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Pro-democracy protesters fill the streets in Hong Kong in April 2019. (Photo by Etan Liam) Photo used under CC BY

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Hong Kong protesters out to transform their city

Hong Kong protesters demand the scrapping of the extradition bill that started the protests, an independent inquiry into police brutality, and universal suffrage. They’re also fighting for homeland, culture, freedom and democracy.

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Vox

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Protesters denounce Cathay Pacific for firing cabin crew

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Reuters

Aging Holocaust survivors languish in Israel

Around 200,000 Holocaust survivors live in Israel today. But although the government often highlights their suffering, 25 percent of them are living below the poverty line.

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France24

US, Taliban called close to striking a peace deal

The Taliban and the United States are “close” to finalizing a peace agreement in their talks in the Qatari capital aimed at ending the 18-year Afghanistan war, the group’s representative has said.

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Al Jazeera

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Proposed deal would be diplomatic coup for Taliban

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NBCNews.com

Rainforest destruction poses global crisis

The Amazon rainforest is biologically the richest region on Earth, and is a major contributor to natural cycles. Animals, plants and humans would face dire consequences if the Amazon rainforest vanished.

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USA TODAY

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‘Surrounded, afraid’: The indigenous guardians of Brazil’s Amazon

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Al Jazeera

Archeologists uncover vast child sacrifice

Archeologists in Peru have so far unearthed 227 bodies in what may be the largest-ever child sacrifice in the world. The Chimu people, who lived in what is today Peru from 900 AD until about 1400, ritually killed children.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Iran allows women to watch football World Cup

Iranian women fans will be allowed to attend a men’s soccer World Cub qualifying match in the Islamic Republic in October, the official IRNA news agency quoted a Sports Ministry official as saying, amid heightened pressure from FIFA.

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Reuters

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Fact box: Saudi travel to World Cup football - 10 breakthroughs for women in 2019

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Equality Day sees new, ‘inspiring’ Barbie dolls

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CNN

Migrants get limited access to sanitary products

According to a lawsuit, migrant girls being held by the Trump administration are being given only very limited access to items as basic as sanitary pads and tampons.

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The Independent

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Approval sinks for Bolsonaro government

The approval rating of right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has plunged to 29.4 percent in August from 38.9 percent in February, according to a poll that showed a majority of Brazilians are unhappy with him.

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Environmental fines drop under Bolsonaro

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BBC

Nigeria is ‘detaining’ trafficking survivors

According to a Human Rights Watch report, the Nigerian government is illegally detaining survivors of human trafficking, inhibiting the recovery of the traumatized survivors from the experiences they went through.

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

New technique could ‘fix’ inherited diseases

Researchers have invented a new method for editing genes that gives scientists greater flexibility to correct genetic mutations that cause serious issues, including mutations that lead to Huntington’s disease and progeria.

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Optimists live longer, new evidence reveals

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine have found that individuals with greater optimism are more likely to live longer and to achieve “exceptional longevity,” that is, living to age 85 or older.

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GLOBAL HEALTH

US could lose its measles elimination status

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week sounded the alarm that recent measles outbreaks have put the 2000 declaration of the disease having been eliminated at risk, according to a CNN report.

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The Hill

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US discards 3,500 donated kidneys annually

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CNN

As the world warms, dengue could spread

Scientists expect warming temperatures will lead to worse dengue outbreaks in places the disease already lurks, and outbreaks in brand new places.

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Could new graphene film keep mosquitos from biting?

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GOOD NEWS

9-year-old donates birthday money to veterans

Inspired after seeing several TV shows about the sacrifices veterans made during war, Valery Ann Arriola, a 9-year-old girl donated money from her birthday, Christmas, and a lemonade stand to disabled veterans.

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Man celebrated birthday by giving meals to homeless

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Stitch

Candles empower adults with disabilities

A nonprofit, ScentsAbility Candles in Coral Springs employs specially-abled individuals to make candles, teaching them basic job skills needed to thrive independently.

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MSN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Tim Cook gives $4.8M worth shares to charity

Apple CEO Tim Cook has donated Apple shares valued at $4.87 million to charity, according to a SEC filing published. He has donated to several human rights campaigns in the past, and plans to give his entire fortune to charity.

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CNBC

UK donates $12M to help Amazon rainforest

Britain will make an immediate donation of $12.2 million to help protect and restore the Amazon rainforest amid international horror over wildfires devastating the region, Boris Johnson has announced.

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The Independent

ENVIRONMENT

Cheetahs nearly extinct as ultra-rich buy them

Less than 7,500 cheetahs are left in the wild, according to the Cheetah Conservation Fund, with 1,000 cheetahs held captive in Gulf Arab mansions, where Africa’s most endangered big cats are flaunted as status symbols.

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CNN

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Hundreds of parts from endangered birds reportedly found for sale via Facebook

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FOX News

Millennials changing diets to help environment

A survey found that millennials’ relationship to food is unique from that of previous generations. For those who follow a special diet, 44 percent do so because it’s better for the environment, 37 percent say it’s ethical.

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KFC tests fried plant-based chicken

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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Uber, Lyft take bigger slice of drivers’ fares

A Jalopnik analysis of 14,756 ride fares from Uber and Lyft drivers found the ride-hailing apps to be taking a bigger bite out of drivers’ fares than they say they do.

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The Insider

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Uber made nearly $500 million from a ‘safe rides fee’ — and that money went straight to the company’s pockets

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Business Insider

Kenya joins ranks of oil-exporting countries

Kenya sent off its inaugural shipment of crude oil this week, becoming the first East African nation to join the ranks of petroleum-exporting countries.

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Al Jazeera

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Women play a game of football in Mazandaran, Iran, in this photograph from March 1989. While foreign women have been allowed limited access to matches in Iran, Iranian women have been banned from stadiums when men’s teams are playing since the Islamic revolution in 1979. (Photo by Casey Hugelfink) Photo used under CC BY

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