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A homeless woman in San Francisco, CA. The Trump administration has proposed altering the formula to determine annual poverty level so the poverty level would rise at an even slower rate. This would result in essentially redefining a large number of lower-income people out of poverty, leaving them ineligible for benefits like food aid, medical insurance and housing assistance. (Photo by Franco Folini) Photo used under CC BY

Millions at risk as US plans to redefine poverty level

The Trump administration has proposed a new change that would overhaul how the government determines the national poverty level in a move that could cost millions of Americans access to welfare programs.

Salon

Pope’s law orders clergy to report sex abuse

Pope Francis has issued a new law requiring all Catholic priests and nuns to report sexual abuse and cover-ups by their superiors to church authorities.

The Independent

Church of England child sex abuse allegations ‘marked by secrecy’

BBC

Yazidi mothers choose between kids and home

Five years after the ISIS genocide against the ancient Yazidi religious minority in northern Iraq, hundreds of women are being forced to choose between returning home and keeping their young children born as a result of rape by ISIS fighters.

NPR

EU’s use of natural resources unsustainable

People in the European Union use up natural resources far more quickly than the rate at which nature can replenish those resources, a study by the World Wide Fund and Global Footprint Network found.

Deutsche Welle

Mozambique fights cholera after cyclones

Aid workers have been racing to contain a cholera outbreak in northern Mozambique after a powerful cyclone contaminated water sources and damaged health clinics.

Reuters

Gay men arrested, beaten in Chechnya

Gay and bisexual men in Chechnya have been subjected to beatings and have been detained illegally, as police in the Russian republic were carrying out large-scale crackdowns against sexual minorities.

Newsweek

India’s BJP denies human rights violations in Kashmir

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Afghan refugees in Pakistan fear repatriation

Female refugees in Pakistan are reluctant to return to Afghanistan because they fear violence and the forced recruitment of their children as child soldiers.

Al Jazeera

In photos: Afghanistan’s children of war

The Atlantic

Cuba cancels annual LGBTQ rights parade

Cuba announced that it has cancelled this year’s edition of a parade widely seen as a sign of progress on gay rights on the island. The issue is controversial due to resistance from Cuba’s growing ranks of evangelical Christians.

NBCNews.com

Cuban LGBT community calls out government for canceling parade

Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

China denies having ‘concentration camps’

After the U.S. accused China of holding some three million Muslim-majority Uyghur people inside massive government camps, Beijing denied having “concentration camps” and told Washington to “stop interfering” in its affairs.

CNN

CNN captures rare images China doesn’t want you to see

CNN

Brazil’s Bolsonaro signs decree easing gun laws

President Jair Bolsonaro is loosening Brazil’s strict gun laws with a new decree, delivering on a campaign promise to make it easier for Brazilians to buy guns and ammunition.

FOX News

How Brazil’s culture wars are being waged in classrooms

BBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Could Singapore’s new law hamper innovation?

Google said an anti-fake news law passed by Singapore’s parliament could stunt innovation, a quality that the city-state wants to nurture under plans to expand its tech industry.

Reuters

Scientists are creating 100% recyclable plastic

A new research effort led by scientists at Berkeley Lab could provide a solution in the form of plastics that are designed from the ground up to be fully recyclable.

New York Post

GLOBAL HEALTH

UK turns to Asia for nurses to cover shortages

Uncertainty over Brexit affecting European nurses, demographic changes and a shortage in domestically trained staff have made nurses from Asia, especially India and the Philippines, an important part of the workforce in the U.K.

Nikkei Asian Review

Germany considers fines for anti-vaxxers

German parents who fail to vaccinate their children against measles could face fines of up to $2,800, as part of draft legislation from the country’s health minister. Germany has one of the highest rates of measles in Europe.

CNN

Kentucky teen who sued over school ban for refusing chickenpox vaccination now has chickenpox

NBCNews.com

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GOOD NEWS

Student skips six grades to attend college

At age 12, Mia Turel jumped six grade levels to enter Cal State Los Angeles as a freshman last fall. Cal State L.A. is the only university in California, and one of a few in the U.S. with a program to admit students as young as 11.

MSN

Boy dances after receiving prosthetic leg

In Afghanistan, 5-year-old Ahmad Rahman lost his leg to a landmine as a baby. Now, with the help of the International Committee of the Red Cross Afghanistan, he is dancing again after receiving a prosthetic leg.

CBS News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Billionaire gives $30M to study homelessness

San Francisco billionaire and Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced that he is donating $30 million to fund homelessness research at the University of California, San Francisco.

The Hill

Malawi government launches new NGO policy

The government of Malawi launched NGO and social welfare policies in Malawi’s capital Lilongwe with the hope of ushering an era of sanity into the country’s NGO and social welfare sectors.

allAfrica.com

ENVIRONMENT

UN agency warns of effects of rising sand use

A U.N. program is warning about overuse of sand, saying a three-fold increase in demand over the last 20 years amid rising population, urbanization and building has contributed to beach erosion, flooding and drought.

FOX News

London ‘bee corridor’ to boost insect numbers

A recent study blamed the decline of wildflowers as a factor behind the drop in pollinating insect numbers in the UK since the 1980s. A seven-mile long “bee corridor” is being planted in London in a bid to tackle this.

BBC

Humanity must save insects to save ourselves, leading scientist warns

Guardian

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Walmart says it pays $14.26 in minimum wage

Walmart, the largest U.S. employer, promoted hundreds of thousands of its workers to higher-paying jobs last year. The average earnings of full-time associates are $14.26, nearly double the federal minimum of $7.25.

Yahoo Finance

South Africa remains most unequal country

According to the World Bank, despite 25 years of democracy, South Africa remains the most economically unequal country in the world, as disadvantaged South Africans have fewer assets, fewer skills and lower wages.

CNN

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A young Afghan boy finds himself surrounded by U.S. Coalition and Afghan military troops passing through his village in February 2010. (Photo by Kenny Holston) Photo used under CC BY

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