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Demonstrators gathered in London in 2009 to commemorate the Armenian genocide. U.S. President Joe Biden has publicly described the deadly forced deportation of well over a million Armenians from the Ottoman Empire — modern-day Turkey — as “genocide.” (Photo by karaian) Photo used under CC BY

Recognition of genocide in 1915 infuriates Turkey

Turkey and the U.S. have found each other at odds after President Biden‘s characterization of the Ottoman atrocities committed against ethnic Armenians more than 100 years ago as genocide. Turkish President called Biden’s statement “baseless, unfair and untrue.”

CBS News

Suicide rates among Syrian kids rising sharply

The number of children attempting or committing suicide in north-west Syria has surged, according to Save the Children, with almost one in five of all recorded cases involving those under 18.

The Independent

Syria screens candidates in polls expected to re-elect President Assad

Reuters

Indian child brides hidden from home violence report

Child brides being beaten by their husbands will no longer be included in India’s biggest survey of domestic violence — potentially hiding the problem and making it even harder for married girls to get help.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Afghan women fear setback in rights after US troop withdrawal

Deutsche Welle

Egypt officials toughen penalties for FGM

Egypt has toughened penalties for female genital mutilation, imposing prison terms of up to 20 years in a push to end the ancient cutting practice, but activists remain skeptical about the enforcement.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Africa’s vaccine hesitancy adds to slow rollout

Some Africans are hesitating to get COVID-19 vaccines amid concerns about their safety, alarming public health officials as some countries start to destroy thousands of doses that expired before use.

Associated Press

India’s COVID-19 variant found in 17 countries

The World Health Organization says that a variant of COVID-19 feared to be contributing to a surge in coronavirus cases in India has been found in more than a dozen countries.

Asia Times Online

Could more have been done to prevent India’s COVID crisis?

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HUMAN RIGHTS

Ethiopia detains Tigrayans amid ongoing war

Ethiopia has swept up thousands of ethnic Tigrayans into detention centers across the country on accusations that they are traitors, often holding them for months and without charges, the AP has found.

Associated Press

Young Afghan women dread Taliban return

Afghanistan remains one of the worst countries in the world for women, after only Yemen and Syria, according to Georgetown University’s Institute for Women, Peace and Security.

ABC News

UK cuts 85% in aid to UN family planning

The UK is slashing its funding to the UN population fund in a move described as “devastating” for women and girls. UNFPA says the funds would have helped prevent 250,000 child and maternal deaths in poorest countries.

Guardian

DEMOCRACY & GOVERNANCE

Thailand’s new law threatens civil societies

The Thai government is seeking to pass legislation targeting non-profits in the name of transparency. Activists, however, have slammed the proposal, saying it is designed to stifle civic freedoms and punish dissent.

Deutsche Welle

Algeria detains leading pro-democracy activist

Karim Tabbou, a key figure in Algerian anti-government demonstrations that forced longtime President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign in 2019, has been detained weeks ahead of the elections.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

China begins building its own space station

China launched its first module of a planned space station. The Chinese space agency hopes to complete the sophisticated research lab in 2022, securing its status as a space superpower with long-duration expeditions.

CBS News

Scientists uncover pregnant Egyptian mummy

A team of Polish scientists uncovered the only known example of an embalmed pregnant Egyptian mummy. The discovery was made at the Warsaw Mummy Project and revealed in the Journal of Archaeological Science.

BBC

Facebook approves smoking ads aimed at kids

Facebook approved adverts targeting teenage children interested in gambling, smoking and extreme weight loss, a report says. The lobby group Reset Australia created a Facebook page to explore the advertising options.

BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

Indians turn to black market for COVID help

As India faces a devastating surge of COVID infections, Indians are taking desperate measures to try to keep loved ones alive. Some are turning to unproven medical treatments or the black market.

Associated Press

Mass cremations as India faces tsunami of COVID-19 deaths

NBCNews.com

Zimbabwe’s deadly crumbling healthcare

Wealthy members of Zimbabwean society are starting to feel the full force of the travel ban, which has been in place at times over the past year because of the global pandemic.

Al Jazeera

India’s COVID crisis is wake-up call for Africa

Al Jazeera

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GOOD NEWS

Black women bust beauty myths in W. Africa

From Senegal to Nigeria, a growing wave of salons and small cosmetic companies are challenging colonial notions about how to wear and care for natural African hair.

Guardian

Empowering girls through soccer in Cape Verde

Deustche Welle

Student uses beets in medical research

Dasia Taylor didn’t expect to become a nationally recognized scientist at 17 years old. The key to her success? Covering the stitches in beet juice to create color-changing sutures.

CNN

Kabul school helping kids with special needs

More than 17% of Afghan children have a mild, moderate or severe disability, but stigma and resistance from schools to accept them means most have not been able to receive an education, according to the Asia Foundation.

Guardian

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Justices skeptical of California nonprofit law

Several U.S. Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of a California law that requires charitable organizations that solicit donations to disclose a list of their contributors to the state attorney general.

CNN

California siblings donate food truck to Texas nonprofit providing meals for community

NBCNews.com

Nonprofit pairs veterans with service dogs

A nonprofit organization matches veterans and first responders with service dogs and trains the new human-canine duos to work together. Since its inception, 18 students have graduated from the program.

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ENVIRONMENT

World’s glaciers melting at a faster pace

The world’s glaciers are melting at an accelerating rate, according to a comprehensive new study. A French-led team assessed the behavior of nearly all documented ice streams on the planet.

BBC

Water crisis at heart of India’s farm protests

Climate change has made the monsoon rains —a lifeline for over half of India’s cultivated area — unpredictable and left farmers even more reliant on groundwater. Rice requires standing water in fields.

Associated Press

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

In Jaffa, gentrification stokes mass discord

With the gentrification of Jaffa, Israel, pushing housing prices out of reach for working-class Arabs, discontent over the city’s rapid transformation into a bastion for Israel’s ultra-wealthy is reaching a boiling point.

Associated Press

FDA revives effort to ban menthol cigarettes

U.S. health regulators pledged again to try to ban menthol cigarettes within the next year, this time under pressure from African American groups to remove the mint flavor popular among Black smokers.

PBS NewsHour

US unemployment claims sink to new low

New claims for state unemployment benefits fell to 553,000 on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Labor Department said, reaching another new pandemic low as businesses reopen and vaccines continue rolling out.

Forbes

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Syrian refugee children at a half-built apartment block near Reyfoun, Lebanon, give the peace sign. The families fled Syria because of the civil war and are now living on a building site. As conditions in parts of Syria begin to improve, host countries are pushing for Syrian refugees to return to an unsafe Syria. (Photo by Trocaire) Photo used under CC BY

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