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Somalia has not had enough rain for three years. There are warnings of a full-blown famine by June. (Photo by Oxfam East Africa) Photo used under CC BY

Widespread famine deaths loom in Somalia, UN is told

Hundreds of thousands of people in Somalia may die or be near death in May if immediate action isn’t taken to address the threat of famine, Britain’s envoy for the Horn of Africa has warned. He said Britain is “deeply concerned by the famine warning in Somalia.”

ABC News

Special section:

Famine: What does it really mean and how do aid workers treat it?

Guardian

Women’s heart attacks harder to detect

The most frequent sign of heart attack in a man is chest pain. Women also experience chest pain, but they are more likely than men to have nausea, shortness of breath, dizziness, indigestion, and other symptoms, according to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

San Diego Union Tribune

US to roll out aggressive migrant, border policies

The Department of Homeland Security is set to release guidance on President Donald Trump’s immigration and border security executive orders that has sweeping implications for undocumented immigrants in the United States and those seeking to enter in the future.

CNN

Trump tells rally of nonexistent refugee ‘incident’ in Sweden

Telegraph.co.uk

SpaceX launch a triumph of space capitalism

US president Donald Trump’s administration is now weighing the future direction of NASA, with his top advisors pushing him to embrace the outsourcing of American space operations to private companies.

Quartz

SpaceX launches from historic pad, lands

SPACE.com

N. Korean suspects fled after airport murder

Four North Korean suspects in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fled Malaysia on the day he was attacked at Kuala Lumpur airport and apparently killed by a fast-acting poison.

Reuters

North Korea trading despite sanctions - Inside its special economic zone

The Independent

HUMAN RIGHTS

ACLU steps up fight for liberties

Anthony Romero, the ACLU’s executive director, recently posted a detailed, seven point strategy of how the ACLU plans to be President Trump’s worst nightmare, tirelessly tracking his administration’s every move.

Good

Female Bundeswehr soldiers abused, humiliated

A new report details the humiliation and harrassment at a southern German army base. New recruits had to strip down and go through cruel hazing rituals. Germany’s defense minister has condemned the actions as repulsive.

Deutsche Welle

What if you won’t unlock phone at US border?

While the issue of electronic searches has cropped up recently in the early days of the Trump Administration, travelers have previously been subjected to such searches and litigated their claims.

Ars Technica

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Will Muslim Indonesia keep secular democracy?

Indonesia’s regional elections have been overshadowed by Muslim mass protests against the candidacy of Jakarta’s Christian governor Ahok. The country is on a dangerous course, says Berthold Damshäuser.

Deutsche Welle

Why Jakarta election could change face of Indonesia

CNN

Vote-buying suspected in 6 Java regencies

Jakarta Post

Maltese protest proposed Internet law

Several thousands people took to the streets of the capital of Malta to protest against a new bill that will force Internet news sites to register with the government.

US News & World Report

German states rebel over deportations

Angela Merkel’s government has promised to send rejected asylum seekers home, but some local states aren’t cooperating. Schleswig-Holstein, for example, has temporarily halted all deportations to Afghanistan.

Deutsche Welle

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

NASA will keep Juno craft in elongated orbit

Due to concerns about the engine, NASA held off on a “period reduction maneuver” that would shorten Juno’s orbital period. Now the space agency has made it official — Juno will remain in a longer, looping orbit around Jupiter for the extent of its lifetime observing the gas giant.

Ars Technica

New app helps people track internet censorship

The Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), which monitors networks for censorship and surveillance, is launching Ooniprobe, a mobile app to test network connectivity and let you know when a website is censored in your area.

CNNMoney

Scientists may have just made a malaria vaccine breakthrough

Preventative measures aimed at reducing risk exposure—that is, avoiding mosquito bites—have had some success. Now, A study published Nature suggests scientists are closer toward discovering a vaccine.

Popular Science

GLOBAL HEALTH

Form of epilepsy traced to African worm

The syndrome seems to be caused by the immune system’s response to a parasitic worm, an international team reports in the journal Science Translational Medicine. And they think it’s the same worm responsible for river blindness, an eye infection that’s also found in East Africa.

NPR

Genes show who’s at risk of male baldness

Medical News Today

Gluten-free diet’s unintended consequences

A new study suggests that a gluten-free diet may pose serious health risks, after finding that the eating pattern may raise the risk of exposure to arsenic and mercury.

Medical News Today

Kids with ADHD have smaller brain regions

Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder have several brain regions that are slightly smaller than usual, more evidence that the disorder should be considered a neurological condition, a new study says.

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Grieving mom meets recipient of donor heart

A grieving mother has met the child whose life was saved thanks to the donation of her little girl‘s heart. Mothers Amber Travaglio and Ashlyn Richardson embraced in a tearful first meeting one year after the implant.

ABC News

Big brother takes sister to father-daughter dance

Last week, 17-year-old Mohammad Hasher of Portage, Michigan, became the ultimate date to his 6-year-old sister, Noor, at her father-daughter dance — despite being several decades younger than most of the attendees.

NBCNews.com

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

The 4-step science of viral fundraising

Creating an effective social media plan is essential for nonprofits and for profits alike. One question leadership often asks is how an organization can engage supporters on the different platforms and translate this engagement into increased financial support.

Nonprofit Quarterly

Higher ed fundraising hits another record

Charitable giving to American colleges and universities reached the $41 billion mark in 2016, eclipsing 2015’s record of $40.3 billion. The sum represents a 0.4 percent increase adjusted for inflation. Foundation and corporate giving were primary drivers of the increase.

NonProfit Times

Johnson Amendment repeal would hurt philanthropy

President Trump to “totally destroy” the Johnson Amendment, a 1954 law forbids churches and other 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations from engaging in official electioneering.

Inside Philanthropy

BUSINESS

CRISPR patent ruling sways firms’ fortunes

In a highly anticipated decision that could sway the fortunes of a handful of biotechnology companies, the federal patent office has turned back a challenge to patents covering a widely used method for editing genes.

Associated Press

Spotify to relocate, double US workforce

Swedish music streaming service Spotify will move its U.S headquarters and more than double its workforce in the country by next year, New York governor Andrew Cuomo said.

Reuters

EU approves trade deal with Canada

Roughly 58 per cent of the members of the European Parliament voted to ratify the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, setting the stage for provisional application of nearly 90 percent of the agreement later this spring.

CBC News

ENVIRONMENT

10 ways to beat air pollution: Do they work?

The Guardian examined some of the most common solutions to see if the claims they make are anything more than hot air.

Guardian

EPA using Signal for covert strategizing?

Two Republican members of Congress sent a formal letter to the EPA Office of the Inspector General, expressing concern that “approximately a dozen career EPA officials” are using the encrypted messaging app Signal to covertly plan strategy and may be running afoul of the Freedom of Information Act.

Ars Technica

Bakersfield’s terrible air could get worse

In California’s Central Valley emissions from oil refineries and agriculture make Bakersfield America’s most air-polluted city. Activists fear the Trump administration could undo small but steady improvements

Guardian

Photo of the Day

Brazilians begin celebrating Carnival this weekend. The country is taking unprecedented security measures. Defense Minister Raul Jungmann sent 9,000 armed forces to Rio de Janeiro ahead of the holiday period. (Photo by roga muffin) Photo used under CC BY

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