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A mother in Afghanistan looks on while her child is being examined by a doctor. In the countries worst hit by conflict - Afghanistan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Mali, Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen - the total number of child deaths from indirect effects from 2013 to 2017 jumped to 870,000 when all children under the age of five were included (Photo by Direct Relief) Photo used under CC BY

100K babies dying every year in conflict zones

At least 100,000 babies die every year because of armed conflict and its impact, from hunger to denial of aid, according to a study by Save the Children International. The study also found that 420 million children were living in conflict-affected areas in 2017.

New Straits Times

Almost five times as many children died in conflict zones than fighters, report says

TIME

Kabul’s squatter camps highlight challenges

In the shadows of mountains east of the capital, Kabul, families recently displaced by fighting join others who have been there for years, scratching out a living with no access to reliable supplies of water and heating fuel, or schools for their children.

Gulf News

Climate change puts food safety in jeopardy

Experts have warned that rising temperatures, more migration and other climate-related risks could threaten food safety — but few countries are looking at the problem.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Climate change and health - chronic kidney disease is on the rise

Vox

New urgency on climate change comes to Congress

CNN

Rape endemic in South Sudan despite peace

Rape and sexual violence against women and girls as young as 8 is still widespread in northern South Sudan despite the signing of a peace deal to end the civil war in September 2018, according to a UN investigation.

U.S. News & World Report

Brazil’s indigenous decry escalating attacks

Brazilian indigenous groups say far-right President Jair Bolsonaro has ramped up land grabs, intimidation and killings during his short time in office.

Al Jazeera

Trump declares emergency to fund wall

Donald Trump is signing a federal funding bill to avoid another government shutdown and announcing a series of executive actions along the U.S.-Mexico border, including the declaration of a national emergency — setting the stage for a major legal showdown.

The Independent

HUMAN RIGHTS

Indian festival steps up anti-trafficking efforts

Camps to protect children from human traffickers have been set up for the first time at the world’s biggest religious festival, the Kumbh Mela in northern India’s Uttar Pradesh state.

Reuters

Australia admits ‘failing’ to help Aboriginals

More than a decade after vowing to “close the gap” between indigenous Australians and the rest of the country, the government admitted it was still falling.

Channel NewsAsia

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Austria get tougher for crimes against women

Austria’s right-wing government announced tougher sentences for violent crimes, particularly against female victims, while pointing to a recent spate of cases in which foreigners are suspected of murdering women.

Reuters

‘Upskirting’ is now a criminal offense in the UK as new law comes into effect

The Independent

Fake news weaponized in Nigeria’s elections

Welcome to the Nigerian election season, where disinformation and propaganda are nothing new. But in the lead up to the 2019 presidential vote on Saturday, fake news “has been on steroids.”

CNN

Nigerian voter data ‘statistically impossible’, analysis shows

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

EU targets tech giants with new copyright law

The European Union claims a new draft deal to force internet platforms to share revenues will empower authors and artists. But critics say the freedom of the internet is at risk.

Deutsche Welle

Mountains bigger than Everest at Earth’s core?

Hundreds of miles below our feet, there is a subterranean mountain range with peaks that may rival the Himalayas, says a new study. Scientists caught a glimpse of them in seismic wave data from Bolivia’s 1994 earthquake.

Motherboard

GLOBAL HEALTH

India’s medical tourism could hit $9B by 2020

India’s medical tourism industry could grow by 200 percent by 2020, hitting $9 billion, according to Ministry of Tourism figures. As it tries to expand, the country is trying to make it easier for people to come for medical reasons.

CNN

Psychedelics, next breakthrough treatment?

From treating depression to helping manage alcohol addiction, researchers say legal medical “magic mushrooms” have potential benefits.

Healthline

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GOOD NEWS

Scientists convert plastic bags to carbon chips

Scientists have created a way to convert plastic bags into carbon chips that could be used in batteries powering our smartphones and other devices.

Devdiscourse

Teacher helps student save father’s life

A South Carolina teacher spotted one of her students biking, trying to get emergency assistance for his diabetic father and helped him save his father’s life.

Inside Edition

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Strong growth in artist-endowed foundations

Assets owned by foundations created by visual artists in the United States more than doubled between 2011 and 2015, a report from the Aspen Institute’s Artist-Endowed Foundations Initiative finds.

Philanthropy News Digest

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These 4 charts illustrate how valuable nonprofits are to the U.S. economy

Fast Company

Chase expands minorities’ lending program

JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, is expanding its Entrepreneurs of Color Fund to the Washington DC region, following launches over the past two years in Detroit, Chicago, San Francisco, and the South Bronx.

Nonprofit Quarterly

ENVIRONMENT

10 Brazilian towns hit by river pollution

Ten towns in southeast Brazil are suffering river pollution after a dam collapse at a mine nearly three weeks ago. With toxic metals being detected, officials have warned locals off using the river water.

France 24

Australia’s iconic Great Barrier Reef hit by polluted floodwaters

Straits Times

Bali turns the tide on Indonesia’s plastic waste

Indonesian isle Bali is drowning in waste, authorities are banning single-use plastics. Indonesia is the world’s second-largest producer of plastic waste after China, contributing 3.2 million tonnes annually.

Al Jazeera

Banning plastic: How Jamaica moved to save its environment

Forbes

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Germany minimum wage among EU’s lowest

At $10.38, the minimum wage in Germany remains among the lowest in western Europe, according to a report. Despite an increase earlier this year, the wage floor continues to sit far below median income levels.

Deutsche Welle

China losing ability to absorb laid off workers

With the Chinese economy slowing, concern has increased among policymakers about the outlook for employment, since ensuring a sufficient number of new jobs is seen as a necessary for the country’s social stability.

South China Morning Post

Photo of the Day

A child is administered malaria vaccine. According to the World Health Organization, globally, an estimated 3.4 billion people in 91 countries and territories are at risk of being infected with malaria and developing disease. (Photo by Tpsdave) Photo used under CC BY

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