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Illegal logging on Pirititi indigenous Amazon lands in 2018. (Photo by Felipe Werneck/Ibama) Photo used under CC BY

Ecosystems can collapse in decades, scientists warn

The Amazon rainforest could turn into a grassy savannah within 49 years of reaching an ecological tipping point, scientists have warned. Once they start collapsing, the world’s largest ecosystems, such as the Amazon, are likely to be gone much faster than previously thought.

CNN

EU to take in some migrant kids stuck in Greece

Five EU countries have agreed to take in some migrant children who are stuck in Greece, amid continuing tension on the Greek-Turkish border. German media spoke of up to 1,500 in total. They are children categorized as unaccompanied or very sick.

BBC

Malawians use beehives to fend off loggers

Keeping bees is both a way of preventing deforestation in a country where burning wood for fuel is common and boosting incomes for villagers who can sell the honey.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Quarantines could rob poor kids of education

If the coronavirus forces schools to shut down for long stretches of time, millions of students will struggle to keep up because they don’t have broadband to do schoolwork at home. What’s known as “the homework gap” could be devastating for isolated students.

Politico

The poor are more vulnerable to coronavirus

Millions of people are at a much greater risk of getting sick from the coronavirus than others. The most vulnerable among us do not have the option to comply with suggestions to stay home from work or work remotely.

CommonDreams.org

44 dead from drinking toxic alcohol in Iran after coronavirus cure rumor

USA TODAY

Coronavirus: Life under lockdown in Italy

BBC

Lawmakers put Putin in power through 2036

Russian President Vladimir Putin could stay in power until 2036 after lawmakers voted in favor of a last-ditch proposal to reset the clock on the leader’s presidential term count in an updated version of the constitution.

CNN

Did Trump get ‘fleeced’ on Taliban peace deal?

A U.S. senator has warned that President Donald Trump may have been “fleeced” in the U.S. peace deal with the Taliban, after receiving a classified briefing on the nascent agreement.

Newsweek

HUMAN RIGHTS

Feminism, anger at huge Women’s Day marches

Hundreds of thousands of women across Latin America flocked to the streets for International Women’s Day, with anger over inequality, femicide and strict abortion controls boiling over into sporadic violence.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Girls in Pakistan defy tradition to ride bikes

Going out in public is considered taboo for women in the Lyari neighborhood of Karachi. Girls on bikes are often met with hostility.

Deutsche Welle

Cameroon refugees struggle with life in Nigeria

Cameroon’s ethnic conflict has killed about 3,000 and displaced more than 679,000 in the Anglophone regions, UN says.

Al Jazeera

Uganda’s lady justice fights for ex-prisoners

From death row to national icon, a woman fights for the reintegration of former prisoners in Uganda.

Al Jazeera

Canada moves to ban conversion therapy

The Canadian federal government has introduced new legislation to criminalize LGBTQ conversion therapy, as Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government moves to fulfill one of its 2019 election promises.

Reuters

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

EU to rehouse 1,500 children in Greek camps

The EU says it will rehouse up to 1,500 child refugees living in Greek camps amid a standoff between Brussels and Turkish president Erdoğan, over his decision to open the border to migrants traveling to Europe.

Guardian

Charity inspired UK to tackle period poverty

The Red Box project, a charity started by three friends has inspired the U.K. government to tackle ‘period poverty’.

NBC News

Italians locked down coronavirus deaths jump

Italy ordered a virtual lockdown across much of its wealthy north, including the financial capital Milan, in a drastic new attempt to try to contain a outbreak of coronavirus that saw the number of deaths leap again sharply.

Reuters

How to supercharge your immune system

ABC News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Computer inside heart aims to aid treatment

A new tiny computer injected into the body could help millions of people suffering from heart failure.

BBC

Sea turtles confuse ocean plastic with food

Plastic in the ocean emits a chemical that, to some seabirds and fish, smells a lot like food. That chemical gas, dimethyl sulfide, is also produced by phytoplankton, a key food source for many marine animals.

Science News

Meet the women racing to save a species from extinction

CNN

GLOBAL HEALTH

US Army conducts medical mission in Honduras

The U.S. Army is on a special mission to help with medical care in rural Honduras. The objective is to train soldiers who may need these medical skills in the future and solidify America’s presence in the region.

NBC News

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GOOD NEWS

Rare victory for women in Nobel of architecture

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, both Irish, have won the 2020 Pritzker Prize, becoming only the fourth and fifth women to claim architecture’s equivalent to the Nobel Prize in its 41-year history.

CNN

US comedian Steve Harvey gives Kenyan artist a boost after viral drawing

CNN

13-year-old is using bow ties to help cats get adopted

Inside Edition

Japanese chef carves food into pieces of art

Chef by day and food carving Instagrammer by night, Takehiro Kishimoto practices mukimono -the Japanese art of carving decorative garnishing as well as Thai carving.

CNN

NONPROFIT & PHILANTHROPY

Equine, music therapy help autistic kids

Harmony Hope Stables in Palm City, Florida is a non-profit that provides an equine (horse) and music therapy program for children who have autism, ADHD, depression, anxiety or have been victims of abuse.

MSN

Enslaved children seek solace in night school

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Family restaurant launches a giving board

A small restaurant in Clarkesville is serving up a new kind of customer service, where their customers are helping to serve each other.

11Alive

ENVIRONMENT

Debate rages over release of Fukushima waste

The decontamination process, which The Associated Press viewed on a recent tour, is a key element of a contentious debate over what should be done with the nearly 1.2 million tons of still-radioactive water.

Associated Press

Largest drop of carbon emissions in 30 years

Carbon emissions from the global electricity system fell by 2% last year, as countries began to turn their backs on coal-fired power plants. Power from coal plants fell by 3% last year, even as China’s reliance on coal climbed.

Guardian

Ghanaian kids recycle to fund their education

Separating waste to generate income? An initiative in Ghana is teaching school pupils how recycling can benefit them personally as well as help the planet.

Deutsche Welle

Drought dries up housing for rural Nambians

As rural Namibians move to cities to escape drought, many end up in makeshift houses in overcrowded informal settlements. And in January, the nation moved closer to famine after dam levels fell below 20%.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Mexico cutting down forest for oil refinery

Mexico’s state-owned oil company Pemex has defied a government order by cutting down protected mangrove trees on the site where President Obrador has ordered the construction for an $8 billion project.

Quartz

EU unveils green Africa policy

The European Commission proposed a closer partnership with Africa to fight climate change and create jobs, but aid groups warned any new EU money would likely end up going towards stemming migration into Europe.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Thai poverty rate increases, World Bank says

Thailand needs to invest in education and create jobs in higher-income sectors, the World Bank said in a report that showed a rising rate of poverty as the country’s economy slowed.

Reuters

Does buying brown eggs support cruelty?

Shoppers have been urged to reject brown eggs in favor of white eggs. Apparently, breeds that produce brown eggs are typically more aggressive to one another, so they are debeaked in a painful procedure.

Guardian

The weight of women’s work in the DRC

In the Congo, men are the primary gold miners of the Kamituga quarry. Whatever stones are left are carried by women on an hour long trek. They earn a little less than $2 dollars for each run they make.

Reuters

The women and girls lost to trafficking in Nepal

A human trafficking crisis in Nepal is leaving a trail of trauma and lost youth in its wake.

Al Jazeera

Photo of the Day

A refugee encampment in the Jardins d’Eole sector of Paris, France. (Photo by Alternative libertaire) Photo used under CC BY

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