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Stephen O’Brien, then International development minister for the UK, talks to hungry refugees in South Sudan in 2012. South Sudan is now in the grip of a famine. (Photo by DFID - UK Department for International Development) Photo used under CC BY

In war-torn S. Sudan, millions need food now

In South Sudan, 5 million people don’t know where their next meal is coming from and, of them, 100,000 are starving and face death. If not for humanitarian efforts, millions could die.

CBS News

Why the famine in South Sudan keeps getting worse

NPR

Saudis seek UN supervision in Yemen

A Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen has called for the UN to place a port under its supervision. It has denied involvement in the deaths of 42 Somalis killed in an attack on a refugee boat.

Deutsche Welle

Wiretapping accusation comes to a head at hearing

The bizarre saga of President Donald Trump‘s claims that he was wiretapped by President Barack Obama last year reaches a dramatic climax with FBI Director James Comey’s testimony to the House Intelligence Committee.

CNN

Pressure builds on Trump to back off wiretap accusations

CNBC

What to watch for as Comey takes to the mic

Bloomberg

Germany angers Turkey with remarks, rally

Germany and Turkey are caught up in a fresh row after a rally backing outlawed Kurdish fighters in Turkey was held in Frankfurt and a top German intelligence official made controversial comments on last summer’s failed Turkish coup.

Al Jazeera

Clashes in Syria after surprise rebel attack

Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital after rebel fighters launched a surprise assault on government forces, a monitor and state television said.

Al Jazeera

The ‘slow-motion slaughter’ of Syrian civilians

Al Jazeera

HUMAN RIGHTS

Unrelenting Duterte welcomes ICC case

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte welcomed the prospect of the International Criminal Court (ICC) putting him on trial over his bloody war on drugs, saying he would not be intimidated and his campaign would be unrelenting and “brutal”.

Asia Times Online

Hotels held accountable in human trafficking

“The time has come to protect the most vulnerable members of our population and to hold the hotel/motel industry accountable when they knowingly profit from child sex trafficking,” said Nadeem Bezar, an attorney with the plaintiff’s legal representation Kline & Specter.

ABC News

Biodiversity Is essential to human rights

For the first time, a United Nations report has recognized biodiversity and healthy ecosystems as essential to human rights.

Huffington Post

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Turkey’s referendum campaign unfair

Opposition figures in Turkey say they have faced threats, violence, arbitrary detentions, a lack of TV airtime and even sabotage in the campaign for a referendum on expanding the president’s powers.

Associated Press

Tanzania sends 500 doctors to Kenya

Some 5,000 doctors who work at Kenya’s public hospitals began a strike in December to demand higher pay and better conditions. A deal was struck this week and opened the way to negotiations to end the strike, but many doctors are still not back at work.

Deutsche Welle

Government guilty in Fukushima disaster

A court in Japan has ruled that the government and the operator of the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant were responsible for failing to take preventive measures against the 2011 quake-triggered tsunami that killed scores and forced tens of thousands from their homes.

Japan Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Google faces questions as firms pull ads

Google executives are bracing for a two-pronged inquisition from the advertising industry and the government over the company’s plans to stop ads being placed next to extremist material.

Guardian

Google is ‘profiting from hatred’ say MPs in row over adverts

Guardian

Germany wants to fine social media sites up to 50M if they fail to remove hate speech

Global News

Smartphones may be changing the way we think

Scientists say our near-constant interactions with digital technology influence our brains. Small studies are turning up hints that our devices may change how we remember, how we navigate and how we create happiness — or not.

Sciencenews

New technology allows for affordable homes

The new technology is enabling feats of architecture and design, like an eight-story wooden apartment building in Finland and more affordable apartments in cities like New York, where the city has financed housing for 160,000 people making less than $40,800 a year.

MSN Money

GLOBAL HEALTH

Patients with private insurance get priority

Mayo Clinic, one of the country’s top hospitals, is in the midst of controversy after its CEO said that the elite medical facility would prioritize the care of patients with private health insurance over those with Medicare and Medicaid.

Ars Technica

Drug to combat alcoholism works

The drug, baclofen, had “a positive effect” at high doses in reducing alcohol consumption over a year of treatment, according to study results released at a conference in Paris.

Japan Times

Breakthrough in determining heart attacks

Researchers are revisiting their views on the relative dangers soft and hard atherosclerotic plaque deposits pose to heart health. Findings of a new study may be a “game-changer” for determining who’s at risk of a heart attack, they say.

ScienceDaily

Could your favorite pain medicine send you into cardiac arrest?

Popular Science

Lifestyle change leads to 10-point drop in systolic blood pressure

ScienceDaily

‘Healthiest hearts in the world’ found

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Up ‘n’ at ’em: Sleepaway camp for adults

The campers wake up in their cabins, dress and go to breakfast. Next come activities — arts and crafts, archery, kickball. Then they gather as the sun sets and head to Shabbat dinner, where they will drink beer and wine. Welcome to Jewish summer camp for adults.

Forward

W African pastor discovers 706-carat diamond

A pastor in Sierra Leone has discovered the largest uncut diamond found in more than four decades in this West African country and has turned it over to the government, saying he hopes it helps to boost recent development in his impoverished nation.

FOX News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

WH budget plan eliminates funding for arts

The Trump administration’s 2018 budget proposes cuts of funding for federal agencies that support the arts and culture, the humanities, human services, and community, regional, and international development.

Philanthropy News Digest

Nominate a Charity to Receive President Trump’s Government Salary

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Chance the Rapper pledges $1 million donation

The Chicago native, whose real name is Chancellor Bennett, announced his pledge at an elementary school and criticized Rauner for vetoing $215 million in CPS funding last December, NBC Chicago reports.

Good News Daily

BUSINESS

Abe and Merkel talk up free trade

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday urged the European Union (EU) to finally sign a free trade deal with Japan following nearly four years of negotiations.

CNBC

China sets record for US crustacean imports

American lobster was almost unheard of in most of China until 2010, when the value of imports grew 250 percent to about $7.4 million. Last year, China imported more than $108 million in lobsters from America, surpassing the previous high of about $90.2 million in 2014.

Associated Press

Brazil president calms fears over meat exports

President Michel Temer, confronting a corruption scandal tarnishing Brazil’s lucrative meat industry, met on Sunday with executives and foreign diplomats to assuage health concerns tarnishing a sector responsible for $12 billion in annual exports.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change threatens health, doctors warn

The group, called the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health, intends to advocate for climate change and health awareness among the public and policymakers. Mona Sarfaty, director of the consortium, said its message is one of urgency: “that climate change is harming the health of Americans and that we have to act now.”

Scientific American

Earth’s first example of recycling

Rock samples from northeastern Canada retain chemical signals that help explain what Earth’s crust was like more than 4 billion years ago, reveals new work from Carnegie’s Richard Carlson and Jonathan O’Neil of the University of Ottawa. Their work is published by Science.

Environmental News Network

Remnants of Earth’s original crust preserve time before plate tectonics

Sciencenews

China’s winter haze tied to climate change

China’s severe winter air pollution problems may be worsened by changes in atmospheric circulation prompted by Arctic sea ice loss and increased Eurasian snowfall – both caused by global climate change.

Environmental News Network

Photo of the Day

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

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