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Asylum seekers in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco, Mexico. U.S. opposition politicians and aid agencies have questioned a decision by President Donald Trump to cut off aid to three Central American nations. There has been a huge increase in asylum seekers fleeing violence in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. (Photo by Daniel Arauz) Photo used under CC BY

Trump moves to cut aid to Central America

President Trump ordered the suspension of aid payments to El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras to push their governments to stop migration into the US. Critics say the decision will hurt programs that already aim to persuade people to stay at home.

BBC

Poor uprooted as Laos focuses on big projects

The Laos government has prioritized big infrastructure projects including dams, railways lines and mines that have benefited few people and uprooted the poor from their land, said the UN’s top independent expert on poverty.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Little Laos struggles to swallow Chinese debt

UCA News

S. Korea fails to stop record slide in birth rate

In South Korea, the government has spent billions of dollars trying to boost the country’s sliding birth rate, but the country’s fertility rate hit another record low last year, falling below one for the first time.

Channel NewsAsia

Saudi political prisoners suffer torture, malnutrition

According to leaked medical reports prepared for King Salman, Saudi political prisoners have suffered torture and malnutrition, and the documents include recommendations for early release due to prisoners’ poor health.

Al Jazeera

Millions go hungry in crop-exporting Pakistan

The International Food Policy Research Institute, a poverty and hunger watchdog, estimates that one in five of Pakistan’s more than 200 million people are malnourished.

Channel NewsAsia

White people’s diets are killing environment

Caucasian populations are disproportionately contributing to climate change through their eating habits, which uses up more food — and emits more greenhouse gases — than the typical diets of black and Latino communities.

New York Post

Chinese medicine drives animal part trafficking

Reuters

Extreme weather affected 62M people in 2018

Extreme weather last year hit 62 million people worldwide and forced 2 million people to relocate, as man-made climate change worsened, the UN’s weather agency reports.

CBS News

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Climate change worsens pollen season

EcoWatch

Malaysians urge accountability for graves

Almost four years after the discovery in Malaysia of 139 graves of Rohingya and Bangladeshis, authorities have not prosecuted any Malaysians for the deaths, and groups are demanding accountability.

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Quebec may bill ban hijabs in public sector

Canada’s Quebec has introduced legislation that will ban public sector employees from wearing religious symbols during work hours, a controversial move that critics say targets Muslim women who wear hijabs.

Al Jazeera

UK limit on aid to slavery victims unlawful

In the UK, a high court judge ruled that Home Office policy to cut off statutory support to people after they have been identified as victims of slavery is potentially unlawful.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Trump threatens to shut Mexico border

In response to a continuing surge of migrants at the US–Mexico border, President Donald Trump said he is likely to close the border if Mexico does not do more to stop migrants reaching the United States.

BBC

Authorities link Austrian to mosque attacks

The Austrian authorities are investigating possible connections after it emerged that the main suspect in the Christchurch mosque attacks made a large donation to the leader of the far-right Identitarian Movement in Austria.

BBC

Google signs deal with Cuba to boost internet

US tech giant Google has signed a deal with Cuban operator ETECSA to explore ways of boosting internet service on the island, despite diplomatic tensions between the nations.

Forbes

Besieged, Google pulls conversion therapy app

Daily Mail

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Facebook calls for government regulation

Amid rising white nationalism, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg called on governments to take a more active role in regulating harmful online content and ensuring the integrity of elections.

The Independent

Facebook considers live-stream restrictions

BBC

New antibiotics could incorporate fish slime

With antibiotic resistance growing, researchers say the mucus that protects fish contains substances that could be used in new antibiotics for MRSA and E coli.

Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Smog linked to psychotic experiences in youth

Young people living with higher levels of air pollution are significantly more likely to have psychotic experiences, according to a study.

Guardian

Study finds Gen Z is loneliest generation

A study published in Journal of Social and Personal Relationships found that young people are reporting loneliness in increasing numbers and at a rate outpacing their elderly counterparts, and social media is to blame.

USA TODAY

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GOOD NEWS

Thai park rangers rescue baby elephants

Park rangers in northeastern Thailand rescued six baby elephants who were trapped in a mud hole and separated from their parents.

The Independent

Cayman Islands legalizes gay marriage

In a ruling that could have implications for LGBT+ rights on other British overseas territories, a judge declared a ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional.

The Independent

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Otto Bremer Trust awards $9.1M in grants

The Otto Bremer Trust in St. Paul, Minnesota, announced grants totaling $9.1 million in support of organizations in Minnesota, North Dakota and western Wisconsin that address local challenges and increase opportunities.

Philanthropy News Digest

Women fighting for gender equality In NGOs

As it’s still Women’s History Month, it only seems fitting to turn our attention to some of the women who are instrumental to global gender equality activism and who are some of the key activists fighting for gender policy reform in NGOs.

Forbes

Story behind Special Olympics controversy

After bipartisan outrage on both sides of the political aisle in Congress, President Donald Trump overruled his own education secretary this week and cancelled a budget-cutting proposal to eliminate $17.6 million in federal funding for the Special Olympics.

CBS News

ENVIRONMENT

Feeding wild birds has impact on conservation

More than 57 million households across the U.S. have bird feeders in their backyards, and Americans spend more than $4 billion a year on bird food. These individuals have a significant impact on conservation.

Earth.com

Record 1K dolphins wash ashore in France this year

Channel NewsAsia

Australia fails to set efficiency standards

New data shows Australia’s emissions from transport are soaring and projected to be 82 percent higher in 2030 than they were in 1990, yet the government has still failed to establish fuel efficiency standards.

Guardian

New York State bans plastic bags

National Geographic

Investors push climate accountability

As climate action gains traction, a new wave of corporate shareholders is trying to use the tools of capitalism to hold fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change.

Mother Jones

ECONOMIC EQUITY

India party chief vows minimum basic income

India’s main opposition party, the Congress Party, will give $1,045 to each of India’s poorest families every year if voted back into power, its chief said, in what he called a “final assault on poverty.”

Al Jazeera

UK firms lagging on gender pay gap reporting

With just one week to the reporting deadline, nearly two-thirds of UK companies still have not disclosed the average difference between what they pay male and female employees.

BBC

Photo of the Day

A girl walks down a road at sunset next to an Internally Displaced Persons camp near the town of Jowhar in the Middle Shabelle region of Somalia in December 2013. Fighting between clans, as well as flooding, displaced more than 12,000 people near the town with many seeking temporary shelter near an African Union military camp in the area. (Photo by UN Photo/Tobin Jones) Photo used under CC BY

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