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A modern slave laborer generates about $4,000 for an exploiter. Sex trafficking is so disproportionately lucrative compared to other forms of slavery that the average profit for each victim is $36,000. (Photo by Ira C) Photo used under CC BY

‘Human life expendable’: Why slavery is profitable

Slave traders today make a return on their investment 25 to 30 times higher than their 18th- and 19th-century counterparts. The average slave generates $4,000 for an exploiter. A sex slave brings in $36,000.

Guardian

ISIS fighter reveals depravity of Yazidi sex-slave trade during trial

Newsweek

Brazil’s president survives corruption vote

The credibility of Brazil’s congress has been left in rags after its lower house overwhelmingly voted not to approve corruption charges against the president, Michel Temer – even though 81 percent of his countrymen said they should.

Guardian

S. Sudan refugees near million mark in Uganda

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby, spiritual leader of the world’s Anglicans, prayed with South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda, home to a nearly million fugitives from a four-year civil war in the world’s youngest nation.

Reuters

South Sudan: Every male child is a soldier

USA TODAY

Human embryos edited to stop disease

Scientists have, for the first time, successfully freed embryos of a piece of faulty DNA that causes deadly heart disease to run in families. It potentially opens the door to preventing 10,000 genetic disorders.

BBC

What is CRISPR Cas9 gene editing?

CNN

Trump plans merit-based immigration plan

President Donald Trump on Wednesday got behind a bill to drastically cut legal immigration and replace current employment based visas with a point system.

CNN

Syria war: Homs ceasefire deal announced

A ceasefire between Syrian forces and rebels north of Homs has been agreed, says Russia’s defence ministry.

BBC

HUMAN RIGHTS

Syrians evacuate Lebanese border camps

Buses carrying Syrian militants and refugees left a Lebanese border area bound for a rebel-held part of Syria, under a deal made after Shi’ite Hezbollah routed Sunni Islamist Nusra Front insurgents in their last foothold at the frontier.

Reuters

Stranded Yemenis to lose ticket to US

Yemen is urging the U.S. government to take in dozens of Yemenis who traveled to Malaysia in recent months expecting to immigrate to the United States, only to find themselves stranded by President Donald Trump’s travel ban.

Reuters

Afghan women fight to reclaim identities

In Afghanistan’s staunchly patriarchal society, women are often publicly identified by the names of their male relatives. Their identity derives from their relationship with men -- who are seen as their owners.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Tunisia aims to end violence against women

Tunisia’s parliament passed a bill designed to “end all violence against women,” strengthening protection and help for victims in a move welcomed by rights groups.

Gulf News

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Trump OKs sanctions for Russian meddling

President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation that levies new sanctions against Russia. The bill represents a rebuke of the president by giving Congress new veto power to block him from removing Russia sanctions.

USA TODAY

Unity and division as Welby visits Africa

The Archbishop of Canterbury’s trip to Africa has raised the plight of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda, but has also highlighted divisions within the Church of England over same-sex relationships.

BBC

Uganda’s other refugee crisis

Public Radio International

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Brain cells found to control aging

Scientists have found that stem cells in the brain’s hypothalamus govern how fast aging occurs in the body. The finding, made in mice, could lead to new strategies for warding off age-related diseases and extending lifespan.

ScienceDaily

Telomeres: What causes biological aging?

Medical News Today

Energy-efficient nanotechnology

A major reason for this miniaturization is the development of nano-size resonators, which convert small levels of electrical power into mechanical oscillations at high frequencies.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Drug puts a $750,000 ‘price tag on life’

Across the country, private insurers and already-squeezed state Medicaid programs wrestle with what, if any, limits to place on patients’ access to break-the-bank drugs — weighing the needs of the ill against budget realities.

NPR

Breastfeeding: No where meets standards

No country in the world supports breastfeeding moms like they should, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Children’s Fund.

USA TODAY

1M malnourished Yemeni kids at risk of cholera

More than a million malnourished children are living in areas of Yemen hit hardest by a cholera outbreak, according to a new analysis by Save the Children.

NPR

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Lara Schmidt):

Cybersecurity badge: One big step for Girl Scouts

USA TODAY

Editorial:

White males benefit from college policies

LA Times

Column (David Bossie):

David: The dirty little secret that is haunting Democrats

FOX News

Column (Jimmy Tobias):

These cities are putting our fractious federal government to shame

The Nation

Column (Sonali Kolhatkar):

NRA playing a deadly game in labeling the left as violent

Truthdig

Column (David A. Graham):

Both explanations for Trump’s meddling in Russia investigation portend disaster

The Atlantic

Column (Neal Starkman):

To prevent nuclear war, impeach Trump

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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GOOD NEWS

35 cops finish tree house for slain officer

To honor a fallen police officer, 35 cops and state troopers got together to finish construction of a very special project.

Sunny Skyz

Late grandpa marries couple in recording

Brittany Yost’s wedding day featured a special surprise from one of the people she loved the most, even though he couldn’t be there.

ABC News

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

UPS awards $7.7 M for global diversity

The UPS Foundation has announced grants totaling more than $7.7 million in the areas of economic and educational empowerment, the empowerment of women and girls, and workplace inclusion.

Philanthropy News Digest

How a venture philanthropy fund works

The big picture is that NewSchools invests in both nonprofit and for-profit organizations working to improve public education. Its venture portfolio includes more than 150 organizations across the United States.

Inside Philanthropy

Website aims to give guidance to donors

Giving Compass, a new Seattle-based venture, is hoping to empower donors with information that makes them better givers.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change increases suicide in India

Climate change is likely to have contributed to a 7 percent spike in the suicide rate in India over the last 30 years, a new scientific study says. India is experiencing a suicide epidemic, in particular in rural areas.

Deutsche Welle

Climate change to cause humid heatwaves

Guardian

No homophobia in the animal kingdom

Think being gay is unnatural? Then look no further than the animal kingdom, where homosexuality is very common. Studies suggest that around 1,500 animal species practice same-sex coupling, from fish to birds and mammals.

Deutsche Welle

Drying climate threatens Africa’s coffee

Uganda is pinning its hopes on its most valuable crop, though climate change is an obstacle to overcome.

National Geographic

BUSINESS

Backlash over BBC’s low-paid ethnic staff

The low number of ethnic minority names on the BBC’s list of its best-paid talent is provoking an angry response inside the corporation, likely to equal the initial shock over the gender pay imbalance.

Guardian

Men are replacing women as CEOs

Investors are putting pressure on company boards to improve lackluster diversity records. The direction a company takes on diversity comes from its board room, where white men have dominated since the last century.

Bloomberg

Photo of the Day

Children on the island of Vanuatu make a model of of the biggest threat to their lives on this island, the volcano on Mount Gharat. (Photo by European Commission DG) Photo used under CC BY

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