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Art in Haji Lane, Singapore (Photo by Ellen Forsyth) Photo used under CC BY

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Singaporean government, artists live on tense terms

The National Arts Council claims to support the island nation’s emergence as a “distinctive global city for the arts,” but conditional and often withdrawn funding to artists betrays an enduring nanny state.

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Asia Times Online

DR-Congo may descend into ethnic cleansing

Three months of massacres that have left 62 children dead could escalate into wider ethnic cleansing in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN has warned.

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Guardian

Surge in violence haunts Venezuela

Venezuela appears to be sliding toward a more volatile stage of unrest after anti-government forces looted weapons during a weekend raid on a military base and frustration over what some see as an ineffectual opposition leadership boils over.

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Reuters

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Hackers target Venezuelan sites

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BBC

China’s journalists face extreme challenges

In China, a country where all media are nominally owned by the state, the government invests vast amounts of money and labor into controlling information.

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NPR

North Korea vows retaliation against US

North Korean state media has slammed the latest round of sanctions approved by the United Nations, calling them a “flagrant violation of our sovereignty.” It vowed retaliation against Washington.

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CNN

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China willing to pay high price for new N. Korea sanctions

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Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Duterte dismisses human rights concerns

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte dismissed concerns about his country’s human rights record hours after meeting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. “Human rights, son of a b----. Policemen and soldiers have died on me,” he told reporters at a press conference.

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ABC News

Underage maids from Myanmar seek help

About 240,000 foreign maids work in Singaporean homes, but those from Myanmar are among the most vulnerable.

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Al Jazeera

GOVERNANCE AND POLITICS

Kenya set for its first social media election

Social media and the spread of alarmist fake news might be what will make the difference in this maturing democracy.

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Al Jazeera

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Kenya’s president urges peace

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BBC

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Counting begins after voting ends in tightly contested elections

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Al Jazeera

Report: N. Korean nukes can fit on missiles

North Korea reportedly has produced a compact nuclear warhead that can be placed inside one of its advanced missiles – which are already believed to be capable of reaching half of the United States. The jarring assessment was prepared by the Defense Intelligence Agency.

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FOX News

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Trump retweets story containing classified info

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CNN

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Breakthrough device heals organs with a touch

Researchers have developed a device that can switch cell function to rescue failing body functions with a single touch. The technology, known as tissue nanotransfection, injects genetic code into skin cells, turning those skin cells into other types of needed cells.

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ScienceDaily

Coddled puppies make poor guide dogs

An overprotective mother doesn’t make a successful guide dog. That’s the conclusion of the first study to analyze how mother-puppy interaction influences guide dog training program success.

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Science

GLOBAL HEALTH

Soaring suicide rates in Middle East

Violent acts including suicide, homicide and sexual assaults are increasing faster in the eastern Mediterranean region than in any other in the world, adding to the suffering of populations experiencing conflict and war.

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Guardian

Africa makes progress against malaria

Every advance against malaria leads to less suffering for children and their parents and progress for their countries. Gains against malaria in Africa have already contributed to a rise in life expectancy, and the decline in mortality has saved billions of dollars.

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This point scoring and deal making with refugees’ lives is absurd

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Sydney Morning Herald

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We need to adopt real solutions to our environmental predicament

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The Independent

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The post-truth moment: How America lost its mind

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The Atlantic

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Speak for Venezuela, Pope Francis

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RealClearPolitics

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Google was right to fire author of sexist memo

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Slate

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Democrats are in deep trouble

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U.S. News & World Report

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Why Trump should be afraid with Robert Mueller on the case

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GOOD NEWS

Special needs campers learn independence

Atzmayim, a vocational program at Camp Ramah in Wisconsin, helps campers with special needs enter the workforce. All Atzmayim participants are high school graduates. They all work five days a week in the nearby town of Eagle River.

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Forward

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Nonprofit rose grower empowers autistic workers

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NBCNews.com

Hospice nurse, patient’s son cross paths again

When Tunde Hector was down on her luck and had no money for gas to fill her car, a kind stranger helped her out. He later turned out to be the son of the dying woman in her care.

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NBCNews.com

PHILANTHROPY AND NONPROFITS

Power and philanthropy in a new Gilded Age

As we celebrate the dynamos of a new gilded aged, we’re witnessing a second philanthropic boom. And that river of “private wealth for public good” brings with it the ideas and voices of those who have decided to put their vast fortunes to use.

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Philanthropy News Digest

How to fix poverty: Why not give money?

Last fall, GiveDirectly announced that it will give every adult in this impoverished village in Kenya an extra $22 each month for the next 12 years — with no strings attached.

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NPR

ENVIRONMENT

Estonia cuts carbon emissions with bogs

In Estonia, dried-out peat bogs are big carbon emitters. Old peat bogs are leaking greenhouse gases - nearly 8 million metric tons per year of carbon dioxide.

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National Geographic

Erratic weather threatens rice farmers

Erratic rains and powerful storms are threatening rice production in parts Madagascar and putting the livelihoods of subsistence farmers like Marolahy at risk.

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NPR

BUSINESS

Aging of US workforce hurts productivity

The American workforce has aged, and the rate of U.S. productivity growth has slowed. It’s natural to wonder if there’s a link between the two phenomena. An economist dove into the data and concluded that yes, alas, there is.

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Bloomberg

Google CEO denounces anti-diversity memo

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says the male engineer who wrote a memo claiming that biological differences prevent gender equality in the tech industry violated the company’s Code of Conduct and furthered “harmful gender stereotypes in our workplace.”

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Fortune

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The Indiana State Fair is underway in Indianapolis. The theme of the 2017 fair is “Wonderful World of Food.” (Photo by Steve Baker) Photo used under CC BY

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