenting with punitive measures.

Vox

Brazil cuts sex ed despite boom in HIV, syphilis

Brazil is cutting sex education funding despite an increase in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) incidences - a move that could lead to a worsening of already high rates of STIs rooted in scientific ignorance and homophobia.

Newsweek

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

School project leads to Malaria fighting soup

Students in malaria researcher, Jake Baum‘s class brought in traditional soup their family would make when someone wasn’t feeling well to learn the difference between a herbal remedy and true medicine.

CNN

Superslippery toilets squash water wastage

A team of materials scientists have developed an ultra slippery coating that prevents liquid and solid waste from sticking to the toilet bowl, halving the amount of water needed to flush.

Scientific American

GLOBAL HEALTH

Donors pledge $2.6B for polio eradication

Donor governments and philanthropists pledged $2.6 billion to help fund a worldwide polio eradication plan that has taken decades to reach what global health specialists say is now the “last mile”.

Reuters

Sierra Leone’s struggle to reform mental health

The WHO estimates that 10 percent of the seven million Sierra Leoneans have mental health problems. Due to unknown numbers of unreported cases, the scourge of depression, anxiety, or PTSD is likely to be much bigger.

The New Humanitarian

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GOOD NEWS

Cows found after being swept by hurricane

A trio of wild cows believed to have been swept away by the storm surge from Hurricane Dorian have been found on a nearby island in North Carolina surprising residents and national park officials.

Today

College students, seniors live happily together

Seniors in the Watkins assisted living home live happily together with college students from Winona State University, which stands a few blocks away. One student says, “it feels like home away from home.”

Kare 11

9-year-old boy on track to graduate from college

CNN

Man sacrifices SUV to protect pedestrians

When Erick Marciano saw a car speed through a red light and head toward a crowd, he drove his SUV to block the lane causing the car to crash into his. He protected a dozen or so pedestrians by sacrificing his SUV and safety.

Today

Elite unit gives fellow Marines funeral they deserve

CBS News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Specialists provide skills to those in need

Haircuts for rough sleepers. Beauty treatments for cancer patients. Boilers for disabled people. A wave of specialists are providing skills and hope for those in need.

Guardian

Nurse adopts man so he could get transplant

Jonathan Pinkard is autistic and was ineligible for a transplant because he didn‘t have a support system. Lori Wood was assigned to be Pinkard’s nurse and two days later became his guardian so he could have a heart transplant.

Today

ENVIRONMENT

Somalia floods raise specter of famine

Communities already hit by war and drought face fresh disaster as 370,000 have been displaced so far due to flooding, according to the latest UN figures.

Guardian

Water scarcity spilling over into global crisis

Population growth and climate change are putting increasingly intense pressure on the planet’s limited water supplies, with worsening shortages emerging from the Middle East to Asia and Latin America, researchers say.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Indonesia builds earthquake-proof homes with bamboo

Deutsche Welle

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Women throng parks for peace in Kabul

In recent years, more than half a dozen of Kabul’s gardens and parks have been restored or are being upgraded, with a focus on making them safer and more accessible to women.

place

Bitter poverty for child workers in Zimbabwe

According to a US Department of Labor report published in September 2018, children in Zimbabwe engage in the what they define as the “worst forms” of child labor, including mining and agriculture.

Guardian

An army of children toils in African mica mines

NBC News

Photo of the Day

Merchants and buyers encounter each other on boats in Pasar Terapung, the traditional floating market in Banjarmasin, Indonesia, known as the city of a thousand rivers. (Photo by Muhammad Haris) Photo used under CC BY

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