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Afghan children starving as calls for help ignored

Afghanistan’s children are starving as aid cuts and the freezing of Taliban assets hit the most vulnerable people in an already struggling country. An estimated 1 million children could die amid an ongoing aid shortage.

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Al Jazeera

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US aid cuts leave humanitarian sector in crisis

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Euronews

Health system collapses in Sudan’s warring capital

The civil war in Sudan has caused some 15 million people to be displaced and the country’s healthcare system to collapse in many places. In the capital Khartoum, no medical facilities are operational.

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NPR

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UNICEF: ‘Needs are staggering’ in Sudan

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UN chief: Gaza subjected to forced starvation

The U.N.’s humanitarian chief has said people in Gaza are being subjected to forced starvation by Israel. Israel has faced growing international criticism over its conduct.

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BBC

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What is a famine and who declares one?

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Associated Press

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Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says his country is committing war crimes

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Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Children of ISIS fighters start over in Minnesota

When ISIS was at its height, its ranks included several hundred Americans. What happened to the families of the Americans who joined ISIS? Not just the families they left behind in the U.S., but the ones they formed overseas?

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NPR

S. African woman gets life for selling daughter

A South African woman has been sentenced to life imprisonment for trafficking her then 6-year-old daughter, in a case that gripped South Africa and gained international attention after the girl went missing last year.

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Guardian

Iranian man imprisoned for supporting women

Reza Khandan was arrested in December 2024 for supporting women’s rights in Iran, and creating thousands of homemade buttons that said, “I Oppose the Mandatory Hijab.”

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Time

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

US proposes ceasefire, hostage swap for Gaza

The U.S. plan for Gaza proposes a 60-day ceasefire and the release of 28 Israeli hostages - alive and dead - in the first week in exchange for the release of 1,236 Palestinian prisoners and the remains of 180 dead Palestinians.

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Israel ‘accepts’ US 60-day ceasefire plan; Hamas says it fails to end war

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The Independent

Thousands protest abolished Nepal monarchy

Tens of thousands of protesters demanding the abolished monarchy be restored and the former king be made the head of state of the Himalayan nation demonstrated in Nepal.

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Associated Press

Ukraine submits ceasefire plan; Russia attacks

Ukraine and Russia exchanged 1,000 prisoners of war each over the weekend. But any confidence built by that gesture may have been dissipated by Russia’s launching of its largest long-range aerial attacks.

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Al Jazeera

Iran is preparing for Plan B after talks fizzle out

The fifth round of the U.S.-Iran negotiations over a new Iran nuclear deal concluded without reaching any positive outcome that could reduce tensions and the expected escalation in the Middle East.

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Ahram Online

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Iran launches dozens of cyber attacks against Israel

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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Trafficked cyber scam victims in SE Asia freed

Rescued from cyber-scam centers in Southeast Asia, trafficking survivors find themselves mired in the process of getting back home.

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Context

Scientists discover 43,000-year-old fingerprint

Archaeologists discovered a human fingerprint, left on a rock in Spain, which is now considered the oldest known human fingerprint. Experts believe a Neanderthal intentionally made the print roughly 43,000 years ago.

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Popular Mechanics

GLOBAL HEALTH

Surge in Nigeria kidney disease stumps doctors

A surge in chronic kidney disease has alarmed health officials in Nigeria. The number of patients needing dialysis and transplants is unusually high, and the cause is unknown.

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Sudan reports 70 cholera deaths in two days

A cholera outbreak in Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, has killed at least 70 people in two days, local health authorities said.

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Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Kyiv piglet cafe provides rare moment of calm

A Kyiv cafe is providing a rare moment of calm for Ukrainians under Russia’s bombardment by allowing visitors to unwind with a group of adorable piglets.

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The Independent

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Aid cuts mean no pads, school in Kenya camp

Girls in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp are particularly hard hit by U.S. aid cuts as period supplies run out, food rations shrink and teachers are fired.

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Context

System under pressure as Gazans seek food

After a slow and chaotic start to the new U.S.-backed aid system in Gaza, thousands of Palestinians have been arriving at distribution points, seeking desperately needed food despite scenes of disorder.

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Dawn

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Several dead in Gaza after crowd storms aid warehouse

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ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

France threatens sanctions on Israel over Gaza

French President Emmanuel Macron has warned that his country could “apply sanctions” against Israelis unless the government in Tel Aviv responds to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.

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Al Jazeera

ENVIRONMENT

Heavy floods kill at least 110 people in Nigeria

At least 110 people have died in floods caused by torrential rain in central Nigeria, officials have told the BBC.

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BBC

What are the real impacts of melting glaciers?

Glaciers are the planet’s frozen water banks. They sustain water supply, ecosystems and even cultural traditions. But many of these sprawling beds of ice are melting. Why does that matter?

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What would happen if the rainforest dried out?

According to a study, the Amazon rainforest stores the equivalent of two years’ worth of global carbon emissions, primarily resulting from the combustion of coal, oil and gasoline.

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Associated Press

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Rohingya refugee children in Thailand receive art therapy as a lifeline while caught in limbo. (Photo by Mallika Panorat/European Union) Photo used under CC BY

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