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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte last week alarmed regional neighbors when he ordered troops to occupy all South China Sea reefs. (Photo by Barry Ohaylan/Davao Today) Photo used under CC BY

Duterte’s embarrassing to, fro on S. China Sea

Confusing pronouncements on the South China Sea and mounting international condemnation of the bloody crackdown on illegal drugs could lead the Philippines into a foreign policy crisis. Deutsche Welle reports from Manila.

Deutsche Welle

Nigerian police drive residents from settlement

Thousands of people in Nigeria’s Lagos state were left homeless after police stormed an informal fishing settlement and set fire to their homes, according to rights groups.

Al Jazeera

Special section:

Nigeria’s invisible crisis

Pulitzer Center

G7 seeks united front on Assad and Russia

The search for a unified approach to the Syria conflict after last week’s suspected chemical attack looks set to dominate talks between the G7 group of leading nations in Italy. Foreign ministers want Russia to distance itself from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

BBC

Nikki Haley says ‘regime change’ in Syria. Rex Tillerson doesn’t. What gives?

CNN

Grief, desperation among Egypt’s Coptics

Egypt’s Coptic Christians have spoken of their sadness – and their fears for the future – after terrorists targeted two congregations celebrating Palm Sunday. At least 49 people were killed in bombings at two churches.

CNN

ISIS claims responsibility for Coptic church bombings

Guardian

Fearing terror, Israel closes border with Egypt

Israel has closed its side of the Taba Border Crossing between Eilat and Egypt in light of concerns of terrorist attacks targeting tourists in the volatile Sinai Peninsula.

Jerusalem Post

Israel blocks Palestinian ‘March of Return’

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

2 Indonesian men may get lashed for gay sex

Two men may be in line for up to 100 lashes of the cane after being caught having sex in Indonesia’s Shariah-ruled province of Aceh. The province is the only one allowed to impose Shariah after a change in the law.

Deutsche Welle

Trump drops rights terms on arms sales

The Donald Trump administration has told Congress it plans to approve a multibillion-dollar sale of F-16 fighter jets to Bahrain without the human rights conditions imposed by the Obama administration.

The Independent

Rights group slams arrests in Djibouti

The International Federation for Human Rights called for the “immediate and unconditional release” of opposition party members arrested in the Horn of Africa nation of Djibouti.

Yahoo! News

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

The complicated story of black conservatism

In this moment of tense relations between President Trump and black America, it is important to separate Trump’s racial politics from the conservative principles that still attract black Americans.

The Hill

Indian cops bust alleged kingpin of US tax scam

Indian police have arrested the suspected mastermind behind a call center scam run out of a Mumbai suburb that targeted thousands of Americans and netted more than $300 million.

Reuters

Iraqi residents worry about rebuilding after ISIS

As Iraqi forces with help from the U.S.-led coalition continue fighting to retake control of Mosul from the Islamic State, Jalawla residents said Iraq’s government in Baghdad needs to plan better for life after the militants are gone.

USA TODAY

Greeks hostile to governance reforms

Since Greece’s debt crisis exploded in 2009, creditors have demanded deep governance reforms. Greeks have so far resisted. In their eyes, there are good reasons for that resistance, reports Miltiades Schmidt.

Deutsche Welle

Greek gloom as economy stalls amid latest bout of EU wrangling

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Most smile types don’t indicate happiness

Of 19 different types of smile, only six occur when we’re having a good time. The rest happen when we’re in pain, embarrassed, uncomfortable, horrified or even miserable. A smile may mean contempt, anger or incredulity, that we’re lying or that we’ve lost.

BBC

India police rescue girl living with monkeys

Local authorities in northern India rescued a girl after she was living “comfortably” with monkeys in the jungle for years. Woodcutters alerted police after first spotting the young girl running with monkeys in a remote nature preserve about eight weeks ago, reports say.

AOL News

Hacker sets off emergency alarms in Dallas

Dallas residents were jolted out of bed late Friday evening after a hacker triggered all the city’s emergency sirens, setting off a wave of panic and confusion. All 156 emergency sirens were activated around 11:40 p.m.

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

Sri Lanka protests cripple health services

An island-wide protest by Sri Lankan doctors demanding closure of a private medical college crippled the health services, leaving thousands of patients unattended and threatening the investment climate.

Reuters

Concern growing for brain-invading worms

There have been six cases of a rare parasitic infection called “rat lungworm” in Maui in the last three months, health officials reported this week. The number is small, but it’s a dramatic jump from the normal number of cases.

Ars Technica

Could a common virus be triggered by gluten?

A new study raises a novel idea about what might trigger celiac disease, a condition that makes patients unable to tolerate foods containing gluten.

NPR

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GOOD NEWS

Man devotes himself to helping stranger walk

Two years ago, Eugene Yoon made the craziest decision of his life. He felt called to do was one really big random act of kindness. He didn’t know who he was supposed to help or how, all he knew was that he had to help someone and it had to be life-altering.

MSN

Drive funds bikes for all of school’s students

Students jumped with joy, hugged one another and squealed with delight as teachers at their South Carolina elementary school revealed hundreds of custom-made bicycles beneath parachutes normally used for P.E. class.

NBCNews.com

Notes from stranger brighten people’s day

Mustafa Hussain has a passion for making people smile, he feels it’s his duty to spread positivity as much as he can. “Making one person smile can change the world. Maybe not the whole world, but their world.”

USA TODAY

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

How the Girl Scouts built $700M cookie empire

The Girl Scouts of the USA command a $700 million cookie empire, unloading 200 million boxes a year. The Girl Scouts built their booming business thanks to decades of smart organizational choices, good products and an unbeatable brand image.

NBCNews.com

Cookie sales teach finance, GS leader says

CNBC

Top Bolivian NGO facing eviction

One of Bolivia’s leading social and environmental organizations has been plunged into crisis after being told it must clear out of its current premises storing millions of records and tens of thousands of books and other publications.

Guardian

UK charities fined for data law breaches

Eleven charities have been fined by the UK’s data watchdog for misusing information about millions of past donors to seek further funds. Those fined include Oxfam, Cancer Research UK, The Royal British Legion and Battersea Dogs’ and Cats’ Home.

BBC

BUSINESS

Google accused of underpaying women

Just three days after Google announced that it had “closed the gender pay gap globally” on Equal Pay Day, a Department of Labor official testified in federal court that there is “systemic” discrimination against women at Google.

NPR

Pepsi ad was so awful it united the Internet

In case you’ve just awakened from a brief coma, Pepsi briefly aired an ad that urges everyone to unite and “join the conversation.” In that way, the soft drink ad succeeded. It did indeed provoke conversation — about Pepsi’s tone-deafness.

Wired

How did Pepsi’s ad even get off the drawing board?

USA TODAY

ENVIRONMENT

California governor declares end to drought

One of the worst droughts in California history has officially ended, Gov. Jerry Brown has declared, but not before it strained the state’s farm economy and threatened water supplies for millions of residents.

Reuters

Bleaching devastates Great Barrier Reef

Two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier reef has been devastated by back-to-back years of “severe” coral bleaching, aerial surveys have found, raising fears that the natural wonder may not fully recover.

NBCNews.com

Great Barrier Reef at ‘terminal stage’: Scientists despair at latest coral bleaching data

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Back-to-back severe bleaching events have affected two-thirds of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, new aerial surveys have found. (Photo by Robert Linsdell) Photo used under CC BY

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