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A refugee child from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Photo by Peter Biro/European Union) Photo used under CC BY

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‘Window closing’ to save 800M children from crisis

Climate impacts and debt pressures are escalating across the developing world, a new paper finds, threatening the development of children more with every year that passes.

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The Independent

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Climate aid driving up public debt of poorest countries

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The Independent

Aid cuts destroy hope for many Afghan women

The U.S. has defunded one of the last universities giving Afghan women the chance to receive an education after the Taliban takeover in 2021. DW spoke with a student who says she’s lost hope of earning a degree.

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Can technology open doors for women in Afghanistan?

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Human Rights Foundation

Doctors: Paramilitary targeted Sudan hospitals

A BBC investigation has found evidence that Sudanese paramilitary fighters systematically destroyed el-Fasher’s healthcare system during their long siege and subsequent takeover of the city in Darfur a year ago.

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BBC

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New famine risk haunts war-torn Sudan with El Niño-driven drought

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Ship attacks in Strait of Hormuz hit record high

October has been the worst month for attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz and nearby ‌waterways, according to data compiled by a Washington-based think tank.

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Reuters

Pulaku: The two faces of Nigeria’s vigilantes

Allegations of torture and abuse shadow a Fulani-led vigilante group despite its role in clamping down on kidnappers.

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Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Israel begins demolitions in West Bank city

Israel began demolishing buildings and forcing residents to evacuate a neighborhood in the occupied West Bank hours after two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on an Israeli military checkpoint, killing two soldiers.

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CNN

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Israel orders closure of West Bank after soldiers kill 2 men

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NPR

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Israeli roadblocks disrupt schools, medical care in West Bank village

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Al Jazeera

Ukraine uses drones to disrupt Russian planes

Repeated Ukrainian drone attacks are increasingly disrupting operations at Moscow’s airports. The pounding is part of Ukraine’s plan to shut down Russia’s airpace.

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Russia, Ukraine agree to ceasefire in Ukrainian city hit by food crisis

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Reuters

Venezuelans protest to demand democracy

Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Venezuela to demand presidential elections and call for the return of exiled Nobel Prize-winning opposition leader María Corina Machado.

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Time

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Russia attacks Ukraine’s digital infrastructure

Russia is attacking Ukraine’s digital infrastructure with the same intensity as its ‌embattled power grid, Kyiv’s prime minister said, calling on government agencies to quickly form cybersecurity teams.

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Reuters

Have scientists found a way to save bananas?

With the climate crisis and diseases threatening one of the world’s most popular fruits, researchers are hoping a breakthrough in breeding techniques could give the Cavendish banana a certain future.

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Guardian

GLOBAL HEALTH

Authorities investigating paths of Ebola cases

The first Ebola patient confirmed in Nigeria in more than a decade may have crossed paths with the first Kenyan Ebola patient at a Ugandan airport, health officials said.

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NPR

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Nigeria on alert after Ebola case confirmed

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War on Lebanon has cost those with autism

Lebanon has been engulfed in war since October 2023, with bombings across the country and an economic crisis continuing to impact all Lebanese, particularly neurodivergent people.

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Al Jazeera

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Brazil’s right has already changed the balance of power

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Al Jazeera

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Why is Gen Z revolting?

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Al Jazeera

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Small AI is the right answer to the wrong question

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Devex

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GOOD NEWS

Hanoi’s Train Street a global travel obsession

A train, a narrow alley and a crowd with smartphones. This extraordinary attraction offers a rush few visitors forget. It’s turned a struggling area into one of Vietnam’s most photographed destinations.

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AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

UN promises $20M for Nepal flood recovery

A U.N. climate fund has provisionally set aside $20 million to help Nepal recover from catastrophic flooding that killed more than 1,400 people, left thousands missing and caused billions of dollars in damage.

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Associated Press

Fundraising to protect nature sites falling short

Efforts to raise hundreds of billions of dollars to preserve the world’s oceans, forests, rivers, lakes and other parts of the natural world have fallen short ahead of a key U.N. summit on biodiversity.

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The Hill

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Malawi’s fuel shortages force lines for days

Shortages caused by Malawi’s lack of hard currency have escalated into a national emergency, with drivers waiting for a fuel tanker that may never arrive.

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Guardian

Mexicans protest the worsening water crisis

Residents in Guadalajara are demanding answers over a worsening water-quality crisis that has left many households reporting foul-smelling, sediment-filled tap water and sparked police clashes.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Brazil‘s election could affect Amazon rainforest

Climate scientists and environmentalists say the winner of Brazil’s election race could determine whether, and how soon, the world’s largest rainforest could reach a “tipping point.”

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Associated Press

World’s oldest cave paintings under threat

Researchers warn that heat and smoke from Indonesia’s fiercest wildfires in more than 10 years threaten to accelerate the deterioration of the world’s oldest cave paintings, located on the island of Sulawesi.

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The Independent

Marine life not fully recovered from BP oil spill

Marine life in the Gulf of Mexico plummeted by about 60% after BP’s 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and has still not fully recovered, according to a new study.

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Guardian

Fight for Karachi’s captive elephants’ survival

Karachi’s last two African elephants remain in captivity. Their sisters are already dead. Will they survive?

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Al Jazeera

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A man sells suya in the Asokoro section of Abuja, Nigeria. Suya is thinly sliced strips of meat cooked over an open fire, often on a wooden skewer. (Photo by Mark Fischer) Photo used under CC BY

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