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A Rohingya woman and child in a refugee camp. Bangladesh has been hosting Rohingya refugees from Myanmar for nearly 30 years with an influx of 700,000 new refugees in 2017. Many believe that the presence of nearly a million refugees is in this part of Bangladesh is unsustainable (Photo by UN Women) Photo used under CC BY

Bangladesh struggling to aid Rohingya refugees

The sudden influx of 700,000 refugees in 2017 has had a huge negative impact on the local community with tremendous pressure on the infrastructure from the refugees themselves and from aid efforts to keep so many people sheltered, fed and healthy.

NPR

Libya’s detained refugees trapped by conflict

Al Jazeera

Denials of US immigrant visas skyrocket

More and more aspiring immigrants – especially Mexicans – are being denied visas based on determinations by the U.S. State Department that they might become “public charges,” dependent on the government for support.

Reuters

Trafficked workers accuse Spain of ignoring abuse

Trafficked Moroccan women have accused both the Moroccan and Spanish governments of ignoring widespread exploitation and abuse in the strawberry fields of southern Spain.

The Olive Press

Chinese workers push back against long hours

Chinese tech employees are pushing back against the industry’s notoriously long hours, known as the “996” schedule of working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week.

Guardian

One in five Irish children living in poverty

One in five children in Ireland — some 230,000 of the country’s population — is living in a family with income below the poverty line, an issue that needs to be addressed by policy changes, according to an independent social justice think tank.

Irish Examiner

The ‘indelible mark’ that exposure to hunger leaves on children

CNN

Venice high rents forcing residents out of city

Squatters are taking over unoccupied buildings in Venice in defiance of what they say are high rents forcing families out of the city as tourism takes over.

PRI

HUMAN RIGHTS

Is the NRA promoting gun rights outside US?

The National Rifle Association has been exerting its influence on gun debates outside the U.S. for a number of years, exporting its firebrand rhetoric and belief that more guns will lead to less crime.

ABC News

Racism, still a huge problem in UK’s workplaces

A shocking report has found that the majority of ethnic minority workers have experienced racial harassment at work in the last five years, and have been subjected to unfair treatment by their employer because of their race.

Phys.org

Some praise Québec religious symbols ban

In Québec, where many have come out strongly against Bill 21, known as the religious symbols ban, some are praising it as a necessary line between church and state.

CBC News

Iranian who removed headscarf pardoned from year in prison

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Maduro calls for million more militia members

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro has said he wants a million more people to join his civilian militia by the end of the year. This, as opposition leader Juan Guaidó seeks to persuade the military to abandon Maduro.

BBC

Venezuela’s Guaido calls for nationwide protests

Al Jazeera

Indonesia to vote in biggest single-day poll

Tens of millions of Indonesians will vote in presidential and parliamentary elections this week after campaigns focused on the economy, but with political Islam looming ever larger in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation.

Reuters

Rising food prices a hot button issue in Indonesia presidential race

Channel NewsAsia

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Oil-eating bacteria found deep in the ocean

At the bottom of the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth’s oceans, scientists have discovered unique oil-eating bacteria.

The Independent

20 shocking photos of water pollution from around the world

Business Insider

Winds blowing microplastics around world?

In what looks like a pristine, remote mountain region, tiny pieces of plastic pollution were found raining down from the sky—raising questions about the global extent of plastic pollution—a first-of-its-kind study has found.

National Geographic

GLOBAL HEALTH

Global measles cases up 300% year-on-year

Measles cases rose 300 per cent worldwide through the first three months of 2019 compared to the same period last year, the World Health Organization said, citing preliminary data.

Channel NewsAsia

Congo’s Ebola shaping up as global emergency

A Red Cross official said he’s “more concerned than ever” about the possible spread of Ebola virus after a new spike in cases, as the WHO met on whether to declare the outbreak in Congo an international health emergency.

NBCNews.com

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GOOD NEWS

Musician rescues 70 horses from slaughter

When he’s not on the tour and playing music, American musician, Willie Nelson spends his time at his Texas ranch where 70 horses roam. All of the horse were rescued before they could be sent to slaughterhouses.

Sunnyskyz

Police officer throws party for 9-year-old

When no one from 9-year-old Thomas Daniel’s class came to his birthday party, a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan stepped up to make his celebration extra special.

ABC News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Israeli nonprofit vows new moon mission

The Israeli nonprofit, SpaceIL founded by Israeli billionaire Morris Kahn, behind last week’s failed lunar landing has vowed to create a second mission to steer a privately funded spacecraft onto the moon.

Phys.org

Starbucks gives $1.3M for paper cup recycling

A $1.3 million fund to help expand and improve paper cup recycling facilities across the UK will be launched by the coffee giant Starbucks and environmental charity Hubbub.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Seychelles leader makes underwater speech

Seychelles president, Danny Faure said that a healthy ocean was “crucial for the survival of humanity” in a broadcast made 124m (406ft) below sea level.

BBC

Peru’s indigenous battle Amazon poachers

In Peru’s Amazon, indigenous people are working to protect their land from a recent rash of new timber poachers and squatters who are breaking the laws intended to safeguard the forests.

National Geographic

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Competition making big firms raise wages

In boosting pay to $20, Bank of America is setting a high bar, higher than big-box retailers like Target, which boosted its own minimum wage to $13 an hour, and far in excess of the federal minimum wage, $7.25.

Market Place

In Kenya, leaders flag oil project concerns

In a panel discussion in Nairobi, civil society leaders said stronger community engagement is needed for oil revenues to bring sustainable development to northwestern Kenya, where oil deposits were discovered.

Devex

Photo of the Day

Across Indonesia’s palm oil producing regions, women are frequently seen working the plantations alongside men. Yet, despite providing a backbone to one of the nation’s most economically important industries, women can be marginalized and often have little access to financial resources, knowledge and technology to improve their crop yields. (Photo by UNDP Indonesia/Sustainable Palm Oil Initiative/Nicholas Hurt) Photo used under CC BY

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