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Extreme poverty set to rise across Southern Africa

In Southern Africa, the proportion of people living in extreme poverty is expected to drop over the next 23 years. But, the number of people living in extreme poverty is expected to rocket from 88 million today to nearly 130 million over the same time period.

allAfrica.com

Venezuelan opposition renews protests

Protesters in Venezuela have renewed nationwide anti-government rallies to pressure President Nicolas Maduro to step down, a day after three people were killed in similar demonstrations dubbed by the opposition as the “mother of all marches”.

Al Jazeera

Venezuela protests: What you need to know

CNN

N. Korea warns US of preemptive strike

North Korean state media warned the United States of a “super-mighty preemptive strike” after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said the United States was looking at ways to bring pressure to bear on North Korea over its nuclear program.

Reuters

Australia overhauls citizenship process

Australia will make it more difficult to gain citizenship in a major overhaul of its migration process. Aspiring citizens will undergo tougher tests on their English language skills and ability to demonstrate Australian values.

BBC

Australian leader seeks tougher citizenship laws

Al Jazeera

Famine-like conditions in areas of Yemen

“Famine-like conditions” have been detected in areas of Yemen, although an official declaration of famine has yet to be made, the U.N.’s World Food Program said.

Reuters

Iran’s Ahmadinejad disqualified from election

Iranian state TV said that the body charged with vetting candidates has disqualified former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from running in next month’s presidential election.

Associated Press

HUMAN RIGHTS

Russian court bans Jehovah’s Witnesses

Russia‘s Supreme Court has banned the Jehovah’s Witness organization after the country’s Justice Ministry requested the group be labeled “extremist” and have their operation dissolved, a Russian state news agency reports.

NPR

Chechens report torture in anti-gay purge

The testimony of detainees backs up reports that a shocking anti-gay campaign is under way in the Russian republic of Chechnya, involving over 100 and possibly several hundred men. Some are believed to have been killed.

Guardian

Zambia denies denying access to lawyers

Zambian police denied that opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema had been refused access to his lawyers and family since his arrest this week but his attorney insisted this was the case in an intensifying political crisis.

Reuters

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Pakistan PM survives corruption ruling

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has ruled there is insufficient evidence of corruption to remove Nawaz Sharif from the role of prime minister, instead ordering further investigation into money transfers.

BBC

Georgia election ‘wake-up call’ for Republicans

A young Democrat, Jon Ossoff, in the US state of Georgia has come very close to winning a congressional seat usually held by Republicans.

Al Jazeera

Why does Kabila cling to power in DR-Congo?

Why has President Joseph Kabila chosen to cling to power beyond his constitutional term limit - which expired in December of 2016? Why did he not proudly allow Congo’s first ever peaceful transfer of power to take place?

allAfrica.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

China launches its first cargo spacecraft

China has launched its first cargo spacecraft, making further progress in its goal of establishing a permanently manned space station by 2022.

Al Jazeera

Malaysia Airlines to use satellites to track fleet

Three years after Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared from radar with 239 people on board, Malaysia’s national carrier says it will begin using satellites to track its planes at all times. The airline says it will be the first.

NPR

Malaysia Airlines signs deal to track its fleet

Fortune

Apple aims to transform diabetes care

Apple is working on a secret project to develop wearable devices that can monitor the blood sugar of diabetics without using invasive finger sticks, part of a vision that originated with company founder Steve Jobs. Apple has assembled a team of biomedical engineers from various companies to work on the project.

TechNewsWorld

GLOBAL HEALTH

Epilepsy drug linked to severe birth defects

A drug used to treat epilepsy has led to up to 4,100 cases of “severe malformations” of children in France, according to regulators. Despite the risk, a ruling has allowed pregnant women to continue to use it.

Deutsche Welle

UK funding to fight neglected tropical diseases

The UK government is investing an extra $260 million in programs to fight neglected tropical diseases, which affect more than a billion people in the world’s poorest countries.

BBC

Gates appeals to UK to maintain foreign aid

Associated Press

Rat lungworm disease hits 2 people in Hawaii

The disease, which affects the brain and spinal cord, can cause nausea, vomiting, severe pain and temporary paralysis. Symptoms can last a few weeks or months, but the parasites eventually die, according to the Hawaii Department of Health.

Associated Press

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GOOD NEWS

Girls invent solar-powered homeless shelter

When 12 junior and senior girls from San Fernando High School in California received a grant to develop an invention to solve a real-world problem, they decided to create a solar-powered shelter to help the homeless.

MSN

African women inspire girls over gender gap

Celebrating successful African women in fields ranging from politics and business to agriculture and the arts could inspire girls to strive towards closing the gender gap, winners of the New African Woman Awards said.

Reuters

Ultrasound shows twins kissing in womb

For expectant mom Carissa Gill, seeing her unborn twins in ultrasound scans has become a part of her routine. But when she went in for a regular checkup earlier this month, Gill was surprised to see the pair’s beautiful display of sisterly love in the womb.

NBCNews.com

Charming ultrasound image goes viral

ABC News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

USF Receives $10 million for scholarships

The University of San Francisco has announced a $10 million gift from trustee Joan McGrath and her husband, Bob, to expand scholarships for its Catholic school teaching programs, create a multidisciplinary student leadership institute, and expand international student immersion opportunities.

Philanthropy News Digest

Could AmeriCorps disappear?

President Trump’s preliminary budget plan calls for eliminating the Corporation for National and Community Service, a $1 billion-a-year agency that oversees AmeriCorps and other federal service programs.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Residents of NPO living program graduate

There are no handouts here. Hillcrest Transitional Housing offers a hand up to families in need, especially those with single mothers. This non-profit temporary residence, which operates three locations in Jackson County, has 16 apartments in Lee‘s Summit.

Fox4KC

ENVIRONMENT

Will the ‘Long Rains’ save Somalia?

The 2016 rains failed in the Horn of Africa; this season will be critical for Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda.

Al Jazeera

Mangroves: The trees keeping Vietnam afloat

Vietnam is in danger. Rising sea levels pose a huge threat to this coastal country. In 2015, then Minister of the Environment Nguyen Minh Quang told the press that the country’s best bet was to plant more mangrove trees.

BBC

Graphene could make seawater drinkable

Researchers in the United Kingdom have developed a graphene-based sieve that can filter salt out of seawater, a development that could provide drinking water to millions of people around the globe.

CNN

BUSINESS

Alibaba set to battle Amazon in SE Asia

The delay of Amazo’s planned launch in Southeast Asia earlier this year has given its biggest rival in the region a chance to dig in ahead of the looming battle.

Asia Times Online

IMF foresees global economy accelerating

A resilient China, rising commodity prices and sturdy financial markets are offering a sunnier outlook for the global economy and helping dispel the gloom that has lingered since the Great Recession ended.

Associated Press

No one fired over violent passenger removal

No one from United Airlines will be fired after a passenger was dragged from his seat and off a flight last week, touching off a national firestorm, CEO Oscar Munoz has announced.

USA TODAY

FB has work to do, humbled Zuckerberg says

NBCNews.com

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Shot in Marrakesh, Morocco, in 2009. (Photo by Matteo Martinello) Photo used under CC BY

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