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Anti-ISIS coalition grows, but victory may not be near

In just a little over two weeks more than 50 countries have signed up, so far, to support the fight against ISIS.

CNN

Why the threat of ISIS suddenly feels very real in Australia

Mashable

Turkey refugee crisis deepens as ISIS attacks border town

All that separates Mohammed Muslim from his village in Syria is a barbed wire fence running along the Turkish border. Muslim is among more than 150,000 Syrian Kurds who have fled to Turkey in response to ISIS attack.

NDTV

Airstrikes hit ISIS-controlled oil refinery on Syria’s border with Turkey

CTV

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Kurds say they have halted ISIS advance near Syria-Turkey border

NPR

Water Missions systems reach Ebola-stricken Liberia early

A South Carolina nonprofit organization working to get clean drinking water for people without has sent five water treatment systems to a town in West Africa hard hit by Ebola.

ABC News

Ebola fighters charge ahead to deal with crisis

USA TODAY

EPA chief says to expect ‘changes’ in final climate rule

Federal EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy says most of the conversation surrounding the proposed Clean Power Plan has been positive although the critics seem to be making noise. Urgency of the situation required action now.

Canada Journal

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Food aid and rainfall save South Sudan from famine

Emergency food aid, normal rainfall and the start of the harvest have helped to stave off famine in South Sudan, the latest analysis shows, but there is a risk of mass starvation in early 2015.

Scientific American

President signs Michigan disaster declaration; federal aid coming

President Obama declared a disaster in Michigan as a result of the August flooding and ordered federal aid to affected individuals in Macomb, Oakland and Wayne counties.

WDIV

HUMAN RIGHTS

‘Historic’ drop in federal inmates comes as left and right find common ground

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the federal prison population dropped after decades of increases. Both conservatives and liberals are ‘coming together on these issues.’

Christian Science Monitor

DOD planning to let illegal immigrants enlist

The Defense Department plans to let some illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children enlist in the military -- a policy that comes as the Army is effectively firing active-duty soldiers due to budget cuts.

FOX News

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

EU proposes deal to ensure Ukraine gas supplies

A top European Union official proposed a deal that would see Ukraine repay some of its gas debt to Russia in exchange for guaranteed gas deliveries over the harsh winter months.

ABC News

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EU proposes deal to ensure Ukraine gas supplies

Fuel Fix

Chinese state media now put death toll from Xinjiang violence at 50

Most of the dead are described as “rioters,” killed in the aftermath of last week’s explosions. Casualty figures from China’s Xinjiang region have been increased from two dead to about 50.

Time

Why 50 people died in China clashes

WSBTV

DEVELOPMENT AND TRADE

3 reasons economies need reform, not stimulus

One can argue whether the responses to the 2007 financial crisis were well-designed in particular countries, but is a broad consensus that rapid international action was necessary to prevent a 1930s-like depression.

World Economic Forum

US second-quarter growth revised up to brisk 4.6% pace

The U.S. economy grew at its fastest pace in 2.5 years in the second quarter and activity was broad-based, in a bullish signal for the remainder of the year.

FOX News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA‘s Maven enters Mars orbit: what’s next?

Welcome to the start of a new space race to the Red Planet. Find out what’s coming in Mars missions during the next decade, and when humans might set foot on the planet.

InformationWeek

Weak nuclear force shown to give asymmetry to biochemistry of life

Physicists have found hints that the asymmetry of life — the fact that most biochemical molecules are ‘left-handed’ or ‘right-handed’ — could have been caused by electrons from nuclear decay in the early days of evolution.

Scientific American

Columns And Op-Ed

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Afghanistan’s Unity Deal represents governance at its finest

The Diplomat

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Stop risking public pensions on hedge funds

Al Jazeera

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Climate for change: The US, China and others must act together

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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GOOD NEWS

‘Women Mentors’ initiative launched to push girls toward STEM jobs

Iowa is launching an initiative known as “Million Women Mentors,” which has a goal of enlisting 5,000 mentors to urge girls and young women to pursue careers in science, technology engineering and math.

Des Moines Register

Local nonprofit helps pay funeral costs for children

To date, the nonprofit organization has helped 100 families pay for burial costs. Money is raised by selling angel figurines hand-painted by volunteers and other items with the Angels for Allison monogram.

News 4 Jax

NONPROFITS & NGOS

Remembering social justice during Judaism’s high holidays

Given this past year’s crises affecting Jews and Judaism, the High Holidays should be a moment for reflecting about the intersection of principles of social justice and issues in the consciousness of Jews and worldwide.

NonProfit Quarterly

Insuring against unemployment

Unemployment insurance isn’t exactly top-of-the-pile material. But with unemployment claims reaching record highs after the Great Recession, some new rules — and potential changes — it should be on your radar.

NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

Japanese volcano kills 1, over 30 seriously injured

A Japanese volcano popular with hikers erupted on Saturday, killing one woman and seriously injuring more than 30 people, officials and media said.

Reuters

Volcano eruption on Nagano-Gifu border kills hiker, wounds 46; Abe mobilizes SDF

Japan Times

Stone Age groups made similar toolmaking breakthroughs

Different palaeolithic populations around the world might have developed a crucial toolmaking skill independently.

Nature

Photo of the Day

Mount Ontake, a Japanese volcano, which last erupted in 1980 has remained dormant since then, only recently erupted surprising and injuring many unsuspecting tourists. (Photo by Marc Sheffner)

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