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The rapid growth of Indian cities, combined with unclear land ownership, is increasingly triggering legal disputes and forceful evictions of poorer communities, rights groups say. There are more than 680 disputes over land in India, affecting nearly 8 million people, according to research firm Land Conflict Watch. (Photo by Emmanuel DYAN) Photo used under CC BY

India’s growing economy can displace 11M people

At least 11 million people in India risk being uprooted from their homes and land as authorities build highways and airports and cordon off forests, activists said, undermining a government push to provide housing for all citizens by 2022.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

India votes 2019: Narendra Modi seeks second term

Al Jazeera

US construction workers suicide rate staggering

According to a recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more male construction workers take their lives than any other industry.

WSBTV

Analyses show climate poses threat to security

A series of authoritative governmental and nongovernmental analyses over more than three decades lays a strong foundation for concern over climate change implications for national security.

Yale Climate Connections

Trump sabotages major conservation efforts

Guardian

S. Africa’s illegal gold mining imperils workers

Driven by need, tens of thousands of women are risking death, disease and sexual violence to scrape a living in South Africa’s informal mining sector.

Guardian

Vatican urged to denounce gay criminalization

Human rights lawyers and gay rights advocates have urged the Vatican to issue a clear and unequivocal statement against the criminalization of homosexuality.

New York Post

Libya on the brink of civil war, scores killed

Dozens of people have been reported killed and scores more injured in clashes on the edge of Libya’s coastal capital Tripoli after warlord Khalifa Haftar ordered his troops to take the city from the UN-backed government, pushing the country to the brink of a civil war.

TIME

HUMAN RIGHTS

Afghanistan’s nomad women ‘most vulnerable’

In the hidden world of Kuchi nomads in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, women are denied education, raped, and exchanged for something as basic as water.

The Diplomat

Trailblazing women of Kabul, Afghanistan: A photo essay

Guardian

Algerian protesters reject interim president

Thousands rally in Algiers to denounce appointment of political insider Abdelkader Bensalah as acting head of state for the next 90 days to replace Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who resigned last week under pressure.

Al Jazeera

As the credits roll on Algeria’s dictator, a timely reminder of why history must not be repeated

Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Scientists urge Indians to ‘vote rationally’

As Indians prepare to go to the polls, prominent scientists in the country are urging citizens to “vote rationally” and to endorse a politics of equality and social justice.

Al Jazeera

A number of Indonesians will not be voting

Al Jazeera

Norway refuses to drill for oil in Arctic region

Norway’s Labour party has withdrawn support for explorative drilling off the Lofoten islands in the Arctic, creating a large parliamentary majority against oil exploration in the sensitive offshore area, considered a natural wonder.

The Independent

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Study says, poverty leaves a mark on genes

In a study, researchers found evidence that poverty can become embedded across genome. A lower socioeconomic status is associated with levels of DNA methylation (DNAm), which can shape gene expression.

ScienceDaily

Scientists invent threads that can detect gases

Scientists have developed a novel method to create dyed threads that change color when they detect a variety of gases. This could be a reusable and affordable safety asset in medical, military and rescue environments.

ScienceDaily

GLOBAL HEALTH

Sexism worsening global tuberculosis epidemic

A research indicates, in multiple countries across the world, “women were particularly vulnerable and fearful of abuse, abandonment, divorce and other marriage-related problems” associated with a positive TB diagnosis.

Quartz

Bad food choices kills more than tobacco does

Researchers say poor diet is killing more people globally than tobacco, with a new study citing an overconsumption of red and processed meats, salt and sugar and not enough fruit, vegetables and legumes.

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Gang destroys dog fight rings, rescues pets

Rescue Ink, an animal rights non-profit in New York consisting of bikers, ex-bodybuilders, powerlifting champs, former military, investigated cases of animal abuse and convinced violent owners to give pets away.

Brightside.me

Soccer star pays immigrant girl’s lunch fees

Inter Milan soccer star Antonio Candreva stepped in to pay school meal fees for a girl from a poor immigrant family in Italy who had tuna and crackers instead of normal lunch.

BBC

Woman turns home to refuge for Venezuelans

Al Jazeera

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Billionaire backs nonprofit fighting child abuse

As pressure mounts on social media firms over child grooming and sex abuse imagery, a U.S. nonprofit set up by actors Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore tackling the problem has received backing from eBay billionaire Jeff Skoll.

Reuters

NGOs seek to minimize risk to aid workers

Organizations like Plan International and Oxfam are enrolling staff in courses such as hostile environment awareness training, which can help mitigate risks workers face working in dangerous locations.

Devex

French wary of plan to streamline EU aid

France remains “reticent” about EU plans to combine the different EU funding streams dedicated to issues such as human rights, development cooperation and supporting countries neighboring the EU.

Devex

ENVIRONMENT

Drink bottles, biggest polluters of waterways

Plastic bottles, the detritus of our throwaway water and soft drinks habits, are the most prevalent form of plastic pollution in European waterways, according to a new report.

Guardian

Illegal marijuana growers poisoning forests

In California, the Integral Ecology Research Center is working with the U.S. Forest Service to uncover and eliminate illegal weed growing sites that are threatening protected lands and endangering wildlife.

National Geographic

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Challenges on tap at IMF, World Bank meeting

A gathering of IMF and the World Bank are set to attract power brokers from across the globe, and plenty of criticism regarding their capacity to redress the global economy’s most pressing problems.

Al Jazeera

Congolese sculptors boost local economy

From an art museum on a former plantation, sculptors in Democratic Republic of Congo are igniting a modern arts movement, challenging injustices and boosting local economy.

National Geographic

Photo of the Day

A Kuchi girl holds her little brother and waits patiently for their turn to receive shoes, candy and toys during a U.S. Forces sponsored humanitarian mission to their village in Herat province in November 2010. Historically, most Afghans looked down on the Kuchi because they were nomads with no roots, but the perception is starting to change as Afghans become more open minded and begin to look at this tribe as equal brothers and sisters. (Photo by U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace) Photo used under CC BY

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