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13M US children living below the poverty line

The Children’s Defense Fund said in a new report that about 13 million American children are living in homes with incomes below the poverty line, depriving many of a decent education and proper nutrition, and putting them at risk of homelessness and violence.

Guardian

No progress on Rohingya return to Myanmar

The UN humanitarian chief said there has been no progress in dealing with the reasons why more than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar’s Rakhine state.

San Francisco Chronicle

Facing Myanmar’s brutal persecution, Rohingya refugees still can’t return home

PBS

Workers demand rights, respect on May Day

Higher salaries, better working conditions, maternity leave, minimum wage and an end to discrimination against temporary or foreign workers were among the concerns as hundreds of thousands rallied around the world to mark May Day.

AP News

In pictures: May Day celebrated around the world

BBC

Modern crises challenge food aid agencies

Aid agencies struggle to provide a balanced diet in poor, remote places, despite an increase in the awareness about malnutrition in the last few decades.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Argentines strike to protest austerity drive

Tens of thousands of Argentines protested against President Mauricio Macri’s austerity drive after labor unions began a 24-hour partial strike that brought airports, banks and schools across the country to a standstill.

Deutsche Welle

Ebola outbreak in DRC spreads at record pace

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has reached a grim milestone, with 27 new cases confirmed in a single day — a record for the current outbreak.

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

Trump to start DNA testing at US-Mexico border

The Trump administration plans to launch a DNA testing pilot program at two locations along the U.S.-Mexico border starting next week, in an attempt to identify and prosecute immigrants posing as families.

BuzzFeed

Mexicans increasingly reject migrants

Al Jazeera

Religious freedom report offers grim review

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has released its annual report in the aftermath of attacks on mosques in New Zealand, churches in Sri Lanka and synagogues in the United States.

NPR

UN chief demands that the world step up to stamp out hatred

FOX News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Japan rings in new era with Naruhito as emperor

A new era has begun in Japan after Naruhito officially became the country’s emperor at the stroke of midnight on Wednesday, taking over as head of the world’s oldest monarchy following his father’s historic abdication.

Al Jazeera

Worldwide military spending rose in 2018

Military expenditures rose 2.6 percent between 2017 and 2018, to hit a total of $1.82 trillion, according to new research. Sixty percent of global military spending came from The United States, China, Saudi Arabia, India, and France.

Business Insider

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Smart startup is growing tomatoes in the desert

The United Arab Emirates imports at least 80 percent of its food. To tackle this, an Abu Dhabi-based startup is developing smart greenhouses, using tech to allow agriculture to flourish in the tough environment.

CNN

Could fish mucus be next antibiotic treatment?

After decades of antibiotic overuse, researchers are open to exploring new options. According to Tech Times, the slimy mucus that coat fish is showing promise as mucus protects fish from harmful pathogens in their surroundings.

FOX News

GLOBAL HEALTH

S. Africa’s health care in spotlight ahead of vote

Voting on May 8 in South Africa this year will mark 25 years since the end of apartheid rule, but hopes have been dashed that the new era would produce a modern, accessible public health service.

France24

A prescription for Madagascar’s broken health system: data and a focus on details

Science Mag

Older men are now facing a loneliness crisis

Social care services should better support marginalized male groups or risk the problem of loneliness and isolation worsening, according a new report.

Sky News

Older and overmedicated: Are seniors prescribed too many pills?

Healthline

Columns And Op-Ed

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A cartoon on Donald Trump and the San Diego synagogue shooting

Guardian

Column (Jan Rydzak):

Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it

The Conversation

Column (Mary Robinson):

Most of the world’s population have no access to basic justice. But the fix is easier than you think

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Venezuelans find relief from free mangoes

Nearly 90 percent of Venezuela doesn’t earn enough to buy food. But the many mango trees across tropical Venezuela that bear free fruit three times a year are being hailed as the “real humanitarian aid.”

NPR

Parrot survives abduction, returns to zoo

An Amazonian parrot called Freddy Krueger found its way back to a Brazil zoo from which it was stolen while recovering from a four-year nightmare, which saw it shot in a gun battle, abducted and bitten by a snake.

Guardian

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Pope donates $500K for migrants in Mexico

Pope Francis has donated $500,000 to help migrants stranded in Mexico as they try to reach the U.S. border, the Vatican said. The money comes from the Catholic Church‘s Peter Pence fund.

BBC

Nonprofits failing to accommodate disabled

A report from RespectAbility finds that most foundations and nonprofits are not doing enough to provide people with disabilities the access and accommodations they need to participate fully in programs and services.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Three tons of rubbish collected from Everest

A dedicated clean-up team sent to Mount Everest has collected three tons of rubbish in its first two weeks, officials said, in an ambitious plan to clean the world’s highest rubbish dump.

Channel NewsAsia

‘Biodegradable’ plastic bags survive years

Guardian

US may list giraffes as an endangered species

The U.S. is considering giving new protection to giraffes, whose numbers have dropped dramatically in recent decades. The numbers in sub-Saharan Africa plunged from 163,000 in 1985 to an estimated 97,560 in 2015.

CNN

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Tunisia raises minimum wages, pensions

Tunisia raised the minimum wage for industrial and farm workers as well as pensions for hundreds of thousands of private-sector retirees by 6.5 percent in a move to defuse discontent over economic hardships.

Channel NewsAsia

Canada increases loans to farmers after China blocks canola shipments

Channel NewsAsia

Uber and Lyft stop hiring new drivers in NYC

Uber and Lyft have stopped hiring new drivers in New York City. This comes after the city passed a law that requires ridesharing companies to pay drivers in the city $17.22 per hour after expenses have been paid.

Motley Fool

China to use unemployment fund to support jobs

Nasdaq

Photo of the Day

In this photograph from July 2006, this brother and sister duo had walked for four hours to reach a one room, sparsely stocked clinic in rural Mexico that is only open sporadically. The nearest hospital is a day or two walk from where they live and no one owns a vehicle. Once a patient arrives, they will wait for several hours to be seen by the First Aid Worker. (Photo by Tia Foundation) Photo used under CC BY

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