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A worker wears a mask while cleaning San Francisco International Airport in February 2020. For the bottom 10% of wage earners, just three out of 10 are able to take time off with pay when they get sick. (Photo by Aaron Anderer) Photo used under CC BY

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Coronavirus will create ordeals for working poor

As COVID-19 spreads and fears follow, one segment of the population is especially at risk: the working poor. People who suspect they’ve been infected are being asked to stay home and seek medical treatment. For low-wage workers, both remedies may be out of reach.

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Wisconsin Examiner

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Coronavirus is changing the way Muslims worship across the world

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Al Jazeera

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Coronavirus has graver consequences for older people

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NPR

UN: Iran triples stockpile of enriched uranium

Iran has nearly tripled its stockpile of enriched uranium since November in violation of its deal with world powers, the UN atomic watchdog agency said.

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Associated Press

Families of slain Muslims expect no justice in India

More than 45 people, mostly Muslim, were killed when sectarian riots broke out in northeast Delhi. Hundreds of Muslim families who have fled and lost their relatives say the Modi government is to blame for a rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric in India.

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South China Morning Post

Venezuela’s Maduro tells women to have 6 kids

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has urged women to have six children “for the good of the country.” The country is facing an economic crisis which has resulted in severe food and medicine shortages.

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BBC

Stranded migrants kept from US court dates

More than 9,000 migrants have been taken to Chiapas from Mexico’s northern border under a busing program to avoid falling prey to gangs. But once in Chiapas, some have been unable to reach the U.S. for their hearings, advocates consulted by Reuters said.

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Tensions between Greece and Turkey rise over migrant clashes

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Herald-Mail Media

Netanyahu declares victory in Israeli election

Shrugging off his looming criminal trial, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed victory after exit polls indicated he led his Likud Party to a first-place finish in the election, the country’s third in a year.

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Sydney Morning Herald

HUMAN RIGHTS

Child migrants sleep in pens at Lesbos port

Over 700 migrants have arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos in less than a week, since Turkey opened its borders to refugees desperate to reach Europe.

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BBC

Why are detainees dying in Assam?

Families of three men who died in detention centers under mysterious circumstances accuse authorities of cover up.

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Al Jazeera

Transgender health ignored in U.S. detention

Inspections of the transgender unit at the Cibola County Correctional Center in New Mexico, found hundreds of unanswered requests for medical attention, poor quarantine procedures and deficient treatment

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Reuters

Israel’s Arab parties make historic gains

Arab politicians are set to make historic gains in the Israeli election, taking more seats than ever before and solidifying their position as the third-largest force in the Knesset, the country’s parliament.

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Guardian

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Internet shutdown in India splinters democracy

For nearly seven months, Kashmir has weathered the longest-running internet shutdown in any democracy—the culmination of a troubling trend in India that has cost the country’s economy billions.

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Fast Company

Italy shuts schools over coronavirus

Italy is to close all schools and universities to try to contain its worsening coronavirus outbreak, a government source said, as cases continued to rise in Europe’s worst hit country.

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists use CRISPR gene-editing on patient

For the first time, scientists have used the gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to edit a gene while the DNA is still inside a person’s body, by injecting it into the eye of a patient blinded by a rare genetic disorder.

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NPR

Greece’s dolphin sanctuary created by women

A team of female scientists are building a sanctuary in Greece for dolphins released from captivity, the first of its kind. The sanctuary will offer refuge to local animals, those threatened or injured, even from theme parks.

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Al Jazeera

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11-year-old receives bionic hero arm

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CNN

India’s new health map for women, children

Launched in Jhalawar, in Rajasthan state, by the Antara Foundation in 2015, the integrated program, known as Akshada, focuses on the crucial 1,000 days between conception and the second year in a child’s life.

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Guardian

Your pet can’t catch coronavirus

They’re your furry best friend and a fixture of your home -- but could your beloved cat or dog give you coronavirus? Experts agree, almost definitely not.

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CNN

A mobile team saves sight in the Kenyan bush

Trachoma is the most common infectious cause of blindness in the world. Kenya aims to eliminate the disease in four years, helped by teams who traverse desert and bushland to reach scattered communities.

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Teen helps blind woman cross the street

A photo of 15-year-old Dontarius Caldwell showing the young teen helping the woman at Louisville went viral. “I was just helping the elderly, giving a helping hand. ... Everybody gotta get a helping hand,” he said.

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MSM

Single dad adopts abandoned 13-year-old boy

Tony was adopted at age 4, but two years ago Tony’s adoptive parents abandoned him at a hospital. Foster parent Peter Muatbazi took Tony for a weekend, but when he learned Tony’s story, he knew he had to adopt him.

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Six-year-old donates hair to kids with cancer

When she was 4, Caleigh decided she wanted to donate her hair to Wigs for Kids. Her mom, Nicole Pesina, said she made up her mind after seeing a commercial for St. Jude’s. Two years later, she wants to do it again.

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MSM

Man saves his family from fire

A North Carolina man managed to save his family from a devastating house fire after a motion sensor camera he had set up outside tipped him off about the blaze.

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MSM

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Enslaved children seek solace in night school

A local charity runs two-hour lessons in Ethiopia attended by about 130 students, most of them young maids, with permission from their employers to go to school once their chores are done.

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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.

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11Alive

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Mom creates nonprofit for trans teens to get new wardrobe for free

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Today

ENVIRONMENT

Tropical forests losing ability to absorb carbon

Tropical forests are taking up less carbon dioxide from the air, reducing their ability to act as “carbon sinks” and bringing closer the prospect of accelerating climate breakdown.

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Guardian

Plastic-chomping caterpillars reduce pollution

The tiny waxworm went from zero to hero in 2017 when researchers discovered the caterpillar could potentially help solve one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems: plastic waste.

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CNN

Gambian women promote recycling

Fed up with Gambia‘s mounting waste problem, Isatou Ceesay set up an initiative called ’One Plastic Bag’. It promotes recycling and provides women with additional income.

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Climate change increases risk of bushfire

Global warming boosted the risk of the hot, dry weather that caused bushfires in Australia by at least 30%. If global temperatures rise by 2C, such conditions are at least four times more likely.

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BBC

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & INEQUALITY

Normalizing menstrual health in Asia

Olivia Cotes-James wants us to talk about menstrual health. She is combating period stigma as the founder of LUÜNA Naturals, which hails itself as Asia’s first period care company and all-female leadership team.

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France 24

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Girls stay longer in school but obesity, suicide and sexual violence remain risks

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Guardian

Coronavirus infects Africa’s economy

So far, Nigeria and Senegal are the only two countries in sub-Saharan Africa to be officially affected by COVID-19. But the economic consequences of the coronavirus outbreak are already being felt on the continent.

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A musician performs on a street in Jaisalmer Fort, India. (Photo by Miraage.clicks) Photo used under CC BY

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