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There are now more than 900,000 Rohingyas in the Cox’s Bazar area of Bangladesh. Aid workers say the camps sheltering the new arrivals are completely inadequate. (Photo by Tommy Trenchard/ Caritas/ CAFOD) Photo used under CC BY

Monsoon landslides imperil 100,000 Rohingya refugees

More than 100,000 Rohingya refugees huddled in squalid, muddy camps in Bangladesh will be in grave danger from landslides when the midyear monsoon season begins, a UN humanitarian report said.

Huffington Post

Bangladesh: Trafficking of girls rife in Rohingya camps

Al Jazeera

Fake HIV cure: Aging Gambians race for justice

An estimated 9,000 Gambians, most with HIV, passed through Gambia’s former leader Yahya Jammeh’s treatment programmes and were forced to give up conventional medicine.

Gulf News

DRC ‘state agents’ killed 1,176 in 2017, UN reports

“State agents” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carried out 1,176 extrajudicial killings last year, including at least 89 women and 213 children, according to a report published by the United Nations mission in the central African country.

News 24

UK doctors using tools ‘made by child labor’

Children as young as 12 are making surgical instruments in hazardous conditions in Pakistan, prompting fears that the tools could be used in the NHS, says a report.

International Business Times

Indonesia cops cut transgender women’s hair

Police in north Indonesia have detained 12 transgender women, cut their long hair, and say they are now “coaching” them to behave like “real men.”

BBC

US uses 1-way tickets to redistribute homeless

Each year, US cities give thousands of homeless people one-way bus tickets out of town. An nationwide investigation reveals what really happens at journey’s end.

Guardian

US homeless population rises for first time in years

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

Trump administration threatens Palestinian aid

The Trump administration is doubling down on its threat to cut off aid to the Palestinians if they fail to “sit down and negotiate peace,” even as it proceeds with contentious plans to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem after recognizing the city as Israel’s capital.

NBCNews.com

Israel raps Poland’s denial of Holocaust blame

Israel’s prime minister and Holocaust survivors bridled at a draft Polish law that would make it illegal to suggest Poland bore any responsibility for Nazi atrocities committed on its soil.

Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Hong Kong bans pro-democracy activist

The Hong Kong government banned pro-democracy activist Agnes Chow from running in a Legislative Council by-election, saying her political beliefs are contrary to the city’s constitution.

Bloomberg

Erdogan flexes political muscle with new airport

For centuries it has been at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Now Istanbul is making a bid to be a global meeting place with a new $11 billion airport that aims to overtake Atlanta as the world’s busiest.

NBCNews.com

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Abu Dhabi forms vast desalinated water reserve

At the launch of the 2018 International Water Summit in Abu Dhabi, the country took a big, bold step to ensure water security for its residents. The Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority unveiled the world’s largest reserve of artificially desalinated water.

MSN

Used plastic toys could pose risk to children

The plastic in many secondhand toys may not meet the most up-to-date international safety guidelines, according to new research published in Environmental Science and Technology.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Africa is suffering a silent crisis of stroke

The rate of stroke in Africa is among the world’s highest, with around 316 new cases each year per 100,000 people. But a new study sheds new light on the prevalence of hemorrhagic stroke.

NPR

Why backpacker parasite makes you so ill

Scientists say they have discovered how the parasites that cause giardiasis — one of the world’s most common gastric diseases — make people ill.

BBC

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GOOD NEWS

Ride service gives cancer patients a chance

ChemoCars offers free rides to cancer patients getting treatment in metro Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s the brainchild and passion of Zach Bolster, who discovered while taking his late mother to her treatment appointments that many patients lacked needed transportation.

CBS News

Teen with terminal cancer weds his sweetheart

BBC

Straphanger gives homeless man shoes off his feet

The Independent

NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPY

Susan G. Komen closes Utah office

Big changes are coming to Susan S. Komen’s presence in Utah. Komen Utah’s Board of Directors voted to close the state affiliate’s office according an email sent to community members and partners.

Good4Utah

Planned Parenthood president stepping down

Planned Parenthood has announced that its president, Cecile Richards, plans to step down after 12 years at the helm of the reproductive rights and healthcare organization.

Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Road salt takes a toll on the environment

Truckloads of road salt used to keep highways ice-free in the winter are starting to take a toll on the environment. Researchers say they’re finding rising salt levels in hundreds of lakes, especially in the Northeast and Midwest where sodium chloride is used most.

St Louis Post-Dispatch

Is your sandwich contributing to global warming?

MSN

Paris remains on flood alert as Seine rises

Paris was on flood alert throughout the weekend after the swollen Seine burst its banks, leaving streets flooded and forcing parts of the lower level of the famous Louvre Museum to close.

CNN

ECONOMY

Germans appalled by fumes testing on humans

The German government has denounced experiments funded by German carmakers in which humans and monkeys reportedly inhaled diesel exhaust fumes. Such tests could not be justified, the government said, demanding details. A minister called them “abominable.”

BBC

Report IDs steps to build paths out of poverty

The U.S. Partnership on Mobility from Poverty has formed to promote economic mobility. CityLab profiles its new report, “Restoring the American Dream: What Would It Take to Dramatically Increase Mobility from Poverty?”

Nonprofit Quarterly

US rep sees ‘some progress’ in NAFT talks

Bloomberg

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Girls playing under a parachute at the Nirvana School in India’s Tamil Nadu state. (Photo by Johan Bichel Lindegaard) Photo used under CC BY

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