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A child stands with his family in one of the three UNICEF temporal rest tents in Ecuador, where UNICEF has launched a regional response to support children and families from Venezuela. Half of the Venezuelans in Latin America can’t afford three meals a day, the UN refugee agency said. (Photo by UNICEF/2018/Moreno) Photo used under CC BY

UN: Venezuelan migrants going hungry, lack shelter

Almost 75% of the 6 million Venezuelan migrants currently in Latin America do not have adequate food, shelter, employment or medical care, the UN said. Latin America and the Caribbean host 84% of about 7 million Venezuelans who emigrated in recent years.

Associated Press

US to take in some Venezuelans, send most to Mexico

Al Jazeera

Haitian migrants face violent attacks, can’t escape

YouTube

Groups reunite Africa’s missing family members

Around 64,000 people are considered missing in Africa, almost half of them children. War, disasters and crises tear families apart. Many organizations provide tracing services.

Deutsche Welle

Child malnutrition soars in Somalia amid drought

Acute malnutrition is surging among children displaced by drought and conflict in a part of central Somalia teetering on the edge of famine, according to a survey conducted by humanitarian agencies, with more than half a million children in Somalia at risk of dying.

Reuters

Lebanon to begin returning Syrian refugees

Lebanon, which hosts the highest number of refugees per capita in the world, will start sending Syrian refugees back to their home country, the Lebanese president said, despite rights groups’ fears for their safety.

Reuters

Palestinian refugees risking lives to flee Lebanon

YouTube

India facing pandemic of resistant superbugs

India is one of the countries worst hit by what doctors call “antimicrobial resistance;” antibiotic-resistant neonatal infections are responsible for the deaths of nearly 60,000 newborns yearly, a government report shows.

BBC

Sudan rebel group hands over prisoners of war

A rebel group in Sudan has handed over nine prisoners of war to authorities after South Sudan’s mediation, boosting the chances for a final peace accord. The prisoner were captured after “heavy battles” in southern Sudan.

Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

US slaps sanctions on Taliban as punishment

The United States announced new sanctions against the Taliban as punishment for their repressive treatment of women in Afghanistan.

i24 News

Activist‘s video shows Taliban’s brutal treatment of women

YouTube

UN: Finland violated child rights in Syria camps

The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child has accused Finland of violating the rights of Finnish children by leaving them in life-threatening conditions in Syrian camps.

Al Jazeera

Mexican state approves same-sex marriage

Mexico’s largest state approved same-sex marriage, leaving only three of the country’s 32 states without such laws.

NBCNews.com

GOVERNMENT & DEMOCRACY

Lebanon president approves Israel border deal

Lebanon’s president said the cash-strapped country has approved a U.S.-mediated maritime border deal with Israel.

ABC News

Hezbollah vows to back border deal with Israel

i24 News

North Korea inspired by Putin’s nuke threats

As North Korea conducts another torrid run of powerful weapons tests, it may be taking inspiration from the fiery rhetoric of the leader of a nuclear-armed member of the UN Security Council: Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Associated Press

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Uganda law imposes restrictions on internet

The Ugandan president has signed into law legislation criminalizing some internet activity despite concerns the law could be used to silence legitimate criticism.

ABC News

Lab-grown brain cells play video game Pong

Researchers have grown brain cells in a lab that have learned to play the 1970s tennis-like video game, Pong. They say their “mini-brain” can sense and respond to its environment.

BBC

TikTok profits from streams of families begging

Displaced families in Syrian camps are begging for donations on TikTok while the company takes up to 70% of the proceeds, a BBC investigation found.

BBC

Iran sees internet disruption amid protests

Iran suffered a “major disruption” in internet service as calls for renewed protests again saw demonstrators on the streets.

Associated Press

GLOBAL HEALTH

Vaccine trials on Sudan Ebola strain to start

A clinical trial of vaccines to combat the Sudan strain of Ebola in Uganda could start soon, the WHO chief said, as an outbreak of the disease has reached the capital.

AfricaNews

Ghanaians opening up about mental health

Conversations around mental health are hard in Ghana. Being vulnerable is frowned upon, but more and more young people are confronting their struggles.

Deutsche Welle

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GOOD NEWS

Venezuelans create affordable electric vehicles

Entrepreneurs in Venezuela have created affordable battery- and solar-powered vehicles adapted from golf carts and inspired by drag racing to overcome the country’s chronic fuel shortages and power outages.

Guardian

Chile‘s ’flowering desert’ now protected park

Even though Chile’s Atacama Desert is the sunniest and driest place on earth, rare flowers have recently bloomed. It has prompted the Chilean government to name this region as its 44th national park.

Euronews

NONPROFITS & PHILANTHROPY

Woman changing lives of disabled Pakistanis

A disable Pakastani woman set up the Society for Special Persons to make customized wheelchairs for children and adults.

Guardian

ECONOMIC INEQUALITY

Kenya lifts ban on genetically modified foods

Genetically modified foods have been the subject of many debates in Kenya, but the country’s newly elected government hopes they could be a solution to a crisis in a country facing runaway food shortages.

Devex

US sends $60M to Tunisia in ‘rapid assistance’

The United States will send $60 million in “rapid assistance” to help struggling families in Tunisia amid ongoing economic shocks that plague the north African country, exacerbated by the war in Ukraine.

i24 News

Bahamas to up wages, implement price control

The prime minister of the Bahamas has announced an increase in the islands’ minimum wage and temporary price controls on certain goods, including eggs, bread and diapers, amid a spike in inflation.

Associated Press

ENVIRONMENT

500 killed in Nigeria floods, 1.4M displaced

More than 1.4 million people have been displaced and about 500 people have died in some of the worst flooding Nigeria has seen in a decade.

CNN

Authorities caution Nigerians to prepare for more floods

AfricaNews

Venezuela searches for missing after landslide

Rescuers worked to clear rocks and mud from the streets of a north-central city in Venezuela after it was hit by a massive landslide.

Associated Press

NGO: Colonialism embedded in conservation

Words and phrases commonly found in school textbooks, wildlife documentaries and the media around nature conservation are perpetuating “racist and colonial” myths, according to a new guide.

Guardian

‘Lights flashing red’ for wildlife amid decline

The world’s wildlife populations have suffered a “devastating” decline in the past 50 years as humans have cleared forests and polluted the air, land and sea, according to World Wildlife Fund’s latest Living Planet Report.

Al Jazeera

Wax worm saliva rapidly dissolves plastic bags

Plastic can take up to 1000 years to decompose. But climate campaigners have recruited an unlikely new ally in their fight to reduce this waste - wax worms, the moth larvae that infest beehives.

Euronews

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South Korean guards stare north across the Joint Security Area of Korea’s demilitarized zone. North Korea has test-fired about 40 missiles over about 20 different launch events this year. (Photo by Doug Sun Beams) Photo used under CC BY

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