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Ivanka Trump and her husband, senior Trump adviser Jared Kushner, collected about $195 million in income in 2016. The couple’s total assets could exceed $700 million. (Photo by DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos) Photo used under CC BY

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Trump’s top aides worth hundreds of millions

The White House is stacked with advisers who raked in millions of dollars last year, including President Donald Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, whose assets combined with her husband’s could exceed $700 million.

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Filings show just how complex Ivanka Trump‘s and Jared Kushner’s finances are

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NPR

Hillary Clinton knocks planned diplomacy cuts

Hillary Clinton criticized President Trump’s proposed cuts to the State Department and U.S. aid programs that benefit women and children in developing nations, warning of a “shift that should alarm us all” in attention around the globe to women’s rights and health.

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USA TODAY

US weighs leveraging arms aid to ease famine

Amid calls for immediate US famine relief, or a cessation of US assistance to the Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen, other experts say the military aid could be used as leverage to press for more secure food delivery.

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Christian Science Monitor

Yemen conflict: Who controls what

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Al Jazeera

Laptop bombs may evade airport security

US intelligence and law enforcement agencies believe that terrorist organizations have developed innovative ways to plant explosives in electronic devices that FBI testing shows can evade some commonly used airport security screening methods.

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CNN

Paraguay’s legislature scorched in protest

Protestors set fire to Paraguay’s parliament building and rioted throughout the capital, Asuncion, following a Senate vote to remove presidential term limits. At least one opposition activist was killed.

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NPR

Colombia mudslides kill at least 250

At least 254 people have been killed and hundreds more are missing after torrential rains triggered severe flooding and mudslides in the city of Mocoa, in southwest Colombia, according to a statement released by the army.

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Al Jazeera

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

Ecuadorians to pick between leftist, tax-cutter

After a year in which much of Latin America moved to more market friendly policies, Ecuadorians must decide today whether to continue with a decade of left-leaning populism or change tack and vote in a career banker who is promising to cut taxes.

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Bloomberg

Zuma faces backlash after S. African purge

South African President Jacob Zuma faced a widening public backlash from senior members of the ruling African National Congress including his deputy, Cyril Ramaphosa, after he fired his finance minister and made sweeping cabinet changes.

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Bloomberg

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

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Galaxy S8’s facial scanner easily tricked

Just days after Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S8’s new facial-scanning feature, someone has already successfully spoofed it. Bloggers at Marcianophone secured a S8 with their face and then tricked the phone with a selfie that was saved on another device.

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The Verge

Heart tissue grown on spinach leaves

Researchers face a fundamental challenge as they seek to scale up human tissue regeneration from small lab samples to full-size tissues and organs: how to establish a vascular system that delivers blood deep into the developing tissue. Researchers have successfully turned to plants.

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ScienceDaily

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Scientists create ‘beating’ human heart muscle for cardiac research

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Newly ID’d tyrannosaur had a sensitive side

Behind their ferocious façade, tyrannosaurs were probably a bit touchy-feely. A new species of tyrannosaur may have had highly sensitive organs in its face that could detect touch and temperature, researchers report.

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Science News

GLOBAL HEALTH

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

Some EpiPens recalled, FDA says

Thirteen lots of Mylan’s EpiPen and EpiPen Jr. are being voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer due to a defective part, the US Food and Drug Administration said.

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CNN

Insomnia tied to high risk of stroke, heart failure

More worrisome news for people who toss and turn all night: Insomnia appears to be linked to a heightened risk for heart attack or stroke, a research review from China suggests.

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GOOD NEWS

April Fools 2017: Best jokes around the world

On one day of the year “fake news” is only to be expected and this first of April is no different. As brands, embassies and media outlets compete to raise a chuckle with their sham announcements, here are some of 2017’s best spoof stories.

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BBC

The best April Fools’ Day pranks in history

April Fools’ Day has been around for a long, long, long time. In the hundreds of years since people first started celebrating it, at least one thing hasn’t changed: People are still gullible. Here are some of the best April Fools’ Day pranks from the last 300-plus years.

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Time

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AdWeek’s roundup of year’s best brand hoaxes

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AdWeek

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Google claims to unveil ‘Google Gnome’ for yard

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PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

New nonprofit puts money over mission, ethics

On the Facebook page of the National Association of Nonprofit Organizations & Executives — or Nanoe — you’ll find a picture of its five board members holding up checks they’ve received for their services.

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Men’s giving circles: How guys are stepping up

A common rap on men in philanthropy is that they’re more apt to operate in traditional hierarchical or ego-driven ways. We’re happy to report that this stereotype is overblown.

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Inside Philanthropy

BUSINESS

Apps empower wave of secrecy on Wall Street

Dirty jokes and NSFW GIFs. Snaps of unsuspecting colleagues on the trading floor. Screenshots of confidential client positions. All that ― and legally dubious information ― is increasingly being trafficked over the new private lines of Wall Street: encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal.

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Bloomberg

Suspect charged in Georgia bridge collapse

A man suspected of starting a raging fire that collapsed a portion of Interstate 85 a few miles north of downtown Atlanta faces a felony charge of criminal damage to property.

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ABC News

Major ISPs won’t sell browsing histories

Comcast Corp, Verizon Communications Inc and AT&T Inc say they won’t sell customers’ individual Internet browsing information, days after the U.S. Congress approved legislation reversing Obama administration era internet privacy rules.

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Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Emissions from the edge of the forest

A team of scientists has discovered that fragmentation of formerly contiguous areas of forest leads to carbon emissions rising by another third.

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Environmental News Network

Manatee no longer listed as endangered

Florida’s growing manatee population is a “dramatic turnaround” from the 1970s, the federal government said as it officially removed the aquatic creatures from the endangered list. However, there is no long-term recovery plan in place.

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CNN

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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