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The wreckage of a collapsed building in Diyarbakır, Turkey. The death toll continues to rise, passing 15,000. (Photo by VOA) Photo used under CC BY

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Hope fades as deaths pass 15K in Syria, Turkey quake

The president of Turkey acknowledged “shortcomings” in his country’s response to the world’s deadliest earthquake in more than a decade, as deaths passed 15,000.

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Guardian

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Girl protects brother while trapped in Syria quake ruins

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The Independent

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Syrians in quake-hit Gaziantep displaced again

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Al Jazeera

Eritrea labels alleged Tigray abuses a ‘fantasy’

Eritrea’s president in rare public comments has dismissed as “a fantasy” allegations that his country’s forces carried out rape, looting and other abuses in the war in neighboring Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

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ABC News

Indian women protesting anti-child marriage move

Scores of women who are concerned over their financial wellbeing are protesting an anti-child marriage drive in India. “I ran away from home to get married so I don’t have any other support," a woman who claimed to be 18 said.

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The Independent

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‘No escape’ for Afghan girls forced into early marriage

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Guardian

Pakistan rape epidemic sparks furious protests

The gang rape of a woman in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, has sparked furious protests at the country’s “rape epidemic.”

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Guardian

Nicaragua releases over 200 political prisoners

Nicaragua has released 222 inmates, many of whom were considered to be political prisoners of longtime Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government, and they are on their way to the United States.

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Al Jazeera

NGO: Aid cuts contributed to cholera epidemic

The United Kingdom government’s aid cuts caused deaths by pulling funding from climate early warning systems in Malawi and contributed to a major cholera outbreak.

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Devex

HUMAN RIGHTS

1M Tibetan children affected by China policy

A group of UN experts said they were alarmed by China’s years-long policy of “forced assimilation,” which has sent nearly 1 million Tibetan minority children to boarding schools for compulsory Han-Chinese education.

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Newsweek

Anguished Palestinians recount Israeli raids

Palestinian residents of the Aqabet Jaber refugee camp accuse Israeli soldiers of using excessive force and destroying property during ‘barbaric’ incursions.

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Al Jazeera

African children accused of witchcraft shunned

Hundreds of thousands of children across Africa are accused of witchcraft each year, a report says; the children are often shunned, but some find solace at a shelter in DR Congo.

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Reuters

Rights abuses ‘tipping point’ for jihadi recruits

Human rights abuses committed by security forces is an important driver of recruitment to extremist groups in Africa, a survey shows.

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Guardian

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UN: International community must focus on drivers of extremism

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Youtube

Pakistani minorities denied religious freedom

A prominent rights group in Pakistan has expressed “considerable alarm” over the state of religious freedom in the country.

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Al Jazeera

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Iran could send arms to Syria with quake aid

Iran reportedly sent a plane full of aid to Syria, as the country struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. However, experts are concerned that Iran and Hezbollah could be sending weapons into Syria amidst the chaos.

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i24 News

US to invest in Central America, deter migrants

The United States announced a series of new commitments to help deter migration from northern Central America by investing in infrastructure, good governance, workforce development and labor rights.

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Devex

North Korea displays new ballistic missile

North Korea conducted a nighttime military parade where it displayed its newest ballistic missile launchers. Analysts believe that the parade showcased what could be a new ICBM designed to reach the United States.

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Morocco decries ‘unjust’ EU spyware sanctions

The Moroccan government decried an “unjust campaign” against it by the European Parliament, coming ahead of a hearing in Brussels over Morocco’s alleged use of the Pegasus spyware.

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i24 News

Anger over Turkey’s temporary Twitter block

Turkey’s decision to block access to Twitter for about 12 hours as people scrambled to find loved ones after devastating earthquakes has compounded public frustration at the pace of relief efforts.

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Reuters

N. Korea crypto theft reached new highs in 2022

North Korea stole more cryptocurrency assets in 2022 than in any other year and targeted the networks of foreign aerospace and defense companies, according to a currently confidential United Nations report.

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France 24

GLOBAL HEALTH

Sudan unprepared for climate-caused diseases

A recent spike in mosquito-borne diseases — such as dengue fever and malaria — has underscored the fragility of the African country’s health system, boding ill for future challenges driven by climate change.

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Associated Press

Malawi’s cholera death toll crosses 1.3K

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has crossed 1,300, a senior Malawian health official said, as the southern African country battles its deadliest outbreak yet.

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Reuters

Africa deploys youth to drive health security

Africa is putting its young people front and center in the latest efforts to advance health security on the continent.

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Devex

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GOOD NEWS

Zambian TikTok star builds village school

Dora Moono Nyambe has amassed four million TikTok followers with colorful videos of daily life in her village of Mapapa - and raised almost $500,000 to bring education to hundreds of marginalized rural children.

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Context

Afghan cyclists flee Taliban, pursue Olympics

Three women cyclists who risked their lives to escape from the Taliban - and come to the UK - have spoken for the first time about their hopes of reaching the 2024 Olympics.

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BBC

How 10,000 women saved India’s rarest stork

Greater adjutants, reviled as bad omens, were endangered until Indian conservationist Purnima Devi Barman transformed attitudes to the bird – and gave thousands of women a new identity.

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Guardian

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Aid trucks reach northwest Syrian enclave

A small convoy crossed from Turkey into Syria’s rebel-held northwest with desperately needed medicines, blankets, tents and U.N. shelter kits, the first aid to reach the enclave, three days after the devastating earthquake.

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Associated Press

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US pledges $85m for Turkey-Syria earthquake relief

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BBC

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Mexico sends its famed rescue dogs to Turkey

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BBC

NGO empowers visually impaired women

About 15 million women in India are estimated to suffer from vision problems. Most of them have no access to education and job opportunities. One NGO seeks to provide them with the skills they need to succeed.

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In Haiti, turmoil leaves children relying on aid

An escalation of gang violence, political instability and a deadly cholera outbreak in Haiti has left half its children relying on humanitarian aid to survive, Unicef says.

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Guardian

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis challenges elderly

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis has brought specific challenges to the elderly. Many retirees lack pensions, and some families cannot afford to look after them.

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Context

Egypt’s inflation surges as food prices rise

Egypt’s annual inflation surged to a new high in January as the country continues to battle ongoing price hikes and a depreciating currency, the Egyptian statistics bureau said.

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Associated Press

Nigeria suspends deadline to swap banknotes

Nigeria’s Supreme Court suspends the old-for-new currency swap deadline that has caused pre-electoral chaos.

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France 24

ENVIRONMENT

Worst drought in 50 years for Chile’s far south

In Chile‘s remote south, the worst drought in half a century is hitting cattle ranchers and farmers, leaving the earth so dry in some areas that grass cannot grow for grazing.

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Reuters

In India, children make living from toxic waste

Seelampur is home to India’s largest electronic waste dismantling market, where nearly 50,000 people scrape out a living extracting metals. Many of them are children who earn a living from the toxic waste.

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Kenyans survive climate crisis by fish farming

As Kenya grapples with the worst drought in four decades, some farmers are discovering that adding fish to their farms can help with water storage, make their diets more nutritious and boost earnings.

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Al Jazeera

Botswana increases its elephant population

Botswana has managed to increase its elephant population despite its fair share of of human-wildlife conflicts in the past.

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A Tibetan monk works on a sand mandala, a geometric diagram representing the universe. Once Buddhist monks have completed a sand mandala, they ritualistically destroy it, usually by slipping it into a body of water, to symbolize the Buddhist perspective of the transitory nature of material life. (Photo by m_hweldon) Photo used under CC BY

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