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Solidarities International workers provide water to drought-stricken Somalis. Lack of access to clean water is gravely worsening burgeoning famine conditions in four countries. (Photo by European Commission DG ECHO/Malini Morzaria) Photo used under CC BY

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UN: 27 million people lack clean water amid famines

Nearly 27 million people in countries facing famine — Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen — do not have access to safe water, which can be as deadly to severely malnourished children as a lack of food, UNICEF says.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Children who escaped Boko Haram live in shadow of famine

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Huffington Post

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Drought-stricken Somalia battles hunger and cholera

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Associated Press

Karoshi victims’ families slam OT cap plan

Families of people who have died from overwork blasted a report adopted by a government labor reform panel, saying its call for creating a monthly overtime cap of 100 hours could effectively legalize long working hours at the expense of workers’ health.

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Japan Times

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Why are Japanese working themselves to death?

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South China Morning Post

‘No turning back,’ May says as Britain begins Brexit

Britain’s departure from the EU is “an historic moment from which there can be no turning back,” British Prime Minister Theresa May said after Britain’s EU ambassador formally triggered the two-year exit process by handing a letter to the EU Council president.

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BBC

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Has Britain left the EU? (Almost) Every single Brexit question answered

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Telegraph.co.uk

Number of Syrian refugees surpasses 5 million

The number of refugees who have fled the war in Syria now exceeds five million with millions more displaced internally, according to the UN. Syrians have poured across their borders since anti-government protests in 2011 spiraled into a full-blown conflict.

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Al Jazeera

Groups file suit over Trump climate actions

Environmental groups that vowed to fight President Donald Trump’s efforts to roll back his predecessor’s plans to curb global warming have made good on their promises, asking a federal court to block an order that lifts restrictions on coal sales from federal lands.

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ABC News

Arab leaders broach reconciliation with Israel

Arab states have offered Israel a reconciliation deal provided it cedes land captured in 1967 to a future Palestinian state. U.S. President Donald Trump had rattled leaders when he said he was open to a one-state solution.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Remembering Gambia’s notorious Mile 2 Prison

Political prisoners of the former president, Yahya Jammeh, share stories of torture and life behind bars.

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Al Jazeera

Court condemns Greece over ‘forced labor’

Europe’s top human rights court accused Greece of failing to protect migrant workers who had been subject to “forced labour” and shot at by security guards when they protested over unpaid wages.

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Reuters

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Bangladeshi fruit pickers shot at by Greek farmers win human rights case

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Guardian

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Immigration crackdown enables worker exploitation, labor department staff say

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Guardian

Trump drops human rights demand in F-16s bid

The U.S. State Department told Congress it backs the sale of 19 Lockheed Martin Corp. F-16 fighters to Bahrain without preconditions on improved human rights previously demanded by the Obama administration, according to two people familiar with the proposal.

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GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

DR Congo opposition announces protests

Jean-Marc Kabund, secretary-general of the opposition UDPS party, says President Joseph Kabila and his political allies in the Democratic Republic of Congo have no intention of moving toward elections.

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Assad’s overthrow no longer a priority for US

The United States has said that it is no longer focused on ousting President Bashar al-Assad as it seeks a new strategy to end Syria’s civil war.

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Al Jazeera

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In major shift, U.S. no longer pushing for Assad’s ouster

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CBS News

Venezuela‘s court seizes power from Congress

Venezuela slid further towards dictatorship under leftist President Nicolas Maduro, after the loyalist Supreme Court seized power from the opposition-controlled congress in what a top regional official described as a “coup.”

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SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Abuse accelerates puberty in children

While it has long been known that maltreatment can affect a child’s psychological development, new research indicates that the stress of abuse can impact the physical growth and maturation of adolescents as well.

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ScienceDaily

US loses Web browsing privacy protections

Congress voted to kill rules meant to prevent Internet service providers from selling users’ Web browsing histories and app storage histories to advertisers.

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Guardian

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Digital rights report hits Apple for its secrecy

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Yahoo! News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Gonad-chomping bacteria attacks dengue virus

Despite extensive use of insecticide and drug-treated nets, mosquitoes continue to spread the dreaded dengue across India. In 2016, over 100,000 tested positive for dengue in the country; hundreds died from infection. Now, there are plans to pit bacteria against the virus.

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Asia Times Online

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Dengue fever spike in Sri Lanka ’part of a health crisis looming in Asia’

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Outbreak News Today

Climate change contributes to mental illness

Climate change isn’t just bad for the planet and for our bodies. According to a new report by the American Psychological Association, Climate for Health, and ecoAmerica, climate change is bad for our mental health too.

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Popular Science

Fewer Zika-linked birth defects than expected

Scientists expected a surge of severe birth defects in Brazil because of last year’s Zika outbreak. But that didn’t happen. Researchers are re-examining the link.

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Alliance with Syria tightens Russia’s ties with Iran

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Trump’s attack on the climate will fail, spectacularly

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How cartoonists around the world reacted to Article 50 and ‘Brexit Day’

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GOOD NEWS

Yoga, dancing keep 98-year-old young

The Guinness Book of World Records calls Tao Porchon-Lynch the world’s oldest yoga instructor. Besides teaching eight classes every week, she’s also a ballroom dancer – and that’s just what she’s been doing lately.

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NBCNews.com

Police academy graduates double-amputee vet

Making it through seven months of police training is a big achievement for anyone. But for one recruit at the Suffolk County police academy on Long Island, New York, the accomplishment borders on the miraculous.

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CBS News

Teacher raises $80K for bikes for school

In September 2016, right after Labor Day, Blomquist started a campaign on GoFundMe in hopes of raising $65,000 for the bicycles. She said today that she‘d initially come up with the idea to start the campaign for a student who wanted a bike that she couldn’t afford.

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ABC News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Billionaire strives to save planet from Trump

Tom Steyer isn’t your average tree hugger. The former hedge fund manager — number 1,121 on Forbes’ wealthiest people list, with $1.61 billion — was once best known for turning $15 million into $30 billion in about two decades.

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Wired

Grants fund performances by disabled artists

When the words “disabled” and “dancers” appear in the same sentence, many people think of special interest groups, therapy, or education, but the performances selected by Dance/NYC’s “Dance. Disability. Artistry.” initiative are emphatically none of those things.

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Nonprofit Quarterly

BUSINESS

EU nations vote against GM crops

A majority of EU nations voted against genetically modified corn during a meeting of the EU appeals committee. However, that was not enough to stop GM cultivation. The decision now rests with the commission.

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Age discrimination built into some job websites

If you’re looking for work, you might start with one of those websites that posts jobs. But if you’re an older adult looking for work, you might have found yourself excluded from some of the features on those sites.

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NPR

Wells Fargo cited for illegal practices

A top federal banking regulator severely downgraded Wells Fargo’s community lending rating, citing the “egregious nature” of “discriminatory and illegal” credit practices at the big bank.

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CNNMoney

ENVIRONMENT

El Salvador imposes ban on metal mining

Lawmakers in the water-parched country passed the ban in a unanimous vote on, declaring El Salvador a mining-free territory.

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Guardian

Air pollution kills 3,450,000 people a year

Air Pollution kills. A study released in the journal Nature found that in 2007, air pollution lead to the premature deaths of 3.45 million people worldwide—a number equivalent to the population of the state of Connecticut.

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Popular Science

Adani to mine coal near the Great Barrier Reef

The controversial coal mine project in Australia’s Queensland state is looking more likely to become a reality later this year. But it remains plagued by legal hurdles, environmental issues and fierce public opposition.

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Shot at an outdoor family session. The hands in the middle belong to twin 4-year-old boys. (Photo by RebeccaVC1) Photo used under CC BY

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