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Among the front-runners in the Netherlands parliamentary election is Geert Wilders’ right-wing Freedom Party. He has been running an anti-Islam, anti-immigrant “Holland First”-style campaign and has vowed to “make the Netherlands ours again.” (Photo by Metropolico.org) Photo used under CC BY

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Understanding Dutch election amid anti-migrant sentiment

After the United Kingdom‘s vote to leave the European Union and Donald Trump’s U.S. victory last year, political analysts wonder if populism will gain ground on the European continent amid the impact of a migration crisis and dissatisfaction with the European Union.

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NPR

Trump paid $38M in taxes in 2005, WH says

The White House said Donald Trump paid $38 million in taxes on income of more than $150 million in 2005 after an independent journalist obtained the purported first two pages of that return and published them online.

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ABC News

Tillerson to press China on N. Korea in Asia trip

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson faces a tough first trip to Asia this week when the former oil executive will seek to reassure nervous allies facing North Korea’s growing nuclear and missile threat and press China to do more on perhaps the most serious security challenge confronting President Donald Trump.

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Reuters

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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un: From punchline to world menace

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FOX News

Abbas: Trump can broker `historic peace deal’

President Donald Trump can help strike a deal that would end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told the White House’s chief negotiator for Middle East peace talks.

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Bloomberg

ISIS battle displaces 111,000 from west Mosul

Some 111,000 Iraqis have been displaced from western Mosul, according to the Iraqi minister of Displacement and Migration, who added that the ongoing displacement rate had reached between 7,000 and 8,000 people a day.

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Iraqi forces retake major Mosul train station

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Arab News

HUMAN RIGHTS

US threatens to leave UN rights council

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is vowing that the U.S. will leave the United Nations’ Human Rights Council if the organization does not undertake “considerable reform.”

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The Hill

Vibrator maker pays millions over data mining

The makers of the We-Vibe, a line of vibrators have reached a $3.75 million class action settlement with users following allegations that the company was collecting data on when and how the sex toy was used.

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NPR

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Are Morocco and EU in political impasse?

Europe depends heavily on Morocco for cooperation on two of its most important concerns: migration and counterterrorism cooperation.

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Al Jazeera

Kenya doctors strike deal with government

Thousands of physicians call off 100-day strike over pay and working conditions after dozens died without care.

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Al Jazeera

Europe Court OK workplace headscarf bans

The European Court of Justice ruled that religious symbols may be prohibited in the workplace. To avoid discrimination, the ruling encompasses all religious groups. Critics disagree with this view.

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S. Africa launches unit to prevent hate crimes

South Africa’s Foreign Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said the new monitor would “help prevent violence” against foreigners and their businesses as she met with Geoffrey Onyeama, her Nigerian counterpart on Monday

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Genetic experiment in West African village

Scientists are engaged in what could be the most promising, and most frightening, biological experiments of our time. They are preparing for the possible release of swarms of mosquitoes that have been locked away in a research lab behind double metal doors and guarded 24/7.

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Scientific American

Facebook’s new policies to prohibit surveillance

The policy change comes on the heels of investigations from the ACLU, which found social media monitoring companies sold their services to law enforcement, who targeted individuals through Twitter, FB, and Instagram. The tools targeted communities of color.

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FBI’s methods to spy on journalists should remain classified, judge rules

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Ars Technica

GLOBAL HEALTH

The ‘invisible epidemic’ afflicting millions

“Hearing loss is considered an invisible epidemic because people don‘t see it or know that someone suffers from it,” says De Wet Swanepoel, professor of audiology at South Africa’s Pretoria University.

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BBC

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Now hear this: Loud sound may pose more harm than we thought

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Associated Press

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How well can you hear in a noisy background? Try it here

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Associated Press

New drug for one in five breast cancers

Biological therapies can help fight breast cancers caused by rare, inherited genetic errors. Now a new study from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute suggests that targeted drugs may also work in many other women who do not have these risky genes.

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BBC

The mental impact of climate change

“Stress has clear physiological effects,” said Susan Clayton, professor of psychology at Wooster University in the UK, who also believes that disasters such as flooding, heat waves and drought have a significant impact on the state of mind of millions around the world.

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GOOD NEWS

Family laughed at kids’ takeover of TV time

No need to worry about whether the most hilarious BBC interview ever has caused family trouble, after the children of South Korea expert Robert Kelly crashed his TV appearance.

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WMOT

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After unplanned TV time, prof’s family talks to BBC

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BBC

NC boy challenges deputy to dance-off

A sheriff’s deputy was challenged to a dance-off by a young boy in North Carolina, and the two did not disappoint with their moves. Video of the two doing the running man to Zay Hilfigerrr and Zayion McCall’s “Juju On That Beat” has gone viral on Facebook.

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ABC News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Foundation spending for colleges scrutinized

As state funding for public universities continues its decades-long decline, private foundations have stepped in to fill much of the void. But allegations of lavish spending, without public scrutiny, have cropped up at colleges across the country.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

UN urgently appeals for $4.4B in famine aid

The United Nations is calling on the international community to take urgent, coordinated action in four countries facing famine – northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen.

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Philanthropy News Digest

BUSINESS

Ministers meet on scrapped TPP trade deal

Ministers and officials representing the 12 countries of the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership, plus China and South Korea, began talks in Chile on Tuesday, but any concrete decision on how a new trade pact might look seemed far off.

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Reuters

China’s economy fired up on investments

Booming factories and bustling construction sites, but a somewhat lukewarm consumer retail market characterize the start of 2017

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Asia Times Online

Should companies express political views?

Staying neutral can be tough to accomplish for businesses these days. A 2014 study showed that 56% of Americans believe companies should stand up for what they believe in, regardless of whether the issue is controversial or not.

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Guardian

ENVIRONMENT

Carbon dioxide hits record levels

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has increased at an unprecedented pace in the last two years, even as Trump administration officials discount the relevance of a number that many climate scientists find deeply disturbing.

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Scientific American

Environment causes Arctic Sea ice loss

Sea ice in the Arctic has been melting at a record-breaking pace. Scientists blame a warming climate for most of that, but researchers have now teased out a natural cycle for how Arctic sea ice melts year-to-year.

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NPR

Scientists race to save world’s coral reefs

Scientists are scrambling to ensure that at least a fraction of these unique ecosystems survives beyond the next three decades. The health of the planet depends on it: Coral reefs support a quarter of all marine species, as well as half a billion people around the world.

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Associated Press

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Shot March 4, 2017, in Frankfurt, Germany. (Photo by Frank Meffert) Photo used under CC BY

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