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The group Climate Change Refugees protests in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. “Scientists have a moral obligation to clearly warn humanity of any great existential threat,” 11,000 signatories declare in a paper published in BioScience magazine. (Photo by Visible Hand) Photo used under CC BY

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11,000 climate scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’

More than 11,000 scientists have “clearly and unequivocally” declared a climate emergency that could bring “untold suffering” unless there are significant transformations in the way humans live.

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Al Jazeera

Lebanese students skip school, urge change

Hundreds of school children led anti-government demonstrations across Lebanon refusing to return to class before the demands of a protest movement are met.

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Channel NewsAsia

Can the world afford universal health care?

The World Health Organization estimates it would cost about $58 per person, per year to achieve universal health care in all low and middle-income countries. Approximately 85 percent of the total cost can be met by domestic resources, according to WHO.

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Al Jazeera

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Prisoners denied life-saving treatment in UAE

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Guardian

Ebola health workers subject to attacks in DRC

Health workers battling an Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo have been attacked 300 times, leaving six dead and 70 wounded since the start of the year in three provinces.

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Yahoo! News

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Congolese doc credited with discovering Ebola

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NPR

259 Nigerians freed from Islamic institutions

Nigerian police have freed 259 people from an Islamic rehabilitation center in Ibadan, taking the number rescued from abusive institutions since September to nearly 1,500.

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Reuters

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Inside Nigeria’s reformatory schools

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Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

French cops clear migrant camps in N. Paris

French police have evacuated about 1,600 migrants from two camps in northern Paris, in one of the biggest clearance operations in years. This comes a day after the government unveiled measures to curb immigration.

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BBC

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France to set immigration quotas to ‘regain control,’ PM says

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Bloomberg

China slowly embraces #MeToo education

Frank discussion about sex is rare in China, but China’s younger generation has begun to jettison this buttoned-down attitude and speak more openly — especially in the wake of the global #MeToo movement.

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NPR

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In pictures – Human rights in the tobacco fields of Malawi

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Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Lebanese rally in support for President Aoun

Thousands of Lebanese have rallied near the presidential palace in a major show of support for embattled President Michel Aoun, after more than two weeks of huge nationwide protests against the country’s ruling elite.

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Al Jazeera

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Young Iraqis and Lebanese aren’t just demanding better societies. They’re creating them at protest sites

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CNN

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Do today’s global protests have anything in common?

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BBC

Trump backs talks on disputed dam on Nile

President Donald Trump backs talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to resolve the ongoing dam dispute between the three African countries, the White House said.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

China imposes gaming curfew for minors

China is imposing a curfew on online gaming for minors, the government has announced. Gamers under 18 will be banned from playing online between 22:00 and 08:00.

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BBC

Spiders, ants inspire metal that won’t sink

Researchers, inspired by diving bell spiders and rafts of fire ants, have created a metallic structure that is so water repellent, it refuses to sink, even if damaged or punctured.

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GLOBAL HEALTH

US denies flu vaccine to migrant children

The flu was associated with over 57,000 deaths, including 129 in children. Yet, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced they would not be providing flu vaccines to migrants in border detention.

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Forbes

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Anti-vaxxers exploiting religious exemptions

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CNN

Scientists announce new dengue vaccine

A new vaccine to prevent dengue may be on the horizon from Takeda Pharmaceutical Company. And health officials say it’s desperately needed.

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Gary Wilson):

Why the UN’s financial crisis will hurt Africans more than anyone else

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The Conversation

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No border, no order – why do we need borders?

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Asia Times Online

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What next for Lebanon after Hariri’s strategic exit?

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Somali woman beats racism to win elections

Safiya Khalid just made history as the first Somali woman elected to a position on the city council in Lewiston, Maine.

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YouTube

Indonesia’s surfer girls turn tide on sexism

Surfing one of the world’s most dangerous sports, it is also frowned upon for women in the world’s most populous Muslim country to bare their bodies.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

Chem club builds world’s largest periodic table

To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, Wayne State University’s Department of Chemistry created what is believed to be the largest periodic table in history — although no official record actually exists.

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Detroit Free Press

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

NGO funds virtual checkups in Bangladesh

A new virtual medical service called Teledaktar is trying to make health care more easily accessible in Bangladesh. It’s funded by Steps.org, a nonprofit founded by Bangladeshi entrepreneurs, finance and tech professionals.

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NPR

Facebook makes donation on Instagram easier

With less than a month until Giving Tuesday, Facebook appears to be quietly unveiling another way to simplify the giving process for nonprofits on Instagram.

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Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Delhi residents blame authorities for pollution

In Delhi, a public health emergency was declared as air pollution reached catastrophic levels. The lackluster and uncoordinated response from the governments of Delhi, has been a source of anger for the city’s residents.

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Guardian

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Delhi air pollution ‘killing our children’

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BBC

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Pollution in India much worse than China’s

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BBC

Group turns Hong Kong rooftops into farms

One organization is spearheading a movement to turn idle rooftops and urban spaces in Hong Kong, one of the most densely packed cities on Earth, into farms.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Australia’s soccer teams will earn equal pay

Women soccer players playing for Australia’s national team will earn the same as their male counterparts under a deal unveiled in a big boost for gender equality.

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AFP

Inflation is making America’s poor, poorer

Income inequality in America is the highest in decades, and the highest of all high-income countries. It’s also growing rapidly—meaning that, as the saying goes, the rich are becoming richer and the poor poorer.

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Quartz

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Women attend a maternal and child health training session in Bangladesh in 2006. (Photo by AusAID) Photo used under CC BY

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