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US plans to boost number of immigration judges

Amid fierce disagreements between pro- and anti-immigration advocates, there’s one area of consensus. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Department of Justice would increase the number of immigration judges to alleviate pressure on the courts.

CNN

S. Sudan war disrupts farming, creates famine

South Sudan’s three-year civil war and economic crisis has disrupted farming so much that famine has been declared in two counties and threatens to spread. Millions of people are going hungry and thousands are at risk of starvation.

Associated Press

Russia vetoes UN effort to condemn atrocity

Russia has vetoed a resolution at the UN Security Council that would have condemned the chemical attack in Syria and demanded that Damascus cooperate with investigators.

BBC

Putin receives Tillerson at Kremlin

NPR

US senator blasts Russia for interference in Balkans

ABC News

Opposition urges DRC president to step down

Tensions have been building in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since December, when the president’s term ended but elections were not held. President Joseph Kabila is still in office, and many are angry about that.

NPR

General strike piles pressure on Kabila

Deutsche Welle

African migrants sold in Libya ‘slave markets’

Africans trying to reach Europe are being sold by their captors in “slave markets” in Libya, the International Organization for Migration says.

BBC

‘Modern slavery’ in Italy: A tale of grapes, death and injustice

Irish Times

HUMAN RIGHTS

UNICEF seeks release of children in Myanmar

A top official from the U.N. children’s fund has sought the release of Rohingya children detained in a Myanmar army crackdown on the Muslim minority, the organization reports.

Reuters

Migrant workers exploited en route to Arab Gulf

South Asian migrants working in the multibillion dollar construction industry in Arab Gulf countries are shouldering the costs of their own recruitment fees while companies and their clients are reaping the benefits of cheap labor.

Associated Press

Egypt’s president declares state of emergency

President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi declared a three-month state of emergency in Egypt following twin church bombings that killed dozens of people in two cities last weekend.

Times of India

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Ahmadinejad to run for Iran presidency

Hardline former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad surprised Iran’s clerical establishment by registering for the May 19 presidential election, defying the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader’s warning not to enter the race.

Reuters

Judge orders probe into Temer’s cabinet

A Supreme Court justice dealt Brazilian President Michel Temer and Brazil’s political elite a heavy blow by ordering investigations into eight Cabinet ministers and dozens of lawmakers allegedly linked to the country’s biggest corruption scandal.

Reuters

North Korea warns of nuclear strike against US

North Korea is not backing down from its threats against the US. US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said the US would be willing to “solve the problem” alone.

Deutsche Welle

North Korea decries US carrier dispatch as parliament meets

Associated Press

Venezuelans mount anti-government protests

Venezuelan opposition supporters took to the streets again in sometimes violent clashes to protest an economic crisis and an erosion of democracy under leftist President Nicolas Maduro, in the first sustained wave of anti-government demonstrations in three years.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Star Trek medical device becomes a reality

The Tricorder was made famous in the science fiction TV series Star Trek - a device that could be held over the body to give an instant diagnosis of illness or any ailment you might be suffering from. But now it seems Star Trek medicine could closer than we thought.

BBC

App turns phone into virtual eyewitness to crime

A Seattle man thinks he’s discovered the perfect eyewitness: a crime observer that never forgets and never makes mistakes. It’s also available on the app store.

FOX News

GLOBAL HEALTH

Uganda’s elephantiasis outbreak solved

Medical detectives in Uganda recently discovered that the wrong culprit had been blamed for an outbreak of crippling elephantiasis — legs so swollen that they resemble those of an elephant. As it turned out, one rare, neglected tropical disease had been mistaken for another.

CNN

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7 surprising, sobering facts about global health

NPR

Doctors defy standards on cancer screenings

Men younger than 70 with no signs of prostate cancer should no longer be discouraged from checking their PSA levels, according to guidelines proposed by the U.S.

San Diego Union-Tribune

Columns And Op-Ed

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The insecurity of inequality

Asia Times Online

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Assad did it, and Russians have a problem

CNN

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America’s airlines are shameless. But United has just set a new low

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Gritty Gary emerging as a model for civility

Gary, Indiana, hosts World Civility Day, drawing attendees from as far afield as Kenya as part of an ongoing campaign that has boosted not only civility but also the city’s own self-image.

Christian Science Monitor

Boat school offers hope for indigenous kids

Millions of indigenous children in southern Philippines are deprived of a formal education. A sailing school is enabling hundreds of children to attend classes.

Al Jazeera

Man turns to baking to help those in need

Since his wife’s passing, Kellner took up baking as a way to give back to the community and honor the legacy of both his mother, from whom he learned to cook, and his wife.

Today

Hospital allows dying man wine, cigarettes

WSB-TV

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Mellon Foundation: $3.8M for theater program

The New England Foundation for the Arts has announced a three-year, $3.77 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to continue the work of the National Theater Project.

Philanthropy News Digest

Aid workers warn US cuts could cost lives

As the world suffers one of its most severe humanitarian crises in decades, President Donald Trump is threatening to drastically reduce foreign aid as part of his administration’s “America first” budget.

Huffington Post

Karen Civil opens computer lab for orphanage

Personality, author and entrepreneur Karen Civil used her influence to do some good at House Of Hope Orphanage in Titanyen, Haiti. Civil opened her Live Civil Computer Lab and donated 20 computers to the children.

Yahoo! News

ENVIRONMENT

US expanding early quake warning system

An early warning system for earthquakes has been expanded to Oregon and Washington, joining California in testing a prototype that could give people seconds or up to a minute of warning before strong shaking begins.

Associated Press

Melting snow contains toxic pollutants

Researchers from McGill University and École de Technologie Supérieure in Montreal have found that urban snow accumulates a toxic cocktail from car emissions - pollutants that are in turn unleashed into the environment as the weather warms up.

Environmental News Network

New Zealand braces for next bout of flooding

Less than a week after severe floods caused by Cyclone Debbie, residents of the North Island are preparing for the arrival of another storm system, ex-Tropical Cyclone Cook.

Al Jazeera

BUSINESS

Trade changes could affect medical devices

The North American Free Trade Agreement has transformed this sprawling and gumptious border town from a gritty party spot to something entirely different: a world capital of medical devices.

CNN

Google accused of underpaying women

Government investigators looking into how Google pays its employees have accused the tech giant of shortchanging women doing similar work to men. A U.S. Department of Labor official disclosed the agency’s allegations during a Friday court hearing in San Francisco.

Associated Press

French Guiana facing a total shutdown

Discontent over living standards in French Guiana has led to a large-scale blockade. Despite being in South America, French Guiana remains part of France and has been paralyzed by protests against a lack of investment from the mainland.

BBC

N. Korea and Syria concerns stall Wall Street

U.S. stock futures were flat this morning after what was tracking to be the lowest volume day of the year. The Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq on Monday did eke out their second positive session in three.

CNBC

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Shot April 5, 2017, in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Maria Eklind) Photo used under CC BY

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