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Syrian refugees went to Cappadoce, Turkey to work in the 2014 harvest. (Photo by Fabio Sola Penna)

Asylum for Syrian refugees: An overdue olive branch

Last week UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, became the most recent UN official to urge Western countries to shoulder more responsibility for what is being called the ‘worst humanitarian disaster in modern history.’

Middle East Monitor

Obama makes climate case in Florida’s Everglades

President Obama made an Earth Day trip to the Everglades on Wednesday as he rolled out a set of new environmental initiatives.

NBCNews.com

Death toll in migrant boat capsize thought to be 800

The U.N. refugee agency said that more than 800 people are believed to have perished when a ship crammed with migrants capsized, making it the worst maritime disaster ever recorded in the Mediterranean.

NBCNews.com

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Survivors of Mediterranean death boat tell of horror

The Australian

Errors about when the robots come to take all our jobs

We’ve been automating every job we can ever since we worked out what it meant. A plough is an automated version of a man with a shovel.

Forbes

Fighting robots with robots

Providence Journal

Here’s why the sharing economy Is soaring

If you‘ve seen the movie The Holiday, starring Cameron Diaz, you’re familiar with home swapping and how much more interesting and affordable it can make a vacation.

Fiscal Times

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Refocusing philanthropy after ACA implementation

For the past several years, many of us in health philanthropy have seen the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) as a key opportunity for attention and investment.

Health Affairs Blog

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The unexpected impact of the ACA shows up on Tax Day

Brookings

Ford Foundation hires Michelle Obama’s aide

Kristen Jarvis, a longtime special assistant to First Lady Michelle Obama, takes on a newly created position at the Ford Foundation.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Dire’ human rights situation in Ukraine likely to deteriorate further

The UN human rights office said that it is increasingly worried that the dire situation in parts of eastern Ukraine is likely to deteriorate further due to breaches of the ceasefire and violations of the Minsk Agreement.

UN News Center

Zimbabwe: Independence celebrations marred by human rights failures

The Zimbabwean government is effectively denying many people their human rights by dragging its heels in aligning the country’s laws with the constitution adopted two years ago, said Amnesty International.

allAfrica.com

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

Financing the future of development

The 2015 World Bank Group-International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings are over, but the next pivotal year will have a new set of ambitious development targets, such as ending extreme poverty and hunger by 2030.

World Bank

China and Pakistan launch economic corridor plan worth $46 billion

China and Pakistan launched a plan on Monday for energy and infrastructure projects in Pakistan worth $46 billion, linking their economies and underscoring China’s economic ambitions in Asia and beyond.

Reuters

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

School boards voice opposition to governance reform bill

A number of school districts are letting state officials and lawmakers know they oppose H.361 — the education governance bill voted out of the House last month now in the hands of the Senate Education Committee.

Vermont Digger

Government needs tech industry to show up

U.S. government is still years behind countries like the United Kingdom in terms of embracing technology.

Wired

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Astronomers discover largest known structure in the universe is ... a big hole

Astronomers have discovered the largest known structure in the universe: an incredibly big hole. The “supervoid”, as it is known, is a spherical blob 1.8 billion light years across that is distinguished by its unusual emptiness.

Guardian

How Moore’s Law Changed History (and Your Smartphone)

In 1965, Moore noted that the number of transistor and resistor elements on computer chips had been doubling roughly every year—and that he expected this to keep happening for the next 10 years.

PC Magazine

Inside the multibillion-dollar quest to make faster, cheaper gadgets

CNET News

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GOOD NEWS

Good Samaritan springs into action after fiery 417 crash

A Good Samaritan who sprang into action after a fiery crash says he’s grateful no one was killed. The crash, involving a transport truck and a sedan, happened on the Queensway at the height of rush hour.

CTV

Sally White rides down aisle on horse she saved from starvation

A bride spoke of her joy yesterday after riding to the ceremony on a horse she helped save from starving to death. Sally White, 28, cared for the terrified animal after his rescue from a hillside, abandoned without any food or water.

Sunday Express

NGOs AND NONPROFITS

Corporate governance among Ghanaian NGOs

As a concept, corporate governance involves a set of relationships between a company’s management, its board, its shareholders and other stakeholders.

Ghana Web

Nonprofits: Get ready for Google’s Mobile Algorithm update

Last February, Google announced that they would add mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. Other ranking signals include quantity of inbound links, social traffic, site loading speed and website architecture.

Business 2 Community

ENVIRONMENT

World’s mountain of electrical waste reaches new peak of 42m tonnes

The biggest per-capita tallies were in countries known for green awareness, such as Norway and Denmark, with Britain fifth and US ninth on the UN report’s list.

Guardian

Santa Cruz Earth Day celebration instills sense of environmental responsibility

The sun came out and so did the people for the annual Earth Day celebration in San Lorenzo Park.

Santa Cruz Sentinel

When Earth Day changed the world

MSNBC

Photo of the Day

The rising sun tints Mill Bay Beach in Alaska shades of purple. (Photo by Andrew Petersen)

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