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Afghan fathers are forced to sell children to survive

In Afghanistan today, a staggering three in four people cannot meet their basic needs, according to the U.N. Unemployment is rife, healthcare is struggling and the aid that once provided the basics for millions has dwindled.

BBC

Millions facing emergency food shortages in Afghanistan

YouTube

Ebola is a ‘wake-up call’ to danger of aid cuts

As health workers and humanitarian groups rush to try to contain an Ebola outbreak, a former U.K. minister has warned the outbreak should be “a wake-up call” about the danger of cutting foreign aid.

The Independent

Why Ebola keeps returning to DRC

Al Jazeera

Why is stopping the latest outbreak so difficult?

BBC

WHO considers use of experimental vaccines as Ebola cases, deaths rise

Guardian

Mothers demand world leaders protect women

Midwives, health workers and mothers from across Africa and the U.K. protested outside the World Health Assembly in Geneva to end women giving birth in dangerous clinics and maternity wards without clean water.

The Independent

HUMAN RIGHTS

80 students are missing after Nigerian attacks

A wave of militant attacks on schools in Nigeria over the past week has left more than 80 children missing, according to local officials and a rights group this week.

Associated Press

Rwandan genocide suspect dies in custody

A Rwandan suspect charged in connection with the 1994 genocide died in a hospital in Netherlands, while in custody, a U.N. court said this week, three years after the court declared him unfit to continue standing trial.

PBS

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Rising Cuba-US tensions amid talk of drones

Cuba’s reported purchase of drones and renewed threats with the U.S. are stoking fears of escalation. Amid blackouts and shortages, many Cubans expressed outrage at official advice to prepare for potential attack.

Deutsche Welle

Bolivia’s capital is under siege amid protests

Bolivia’s President Rodrigo Paz faces a deepening crisis as widespread protests and blockades leave the political capital under siege less than six months after he took office.

NPR

Photos of mass protests, road blockades choking the Bolivian capital

Associated Press

Mexican teachers threaten World Cup over pay

Mexico’s teachers are threatening to disrupt next month’s 2026 FIFA World Cup unless their demands for higher pay and reforms are met. Thousands of teachers marched through Mexico City this week.

Al Jazeera

Trump tells Iran time running out for peace deal

President Trump posted what appeared to be AI-generated images of him pressing a red button, with explosions and a mushroom cloud on the screens around him.

WHAS11

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

India’s push for digital independence a battle

With bans on Chinese apps, support for domestic platforms and AI initiatives, India aims to reduce reliance on foreign tech. But building alternatives isn’t easy.

Deutsche Welle

Puzzling Pompeii victim may have been doctor

A victim of the Mount Vesuvius volcanic eruption, whose remains long puzzled archaeologists, may have been a doctor at the ancient city of Pompeii, a new study reveals.

The Independent

GLOBAL HEALTH

Companies accused of delaying formula recall

Food giants Nestle and Danone are facing renewed scrutiny over their handling of infant formula contamination, following reports from French, Belgian and Swiss public media outlets questioning the speed of recalls.

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Indian students get real environmental practice

Environmental education is mandatory in India, yet often abstract. A project in Pune brings children out of the classroom and into nature, turning theory into practice.

Deutsche Welle

Kampala to Munich: Kids march for the planet

Deutsche Welle

Two Nepalis set Everest summitting records

Two Nepali climbers, a man and a woman, have each set records for number of times climbing the world’s highest mountain. The 492 Everest climbing permits issued by Nepal for the 2026 spring season mark another high.

Deutsche Welle

AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

MSF accuses S. Sudan forces of exploiting aid

Aid group Doctors Without Borders accused South Sudan’s government of blocking humanitarian access to opposition-controlled areas and said they were exploiting aid for political and military ends.

AOL News

Israeli police force activists to be bound, kneel

Israeli police forced activists who were aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla to kneel on the ground in rows with their hands tied behind their backs while a minister looked on.

Yahoo! News

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Kenya halts strike after deadly fuel protests

Kenya paused a public transport strike for talks after protests over soaring fuel prices turned deadly, with four people reported killed and many injured.

Deutsche Welle

Rising fuel prices trigger protests in Kenya

Associated Press

UN lowers forecast for global economic growth

Responding to Middle East crises and rising oil prices, the United Nations lowered its forecast for global economic growth and raised the prospects for inflation this year.

Associated Press

Ban forces Palestinians to make own cement

With Israel blocking imports of building materials, those rebuilding in Gaza are recycling ruins to make new homes.

Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change is reducing oxygen in rivers

Global warming is causing rivers to slowly lose oxygen, threatening fish and other lives in the waterways, a new study shows.

Associated Press

A sanctuary in DRC looks after baby bonobos

A sanctuary on the outskirts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s capital of Kinshasa is the world’s only sanctuary for orphaned bonobos, usually rescued from poachers.

Associated Press

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Young Kenyan children smile for the camera. (Photo by Promise Tangeman) Photo used under CC BY

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