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The Turkish textile industry is one of the trades in which a lot of people work illegally. Many are underage children who are taken on as cheap labor, with no papers and no social security. (Photo by Beshr Abdulhadi) Photo used under CC BY

Small hands, huge profits: Syrian child labor in Turkey

In Turkey, there are thousands of Syrian refugee children who aren’t going to school. Many work 12-hour days, although child labor is banned.

Deutsche Welle

40,000 displaced Yemenis without aid, says UN

The UN has expressed concern for more than 40,000 displaced Yemenis who had sought refuge in Aden, saying it had been unable to distribute aid since southern separatists overran most of the city at the weekend.

Al Jazeera

UN appeals for nearly $3 bn to save millions in Yemen

Yahoo! News

Major brands back fund to tackle forced labor

A $23 million venture fund to tackle forced labor in large corporations launched was launched, backed by big-name brands including Apple, Disney, C&A and Walmart.

Deutsche Welle

German carmakers get backlash for fume study

German car manufacturers are facing widespread outrage after it emerged that they had funded tests which forced monkeys to breathe toxic diesel fumes.

Independent

Evidence of Rohingya mass graves uncovered

Scores of Rohingya villagers in Myanmar have been massacred and buried in five mass graves, according to an exclusive investigation by the Associated Press news agency.

Al Jazeera

Mauritania failing to tackle slavery, says AU

The African Union has reprimanded Mauritania for failing to take action against slavery within its borders and ordered the government to give financial compensation to two child slaves who were failed by its legal system.

Guardian

Faces of modern slavery – in pictures

Guardian

HUMAN RIGHTS

More Rohingya mass graves found in Myanmar

The graves are the newest piece of evidence for what looks increasingly like a genocide in Myanmar’s western Rakhine state against the Rohingya, a long-persecuted ethnic Muslim minority in the predominantly Buddhist country.

CBC News

Twin blasts orphaned 1,500 Somali children

Somalia has suffered countless bomb attacks over the years, but the twin explosions in Mogadishu three months ago were the largest ever, killing more than 500 people.

Al Jazeera

Government plans to reduce famine threat

Al Jazeera

Canada ordered to fund indigenous child welfare

The Canadian government has failed to implement a legally binding decision ordering it to provide equitable funding for Indigenous child welfare services, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has said.

Al Jazeera

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Prominent Putin critic, Alexei Navalny, arrested

As protesters across Russia rallied against a presidential election they say is rigged in President Vladimir Putin’s favor, police in Moscow forcibly detained the opposition leader who sparked the demonstrations, Alexei Navalny.

NPR

WH scuttles pick for envoy to S. Korea over disagreement on preemptive strike

NPR

Tillerson raises prospect of Maduro ouster

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson raised the prospect that the Venezuelan military could decide to oust President Nicolas Maduro. He said he did not know whether that would happen.

Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Microscopic fungus could mop up nuke waste

It turns out our best bet for containing radioactive waste might be to stick yeast on it. Many of these tiny fungi can survive extremely radioactive and acidic conditions, scientists reported in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Florida carrying into orbit a Luxembourg-made communications satellite designed to expand NATO’s surveillance reach and its capability to deter cyber attacks on alliance members.

Reuters

Launch clears way for Falcon Heavy’s debut

GeekWire

GLOBAL HEALTH

Researchers discover ‘anxiety cells’ in the brain

Scientists have found specialized brain cells in mice that appear to control anxiety levels. The finding, reported in the journal Neuron, could eventually lead to better treatments for anxiety disorders, which affect 1 in 5 adults in the U.S.

NPR

Cancer survival rates vary widely by nation

A study published by The Lancet shows a tremendous amount of variability in five-year cancer survival rates among countries. Though the study shows cancer survival worldwide is increasing overall, the results shed light on the deep disparities that exist around the globe.

ABC News

Is pizza a healthier breakfast than cereal?

Fortune

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GOOD NEWS

7-year-old rescues family from house fire

Tracy Durant said she remembered the fire safety tips she learned in school when her family’s Escambia County home caught on fire, according to reports.

ABC News

Friends find out they’re brothers after 60-year

Walter MacFarlane and Alan Robinson have been friends for more than 60 years, but neither knew their biological parents. While tracing their ancestry with DNA-matching sites, they found out they were brothers.

Today

NONPROFIT AND PHILANTHROPY

Most charities teetering on financial peril

Nonprofits account for more than 5 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 10 percent of the workforce yet half of them have cash reserves of less than a month, and almost a third lost money over three years. More than one in 12 are technically insolvent.

NonProfit Times

Why Super Bowl ads are touting philanthropy

Hyundai is using an expensive ad spot in the game to plug an organization dedicated to fighting childhood cancer, following the decision by Anheuser-Busch InBev to dedicate two big-game berths to its philanthropic efforts.

AdAge

ENVIRONMENT

US, Poland oppose Russia-Germany pipeline

The United States and Poland took a strong stand against a planned gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany, saying it is part of a Kremlin scheme to politicize energy and undermine attempts to make Europe less dependent on Moscow.

ABC News

Social media steps in to ease water crisis

As Cape Town braces for “Day Zero” — the day when it will run out of water — a grassroots campaign to donate water to the South African city’s residents, originated on WhatsApp, has become a social media phenomenon.

CNN

Climate change threatens half of US bases

Nearly half of US military sites are threatened by wild weather linked to climate change, according to a new Pentagon study whose findings run contrary to White House views on global warming.

Guardian

ECONOMY

UK economy will be worse off after Brexit,

A forecast prepared for the British government reportedly says the economy will be worse off after the country leaves the European Union whatever trade deal is struck with the bloc.

CBC News

Israel, Lebanon clash over offshore energy

Israel described as “very provocative” on a Lebanese offshore oil and gas exploration tender in disputed territory on the countries’ maritime border, and said it was a mistake for international firms to participate.

Reuters

$530M cryptocurrency heist may be record

A cryptocurrency exchange in Japan is coming under government scrutiny after it said hackers stole $530 million from its users. The exchange, Coincheck, has promised to partially refund the 260,000 cryptocurrency investors affected by the theft.

CNNMoney

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A senior farmer carrying vegetables in Nepal’s Godauari area. (Photo by Sharada Prasad CS) Photo used under CC BY

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