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African girls lack access to contraceptive options

As aid cuts and global shipping disruptions threaten access to contraception for girls in Africa, the challenge goes beyond whether contraceptives are being purchased or stocked — stigma can also stand in the way.

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Associated Press

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Aid cuts risk Mozambique’s teen pregnancy fight

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The Independent

Most Gazans need shelter as El Niño floods loom

Almost all of Gaza’s population need tents or help with shelter ahead of winter, with the El Niño weather phenomenon expected to bring heavier rainfall, while supplies remain scarce due to Israeli restrictions.

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Reuters

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Gaza’s children bear lasting scars three years later

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Gaza before and after – a city transformed by war

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Al Jazeera

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Palestinians in Gaza on existing amid disease, despair and ruins

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Guardian

Afghan women face arrest for dress violations

In recent months, the Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have arrested or detained dozens of women for alleged violations of dress codes and for appearing in public without a male guardian, according to the U.N.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Indian artists face censorship as protests grow

New Delhi is accused of silencing dissent as satirical content and online critiques are removed from social media under new rules.

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Al Jazeera

Egypt journalists to protest colleagues’ arrest

Egyptian journalists are planning a new protest in Cairo after six colleagues were charged with terrorism offenses amid allegations they had been tortured in police detention.

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Guardian

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Will Ethiopia’s neighbors intervene amid war?

Tigray’s renewed war is testing Ethiopia’s already strained regional ties. In recent months, Egypt, Eritrea, Sudan and Somalia have found themselves sharing concerns over Ethiopia’s regional ambitions.

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Al Jazeera

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Ethiopian police ask residents in Tigray regional capital to help restore order

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Associated Press

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Ethiopia warns Eritrea it will defend itself after troops cross border

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BBC

Bolsonaro faces Lula in Brazil’s runoff election

Right-wing Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face leftist President Luiz Inacio ‌Lula da Silva in a runoff of the presidential election later this month.

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Reuters

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Brazilians vote in high-stakes presidential election

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How Brazil’s dramatic election unfolded

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BBC

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Charity to monitor Gaza hate speech using AI

A U.S. charity in Gaza is worried that teachers at its schools might stray from a curriculum it says promotes peace and tolerance, so it plans to record classroom conversations.

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Associated Press

Scientists find 180K giant tortoises on island

A survey of the world’s largest free-roaming giant tortoise population has discovered that the once endangered species is thriving. A population of Aldabra giant tortoises lives on an island in Seychelles called Aldabra Atoll.

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CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Shinkafi-Bagudu ready to battle against cancer

With cancer cases rising fastest in poorer countries, Zainab Shinkafi-Bagudu, president-elect of the Union for International Cancer Control, says Africa needs investment in research, diagnosis and prevention.

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Guardian

Study: Gut microbes followed migrating people

The Hadza and the indigenous Tsimane people are two rural communities, separated by an ocean, that appear to have little in common. But a new study shows they share similarities when it comes to the bacteria in their guts.

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NPR

WHO wants more details on pneumonic plague

An official with the World Health Organization said it doesn’t know how a lab worker in Siberia died, and she urged Russia to provide more information about a case that has prompted global concerns.

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Associated Press

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What is the pneumonic plague?

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NPR

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Mexico’s Indigenous women’s softball team

The Las Amazonas softball team is shattering Mexico’s gender expectations by playing softball in traditional outfits.

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AID, NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Nepal ends search for thousands of victims

The families of thousands of people who remain missing in Nepal weeks after catastrophic floods devastated the country have expressed mixed feelings after the government said it is stopping the search.

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Associated Press

Tackling Africa’s chronic shortage of midwives

There is a global midwife shortage of up to 980,000, and much of that need is in Africa. The continent is home to 19% of the world’s women of reproductive age but carries 46% of the global midwife shortage.

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The Independent

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Kenya’s matatus go electric as fuel costs rise

Matatus are the backbone of transport in Kenya. As fuel costs rise, operators are exploring electric vehicles to reduce diesel dependence and keep emissions in check. But upfront costs remain a challenge.

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Climate aid driving up countries’ public debt

The system for distributing climate aid from rich countries is leaving some of the poorest and most vulnerable countries struggling to access finance.

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The Independent

ENVIRONMENT

In Hungary, volunteers build their own dams

In a bone-dry valley in Hungary, forest workers and volunteers piled up terraces of logs and deadwood, hoping to catch any trickles of water that make it down the hillside when the rains finally come.

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Reuters

India water, power shortages follow monsoon

A weak monsoon in India is hitting farmers, water supplies and the power system, while raising wider questions about increasingly erratic rainfall and the economic costs.

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Selfie in Colombia led to ‘jaw dropping’ find

A chance social media encounter has led to the race-against-time discovery of a new species of endangered giant waterlily that has until now been hidden in the depths of Colombia’s jungle.

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Guardian

Malaysia shuts schools amid Indonesia fires

Malaysia has closed schools in its capital Kuala Lumpur and several states as smoke from Indonesian forest fires pushes air pollution to unhealthy levels.

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Al Jazeera

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