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European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Christos Stylianides visits the Debaga camp in Iraq’s Kurdish region. The camp is home to thousands of Iraqis fleeing ISIS violence, including boys evading conscription by ISIS. (Photo by European Commission DG ECHO) Photo used under CC BY

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Iraqi boys take refuge from ISIS recruitment

In a dusty corner of the Debaga refugee camp, a very serious game of volleyball is underway. There are about 50 boys aged between 12 and 17 living in the tents here. For many of them, this is the first time in years they’ve had the chance to just muck around and have fun.

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Australian Broadcasting Company

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UN receives reports of ISIS atrocities

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BBC

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The Christian refugees who can never return home

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CNN

Pakistan: Gunmen kill 59 in academy attack

At least 59 people were killed and 117 critically wounded when gunman stormed a Pakistani police training academy in the southwestern city of Quetta, government officials said.

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Reuters

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LeJ behind police academy attack in Quetta, government says

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Al Jazeera

Global CO2 concentration passes threshold

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed that the average level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere across the globe passed 400 parts per million (ppm) last year, a symbolic and worrying milestone in growth of manmade climate change.

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Time

2016 deadly for migrants on Mediterranean

2016 is set to be the deadliest year on record for deaths of refugees and migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, amid the world’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II.

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NPR

HUMAN RIGHTS

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Calais mayor warns crisis ‘far from over’ as more migrants arrive

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Telegraph.co.uk

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Memo ties Bill Clinton’s wealth to foundation

n a 2011 memo, an aide to Bill Clinton laid out the messy relationship between the Clinton Foundation and the former president’s personal interests, detailing how some foundation donors also paid Clinton to speak and provide consulting services.

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USA TODAY

Why Texas is close to turning blue

Polls show the presidential race in Texas is closer than it‘s been in decades, some even showing the two candidates within the margin of error. Does Hillary Clinton actually stand a chance in Texas? It’s unlikely, but it could be closer than at any time in the last 20 years. Why? Latinos and Republican-leaning suburban women.

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NPR

Putin counters Clinton’s tough talk

Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued a veiled threat to Hillary Clinton, saying his country will engage in “confrontation” with the US if she continues to provoke the Motherland, according to a new report.

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The Mac and iPad aren’t merging. Get over it

Sure, Apple could make software that powers both Macs and iPads. Yes, it could put touchscreens in its laptops. And it could make a hybrid device that’s a tablet and a notebook. But that would be taking the easy route.

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CNET News

How Internet users worsened massive outage

If you kept trying to access Twitter, Reddit, Spotify or Netflix during last week’s massive internet outage, you were part of the problem. Dyn, the company that manages traffic for those sites and that toppled under a huge cyberattack last week, explains how it all went wrong.

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CNET News

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Hacked home devices caused massive Internet outage

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USA TODAY

The state of science last time Cubs won series

In 1908, humans were far from ignorant. People already crossed continents and oceans on trains and ships, and they sent and received messages over vast distances using the telegraph. Yet, scientifically, people had only begun to systematically decipher nature’s mysteries.

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Science

Brain adapts to frequent lying, tests show

When small lies snowball into blizzards of deception, the brain becomes numb to dishonesty. As people tell more and bigger lies, certain brain areas respond less to the whoppers, scientists report in Nature Neuroscience.

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ScienceNews

GLOBAL HEALTH

WHO classifies singlehood as disability. Sort of

According to the World Health Organization, failure to find a sexual partner is now considered a “disability,” classified under “infertility.” In a report, Telegraph said that WHO is gearing towards changing the definition of “infertility.”

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Nature World News

Parent training may lessen autism symptoms

Training parents to better communicate with their children with autism spectrum disorder may lead to long-lasting improvements in certain symptoms, scientists report online in the Lancet. The results are “very encouraging,” because they show long-term benefits for a relatively low-intensity treatment.

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ScienceNews

Study suggests way to wake surgery patients

Some patients can take a long time to wake up from anesthesia, creating a line up of problems. Now researchers have moved a step closer to a treatment to rapidly awaken patients after administration of a general anesthetic.

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ScienceDaily

Columns And Op-Ed

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On development aid: do it better, but do it

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Guardian

Column (Nate Dean):

I’m not an asshole; I’m an introvert

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Column (Dana Milbank):

Baby boomers, you’ve done enough; time to go

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After this election, Americans can ‘wake up’ as one

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Christian Science Monitor

Column (Lincoln Blades):

The racism behind Trump‘s ’rigged election’ talk

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Column (Paul McGeough):

Republicans, not waiting for Election Day, turn on each other

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Sydney Morning Herald

Column (Gary Shapiro):

Trump‘s tantrum shows he doesn’t understand how manufacturing, trade work

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U.S. News & World Report

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GOOD NEWS

Mother of murdered boy spreads compassion

Rose Smith’s son, Cory Crowe, was murdered two years ago. Since then, instead of retreating into depression, his mother has made it her mission to spread kindness in her community, starting with the little guys.

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WHAS11

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Free Hugs guy spreads kindness from coast to coast

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USA TODAY

How self-compassion eases stress, anxiety

Good levels of self-esteem and self-compassion lead to less anxiety and depression. Dr Jennifer Napier explains why this is the case and how we can develop self-compassion.

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GP Online

BUSINESS

Twitter slashes jobs, Vine as it seeks profits

Twitter appeased Wall Street by restructuring to chart a course to profitability and by showing early signs its business is perking up. User growth and revenue climbed more than analysts expected as the struggling social media company announced 350 job cuts.

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USA TODAY

Uber outlines vision for flying cars

Uber Technologies Inc., still in the midst of trying to remake transportation on the ground, is exploring the viability of an aircraft that can take off and land vertically for city use.

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Bloomberg

NGOs AND NPOs

10 keys to successful nonprofit mergers

Staff and board retention, management succession, and branding of a new organization are among the most critical issues in any nonprofit merger, according to a new study.

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NonProfit Times

PHILANTHROPY AND AID

Blackbaud launches impact institute

Blackbaud, a leading cloud software company in the nonprofit and social good space, launched the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact during its annual meeting. It’s a collaboration and research initiative intended to work through sector-wide problems and distribute findings.

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NonProfit Times

$47M to develop principled principals

The Wallace Foundation has launched a $47 million, four-year initiative to improve the training of school principals. Seven universities and their corresponding state and district partners have been selected to participate in the initiative.

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NonProfit Times

ENVIRONMENT

Emissions usher in ‘new era of climate change’

The world is in a new era of “climate change reality,” with carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reaching a symbolic threshold which it will not fall below for many generations.

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Guardian

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What’s causing rapid rise in methane emissions?

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Guardian

Wildlife numbers drop by half since ’70

Global wildlife populations are set to have fallen by more than two thirds on 1970 levels by the end of the decade, conservationists warn.

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Shot in Stuttgart, Germany, and uploaded on Oct. 19, 2016. (Photo by Reiner Girsch) Photo used under CC BY

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