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Residents of the Protection of Civilians site of Malakal, South Sudan, organized a silent protest in February 2016, demanding accountability for the international community’s shortcomings in safeguarding their lives. A peace agreement broke down in July of that year, and South Sudanese have since been fleeing across borders to save their lives. (Photo by UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs/Charlotte Cans) Photo used under CC BY

S. Sudanese flee rape, murder, land seizures

Since the collapse of a peace deal in 2016, more than a million people are said to have fled across the border, escaping rape, murder, destruction of property, and occupation of land.

Al Jazeera

South Sudan child soldiers attempt to rebuild lives

Anadolu Agency

Haitians seek court relief for cholera outbreak

Victims of the 2010 cholera outbreak in Haiti are petitioning the US supreme court to hold the UN accountable for having brought the disease to the stricken country.

Guardian

N. Ireland abortion ban ruled a breech of rights

The High Court in Belfast has handed abortion rights activists a win, finding that the country’s laws conflict with European human rights. Northern Ireland could be following Ireland toward looser legislation.

Deutsche Welle

Neo-Nazi ‘terrorist cell’ on trial in Germany

The trial of an alleged neo-Nazi cell accused of plotting a violent political uprising in Germany has begun amid fears that the far-right movement is increasingly armed and radical.

Guardian

Venezuelan refugees embark on grueling walks

A steady stream of migrants cross the Simon Bolivar International Bridge from Venezuela into Colombia every day. For many, it’s only the beginning of a grueling journey.

Al Jazeera

Trump administration to dramatically expand DNA collection of migrants

CBS News

Hong Kong government to ban face masks

Hong Kong is set to ban wearing face masks at public gatherings. Officials plan to use colonial-era legislation to invoke the measure, aimed at quelling anti-government protests.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

South Asian herders fight for the right to roam

Herders around the world are under pressure from governments to settle down and stop their livestock roaming, as they contend with land conflicts and the impact of climate change such as harsher droughts and desertification.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Tanzania’s albino youth turn lens on their lives

Used to fear, abandonment, even attack, a group of young people with albinism in a remote Tanzanian rural community are learning that photography can tell their stories and give them a place in society.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Mass protests shake Iraq, enters third day

Anti-government protests in Iraq enter third day as government-imposed curfews fail to prevent unrest from spreading. The demonstrations are against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment.

Al Jazeera

Post attacks, Nigeria and S.Africa’s leaders meet

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has met his South African counterpart Cyril Ramaphosa, weeks after xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg triggered tensions between Africa’s leading economies.

Al Jazeera

Nearly 200 Nigerian migrants repatriated from South Africa after xenophobic violence

France24

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Brain can take a toll during unstable economy

According to the results of a study published in Neurology people who experienced two or more income drops of 25 percent or more can show signs of “unhealthy aging” in the brain.

Inverse

Twitter gets anti-abuse filter for direct messages

Twitter is rolling out a spam and abuse filter for Direct Messages. The new filter is for people who want to keep their Twitter messages open, but don’t want to see abusive content.

TechCrunch

Safe spots marked in case of global pandemic

Scientists have identified and ranked what they say are the best potential island refuges that might best ensure long-term human survival in the face of catastrophic pandemics and other potential existential threats.

Science Alert

GLOBAL HEALTH

Wiping out guinea worm hits 10 year delay

Faced with evidence of previously unknown routes of transmission, the WHO has quietly pushed back the target date for stamping out the Guinea worm from 2020 to 2030.

Nature

Birth of twins in US at lowest level in decade

Fewer U.S. families are having twins according to a government report. Officials say it’s good news as pregnancy with more than one raises the risks of complications and death for both the mother and her fetuses.

NBCNews.com

Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (George Koo):

An alternative view of HK protests: Western media have represented hoodlums as heroes and hooliganism as a movement for democracy

Asia Times Online

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The solution to hidden hunger in many developing countries lies just offshore

The Conversation

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The Week

Column (Mohamad Bazzi):

America is likely complicit in war crimes in Yemen. It’s time to hold the US to account

Guardian

Column (Alessandra Bajec):

A revolution is brewing in Egypt – and this time it will spread far beyond Tahrir Square

The Independent

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GOOD NEWS

Rare $6.6M art found in 90-year-old’s kitchen

Auctioneer Philomène Wolf, spotted a painting hanging on a wall of a 90-year old woman’s home in France. The small painting by 13th-century Florentine artist Cimabue, may be worth up to $6.6 million.

Forbes

Runner carries his opponent to finish line

Guinnea-Bissau’s Braima Suncar Dabo saw a fellow runner, Jonathan Busby of Aruba, struggling on the final lap at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar. So, he helped him to the finish line.

Sunnyskyz

Bikers line up at girl’s lemonade stand after mom helps save them during crash

Good Morning America

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

US ‘postpones’ giving anti-trafficking funds

The U.S. government has postponed an anticipated $13.5 million grant to provide emergency shelter and housing for trafficking survivors, leaving their supporters scrambling for scarce funds for victim services.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Hospital that sued patients, erases their debt

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, the largest nonprofit hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, is erasing debts owed by over 6,500 patients it sued for unpaid hospital bills. This, in a city where nearly 1 in 4 live below poverty line.

NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Device to clean Pacific oceans starts operation

Ocean cleanup tech has reportedly taken a bite out of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in a first. Scientists designed the floating device to collect plastic from the “patch” that measures three times the size of France.

The Hill

Americans want US to adopt renewable energy

A new Insider poll found that a large majority of Americans strongly favor cleaner sources of energy over fossil fuels — and it’s a belief that transcends party lines.

Business Insider

Could algae be used to combat climate change?

Quartz

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Is inflation causing Pakistan to go vegetarian?

A recent report showed Pakistan to be the second-fastest growing vegetarian country in the world. Analysts say high inflation is impacting food patterns of many Pakistanis, compelling them to give up eating meat.

Deutsche Welle

England’s rising infant mortality, poverty linked

A new study links a rise in infant mortality in England to poverty. Infant mortality rate has risen for the last four years in England, yet the role of increasing levels of child poverty in explaining these trends has been unclear.

Medical Xpress

Photo of the Day

Kids cool off near a water source in March 2007. Each day thousands of people in Sudan and in greater East Africa walk for hours through the dangers of the desert to collect water to drink. This water is often contaminated with parasites such as guinea worm, schistosomes and the dangerous cholera bacteria. (Photo by Water for South Sudan Inc.) Photo used under CC BY

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