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Medical agencies funded by the European Commission’s Humanitarian aid and Civil Protection department (ECHO) run mobile health clinics in South Sudan. (Photo by European Commission DG ECHO/Malini Morzaria) Photo used under CC BY

Famine-hit S. Sudan hikes fees for aid worker permits

War-ravaged South Sudan has hiked work permit fees 100-fold for foreign aid workers to $10,000, despite suffering from famine. The nation has been mired in civil war since 2013.

Al Jazeera

Yemeni survivors recount horror of SEAL raid

Witnesses to the botched U.S. special forces raid in Yemen that left a Navy commando and several children dead have countered Donald Trump’s account of the “highly successful” mission. An 8-year-old girl was among those killed in the first raid authorized by the new U.S. president.

The Independent

US hunting down contacts unveiled in raid

CNN

Illegal migration down 40% after inauguration

The number of people apprehended or turned away at the southern border fell substantially last month, according to the the Department of Homeland Security. The tally of illegal border crossings fell by nearly 40 percent from January to February compared to the same period last year, the agency said.

U.S. News & World Report

Four states suing to block Trump’s new travel ban

The Hill

WikiLeaks to help tech firms disarm CIA tools

WikiLeaks will be sharing alleged CIA hacking techniques with major technology companies such as Apple and Google to allow them to develop fixes for vulnerabilities in their phones and other electronic devices, according to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

NPR

400 US Marines sent to fight ISIS in Syria

The Pentagon is sending about 400 Marines to Syria to help local fighters wrest control of Raqqa, which ISIS considers its capital. The Pentagon says the new troops will fire artillery rounds at ISIS fighters in support of the local forces, as well as provide security for the Marine artillerymen.

NPR

Assyrian artifacts found in ISIS tunnels in Iraq

CNN

HUMAN RIGHTS

China rails against U.S. human rights violations

China lashed out at the United States for its “terrible human rights problems” adding to recent international criticism of Washington on issues ranging from violence inflicted on minorities to U.S. immigration policies.

Yahoo! News

Immigration will drive human rights risks in 2017

Hardening immigration policy in the U.S. will increase the risk of modern slavery and labor abuses against undocumented workers, creating human rights risks for businesses in 2017, warns a new report from global risk analysts Verisk Maplecroft.

Yahoo! News

Muting mosque bill gets initial approval in Israel

A law to muffle mosques’ amplified calls to prayer in Israel and occupied East Jerusalem won preliminary approval on Wednesday in a charged parliamentary session where Palestinian legislators denounced the measure as racist.

Al Jazeera

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Judges Uphold Park Geun-hye’s Impeachment

The rather swift downfall of South Korea’s first female president is complete. A panel of judges has ruled unanimously that a December impeachment by lawmakers should be upheld, immediately ousting President Park Geun-hye from the office.

NPR

Putin uses Turkey to achieve his own ends

Turkish military strategist Metin Gurcan claims that Russia ultimately seeks to weaken the West. He told DW that Putin wants to win over Turkey to achieve this goal of plunging NATO into a state of crisis.

Deutsche Welle

American bureaucrat now leads Somalia

On the morning of February 8, a civil servant from Buffalo, New York — a Somali by birth but an American by choice — walked into a heavily-guarded airplane hangar in the battle-scarred capital of his native country where an important vote was about to take place. When he emerged that night he was president.

Politico

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Can sweat patches revolutionize diabetes?

Scientists have developed a sensor that can monitor blood sugar levels by analyzing sweaty skin. But rather than a gym-soaked t-shirt, it needs just 1 millionth of a liter of sweat to do the testing.

BBC

China leads the world in internet use

Based on raw statistics, China has been at the forefront of internet access for almost a decade. Having overtaken the US in 2008, there are now nearly 700 million Chinese users online today – many with high-speed connections.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Yellow Fever may follow on the heels of Zika

Unusually active outbreaks of yellow fever in rural areas of Brazil are stoking fears among experts that the deadly mosquito virus could go the way of Zika and spark a massive and devastating epidemic in the Americas.

Ars Technica

Cancer pill keeps patients alive for a decade

The once-a-day pill turned chronic myelogenous leukemia from a certain death sentence into a manageable disease. Data shows it’s helped 83 percent of patients live 10 years or longer.

NBCNews.com

How to protect your brain against Alzheimer’s

Scientists are working to find ways to treat and prevent Alzheimer’s from developing. In one key step in the process, researchers are gaining a better understanding of the role of amyloid proteins in the development of the disease.

CBS News

Glucose levels signals Alzheimer’s onset

IBT

Bird flu cases revives fear of repeat outbreak

The detection of a strain of bird flu at a Tennessee chicken farm has poultry farmers stepping up security to prevent an outbreak like in 2015 that required the destruction of millions of chickens and turkeys in the Midwest.

Associated Press

The food habits linked to early deaths

An estimated 45 percent of all deaths caused by heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes are associated with eating either too much or too little of just 10 food categories, according to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Inspiring couples fighting for women’s equality

Having a partner who understands the importance of women’s equality and feminism means everything, especially in these politically charged times. Here are 13 couples who are allies in the fight for women’s equality.

Huffington Post

HS opens facilities for homeless students

Principal Greg Maughan says these facilities should open this month. The school has at least 80 homeless students within the student body of 2,000.

KSL

India’s ’grannies’ finally learning to read

Deprived of an education as children, the women — most of whom are widows and aged between 60 and 90 — are finally fulfilling a life-long dream to become literate through this unique initiative near Mumbai.

MSN

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

5 fundraising issues making regulators nuts

Changes in the way nonprofits operate alter the face of many discussions but a number of the underlying legal issues and compliance considerations seem to be perpetual. Among Internal operational issues are five hot-button areas — everything from fundraising to finances to online activity.

NonProfit Times

Giving to developing nations hit $64B in ’14

Global private philanthropy to developing nations totaled a record $64 billion in 2104, a report from the Hudson Institute’s Center for Global Prosperity finds.

Philanthropy News Digest

Nonprofits raise security to keep participants

For some organizations, demonstrating that they can keep their facilities secure is the only way some people will keep participating in their programs.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

BUSINESS

The UK’s tax on sugary drinks is working

The Office for Budget Responsibility predicts that only £380 million ($462 million) in new tax funds will flow into government coffers as a result of the sugar cuts.

CNNMoney

China’s first monthly trade deficit in three years

The country’s economic data from January and February can be distorted by the long holidays, which see businesses slowing down and often cutting back operations or closing completely.

BBC

Tourism in times of Trump and Erdogan

The world’s largest tourism fair, ITB 2017, is getting underway in Berlin. Resorts in Spain and Greece are benefiting from a fall in bookings to Turkey in the wake of political upheavals and terror attacks there.

Deutsche Welle

Interview:

“Fly rarely and travel light”

Deutsche Welle

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change impacts UK

The citizens of four major European countries think the impacts of climate change such as severe floods and storms are already affecting them, according to a major new polling study.

Guardian

Evidence that prove climate change is real

The German city of Stuttgart is struggling to overcome its huge air pollution problem. There are options to reduce the environmental risks. Amongst them - a wall covered with moss.

Deutsche Welle

China limits metal production in war on smog

China has ordered steel and aluminum producers in 28 cities to slash output during winter, outlined plans to curb coal use in the capital and required coal transport by rail in the north, as Beijing intensifies its war on smog, a policy document shows.

Reuters

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Fishing in heavy surf on the Malaysian coast near Marang, Terengganu. (Photo by Fadzly Mubin) Photo used under CC BY

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