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11,000 climate scientists warn of ‘untold suffering’

More than 11,000 scientists have “clearly and unequivocally” declared a climate emergency that could bring “untold suffering” unless there are significant transformations in the way humans live.

Al Jazeera

Lebanese students skip school, urge change

Hundreds of school children led anti-government demonstrations across Lebanon refusing to return to class before the demands of a protest movement are met.

Channel NewsAsia

Can the world afford universal health care?

The World Health Organization estimates it would cost about $58 per person, per year to achieve universal health care in all low and middle-income countries. Approximately 85 percent of the total cost can be met by domestic resources, according to WHO.

Al Jazeera

Prisoners denied life-saving treatment in UAE

Guardian

Ebola health workers subject to attacks in DRC

Health workers battling an Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo have been attacked 300 times, leaving six dead and 70 wounded since the start of the year in three provinces.

Yahoo! News

Congolese doc credited with discovering Ebola

NPR

259 Nigerians freed from Islamic institutions

Nigerian police have freed 259 people from an Islamic rehabilitation center in Ibadan, taking the number rescued from abusive institutions since September to nearly 1,500.

Reuters

Inside Nigeria’s reformatory schools

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

China slowly embraces #MeToo education

Frank discussion about sex is rare in China, but China’s younger generation has begun to jettison this buttoned-down attitude and speak more openly — especially in the wake of the global #MeToo movement.

NPR

In pictures – Human rights in the tobacco fields of Malawi

Guardian

Australia’s soccer teams will earn equal pay

Women soccer players playing for Australia’s national team will earn the same as their male counterparts under a deal unveiled in a big boost for gender equality.

AFP

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Trump backs talks on disputed dam on Nile

President Donald Trump backs talks between Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan to resolve the ongoing dam dispute between the three African countries, the White House said.

Al Jazeera

Can Egypt and Ethiopia resolve their dispute over water?

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Bordeaux wine fired into space to test aging

Wine has been rocketed to the International Space Station. This could offer clues on how to improve long-term storage of food and drink in space and how the agriculture sector on earth might adapt to climate change.

Decanter

Here’s why NASA wants astronauts to bake cookies in space

Salon

Life on earth originated in deep-sea vents

Deep-sea hydrothermal vents, where fissures in the sea floor allow the magma in the Earth’s mantle to heat trapped water to high temperatures, provide ideal conditions for the origins of life, scientists believe.

The Independent

GLOBAL HEALTH

Hospitals use tech biased against black patients

A new study shows that a widely used algorithm for predicting which patients get additional care is disproportionately counting out black patients—and could have left tens of thousands without adequate medical care.

Fast Company

US denies flu vaccine to migrant children

The flu was associated with over 57,000 deaths, including 129 in children. Yet, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced they would not be providing flu vaccines to migrants in border detention.

Forbes

Anti-vaxxers exploiting religious exemptions

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Indonesia’s surfer girls turn tide on sexism

Surfing one of the world’s most dangerous sports, it is also frowned upon for women in the world’s most populous Muslim country to bare their bodies.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Nepal’s Kung Fu Nuns kick gender stereotypes

NBC News

Chem club builds world’s largest periodic table

To mark the International Year of the Periodic Table, Wayne State University’s Department of Chemistry created what is believed to be the largest periodic table in history — although no official record actually exists.

Detroit Free Press

‘Book buses’ changing kids’ lives world over

Around the world, mobile library programs are taking books, educational support and even counseling to communities in serious and urgent need.

Guardian

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Metallica donates $100K to wildfire relief

Metallica will donate $100,000 to aid wildfire relief efforts in Northern and Southern California. They are also encouraging fans to contribute money, non-perishable goods, housing, volunteer time to those in need.

Rolling Stone

Gondoliers dive to help clean Venice canals

Gondoliers-turned-divers have completed five dives scouring Venice’s famed lagoon and canals for trash, surfacing part of a stove, an old tape player, a chandelier and even a bidet, among other bits of refuse.

NBC News

ENVIRONMENT

Delhi residents blame authorities for pollution

In Delhi, a public health emergency was declared as air pollution reached catastrophic levels. The lackluster and uncoordinated response from the governments of Delhi, has been a source of anger for the city’s residents.

Guardian

Group turns Hong Kong rooftops into farms

One organization is spearheading a movement to turn idle rooftops and urban spaces in Hong Kong, one of the most densely packed cities on Earth, into farms.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Warsaw strives for better air quality

Authorities in smog-plagued Warsaw revealed plans to further limit car access to the city center, cut down on coal heating in private homes and expand green areas in a drive to improve the city’s air quality.

Associated Press

S. Africa imposes emergency amid drought

BBC

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

S.Africa’s Indigenous will share tea profits

Over a century after commercial farming began on their traditional lands, the San and Khoi peoples of southern Africa will share profits of the lucrative rooibos tea industry, the South African government announced.

Nature

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A woman with her baby in Hopley, a suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe, in June 2018. She got married at age 16 after discovering she was pregnant. She now has three children. According to UNICEF, 32 percent of girls marry before 18 in Zimbabwe. (Photo by Alex Kotowski/The Advocacy Project) Photo used under CC BY

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